Staunton appointment announced

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Originally Posted by OwlsFan

....... On the face of it, it is a strange choice but Stan could be the man. .......

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Despite his lack of managerial experience, Stephen Staunton is no mug. He had been around international football for a long time and with 102 caps and three World Cup finals behind him, I would say he has learned a thing or two.

People have mentioned Staunton's 'threachery' in Saipan but for my money he showed admirable leadership skills. He captained and motivated a team, left without their best player in extraordinary circumstances, to a more than credible performance on the biggest stage of all.

The way some people are talking, you would think that Delaney had pulled in off the street the first person he saw passing the green door in Merrion Square. Throughout his club and international career, Staunton has shown himself to be a shrewd operator with a tough mindset, all of which will stand him in good stead in the Ireland manager's job.

When he was playing, I gave Stan as much abuse as anyone but now he is the manager, he will have my fullest support, because I want to see Ireland doing well. I hope every genuine Irish football supporter will do the same and get behind Stan and the team.

Maybe we should start a thread with all the names of those now denoucing their support of the Ireland National Team and see how many crawl back if things start to go well.

I'm apalled by some of the comments before a ball is even kicked (or a Coaching Session started!). Best supporters in the world, my arse! (I was going to go down the 'majority' are great road but thought I'd keep it simple as I've learned all too recently, there's a bit of confusion understanding minority and majority when it relates to Football Fans!! :D ;) ).

I really hope that those not interested in supporting our national team stay away from lansdowne Road. The team don't need that negativity (particulary any new players brought in).

You can tell some people are just praying for us to fail so that they throw the aul 'i told ya so' back. We'll have a poor performance at some stage and the knifes will be out straight away. Ironically I'd put money that someone who was appalled when the media started a Kerr witchhunt will be leading the pack on foot.ie against Staunton. There's some contenders for leaders of that break away faction already and a quick search on older posts on Kerr topics makes for interesting reading. ;)

Then close the door on your way out please.

there will be a few lonely people at lansdowne for the next qualifiers I take it?
if you insist on going give them hand with the building.

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Originally Posted by klein4

if you insist on going give them hand with the building.

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Let's get the 'knocking down' done first!! ;)

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Originally Posted by KarlosIRL

Let's get the 'knocking down' done first!! ;)

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Did anybody body see dufflecoat delaney on the news dodging THE question"what do you make of the overwhelming negative reaction?" He would not answer the ****ing question.,....i said it before and i'll say till i die its all a load of ******

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Originally Posted by nedder

And will you be supporting the team?

I really hope he proves you wrong, and you have to come back on this site and eat your words.

I can understand your dislike for Delaney, but surely you'll get behind the team?
I'm sure you'd still support the Villa if you didn't like the manager?

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True. I must have met you in the FAI Junior Cup Site yeah?

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Originally Posted by Den Perry

..i said it before and i'll say till i die its all a load of ******

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any chance of you saying it elsewhere. 'It' was flogged to death here by you a long time ago.

Anybody read Niall Quinn's article in today's Guardian. I don't begrudge our ex players earning a few bob from punditry or journalism but this article takes moronicity to new levels.
There was a curious bit of information,
"the FAI was effectively left with a simple choice. A combination of Ronnie Whelan and John Aldridge made some sense. Steve was the other option,". That's the first I heard of those two as a pair looking for the job. It hardly constituted an alternative to Staunton's package, still an odd couple all the same. http://football.guardian.co.uk/Colum...685315,00.html

In the end I guess it was a job nobody with any real management experience wanted. So... thats that!

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Originally Posted by marksman

Well you're welcome to it! I'm not forking out any more money or time going to games etc. when you have clowns like the FAI making insulting decisions like this and masking it with the ludicrius appointment of an "International Football consultant" on 250,000 per annum.. :rolleyes:

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Don't forget to take your coat, now f**k off, fair weather fans we don't need.

Im sure the word Devoted comes into the meaning to Fan?? Why are these people dirtying our fan forum with their negative views? If Brendan Kilkenny was given the job id still be a Devoted fan of our national side!!

