Yeah, it's a shame the clubs turned their back on all the other organisations willing to pump dozens of millions into the league.
At the end of the day, the clubs had the chance to speak up for the P1 proposal and didn't.Originally Posted by Spudulika
Another press release which came out from the FAI today to go with the unanimous vote....grow your club doesn't include a full Thomond Park to see Barecelona to bring in "potential fans". The timing of this is very cynical.
http://www.airtricityleague.com/inde...our-club-guide
In fairness, there's a decent amount of detail in it, even if much of it is obvious, but that line just stood out for me!02. Make sure that powder-based drinks such as hot chocolate are served correctly stirred.
Quit with the paranoia, this has been worked on for some time now and went to the publishers late last week so it is now ready for launch. Nothing cynical in it at all.
Osarusan, you would be surprised at the little things that tick people off at games and quite often the badly stirred hot chocolate can be the final straw!
Clubs have gone under over less than adequately stirred drinks. Lives have been lost.
Ah, it is a bit well-timed. Goes to show that they can put things like this together pretty quickly when they feel like it though.
Last edited by Charlie Darwin; 31/05/2010 at 10:39 PM.
At Limerick we've solved this problem by not serving any.
Will you be at the EA game tomorrow?
Dam right Osarusan, but I will demand a cup of black coffee, with 1 & 1/2 spoons of coffee, no sugar but stirred clockwise 5 times. I will need at least 4 of these as I have to drive home afterwards and need to be kept awake.
Catch yerself on. This took a fair while to do, starting at the start of the last season with the "mystery fans" visting the grounds.
In fairness, this has been in the works for a while now. Apart from Gavin's ugly mug first up, it's not a bad document.
EDIT: As Maribor Kev said. Apart from the second sentence.
Osarusan and Mariborkev, agreed it's the clubs fault for not having the bottle, or confidence to go for it. I'm sure they were told if they did they'd be drummed out of all competitions and not eligible for UEFA monies - which was one of the threats used against them. I was hoping that after the Limerick debacle the clubs would have done something, though speaking with some folks from Rovers and SFFC it was clear they were going to keep on keeping on. If the FAI could pump in more money, but appoint professionals to oversee the clubs, then it would make sense. As it stands they can't put more money in - as it was already mentioned, there is a question mark over the 65% rule being obeyed.
Go for what? P1?
[QUOTE=Magicme;1364259]Quit with the paranoia, this has been worked on for some time now and went to the publishers late last week so it is now ready for launch. Nothing cynical in it at all.
Magicme, don't think you should be assuming paranoia at all. Releasing a document like this...which should be a positive thing, will serve to gall plenty of Limerick fans. Holding on to the release a little longer and spoiling some cups of hot chocolate might have been a little more sensible.
FOM,
Limerick would have had a draft of this, and had the timeline for release, before the United controversy.
not sure what difference that makes really. I think this is poorly timed, I guess we'll just have to disagree.
Yeah, I can understand the hurt if I was a Limerick fan and next thing a "Grow your Club" guide came out.
My only comment is that if it had been held for a few weeks/months then you would have people going "What is the point releasing it now, season is nearly over."
Are they the same mystery fans that crop up in the attendence thread with alarming regularity.......?
Sorry FOM if I have wound you up a little but there really is nothing sinister behind the release of this doc, as Kev said this was the planned week for it for some time and holding off would only have made things look suspicious. Whatever mistakes or perceived mistakes were made in the Barca thing, the FAI have to move on and get on with the real work which is supporting football at all levels in this country to the best of their ability and this document gives clubs a tool to work on fixing things that need fixing this year and planning for bigger things next year.
The timing in my opinion is perfect as there is the 2 week break from football to look through it and assess what needs to be done and start implementing changes after the break.
By the way, I, like the other CPO's contributed to this booklet and we worked closely with some great people who have a lot of knowledge on this subject so this is by no means a clumped together piece of work, it is a well thought out strategy for the growth of the league and whilst some things are a bit whimsical or common sense, sometimes you need to see things like this in black and white to start changing what happens in our grounds week in week out.
Sorry for the rant, I have just had some chocolate and coffee so am raring to go!
I don't think the timing is dodgy, but it does highlight the hypocracy of the FAI, just a few weeks after they blocked the Limerick friendly. I'd hope amongst the list of clarifications is to see this mystery 3rd Party agreement. "We'll pretend to help you grow, but don't get too ambitious or we'll smack you down"
Last edited by Macy; 01/06/2010 at 12:25 PM.
If you attack me with stupidity, I'll be forced to defend myself with sarcasm.
Yes and no, go for an alternative or at least have the FAI held completely answerable. Everything just seemed so rushed and without a scrap. After Limerick I'd have thought there'd be a war.
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