How things have blown up in the FAI's nasty faces... I'll admit I wasn't on Keanes side at the time of the Saipan fiasco but after reading the report I am now 100% convinced he was right and what he did may create a new bright future for Irish football.
The FAI is run like a burger van in temple bar on a cold winter night that sells Ice Cream when thousands of people are passing by and all they want is a hot burger. Football is a thriving business and as such requires business minded people to run it.
Menton should be the first in a long line of muppet departures from Merrion square and in their place we should get an assortment of experianced finance, marketing and development executives. There are dozens of suitable candidates around the country who would jump at the chance of mixing their proffesional abilities with their love of the game. But what gaurantee do we have that the FAI will take the recommendations on board, well based on history: NONE.
Personally I think we the fans will ultimetly have to take action such as boycotts to save the game, because we all know as well as the next man/woman that the FAI is unlikely to do us any favours.
If the FAI are to get up to scratch then they need to bring in a visionary leader with the experiance to do the job, an ideal candidate whould be the former chief exec of the English FA Adam Crozier. But with a setup as backward as the one we have there would be more chance of Arsne Wenger taking Mick MC Carthys old seat... Irish football RIP - but there is hope thanks in no small part to Mr. Keane!
The FAI is run like a burger van in temple bar on a cold winter night that sells Ice Cream when thousands of people are passing by and all they want is a hot burger. Football is a thriving business and as such requires business minded people to run it.
Menton should be the first in a long line of muppet departures from Merrion square and in their place we should get an assortment of experianced finance, marketing and development executives. There are dozens of suitable candidates around the country who would jump at the chance of mixing their proffesional abilities with their love of the game. But what gaurantee do we have that the FAI will take the recommendations on board, well based on history: NONE.
Personally I think we the fans will ultimetly have to take action such as boycotts to save the game, because we all know as well as the next man/woman that the FAI is unlikely to do us any favours.
If the FAI are to get up to scratch then they need to bring in a visionary leader with the experiance to do the job, an ideal candidate whould be the former chief exec of the English FA Adam Crozier. But with a setup as backward as the one we have there would be more chance of Arsne Wenger taking Mick MC Carthys old seat... Irish football RIP - but there is hope thanks in no small part to Mr. Keane!
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