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Originally Posted by M@ttitude

Im sure the word Devoted comes into the meaning to Fan?? Why are these people dirtying our fan forum with their negative views? If Brendan Kilkenny was given the job id still be a Devoted fan of our national side!!

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Totally agree, M@ttitude.

The decision has been made and all true supporters should back Staunton and his backroom staff 100%

There's too many people taking higher stance and slating some fans for being disgruntled with this decision, when they have every right to be disgruntled.

Anybody who takes the time to contribute regulalry to a site like this can hardly have their level interest in international called into question so this attitiude of "put up and shut up" from some of the posters hiding behind their inflatable hammer and tickets stubs is out of order. I'm one of the disgruntled fans and I'm ****ed of big time. We deserve better. No one likes to be mislead, and we have been since the Swiss game.

John Delaney and Co are gambling with my time, money, hopes, voicebox,sweat, tears and everything else involved in following your country. It may turn out to be an inspired gamble, but he's gambling with my chips. Regardless of how things pan out I'll stand by my feelings now and anyone who comes "crawling back" will have my full support because their frustration at this point is valid.

I like Steve and wish him all the best but he's gonna spend the next couple of campaigns cutting his teeth at our expense.

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Originally Posted by dr_peepee

There's too many people taking higher stance and slating some fans for being disgruntled with this decision, when they have every right to be disgruntled.

Anybody who takes the time to contribute regulalry to a site like this can hardly have their level interest in international called into question so this attitiude of "put up and shut up" from some of the posters hiding behind their inflatable hammer and tickets stubs is out of order. I'm one of the disgruntled fans and I'm ****ed of big time. We deserve better. No one likes to be mislead, and we have been since the Swiss game.

John Delaney and Co are gambling with my time, money, hopes, voicebox,sweat, tears and everything else involved in following your country. It may turn out to be an inspired gamble, but he's gambling with my chips. Regardless of how things pan out I'll stand by my feelings now and anyone who comes "crawling back" will have my full support because their frustration at this point is valid.

I like Steve and wish him all the best but he's gonna spend the next couple of campaigns cutting his teeth at our expense.

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Only those who say they are not supporting the national team any more because of the appointment are being "slated".

Let's be honest. Any appointment is a gamble. Just like me putting 10 Euro on Sunderland beating Chelsea at 20-1 :D this weekend. However, the appointment is a strange one but unfortunately the candidates weren't exactly thick on the ground. Experience does not equal success. Didn't Pearce at City go straight into management and he's done ok. Any available experienced managers are presumably ones who are out of a job at the moment because they have failed recently.

There never be unanimous approval of whatever decision was taken. I would have been very against getting the spiv Venables or the geriatric Robson as the main man. Staunton is young, committed, experienced as a player and with the back up by the experience of Robson, who knows, it might work. I'll sit on the fence for this one and hope for the best.

He certainly has experience and an excellent record on the international front.

Stephen Staunton - Century of International Appearances

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The outstanding Irish player, who obtained 102 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.


