Delaney must go!

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28/09/2006, 9:31 PM
CollegeTillIDie

Delaney must go!

Folks

This is the man who when he was on the board of Waterford United presided over the biggest waste of money ever in the history of football on this island.
Waterford United had a share issue which raised IR�400,000 or more than €500,000.

Mike Flanagan was appointed manager during 1999. They had 33 signed professional and or semi-professional players at one point during the 1999/2000 campaign and NO RESERVE TEAM! They almost went to the wall little over a year later. And Waterford United have had to run their team on a relative shoe-string ever since.

And this is the flute who is being asked to save Irish football?
I'd like the views of Blues fans on Delaney. It could be interesting reading
28/09/2006, 10:29 PM
A face

Lads, good points but let them know in fairness.

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28/09/2006, 10:33 PM
DmanDmythDledge

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Originally Posted by A face

Lads, good points but let them know in fairness.

info@fai.ie

It's nice to see A Face's trademark post again!:D
28/09/2006, 10:42 PM
A face

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Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge

It's nice to see A Face's trademark post again!:D

Am i right or am i right though ?? :p

I always say it .... its basic logic, tell them and they can act on it, dont and they are none the wiser and cant do anything about it. Its simple really.
28/09/2006, 10:42 PM
Billy Lord

It's up to the clubs to get their collective act together and force Delaney's hand. Lashing him for daft comments - which is fine as far as it goes - is pretty futile given that many clubs are run like the worst corner shop in the world.
The fans have been running Shamrock Rovers for over a year now and the prevalent, parochial, petty-minded attitude that we've experienced is quite depressing. Only a handful of clubs seem to want genuine progress and would prefer to chug along as they've always done, on a wing and a prayer.
One hack even told me about a Premier Division club director who wants to revert to a winter season to boost crowds because at that time of year 'there's nothing else to do'. That's some sales pitch for his club and EL football in general!
28/09/2006, 10:47 PM
DmanDmythDledge

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Originally Posted by A face

Am i right or am i right though ?? :p

I always say it .... its basic logic, tell them and they can act on it, dont and they are none the wiser and cant do anything about it. Its simple really.

Ye you're right. I just mentioned it because it always find it amusing.:)
28/09/2006, 10:58 PM
samabu92

Matter of intrest, what county is JD from?
28/09/2006, 11:04 PM
A face

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Originally Posted by Billy Lord

It's up to the clubs to get their collective act together and force Delaney's hand. Lashing him for daft comments - which is fine as far as it goes - is pretty futile given that many clubs are run like the worst corner shop in the world.

I totally agree its up to the clubs but they just aint doing it, the FAI reps get away with murder. Can you name another eL clubs FAI rep besides your own? And they should be household names.

Lashing him for comments doesn't happen enough be far, FAI official can say and are liable to say anything and get away with it.

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The fans have been running Shamrock Rovers for over a year now and the prevalent, parochial, petty-minded attitude that we've experienced is quite depressing. Only a handful of clubs seem to want genuine progress and would prefer to chug along as they've always done, on a wing and a prayer.

That doesn't sound good at all. But the fans and all the other stakeholders dont lobby half as much as they should.

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One hack even told me about a Premier Division club director who wants to revert to a winter season to boost crowds because at that time of year 'there's nothing else to do'. That's some sales pitch for his club and EL football in general!

We know what manager that was .... i am speechless every time i hear him say it, cringe factor is off the scale. Talk about barking up the wrong tree.

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Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge

Ye you're right. I just mentioned it because it always find it amusing.:)

DmanDmythDledge, DmanDmythDledge, DmanDmythDledge .... I am ALWAYS right, thought you knew that by now !! :p
28/09/2006, 11:05 PM
A face

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Originally Posted by samabu92

Matter of intrest, what county is JD from?

Wahuur-forde !!
28/09/2006, 11:33 PM
samabu92

Face,

Are you for him or against him?
29/09/2006, 12:24 AM
ConfusedBlue

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Originally Posted by A face

Wahuur-forde !!

