FAI support Rovers for Tallaght

[wws]

i know what their little policy is
that doesnt make this latest stunt any sounder
its stupid period

maybe they'll throw a few bob dundalks way now

utter inconsistent indefensible rubbish

as for pats being the second club lets see out it all falls down first

this delay is manna from heavan from my point of view

[Billy Lord]

Believe it or not, Rovers have a squad budget and - as was the case last season - any other costs (including unplanned ones such as fines, legal fees, injury treatment) are external to that.
The FAI are minimising the financial burden of our legal costs, not freeing money for players. Just because other clubs are run in a dysfunctional manner doesn't mean that we do the same.

[NY Hoop]

utter inconsistent indefensible rubbish



Sums up your contributions here.

KOH

[wws]

lame logic lads

lame

[bigmac]

But I would have a question for some people on this board. Are the FAI now BIGOTS:mad: :mad: becuase they are supporting Shamrock Rovers. The GAA are classed as bigots here for supporting "their" club.



TD and the GAA are the aggressors, Rovers and the FAI are the defenders. Having not initiated any action to either prevent a GAA club using a pitch or to force them to share it, I fail to see the rationale behind this point.

I'm 100% behind the FAI on this one, hope it all works out.

[WeAreRovers]

lame logic lads

lame

Keep going there boss, keep going.....

KOH

[wws]

lame lame

[Dr.Nightdub]

WAR, I admire your perseverance, but can't you see none of us from D8 are biting? ;)

On the question of the FAI part-funding legal aid for Rovers, the amount involved is likely to be quite small, given that Rovers aren't direct parties to the action being taken by Thomas Davis GAA - it's being taken against SDCC. Rovers are effectively just (extremely) interested bystanders, so the FAI ststement is really only a token gesture, it's not as if Rovers are gonna be sending O'Rumpole of the Four Courts into action on their behalf. That's why I'm so amazed at people getting wound up over the FAI's statement.

And don't even try to argue about "a matter of principle", we all know Delaney has none.

[khoop]

Although they have been very slow to react publicly because of their tenancy in Croke Park, the FAI want Tallaght Stadium as much as Rovers do. Not simply because it would create a soccer stronghold in an area with huge potential (which is why Thomas Davis want it stopped) but also because it is earmarked for staging underage international games.

[pete]

Firstly, good announcement by the FAI as it shows TD that not going to win this by drawing out & bankrupting Rovers. I presume the FAI had reasons not to make this announcement earlier as Croke Park is a sensitive issue. The Tallaght decision could have far reaching consequences elsewhere so all eL clubs benefit from it. The FAI would like Rovers to progress in Tallaght for wider footballing reasons.

Limerick are a mess & given the 1st division licence issues not that strict shows how bad they are that long way off getting it. Some of the issues fell down down are pitiful & show they not taken seriously.

All i've asked for the new FAI League is consistency & decisiveness. So far so good.

[jebus]

As one of my fellow Limerick fans already stated the comparisons between the Rovers situation and the Limerick situation just don't add up.

Rovers are in the process of fighting off our Gaelic overlords and the FAI should back them to the hilt, no question.

Limerick FC isn't being backed by the FAI because they want Danny Drew out of the club, simple as that. If Danny backed down as chairman I'm sure we'd get our licence, we may have **** all of a playing budget next year, but there would at least be a team. The FAI have stated that they would support a senior football team in Limerick, just not under our current owner.

I think the FAI are wrong to pursue personal vendettas against a club's chairman and hence damage our club, given that we are in the era of FAI Professionalism at all costs, but that said I've long been an advocate of getting rid of Danny as our chairman so it would be hypocritical of me to come out all guns blazing in favour of him now

[passerrby]

I think all right thinking persons (soccer supp or not) should be assisting rovers in their fight in tallagh because this is not just about use of a stadia but about shafting one side of the sporting community to preserve the strenght of another.

[Dr.Nightdub]

and the truth is out.

its another lame anti-rovers thing, not any rational thought process

Not so much an anti-Rovers thing as a pro-Richmond thing. For WWS, me or any Pats fan who wants us to stay in Richmond, the longer this thing drags on, the better from a Pats point of view, as it leaves the propect of us moving to Tallaght just as much a purely theoretical possibility as the prospect of us winning the cup.

In short, as long as Tallaght remains in limbo, we can't be moved there.

[wws]

it was fairly self explanatory statement hooperatzi
the delay suits my point of view

ultimately id be a strong supporter of rovers beating ThomasDavis, establishing themselves in Tallaght with Pats staying out and successfully lobbying for funds for richmond park

thus creating two strong community based teams on the southside - good for the league and good for football

the current delays in the project make delaneys startegy of pushing a second team for tallaght as less likely to be pats - with shels presumably favs

[manic da hoop]

This is a nonsense arguement. While nobody is ruling out the FAI's plans to house a second Eircom League team in Tallaght in the future, it is highly unlikely that either Shels, Pats, or whoever will even begin to make moves towards sharing with us until at least a couple of years after we get established there. The current delays (thanks to the GAA) can be measured in months, and will ultimately have no bearing whatsoever on whether or not Pats will ever play there.

I couldn't give a toss about what your personel opinion of Rovers is, but as a league and football fan this move by the FAI can only be welcomed.