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Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 19-10-88 Dublin Tunisia 4-0
2 16-11-88 Sevilla Spain 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
3 26- 4-89 Dublin Spain 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
4 28- 5-98 Dublin Malta 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
5 4- 6-89 Dublin Hungary 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
6 6- 9-89 Dublin West Germany 1-1
7 11-10-89 Dublin N. Ireland 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
8 15-11-89 La Valletta Malta 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
9 28- 3-90 Dublin Wales 1-0
10 25- 4-90 Dublin Soviet Union 1-0
11 16- 5-90 Dublin Finland 1-1
12 27- 5-90 Izmir Turkey 0-0
13 2- 6-90 La Valletta Malta 3-0
14 11- 6-90 Cagliari England 1-1 World Cup
15 17- 6-90 Palermo Egypt 0-0 World Cup
16 21- 6-90 Palermo Netherlands 1-1 World Cup
17 25- 6-90 Genova Romania 0-0 [1] World Cup
18 30- 6-90 Roma Italy 0-1 World Cup
19 12- 9-90 Dublin Morocco 1-0
20 17-10-90 Dublin Turkey 5-0 European Ch. Qual.
21 14-11-90 Dublin England 1-1 European Ch. Qual.
22 6- 2-91 Wrexham Wales 3-0
23 27- 3-91 London England 1-1 European Ch. Qual.
24 1- 5-91 Dublin Poland 0-0 European Ch. Qual.
25 22- 5-91 Dublin Chile 1-1
26 2- 6-91 Boston United States 1-1
27 16-10-91 Poznan Poland 3-3 European Ch. Qual.
28 13-11-91 Istanbul Turkey 3-1 European Ch. Qual.
29 25- 3-92 Dublin Switzerland 2-1
30 29- 4-92 Dublin United States 4-1
31 26- 5-92 Dublin Albania 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
32 30- 5-92 Washington United States 1-3 US Cup
33 4- 6-92 Boston Italy 0-2 US Cup
34 7- 6-92 Boston Portugal 2-0 US Cup
35 9- 9-92 Dublin Latvia 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
36 18-11-92 Sevilla Spain 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
37 31- 3-93 Dublin N. Ireland 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
38 28- 4-93 Dublin Denmark 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
39 26- 5-93 Tiranë Albania 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
40 9- 6-93 Riga Latvia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
41 16- 6-93 Vilnius Lithuania 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
42 8- 9-93 Dublin Lithuania 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
43 13-10-93 Dublin Spain 1-3 World Cup Qualifier
44 20- 4-94 Tilburg Netherlands 1-0
45 24- 5-94 Dublin Bolivia 1-0
46 29- 5-94 Hannover Germany 2-0
47 5- 6-94 Dublin Czech Republic 1-3
48 18- 6-94 New York Italy 1-0 World Cup
49 24- 6-94 Orlando Mexico 1-2 World Cup
50 28- 6-94 New York Norway 0-0 World Cup
51 4- 7-94 Orlando Netherlands 0-2 World Cup
52 7- 9-94 Riga Latvia 3-0 European Ch. Qual.
53 12-10-94 Dublin Liechtenstein 4-0 European Ch. Qual.
54 16-11-94 Belfast N. Ireland 4-0 European Ch. Qual.
55 15- 2-95 Dublin England 1-0 [2]
56 29- 3-95 Dublin N. Ireland 1-1 European Ch. Qual.
57 26- 4-95 Dublin Portugal 1-0 European Ch. Qual.
58 3- 6-95 Eschen Liechtenstein 0-0 European Ch. Qual.
59 11- 6-95 Dublin Austria 1-3 European Ch. Qual.
60 11-10-95 Dublin Latvia 2-1 European Ch. Qual.
61 15-11-95 Lisboa Portugal 0-3 European Ch. Qual.
62 27- 3-96 Dublin Russia 0-2
63 31- 8-96 Eschen Liechtenstein 5-0 World Cup Qualifier
64 9-10-96 Dublin Macedonia 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
65 11- 2-97 Cardiff Wales 0-0
66 2- 4-97 Skopje Macedonia 2-3 World Cup Qualifier
67 30- 4-97 Bucuresti Romania 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
68 21- 5-97 Dublin Liechtenstein 5-0 World Cup Qualifier
69 20- 8-97 Dublin Lithuania 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
70 6- 9-97 Reykjavík Iceland 4-2 World Cup Qualifier
71 10- 9-97 Vilnius Lithuania 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
72 29-10-97 Dublin Belgium 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
73 15-11-97 Brussel Belgium 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
74 22- 4-98 Dublin Argentina 0-2
75 5- 9-98 Dublin Croatia 2-0 European Ch. Qual.
76 14-10-98 Dublin Malta 5-0 European Ch. Qual.
77 18-11-98 Beograd Yugoslavia 0-1 European Ch. Qual.
78 28- 4-99 Dublin Sweden 2-0
79 1- 9-99 Dublin Yugoslavia 2-1 European Ch. Qual.
80 4- 9-99 Zagreb Croatia 0-1 European Ch. Qual.
81 8- 9-99 La Valletta Malta 3-2 European Ch. Qual.
82 9-10-99 Skopje Macedonia 1-1 European Ch. Qual.
83 23- 2-00 Dublin Czech Republic 3-2
84 26- 4-00 Dublin Greece 0-1
85 2- 9-00 Amsterdam Netherlands 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
86 15-11-00 Dublin Finland 3-0
87 25- 4-01 Dublin Andorra 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
88 2- 6-01 Dublin Portugal 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
89 6- 6-01 Tallinn Estonia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
90 15- 8-01 Dublin Croatia 2-2
91 1- 9-01 Dublin Netherlands 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
92 6-10-01 Dublin Cyprus 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
93 10-11-01 Dublin Iran 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
94 15-11-01 Tehran Iran 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
95 13- 2-02 Dublin Russia 2-0
96 27- 3-02 Dublin Denmark 3-0
97 17- 4-02 Dublin USA 2-1
98 16- 5-02 Dublin Nigeria 1-2
99 1- 6-02 Niigata Cameroon 1-1 World Cup
100 5- 6-02 Ibaraki Germany 1-1 World Cup
101 11- 6-02 Yokohama Saudi Arabia 3-0 World Cup
102 16- 6-02 Suwon Spain 1-1 [3] World Cup

