FAI are killing football

**sullanefc** · 18/09/2005, 3:38 PM

Originally Posted by Drumcondra red

What? You've never sweared at a game of football, no?

Of course I have, there is always the oul "Ah FFS" when your team misses a chance or if the ref gives a poor decision.

Originally Posted by sonofstan

was at the match last night but didn't see the banner or hear the megaphone - probably was drowned out by the guy behind me who spent the entire match - as he does every week - shouting 'Stokes, you're a f..king clown' or ' you useless Rovers c..t, Stokes' (or Kelly. or Mckeon or whoever). There were a load of kids in front, who were imitating him and giggling ..... terrible entirely

It's this sort of carry on that I don't like. Can you imagine this guy with a mega phone?

And the Derry guy with the mega phone who just started screaming into it at one stage sounded like a complete idiot.

I have no problem with mega phones to start a chant going, and I know some chants have the odd swear word in them, but when the swearing goes over the top, that's when I have a problem with it.

**anto eile** · 18/09/2005, 4:16 PM

the fai are useless ****s
a co-ordinated susatained anti-fai banners in all EL grounds would be a good idea

**OneRedArmy** · 18/09/2005, 8:59 PM

Originally Posted by OwlsFan

No, I'm not employed by "the FAI". I just get tired about every conceivable ill in Irish soccer being put at the door of "the FAI". Ever consider what "the FAI" is that everyone criticises. It's made up of numerous different people nearly all of whom are involved in soccer in Ireland and putting work into Junior, EL and International soccer. People sit at keyboards criticizing "the FAI" but what they are attacking is the people involved in all walks of Irish soccer because that's what the FAI is made up of.

First question, are you an Eircom League fan?

Secondly you're absolutely wrong that by criticising the FAI we're somehow belittling the effort of every person involved in coaching, training under-age sides all around the country. Thats absolutely ridiculous.

The criticism is quite specific, its senior level FAI/EL administrators from John Delaney down. Within the space of a week the FAI/EL have decided that a whole range of behaviours that were previously encouraged or tolerated are no longer allowed, without any consultation, notice or the like. As I said, I didn't hear swearing through the megaphone but if it happened then a warning was probably correct, however the FAI ordering the taking down of the banner was absolutely, positively WRONG. If its someone's opinion that the disciplinary investigation was a farce, then in a free society they should be allowed to state this.

I'd much rather the FAI got on with putting together a decent long-term marketing plan to develop the EL rather than spending its time trying to root out criticism and protect its image.

Good article in the Sunday Times today on the mandarins of Merrion Square btw.

**A face** · 18/09/2005, 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by anto eile

a co-ordinated susatained anti-fai banners in all EL grounds would be a good idea

What are you saying ??

I mean .... if every club were to have anti-banners for the rest of the season, at every single game .... i mean ...... thats a crazy idea !?!?!!

Sooo crazy ... that it might actually work !!

**Mr_T** · 19/09/2005, 7:41 AM

Originally Posted by joeraki

Megaphones are grad once they are used for what they are meant to be used for ie to get the crowd all singing a certain song. The person using it last night just seemed to be saying any oul stuff that came into his head

As a fan I've always had mixed feelings about the magaphones. They seem a bit contrived, espcially if not in a very large crowd. Whatever about them, as joeraki says they should certainly only be used to start chants, and their use for shouting abuse is certainly out of order.

We've used one from time to time this sesaon and if the user starts shouting abuse or anything silly it was quickly taken off them and given to somebody more sensible/sober.

**MariborKev** · 19/09/2005, 11:55 AM

Originally Posted by Mr_T

We've used one from time to time this sesaon and if the user starts shouting abuse or anything silly it was quickly taken off them and given to somebody more sensible/sober.

Exactly what happened on Friday night

**Troy.McClure** · 20/09/2005, 3:06 PM

Originally Posted by Maribor

I have no problem admitting that I was in the centre of the "megaphone incident" last night.

"Maribor is a football hooligan!"

**thejollyrodger** · 22/09/2005, 8:17 AM

I agree, the day the Eircom League takes itself too serious in relation to banners and certain chants is a bad day for irish football

rerun · 22/09/2005, 9:32 AM

Originally Posted by A face

What are you saying ??
I mean .... if every club were to have anti-banners for the rest of the season, at every single game .... i mean ...... thats a crazy idea !?!?!!
Sooo crazy ... that it might actually work !!

Of course if I wanted a banner on telly and they were gonna take it down, I wouldn't put it up until during the game

**Jaime** · 23/09/2005, 3:33 PM

Originally Posted by jimmy-boy

the banner thing was started by rovers fans when they had this great big banner with huge writing on it saying CHEAP CIGS FOR SALE. CONTACT OLLIE..
which was aimed at oillie byrne over a conviction he was found guilty of for smuggling cigs a few years ago.

i mean whats wrong with that.
fair play rovers fans.
i thought it was class..

It started well before this season. Rovers had one a few seasons back having a go at Pat Scully over his bonus row, and Bohs fans had one for a game against Shels at the start of this season. It's nothing new, it's only the fascist clampdown that's new.

**wws** · 23/09/2005, 4:03 PM

yeah rovers started it in the eircom league....

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/l.magui...n/cheerio1.JPG

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/l.magui...vers_camac.JPG

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/l.magui...orky/Corky.JPG

**pete** · 23/09/2005, 4:32 PM

That'll be �1500 retrospective fine for the Inchichorians.

**derrymac** · 23/09/2005, 10:13 PM

And who could foget Ollie's one man army attempting to take down the Pizza Judas banner at the Derry Shels game at Tolka a few years ago, assaulting a derry fan and being restrained by the guards.