What the FAI thinks of progressive clubs:

[osarusan]

terrific stuff by McDonnell

Fair play to him (and *gulp* his Indo editors)

Yeah, I have to admit it's great stuff, and I wouldn't normally say that about the Indo.

[athloneman]

fair play to dan, he is a legend and is exactly what the league of ireland needs to stand up to them clowns in the fai, and in the replies i think the fai tripped over themselves and got caught up in there own lies!

[Longfordian]

Fair play to him. It's about time people started standing up to the FAI.

[passinginterest]

Great to see a journalist standing up to the FAI, I hope the league of Ireland clubs band together to give him the VIP treatment when he turns up at their grounds, we all know the FAI will do everything in their power to freeze him out completely now.

[CuanaD]

This actually makes me want to start buying the Indo - Keep it up Mr McDonnell

[thischarmingman]

Really good work, glad to see.

[Declanus]

Its obvious that the FAI have sold their souls and that a third party is making the decisions about friendlies. Just go back to the playing of the friendly against Brazil in the Emirates when Croker was available. That should have started the alarm bells ringing.

[MariborKev]

Wrong.

-That was Kentaro, who have confirmed they are not the agents.
-That was classed as a Brazil game
-Ireland got a flat fee, that was a good deal for us
-Croker was significantly more expensive
-The less we give the big ballers and their self congratulating Central Council the better.

[Dodge]

Nothing wrong with that decision. it was basically an away friendly. Whatever they make on the back of the national side is alright with me

This thing is completely different

[SkStu]

maith an fear, Daniel.

[Réiteoir]

Don't forget Dan is one of us - I remember him contributing greatly to JWs old forum - and always supported the Forum Football Matches

[OneRedArmy]

Wonder will any of the "big name" scribes pick up the ball and run with it on this one?

No doubt Humphries and Co will continue to write the same navel gazing tripe on the Premiership whilst enjoying the backslapping and late nights in the hotel bars on away trips with the FAI crew.

Well done Dan, I hope you haven't damaged your career but at least you can sleep easy in your bed at night unlike the vast majority of the football branch of the Fourth Estate who are nothing more than glorified FAI cheerleaders.

[SkStu]

Wonder will any of the "big name" scribes pick up the ball and run with it on this one?
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wasnt that how rugby was created?

[Cosmo]

fair play to Daniel McDonnell.

the FAI just cant help themselves can they? they seem determined to keep showing us what gobsh*tes they are

[Jofspring]

How do the clubs actually feel about the carry on of the FAI? Is there the same feeling amongst the chairmen and board members of the clubs as there is amongst the fans? Has anybody here been getting any feedback from there clubs?

[Charlie Darwin]

Good article.

[Candystripe]

Not many journalists seem to have their ear to the L.O.I. clubs more than Dan and maybe even Mark Mc Cadden although Dan has the bit between his teeth right now and fair play to him for outting the fiasco that the Barca game has brought to the doors of Abbotstown.

Having read the statement from Limerick and Barca will the f.A.I. now be asked by someone why they lied about the game not being confirmed by Barca?

Hopefully this drags on until the F.A.I. have to come out and admit the bull**** they have been spewing in the past week to cover-up what even the barstoolers see as a Goliath V David battle.


This has enormous consequenses for all clubs as it now limits us to never being able to organise big name friendlies with crowds of over (insert what the F.A.I. decide that week/day) to raise much needed funds.

What if Tallaght was developed to over a 15k capacity, will that mean that it would be of no use to Rovers for anything other than a competitive game?

[Mr A]

It's good to see journalists not just accepting exactly what they're given and asking the questions that need to be answered. Only last week I was thinking that the standard of football journalism in this country didn't have anything to offer in comparison to the likes of this article about Portsmouth's self destruction: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/mattslate...fairytale.html

[Dodge]

Not many journalists seem to have their ear to the L.O.I. clubs more than Dan and maybe even Mark Mc Cadden

Good shout on McCadden too. The pair of them are streets ahead of the rest with LOI coverage.

[Riddickcule]

As much as the Indo is a load of bull that man is a good journo.

Whatever happened to a good left-wing newspaper? lol