Typical Cork man opening his mouth before he knows the facts.

JD is in fact a native of Kerry but from what I know was raised in Tiperrary (possibly Clonmel region),his father was on the board and chairman of the Blues in the 70's and 80's,thats how he became involved in the club!!!!

Think Bob Breen (as well as Delaney) had an awful lot to do with the wastage of the revenue recieved from the share issue as well and hes now onthe UEFA Licencing board!!!!!1
29/09/2006, 9:11 AM
Dodge

People might wanna check the facts before they start e-mailing the fai to complain too...
29/09/2006, 9:40 AM
pete

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Originally Posted by CollegeTillIDie

This is the man who when he was on the board of Waterford United presided over the biggest waste of money ever in the history of football on this island.
Waterford United had a share issue which raised IR�400,000 or more than �500,000.

I seem to remember Waterford losing a 800k share issue in 18 months. No idea what they spent it on though.
29/09/2006, 9:43 AM
Jerry The Saint

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Originally Posted by ConfusedBlue

JD is in fact a native of Kerry but from what I know was raised in Tiperrary (possibly Clonmel region),his father was on the board and chairman of the Blues in the 70's and 80's,thats how he became involved in the club!!!!

Definitely has his roots in Tipp South, used to be a lot of support for W'ford in that area during their glory days (hmmm, which would seem to be the time just before Delaney Sr. took over...)
29/09/2006, 9:54 AM
A face

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Originally Posted by samabu92

Face, Are you for him or against him?

Sitting on the fence for the time being, thing is .... no one know what is happening, we are completely in the dark. If fans were a bit more organised, they'd be involved in the merger to a certain degree.

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Originally Posted by ConfusedBlue

Typical Cork man opening his mouth before he knows the facts.

JD is in fact a native of Kerry but from what I know was raised in Tiperrary (possibly Clonmel region),his father was on the board and chairman of the Blues in the 70's and 80's,thats how he became involved in the club!!!!

So you're saying i was close enough yeah !?! :p

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Think Bob Breen (as well as Delaney) had an awful lot to do with the wastage of the revenue recieved from the share issue as well and hes now onthe UEFA Licencing board!!!!!1

Bob Breen .... thats a name i haven't heard in a while.
29/09/2006, 11:05 AM
ConfusedBlue

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Originally Posted by pete

I seem to remember Waterford losing a 800k share issue in 18 months. No idea what they spent it on though.

Bob Breen was Commercial Manager at the time of the share issue.Money was supposed to help develop the club in the future instead most of it was squandered on bringing in Mike Flanagan and his band of Crosschannel journeymen .ie.Dominic Iorfa,Jered Stirling,Christian Hyslop,think he even had a brother-in-law with us.Can't remember the name but I think it was Sean Browne!!!In some cases these players were being flown in from England each week.

I may be wrong but I'm almost certain Michael Finnegan was actually Chairman at that time and JD had actually left the clubs board by that stage!?!
Bluemovie may be able to confirm a few of the facts on the subject!!!!
29/09/2006, 12:49 PM
pineapple stu

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Originally Posted by A face

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Originally Posted by samabu92

Matter of intrest, what county is JD from?

Wahuur-forde !!

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Originally Posted by A face

I am ALWAYS right, thought you knew that by now !! :p

:D

Hung, drawn and quartered face!!

As pointed out, Delaney has his roots in Tipp. Tipp Town to be exact, God help us (same as my family). He played for St Michael's for a while. He moved around a bit though. Probably got hounded out of places.
29/09/2006, 12:56 PM
noby

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Originally Posted by ConfusedBlue

JD had actually left the clubs board by that stage!?!

It was certainley around that time. He got the FAI gig and had to give up his Blues role. A case of their loss was our gain.
That whole Bob/Sheephead era wasn't exactly the best in the club's history.

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