[1] Ireland won 5-4 on penalty kicks.
[2] Abandoned after 27 minutes.
[3] Ireland lost 2-3 on penalty kicks.

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage
102 54 28 20 168- 78 136 66.67

Types of Matches
Friendlies 30
World Cup Qualifier 34
European Ch. Qual. 22
World Cup 13
Other Tournaments 3

Total caps: 102

Goals:
Cap 10 1 goal
Cap 34 1 goal
Cap 37 1 goal
Cap 39 1 goal
Cap 41 1 goal
Cap 81 1 goal
Cap 86 1 goal

Total: 7 goals

I see RTE news called Robson "Sir" Bobby Robson. I didn't realise we were into British knighthoods.

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Originally Posted by brine3

I see RTE news called Robson "Sir" Bobby Robson. I didn't realise we were into British knighthoods.

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Well, surely it being his title that he has earned, he is due the tedious accolade of being called by his title!

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Originally Posted by co. down green

Totally agree, M@ttitude.

The decision has been made and all true supporters should back Staunton and his backroom staff 100%

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all true individuals able to appraise a situation and develop their own opinions on something will make up their own mind and wont be told what to do by sheep like yourself. I mean for ****s sake. its the Irish football team we are talking about not the Chinese one. some of the comments on here telling people what they can or cannot do with their own time and their own money are a ****ing disgrace.

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Originally Posted by klein4

all true individuals able to appraise a situation and develop their own opinions on something will make up their own mind and wont be told what to do by sheep like yourself. I mean for ****s sake. its the Irish football team we are talking about not the Chinese one. some of the comments on here telling people what they can or cannot do with their own time and their own money are a ****ing disgrace.

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The disgrace mentioned in your message is your inability to understand the content of some of the messages in this thread and as a consequence you resort to mudslinging a valued member of the forum.

a valued member of this forum?
as opposed to what?
the un valued members of the forum??who decides which is which? you???

if football is to go anywhere in this country the aim should be to find out why people are so disillusioned that they are abandoning the national team. not to just dismiss them as "not true" supporters. I might not agree with them but I dont take away their right to an opinion on what is every Irish persons team. that is what some of the posters above(you as much as anyone!) are doing. explain to me how I have misread the content????????????

Klein, You abused a valued member, you have not apologized.
A supporter is one who backs the team. True supporters back the team.
It has already been mentioned crystal clear in one message.

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Only those who say they are not supporting the national team any more because of the appointment are being "slated".

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This imo is a correct interpretation.

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Originally Posted by M@ttitude

Im sure the word Devoted comes into the meaning to Fan?? Why are these people dirtying our fan forum with their negative views? If Brendan Kilkenny was given the job id still be a Devoted fan of our national side!!

