QuoteBang on the money!Originally Posted by jbyrne
FAI cant afford to give the ladies team tracksuits of their own but can pay for a brass band that no one wants!
Bang on the money!
shouldn't the gear be supplied by the shirt manufacturer, why isn't it part of the sponsorship agreement?
Given the difference in crowds the match fees for ROIWNT can't reasonably match ROIMNT, but all other conditions should be exactly the same.
Shocked, but not surprised.
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A brass band is a slight exaggeration: a few pimply teenagers banging drums and one guy only I think on a trumpet but the point is nevertheless well made. However, the FAI has said in reply that it has tried to address these issues with the players but that they have been rebuffed. As in all disputes there are usually two sides to every story but it certainly doesn't reflect well on the FAI.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
if you were sitting near a stadium speaker it sounded like two brass bands
The players have asked the PFAI to represent them as they have the experienced negotiators etc. The FAI have approached the players on several occasions who referred them to the PFAI but the FAI haven't contacted the PFAI
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All seems like very reasonable requests. Hoping IMT management and players show some support. Some pressure should be put on sponsors too.
Still wondering how much they paid the "Is Not Bleak" guy.
Edit: Refusing to meet with PFAI as a representative is same kind of "Divide and Conquer" stuff they pull with LOI clubs. I'm sure they'd love to deal with one member of the team potentially untrained in negotiating, or all of them at once. But a (quasi) union rep? Nope, they aren't having any of that.
Last edited by NeverFeltBetter; 04/04/2017 at 6:26 PM.
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No word about this from anyone in the senior mens squad? The assistant manager perhaps?
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JD & the FAI right up there with Michael O'Leary & Ryanair in refusing to meet with unions.
The statement released is a classic Football Association of John Delaney response. Attack the complainant rather than address the complaint. I immediately notice that of the "five occasions in recent months the FAI has attempted to bring the Players to the table" one is six months ago and the other four are within the last fortnight. Reads to me like someones bluff got called and the ladies warned they'd use the only levers the FAJD responds to -the threat of being embarrassed in front of their sponsors and the media.
http://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/state...ion-of-ireland
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
I can't believe Sue Ronan was one of the people who signed the letter to the players. Considering she was their coach for 6 years, you would think she may have been on their side.
However, it really does seem she is as bad as the rest of them. For years she was being paid 2 salaries, 1 as women's coach, one as head of women's development. She stepped down last year as coach, but didn't have to take any pay cut for now only doing 1 job.
It is easy to see why the cost of salaries is so high there. Ronan is now an a wage way higher than she should be. Why would she ever leave the role or question the organisation when she is being looked after so well.
Same as all of them. Get looked after yourself, and who cares about the consequences for the future
Looks like it's a recognition issue rather than the money.
Mc Guinness and Gillooley versus Delaney...Who would want to be at the mercy of those three.
The women are incidental.
Best of luck to them in getting the supports that all international teams should get, but it looks like they are being used by men with other agendas
Was anyone listening to OTB last night?
Kilbane seemed to suggest that the men's tracksuits get recycled downwards as well after they use them. There seemed to be some sort of indignity issue with the ladies rather than the fact that they didn't keep the gear. It as at the start of last night's show, and well worth a listen.
https://soundcloud.com/offtheball/ir...itizens#t=3:03
This is from the Football Show part.
Noel King again on Morning Ireland this morning was well worth the listen. Seemed to be on the girls side but absolutely no time for Gilhooley and McGuinness and the language used. It should be noted he did a great job trying to refer to them as players and completely remove their gender from the discussion.
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
So I believe but they were directly opposite me to the left of the goal with the microphones in front of them. I heard them as they played and not through the stadium speaker. Just a few teenagers and only one I think had a trumpet - the rest drums. Obviously an experiment which didn't work although at our end it did on occasion start a chant but this is ot and I'll get myself told off by the powers that be here
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
RTE is saying the PFAI have been invited to a mediation meeting tonight: https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0405/865345-womens-soccer/
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I'm all on for yoga and spirituality but WTF is meditation going to solve?
Have you tried meditating about what meditation can solve.....?
I did but couldn't agree with myself on whether it worked, so I sought mediation. Meditation mediation didn't work so I turned to medication.
Excellent stuff from the Irish women's team. That sort of condescending blame game reaction from the FAI would not go down well in any of the more sport gender equal Scandi countries.
Now the Icelandic women's team want the same/similar treatment as the men's team got for their euro finals' escapades, an all frills downtown event with open-air screenings of their 2017 Euro finals' matches.
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