QuoteThis is Michael Lowry's constituency. That will tell you everything you need to know.Originally Posted by Real ale Madrid
Kelly will hinder his campaign more than help it by getting John Delaney to canvass for him. It strikes me as misguided and desperate.
This is Michael Lowry's constituency. That will tell you everything you need to know.
Can Alan Kelly's reputation get any worse?
Whiter than white Willie O'Dea weighs in on the issue.
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/polit...-dea-1.2502144
Football Association of Ireland (FAI) chief executive John Delaney’s decision to seek electoral support for Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly has been described as “totally inappropriate” by Opposition TDs.
Fianna Fáil Deputy Willie O’Dea said Mr Delaney should not have visited local soccer clubs and a barber shop with Mr Kelly of Labour in the Tipperary constituency, urging people to vote for the Minister.
“I think it’s totally inappropriate. I think it’s absolutely inappropriate. Frankly I’ve never heard anything like it,” Mr O’Dea said.
Showing up at random funerals to press the flesh is totally acceptable of course.
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
What's wrong with visiting a barber shop?
John Delaney
"It's very important to keep a Minister in your own barber shop"
Interestingly, despite the earlier comments that it was 'personal time' (Not sure of Alan Kelly actually said that himself), Kelly is now saying that Delaney was acting on behalf of the FAI:
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/polit...ster-1.2502949Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly has said Football Association of Ireland chief executive John Delaney was acting “on behalf of the FAI” when encouraging voters to support him.
Mr Delaney has been criticised for visiting local soccer clubs and a barber shop with Mr Kelly in his Tipperary constituency by Opposition TDs, who said it was “totally inappropriate”.
However, Mr Kelly said he could not see anything wrong with Mr Delaney supporting his bid to be re-elected as a Labour TD.
“He was fulfilling engagements on behalf of the FAI with me in Tipperary last Friday and I don’t see anything wrong with that whatsoever,” Mr Kelly said.
The smart person would just leave it at "He was just helping my in a personal capacity" but Kelly just has to say he was operating "on behalf of the FAI". That guy just constantly comes off as less smart than he probably is.
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
So, on Tuesday, the FAI released a statement praising John Delaney for his purportedly-sterling skills of negotiation after Ireland supporters were granted an extra allocation of tickets for the Euros with UEFA.
The statement read:
Cue heavy and well-deserved praise for Delaney around Ireland and on social media; he putting the work in for the fans and all that...
Except, the extra allocation of tickets had absolutely nothing to do with him at all!
As Balls.ie reported:
I thought the language the FAI had used in their statement was interesting/suspect: "...following meetings with Nyon..."
How does one meet with a place? Usually one would meet in a place. Presumably, this was a sly euphemism for saying that he "met" with them, not in Nyon, but remotely, or had a telephone conversation, in other words. And that conversation probably amounted to little more than UEFA confirming to the FAI that more tickets were on the way to the FAI due to the heavy demand, just like other associations were benefiting too.
What a complete charlatan of spin and nonsense Delaney is.
Last edited by DannyInvincible; 28/01/2016 at 9:01 PM.
I thought you had fallen for a spoof article, albeit with a believability factor so strong that one could justifiably accept it at face value.
But it's on the FAI website
I presume it should be "meeting with UEFA in Nyon"
Delaney is such a character that even Blatter felt a bit dirty around him and gave him Eur 5m to go far away.
Highly critical article regarding big, bloaty head on the French website for So Foot.
http://www.sofoot.com/john-delaney-l...se-226525.html
http://www.balls.ie/football/john-delaney/340593
Last edited by TheOneWhoKnocks; 23/07/2016 at 2:12 PM.
That translated highly critical article is gone, and record of it has gone from balls, ybig and elsewhere. Strange that sofoot still have it up...
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
I think its just that the gallic shrug is seen as a complete defense of any opinion.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
" Blatter made fun of us, remember. I told him what I thought of it, there were a few expletives. Then we reached an agreement. A very good deal for the FAI. "The author of the output is John Delaney, the Chief Executive of the Football Association of Ireland. We June 4, 2015, eight days after the arrest of seven FIFA officials in Zurich, and two days after the resignation of Sepp Blatter. Is a latte stroke-like projection from behind a man down.
FIFA would have paid the Irish Federal for the hand of Henry
The object of the arrangement in question? The hand of Thierry Henry, one evening in November 2009. The contents of the " good agreement "?Nearly five million, nothing less. However, right after the match, Delaney stated that the Irish protest was " not a question of money but a question of sporting integrity ." In the process, he had ignored the price of fair play proposed by FIFA. But behind the scenes, John Delaney continued to maneuver. As from the beginning of the ascent of King John in the arcana of the FAI.
Keane and Delaney, enemies and friends
The Delaney family name is well known Irish football. The " Baron Joe " father of " King John ," is the treasurer of the FAI in the 90s An officer involved in an official ticket resale business related to World Cups 1990 and 1994, which will eventually be throw the night of 8 March 1996 in an atmosphere of settling scores. Then John is 29 and is a modest delegate Waterford. But the eviction of his paternal will excite ambition and sharpen his fangs. Five years later, in 2001, he became after the youngest father treasurer of the history of the FAI to 34. The step after this is a well placed opportunism in 2002 in the case of Saipan, by joining a portion of public opinion that demands the head of Roy Keane. The captain has publicly criticize the methods of McCarthy coach when preparing for the 2002 World Cup, on the island of Saipan. Keane is excluded, Delaney has made a name. Today, Roy Keane is the assistant of Martin O'Neill at the head of the selection by John D. ...