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its is precisely because of this attitiude that the likes of delaney can continue to sh.it on irish football. grow some balls, the man is destroying irish football and while you and the other sheep keep funding him, he will continue with one cockup after another

to clarify, i will not hand over one more cent of my hard earned cash to the FAI while john delaney has ANY involvement. Enough is enough, i am talking with my wallet. if that sort of principled thinking offends you ole ole brigaders, i dont care. i would consider this sort of act to make me a better fan, as i am losing out personally to make a protest. unlike some of the sheep that follow the irish side.

would any of you accept this sort of nonsense from your club sides?

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Originally Posted by chairman geysir

Klein, You abused a valued member, you have not apologized..

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I didnt abuse anyone. I said to follow something blindly without questioning it makes you a sheep. its your kind of arrogance I am criticising. who the hell are you to tell anyone else what to think, do or say?

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Originally Posted by chairman geysir

A supporter is one who backs the team. True supporters back the team.
It has already been mentioned crystal clear in one message.
This imo is a correct interpretation.

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and I said a true individual will appraise a situation as only they can and come to their own unique conclusions.
as an Irish person I am entitled to comment good bad or indifferent on my countrys' team. as is anyone else whether I agree with them or not I accept they have that right.

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Originally Posted by Roverstillidie

to clarify, i will not hand over one more cent of my hard earned cash to the FAI while john delaney has ANY involvement. Enough is enough, i am talking with my wallet. if that sort of principled thinking offends you ole ole brigaders,would any of you accept this sort of nonsense from your club sides?

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Ray Houghton and John Giles supported the appointment of Staunton - are they the "Ole ole" brigade ?

Did you stop following Rovers when they appointed that dipstick Roddy Collins ?

I would have thought if you were to accuse anyone of "not putting their money where their mouth is" it wouldnt be the rovers fans...
and Giles backed Staunton but was highly critical of the manner and make up of the appointment as has been the case for most of the ex players and most of the people who are opposed to the appointment on this forum(the vast majority according to the polls)

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Originally Posted by OwlsFan

Ray Houghton and John Giles supported the appointment of Staunton - are they the "Ole ole" brigade ?

Did you stop following Rovers when they appointed that dipstick Roddy Collins ?

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Houghton yes. Giles no.

Collins was an experienced manager who had won the EL with the boyezzzz of all teams. Wrong analagy. But as it happened I wasnt happy, but I had an opportunity to tell McLiar and the board what i thought of him. Unlike delaney hiding away in his merrion square bunker surrounded by lickspittles.

You obviously don't keep much of an eye on Irish football, we did boycott our games until we starved the board out, and now the club is in an infinitly better position long term with the fans in control. maybe there is something in that.

I've no problem with people making a stand by refusing to go to games or refusing to line the pockets of the FAI. All well within reason if you feel strongly about it and as I said before I'm not adverse to seeing Delaney go in some ways. However, What i don't consider as part of that is people hoping are national team get 'tanked' and humiliated on the world stage and take joy from that :mad: . It's beyond belief that poeple can lecture on how Delaney is bad for the game at grass roots level but at the same time activly hope our national team are humiliated on the field (double standards or what! ).

There's a serious reality check needed if the co-relation between the feel good factor of a successful Irish team and the future development of the game on our Island cannot be seen. All the appropriate use of money will mean nothing if there are no kids willing to be the next international star and a successful NAtional Team has to be integral in all this. It's difficult to stomach this 'hope we get stuffed' attitute' and in my eyes is completly unrelated to the issue of not being happy with Delaney and wanting him removed.

I'm assuming that's what many (me included) are referring to when being disgusted at people not supporting the Ireland team. Going by the few Rovers supports I know who boycotted games during the board issues, they never once wanted to see the team be humiliated on the field and rightly so - the issue wasn't with the team. It was never a requirement as part of their protest as far as I know and neither should it be when it comes to Ireland. The team out there representing us deserve our support, be that from the comfort of your home while refusing to give the FAI money or in the stadium or a bar in Toronto (as it will be for me for the next few months!. :) )

I make no excuses for finding Irish fans saying 'I hope we get tanked' as completely disloyal.:(

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Originally Posted by Roverstillidie

its is precisely because of this attitiude that the likes of delaney can continue to sh.it on irish football. grow some balls, the man is destroying irish football and while you and the other sheep keep funding him, he will continue with one cockup after another

to clarify, i will not hand over one more cent of my hard earned cash to the FAI while john delaney has ANY involvement. Enough is enough, i am talking with my wallet. if that sort of principled thinking offends you ole ole brigaders, i dont care. i would consider this sort of act to make me a better fan, as i am losing out personally to make a protest. unlike some of the sheep that follow the irish side. would any of you accept this sort of nonsense from your club sides?

