I largely agree. If Liverpool or Man U moved to Dublin for their home games they'd be the best attended sports teams in the country by a long distance. But at the same time I think there's a bit of EPL-weariness creeping in among the Irish. With diminishing numbers of irish stars in the EPL and declining national team performance I think the public is aware that what we do at home will help so there is pent up support of Irish domestic football that an attractive product can tap into. We can argue all day long what constitutes attractive; many will argue that it's already attractive though the sales numbers argue differently. I don't think it's beyond the wit of man to have ten teams in the LOI with nice stadia, a good match day atmosphere and a good standard of football attracting c.5,000 per game each week. Over and above the factors you cited, the GAA does well because its clubs are proper community clubs with joined up underage and senior teams. LOI clubs were really only ever teams, maybe an A team and a B team with little underneath. the schoolboy clubs were the community clubs and the Intermediate teams/clubs were largely different still. Recent changes might make a difference in time. Rovers are becoming a joined-up top-to-bottom club. Bohs are in a JV with Kevins but are strongly community-rooted. Over time this will closely mimic the GAA model.
Obviously if the Pope also got involved we could expect a miracle or two. Donald Trump could Make Irish Football Great Again. #MIFGA
Lads, when did an internet petition ever change anything?
I'd say metaphorically a dictator. Literally a single-minded self-serving CEO who lacks full accountability.
He had a mini Kevin Keegan after the main portion of the press conference was over when questioned on his running of the FAI and finances. Had the brass bo***cks to say if anyone wants to ask any questions to come to the annual FAI AGM and ask them there!
He's spooked by Quinn who knows well how to play football politics and JD has his eyes on hanging on until the UEFA elections in 2020. Started listing off all the underage teams and the facilities upgrades going on as if he put his hand in his own pocket for them when it's SDCC paying for Tallaght, DCC paying for Dalyer, Louth CoCo paying for Drogheda, Capital Sports grants paying for Glanmire & Harps. Delaney taking credit without putting the hand in the FAI till for nearly all or any of it at all.
Yep, money is scarce in Irish football. All that cash splashed on Trap, MON and JD over the years could have been better invested.
https://m.independent.ie/sport/socce...-37562335.html Another article in Sunday Times . Petition is gone to 20,000 it’s no good talking on forums any action you can take like ringing your local td or member of pac is better than sitting back and doing nothing.
Be honest gufc - what do you expect to change?
As I've said elsewhere, there's no way John Delaney will not be in charge for the Euro 2020 games at Aviva Stadium. I've said it for a while now that he's playing the long game to be head of UEFA
Just can’t sit back and do nothing. This from yesterday the man has no shame.
https://amp.independent.ie/sport/soc...mpression=true
In itself, an online petition is tame but it can add to the 'optics'. Emmet Malone referred to it in his IT article
'Around 20,000 people have now signed the online petition calling for him to go. He might just have won over a few waverers, though, with the way he has played this one.'
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