FAI finances

[Mr A]

Finance at that level baffles me. Most of it I get (or think I get) but stuff like the Glazers being able to buy Man United or Hicks and Gillette to buy Liverpool with the club's own money is just mental.

Anyhow, they might be better to wait for the sales and see what's going on then.

[Dodge]

http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-29863091.html

€12.5 million written off apparently

[gastric]

Delaney painting himself as some sort of messiah. Granted he has done some good things, but the amount of spin in this article is amazing, particularly when he talks about the FAI's investment in the Aviva Stadium.

http://www.independent.ie/business/i...-30241450.html

[bennocelt]

Ah Jesus Gastric, do you want to spoil my sunday!!!

[Stuttgart88]

I wonder what they could have got for that Aviva financial commitment? Probably a very tidy compact 40,000 seater on the Luas line. I'd have preferred that. Then when a really big game comes along the IRFU and GAA could compete for staging it.

I still feel uncomfortable with the FAI spending a shed load of money on something they don't have a proper share of the freehold on.

I think Delaney has given a good account of himself though. However, for me, the elephant in the room is the fragmented nature of the domestic game. He cites the help of Kelleher and Desmond, but these type of people should also be on the FAI Board in some capacity and putting pressure on the FAI in other areas.

[bennocelt]

I still feel uncomfortable with the FAI spending a shed load of money on something they don't have a proper share of the freehold on.

I think Delaney has given a good account of himself though. However, for me, the elephant in the room is the fragmented nature of the domestic game..

Especially when at the moment Waterford (His second team) appear to be in trouble.
A nice easy article from his friends in the press, no doubt over a few jars.

[Stuttgart88]

His friends in the press? The Indo hates him and is never slow to throw a dig the FAI's way!

[Charlie Darwin]

His friends in the press? The Indo hates him and is never slow to throw a dig the FAI's way!

The Indo hate him but the Sindo don't - they have a history of popping sweeties in Delaney's mouth. They even sent Barry ****ing Egan to interview him once.

[BonnieShels]

I wonder what they could have got for that Aviva financial commitment? Probably a very tidy compact 40,000 seater on the Luas line. I'd have preferred that. Then when a really big game comes along the IRFU and GAA could compete for staging it.

I still feel uncomfortable with the FAI spending a shed load of money on something they don't have a proper share of the freehold on.

I think Delaney has given a good account of himself though. However, for me, the elephant in the room is the fragmented nature of the domestic game. He cites the help of Kelleher and Desmond, but these type of people should also be on the FAI Board in some capacity and putting pressure on the FAI in other areas.

By the same token though there's a school of thought that the usable lifetime for the stadium (60 years) will suit the FAI given a major upgrade will be due then.

At that stage, who knows what world we will be living in again then.

[Stuttgart88]

The Indo hate him but the Sindo don't - they have a history of popping sweeties in Delaney's mouth. They even sent Barry ****ing Egan to interview him once.

Didn't Dion Fanning give him a grilling post-Sopot?

[Charlie Darwin]

Didn't Dion Fanning give him a grilling post-Sopot?

Maybe, I'm not sure, but I don't think they really have an editorial line towards the FAI the way the Indo do. I think Denis has a bit more sway at the Sindo since Dion's dad died whereas the Indo is still in open revolt against him.

[bennocelt]

His friends in the press? The Indo hates him and is never slow to throw a dig the FAI's way!

Ah come on Stutt did you not read that Barry Egan interview!!!

[Stuttgart88]

No, I didn't, but I stand by my remark. The Indo is constantly having a dig at FAI and even the national team. I don't distinguish between The Sindo and The Indo, so maybe it's much more one than the other.

[bennocelt]

No, I didn't, but I stand by my remark. The Indo is constantly having a dig at FAI and even the national team. I don't distinguish between The Sindo and The Indo, so maybe it's much more one than the other.

Well I dont read that rag, but as mentioned probably is a difference between the football writers and the rest

[Dodge]

His friends in the press? The Indo hates him and is never slow to throw a dig the FAI's way!

That was before the Independent became official newspaper group of the FAI though

Although it could be just a co-incidence

[Charlie Darwin]

No, I didn't, but I stand by my remark. The Indo is constantly having a dig at FAI and even the national team. I don't distinguish between The Sindo and The Indo, so maybe it's much more one than the other.

They're completely different newspapers.

[geysir]

I'd say the papers are brotherly, but not identical twins.
That was a stroke and a half for Delaney to get the Indo as a FAI...."stakeholder" (buzz word alert).

[paul_oshea]

As much as people talk about him and try and negate the situation, the facts speak for themselves, the revenue steams speak for themselves. Getting 100k for GU didnt help much and seems like an ego boost but overall if he were in business the shareholders and IIs would resolutely be backing him just like his current board members are.

[paul_oshea]

All week the Indo keeps knocking, everyone and everything, and on Sunday, the Sindo perches them back on the pedastal.

[Stuttgart88]

I'm reading Jonathan Wilson's book "Behind the Curtain: Travels in Eastern European Football" at the moment. It's a good read.

Some of the ex-Soviet bloc leagues and national associations, even in wealthy countries like Slovenia, make the FAI and LOI look like a model of sound economics and good governance!