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There is no nonsense yet becasue this great Irish man hasnt had a chance yet!! You boycott the team, bring the morales down which in time will bring our ranking down more and give the media another reason to write about anything other than football! Dont hand over your hard earned money, stay with Rovers till you die! I go to games to watch the likes of Duff, Keane, Reid, Given, world class players imo, do you think they wont be playing anymore?? If it fails miserabley, then I might think about some kind of protest but until then I will be hoping that we do well while your sitting there hoping we get tanked! Sheep? grow some balls? ol ole brigader? are you trying to offend me you plank?? Im a passionate Ireland fan, who are you to insult me over being faithful to the Irish team? Its like me saying your just a typical Rovers fan *** ****** ******* ** **** who support Bohs! You cant label people when you dont know what or who your talking about!!!

firstly, im not one of the 'hope they get tanked' people, im just not going to the games. i will still go to away games and support them and will be watching the games, but not with you and your plastic hammer in landsdowne. we will both be supporting the team, but i at least have the courage of my convictions to say 'enough' to the careerist filth ruining the game from top to bottom. one million euros on genesis while the kids have no showers and EL clubs struggle to make UEFA licencing requirements? **** that.

second, i think you should retract the allegation i 'throw bottles at kids' fairly ****ing lively.

you go to the games and tacitly support the regieme, enjoy yourself. you remind me of the wimbeldon fans emploring their mates to travel to milton keynes and watch them there, not support some sunday league side...

I don't think Houghton is in the ole ole brigade. I seem to remember him slamming the FAI post-Saipan, saying how the organisation was crap in his day too.

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Originally Posted by Roverstillidie

second, i think you should retract the allegation i 'throw bottles at kids' fairly ****ing lively

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I put it in a different way to make you understand that you cant go on about me being a sheep, ole ole, going to wimbledon, plastic hammer, coward because I choose to still attend games to help fund for a world class stadium regardless of whose running it at the moment??? You sit there on your hight horse and throw all this s*hit out about who and what i am and then order me to edit my post????:confused:

Stan and Bobby's Green and White Army :ball: :ball:

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Originally Posted by M@ttitude

because I choose to still attend games to help fund for a world class stadium regardless of whose running it at the moment???

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If you want to help this happen go to a rugby game cause if it does happen it will be down to the IRFU not the FAI.

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Originally Posted by M@ttitude

I put it in a different way to make you understand that you cant go on about me being a sheep, ole ole, going to wimbledon, plastic hammer, coward because I choose to still attend games to help fund for a world class stadium regardless of whose running it at the moment??? You sit there on your hight horse and throw all this s*hit out about who and what i am and then order me to edit my post????:confused:

Stan and Bobby's Green and White Army :ball: :ball:

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i made a broad point about irish fans who know that the FAI are corrupt but will do nothing about it and are going on the offensive about people who will.

you are claiming i personally throw bottles at kids

mods?

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Originally Posted by Roverstillidie

i made a broad point about irish fans who know that the FAI are corrupt but will do nothing about it and are going on the offensive about people who will.

you are claiming i personally throw bottles at kids

mods?

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I changed my post because I dont want to make an issue about a simple point I made that you cant understand!! Mods?:o Are you twelve?

Back to the topic, I dont feel right now is the time for protest! Can you not give this appointment a chance? If you cant, will you come crawling back if its a success?

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Originally Posted by klein4

If you want to help this happen go to a rugby game cause if it does happen it will be down to the IRFU not the FAI.

