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    Quote Originally Posted by osarusan View Post
    This is what I took from it too. They were going to sit there and brazenly stonewall and just not give a f**k about it, just see it through and let it all blow over.

    Everybody might know now that they are a bunch of utter spoofers, but so what? Nobody can do anything about it.
    Yes they can.
    The only way to hurt these people is in the pocket.
    If fans refuse to support their events & merchandise then finances will tighten & action will be have to be taken.
    Yes it may hurt football in Ireland in the short term but could have untold benefits in the long run.

    Quote Originally Posted by pineapple stu View Post
    I thought the Treasurer was most telling. He hadn't a clue. Has the FAI always had a tax cert? Would need to check that. How many bank accounts does the FAI have? Would need to check that. Could you give us a guess? I think it's one. (It's 24)

    He struck me as the kind of utterly useless committee type who's only delighted to be on the committee and to be a mover and shaker in football, to sort his mates out for a few tickets. If John goes, who'd sort tickets?

    Remember too Delaney can give out grants of up to E5k by himself, with no further approval required - that's presumably a decent whack for a small club. A new set of kit or a new grass machine - whatever. Ignore the fact that the league structure in general seems to be an utter shambles - shrinking leagues, uncompetitive leagues, breakaway leagues, senior and junior/intermediate out of synch. So long as Ballygobackwards FC get a new set of kit out of John, then he's good. And the Ballygobackwards FC Chairman would be only delighted to be honoured with a spot on the FAI Board.

    That's what it comes down to I think.
    This is the problem not only with the FAI but also the regional associations.
    There are to many clueless blazers like Murray who's only interests are the chains of office, the junkets & their association with the semblances of power.
    With people like this in office football in this country will never advance beyond what it is at present.
    There are a lot of genuine football people in this country who carry the can for these clowns & never get a mention when the goodies are being handed out.

    Quote Originally Posted by Scrufil View Post
    Does John Delaney need to be a member of the FAI to retain his UEFA seat? I can see a situation where he becomes a consultant to the FAI, independent of the board and orgainisation, but retains his UEFA membership. He then charges huge chunks of consultancy fees back to the FAI. All he has to do is ride out this storm.
    Yes I understand he does & that is why the position of executive vice president of the FAI was created.

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    The 100k is being assumed to be a bridging loan, as if it's a truth, however as Chair remarked near the end, only a scrupulous forensic analysis of the bookkeeping could confirm the FAI story.
    A more believable scenario is that it wasn't a loan, but resting out of sight out of mind, therefore only a small clique knew about it, the rush to the high court and the subsequent sealed lips not sinking the FAI ship.

    On the other hand, in early 2017 the FAI could have been cash strapped, needed a bridge loan and they have just reacted as per their norm, haughty, arrogant, secretive and with disdain.

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    Quote Originally Posted by geysir View Post
    The 100k is being assumed to be a bridging loan, as if it's a truth, however as Chair remarked near the end, only a scrupulous forensic analysis of the bookkeeping could confirm the FAI story.
    A more believable scenario is that it wasn't a loan, but resting out of sight out of mind, therefore only a small clique knew about it, the rush to the high court and the subsequent sealed lips not sinking the FAI ship.

    On the other hand, in early 2017 the FAI could have been cash strapped, needed a bridge loan and they have just reacted as per their norm, haughty, arrogant, secretive and with disdain.
    I would tend to believe that in bold over something all-out nefarious. The FAI's performance yesterday points to an institution completely at ease with shuffling large amounts of money around as they see fit, without ever wondering if they need to tell anyone outside of the organisation about it.
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    PFAI too - http://www.pfai.ie/news/statement-pf...ment-committee

    Gathering a bit of steam now

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    Lots of goalkeepers on that PFAI committee. Out to save the day?

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    Will we be seeing a flurry of tennis balls this weekend?

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    Quote Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter View Post
    I wonder how big a deal that is. As Stu outlined above, I'd say a lot of the junior clubs would be happy enough with Delaney because of his perceived largess with grants. And of course, no one will want to be the only club calling for his head.
    The Leinster Senior League is the biggest amateur league in the country. He can buy off the local leagues - who have disproportionate power compared to the likes of the LSL - by gifting grants to a couple of clubs. The vast majority of LSL clubs have never gotten as much as a bean from the organisation while he's been in charge.

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    Beware of the Ides of March (+April)

    A timeline of events from march and april 2017 have been leaked by Dan McDonnell which might well clarify matters. The Dundalk Money.
    One of the 25 or so (still counting) FAI bank accounts is called the Uefa account, it's also known as the 'holding' account with about 6 different exits..

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    It would be great if the success of an LOI club is what leads to Delaney's downfall.
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    A joint statement from the Dublin, 54 Crew and From Behind the Nets supporters groups regarding the FAI appearance in front of the Oireachtas Committee

    We as supporters of Finn Harps Football Club feel the need to comment on the Oireachtas Committee hearing on Wednesday. As genuine Football fans we can do nothing but protest at the manner in which the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) would appear to being run. We realise that if we remain silent the status quo will persist.

    The fact that the new Executive Vice-President chose to remain silent speaks volumes for the manner in which the FAI has been allowed to be dominated by one man. Surely the former Chief executive has answers to the questions, that, not only the members of the Oireachtas but Sport Ireland and indeed it would seem members of the Board of the FAI seek. If you have nothing to hide why stay silent?

    The board/former CEO claim to have the best interests of Irish football at heart. However, due to their actions and lack of transparency Sports Ireland has cut funding which will undoubtedly effect grassroots football and the growth of the game in our country. We call on the Board of the FAI and the Executive-Vice President to resign and allow football in Ireland the chance to start again.

    As supporters of a League of Ireland club we have for many years been fed the line from the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) that the League was a problem child. It would seem that the FAI itself has been the problem.

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    All that was missing yesterday was the FAI rep lifting a Dunne Stores plastic bag stuffed with notes shouting 'Scoops'!! Can anyone get hold of that Apres Match sketch, classic!

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    The supporters should write to UEFA.

    The FAI clearly have a cashflow problem, and apparently John Delaney needs a second job at the FAI just to be able to carry out his UEFA duties. Clearly, our cash-trapped FA can't afford the salary for this extra job, so maybe UEFA would be kind enough to relieve Mr. Delaney from his UEFA position?

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    UEFA will do nothing to one of their own.

    Best thing you can do is change your mobile phone or electricity supplier, and let them know why

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    Quote Originally Posted by brine3 View Post

    The FAI clearly have a cashflow problem
    do they though? i think it only prudent that someone investigates and proves if the FAI actually needed the €100,000 at the time. aren't there suspicions that the €100,000 may have been transferred to the FAI for other non FAI reasons? if a national associations accounts were being used for personal reasons that is clearly an severe abuse of position

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    It's hard to know alright.

    On the one hand, Dundalk asking for 300k and getting paid in drips and drabs is classic insolvent behaviour

    On the other hand, Delaney's account of how he came to realise that the FAI needed urgent cash is simply utterly contrary to how companies work at the top level when going broke (speaking from experience here!)

    So that then encourages the rumour that Delaney was sneaking money into the company to hide it from the ex-wife.

    And of course in the background someone's lurking who's leaked all this. The ex? But would she have had remittance details? That sounds like an inside job.

    It's all very strange.

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    Imagine a club using the FAI as their banker.

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    https://m.independent.ie/world-news/...1zzmMWmtoGeFf8

    Sounds almost identical to a certain federation doesn’t it?

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