"We have shown our Boys in Green to the end"
For since, John Delaney took advantage of the stormy departure of Fran Rooney to head of the Federation in 2004 and then to be extended twice up to receive a salary of 430,000 euros per year. Is double that wins the champion of the League of Ireland, is also more than the emoluments of his Italian and Spanish counterparts combined. In a country where half of the elite clubs struggling to make ends meet, the figures go wrong with followers. And the salary reduction granted in 2010 by the boss - 430 000-340 000 annual euros - is not enough to stop the fire from critics. Even today, after Euro succeeded his Boys in Green, Delaney must appeal to private benefactor Denis O'Brien to ensure the renewal of contracts of coach - € 1.1 million for the year, as Fernando Santos - and its staff. Government subsidies of around 2.7 million euros per year for the operation of Irish football, not enough to appease the gluttonous appetite.
" Validate your new girlfriend "
In the public, other images go wrong. That of the double wave of Ancelotti evening after the Irish pitiful campaign at Euro 2012 is one.The fans will be satisfied nor its justification - that his staff and he had " organized a chess without participation administratively. That was our main role and we succeeded. (...) I think it's something that I have the right to do from time to time. "- Either by supporting Giovanni Trapattoni in his way: " in England and Ireland, it is a habit. Sometimes when certain behaviors surprise me, I was told, "We are Irish" or "We are English." (...)It's a cultural thing. Sometimes we have the same problems with the players. "The Trap ', which has not managed to qualify Ireland 2010 World Cup, which will be out of Euro 2012 with three defeats in the haversack, which has failed in his quest for Brazil 2014, will eventually leave a position for which he was chosen by Delaney at an annual 1.8 million euros.
FIFA is due on 5 million offered for ISPs
Today when Delaney congratulates Green supporters to be " the best ambassadors of Ireland ," they do not return the compliment. T-shirts " **** Delaney " have flourished all over France. This is not so much for his wife, the distinguished English Emma - that " Sepp Blatter set for seven or eight seconds, then said: " I validate your new girlfriend. " I told him to move " - for his haphazard management of the local championship. Financial difficulties, a non-existent training, the best players leaving very young in England, and a public deserting stadiums into disrepair. Even " good agreement " a few million scraped FIFA is not enough to soften the resentment.
Thierry Henry vs Simon Cox
And it is not so much the dual JD game that is criticized. After the match against the Blues, when asked about the French qualification, he replied: " I will ask the players and the coach, and they tell me that the result is wrong, I will do what I am asked. " Exactly. In 2012, the Irish must be at least a point against Armenia to access the dam, otherwise it will be for clicks Mkhitaryan. At the 26 th , Simon Cox, Irish striker, hand control, then pulls the torso keeper Berezovsky out to meet him outside the box. The referee blows ... and expels the Armenian guard, and the Irish won 2-1. In the mixed zone, Cox does not avoid: " The ball came over my shoulder, I tried to control it. I do not think the goalkeeper touched the ball with his hand. "But, like others in his position, Delaney known to have selective memory. Go to the dam, then. And a qualification at the end.
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No, if the Irish are not satisfied with the arrangement, it is with regard to the use of the money. The day after the revelation of Delaney, June 5, 2015, FIFA illuminates the case to the Team : " While the referee's decision was final and that the ISP has finally accepted in January 2010, FIFA has reached an agreement with the FAI to end any proceedings against FIFA.FIFA agreed to pay five million dollars (4.4 million euros) to the FAI for the construction of a stadium in Ireland. At the same time, UEFA has also provided funds for the same stage. The agreement provided that the ISP would repay the loan if Ireland qualified for the 2014 World Cup, which it failed to do. Accordingly, and in view of the financial position of the FAI, FIFA decided December 31, 2014 not to seek repayment of that loan. "
Between the rain and anonymity
So there is a contract condition the repayment of a loan to a qualification in a sports tournament, the loan itself already granted to stop prosecution. Then there is the subject of the loan, the construction of the national Aviva Stadium, shared between rugby, soccer and concerts, where clubs appear most in need. Finally there is a question of political levels, questioning the FAI on the registration of absence of the amount in the accounts since 2010. To which the FAI Delaney replied: " Everything is in our official documents, which are audited by an independent body. (...) the agreement has never influenced the criticism of FIFA by the ISP, as shown by our constant criticism of Sepp Blatter. "Yet less than 10 days after the revelations of agreement, the introduction of the match program between Ireland and Scotland is changed, the quips to the former boss of FIFA removed, all reprinted for 18,000 euros. The author of the editorial? John Delaney, of course.BY ERIC CARPENTIER
Is there a chance now that se could get rid of Delaney to the OCI? What with Pat Hickey being banged up abroad and all. Who would be the front runner to take over if he does jump ship? Emma English? Or maybe another FAI blazer for continuity?
Warrant out for his passport according to the Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/irela...port-1.2763730
It gets better, lol
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/irela...port-1.2763730
(just before me, lol)
I was hoping that until the warrant was issued.
Finally the end is near...
Darragh Moloney just announced it there on RTÉ.
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
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