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I dont like Rugby

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Originally Posted by M@ttitude

I changed my post because I dont want to make an issue about a simple point I made that you cant understand!! Mods?:o Are you twelve?

Back to the topic, I dont feel right now is the time for protest! Can you not give this appointment a chance? If you cant, will you come crawling back if its a success?

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it wasnt a simple point i dont understand, i was responding to a specific allegation of a criminal act and well you know it.

as you are well aware from reading various posts from various posters, the issue isnt with staunton himself, its the corrupt incompetent fai who have undermined stan and made a **** up of his unveiling. but that doesnt suit your argument so you are throwing slurs arround.

why are the pro delaney brigade getting so vicious so fast?

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Originally Posted by Roverstillidie

it wasnt a simple point i dont understand, i was responding to a specific allegation of a criminal act and well you know it.

as you are well aware from reading various posts from various posters, the issue isnt with staunton himself, its the corrupt incompetent fai who have undermined stan and made a **** up of his unveiling. but that doesnt suit your argument so you are throwing slurs arround.

why are the pro delaney brigade getting so vicious so fast?

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Pro Delaney? Ha ha, we are pro Ireland!! Vicious is being called a sheep and insulting people for having a different view like you did, I never made an allegation against you it was an example of the tripe on your post and well you know it!, It started with me saying this

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Originally Posted by M@ttitude

Im sure the word Devoted comes into the meaning to Fan?? Why are these people dirtying our fan forum with their negative views? If Brendan Kilkenny was given the job id still be a Devoted fan of our national side!!

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We all know Delaney is a fcuk wit and will get what he deserves sooner or later, in the mean time my point was against people who said they hoped The Republic of Ireland get beaten and tanked, I didn't direct that comment on you. Then you quoted me with all this????

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Originally Posted by Roverstillidie

its is precisely because of this attitiude that the likes of delaney can continue to sh.it on irish football. grow some balls, the man is destroying irish football and while you and the other sheep keep funding him, he will continue with one cockup after another

to clarify, i will not hand over one more cent of my hard earned cash to the FAI while john delaney has ANY involvement. Enough is enough, i am talking with my wallet. if that sort of principled thinking offends you ole ole brigaders, i dont care. i would consider this sort of act to make me a better fan, as i am losing out personally to make a protest. unlike some of the sheep that follow the irish side.

would any of you accept this sort of nonsense from your club sides?

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All because I said im a devoted fan? Why is it ok for you to say all that about me based on one post (above)

M@ttitude, a few closing comments:

1: Do you believe the FAI handled the changeover of managers well?

2: Do you believe that they have appointed the best man for the job?

3: Do you understand why some people are boycotting games as a result of this latest fiasco?

The comments werent directed at you personally, but the fans (yourself included) who are attacking those who say yes to the 3 questions above. Whether you are doing it deleberatly or not, you are helping the regieme. People who do so, should acknowledge they are doing so, not cod themselves that their eur38 is the difference between the stadium or not, its the difference between delaney going to old trafford or not.

4: Do you actually believe i 'throw bottles at kids'?

There are people on this site who know who I am professionally and personally, and i dont need that kind of slander.

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Do you believe the FAI handled the changeover of managers well?.

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No, I dont think Brian Kerr was treated well. I have been in the states for a while so without media its not as clear.

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2: Do you believe that they have appointed the best man for the job?.

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I cant answer that question because they haven't had a chance yet but I would not have picked Staunton, they obviously think they know something I dont. Hopefully they do...

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3: Do you understand why some people are boycotting games as a result of this latest fiasco?

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YES but I cant understand people hoping we lose.

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The comments werent directed at you personally

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Well normally when people say "sheep like you" etc, I generally believe they are directed at me,

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4: Do you actually believe i 'throw bottles at kids'?

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Again, I dont know you but I doubt it. IT WAS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU DONE TO ME. You cant just presume things.

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There are people on this site who know who I am professionally and personally

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I dont care,

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and i dont need that kind of slander.

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And I do?? Why dont I just change my username to Bah bah black sheep or ole ole, plastic hammer, coward, wimbledon supporter??