Delaney on Today Fm......

**fauxhemian** · 09/02/2007, 11:51 AM

Question, would it be possible for the FAI or government to make it illegal for a kid to go abroad to play soccer until they reach 18? Or would this fall foul of EU/UEFA laws?

This would of course need to be done in line with massively increased funding of training facilities for all age groups.

I remember a proposed(?) UEFA rule about under 17's but haven't heard much since.

People involved in football need to stop looking at the British model and see how the French etc do it, and then adjust it to our own needs.

**oriel** · 09/02/2007, 12:37 PM

someone on our forum said they heard delaney respond (on des cahill show)to the question of 'delaney out' banner in san marino

'oh that must have been connected with the dundalk situation'

eh ????????

**BohsPartisan** · 09/02/2007, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by gustavo

Well ok but notice your use of the word "should be" which is present tense and "would have" which is past tense , in other words you are saying we should be one of the best teams in Europe because of what the squad we sent over to Japan acheived 4 and a half years ago.

If the FAI had spent the money from our World Cup adventures wisely, I.E. not on junkets, we'd have one of the best teams in Europe. So we should have.

**BohDiddley** · 09/02/2007, 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by WeAreRovers

Here's the thoughts of an English bloke on the Guardian blog, he backs up Billy Lord and Boh Diddley's points and sums up exactly why I don't support FAIreland.

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/20...o_another.html

"Irish fans make me laugh. They have no right to expect anything - they don't support their own league, expect English clubs to take their youth and train them into footballers and (like Humphries) only think about football when the GAA isn't on. Irish fans have no right to expect anything. What Ireland need is good English manager, preferably northern like McCarthy or Charlton, and a few English players like Aldridge and McAteer, and go back to the days when they were grateful for anything. It would at least be more honest."

KOH

One for the collection... TVM!
Actually, he's not English. He's from Offaly. Deserves the foot.ie journo of the month if you ask me...

edit (again): sorry, the poster seems to be 100% English, and 100% right, but now he's being accused of being racist!

**Jerry The Saint** · 09/02/2007, 1:29 PM

Originally Posted by oriel

someone on our forum said they heard delaney respond (on des cahill show)to the question of 'delaney out' banner in san marino

'oh that must have been connected with the dundalk situation'

eh ????????

He did. He got very indignant about it too. Cahill was trying to push him that there must be a lot of anti-Delaney opinion among fans for them to bring a banner and Delaney was going

I keep telling you that was nothing to do with the international team. That was related to the situation in Dundalk.

Shame Dessie didn't know/care enough to push him on that - "Yeah, speaking of Dundalk, you didn't really handle the publicity on that too well did you

" and then brought Maxi on the line.

Delaney's fallback seems to be that he's done great work with the league - someone really should have brought up the Shels thing to show how well that is going.

**gustavo** · 09/02/2007, 1:38 PM

Des should have had Maxis " its a faaaarce" soundbyte at the ready and played it every so often when Delaney was speaking like in the Simpsons when Mr Burns goes on the radio show and they keep playing the farting noise on him.

**CharlesThompson** · 09/02/2007, 2:24 PM

Delaney has only gone to prove without doubt that he is the most self serving administrator the FAI have ever had at Merrion Square and that is saying something. To blatently re-spin his 'top class manager' promise so soon after the appointment of 'Super Stan' is incredulous! How this man can remain unchallenged as Cheif Executive of the FAI is beyond belief at this stage. If he were running any other organisation or company, he'd have been given short shrift a long time ago.

**bigmac** · 09/02/2007, 2:46 PM

"I want a manager that will bring us success, that's the bottom end of it. We're looking for a top class manager to bring us forward. It's a high profile job, a good job and we are confident of getting that." - John Delaney, 18/10/2005

"The style of person I'd like to see would be somebody who can get the best out of the players we have, somebody who can make tactical adjustments when required at the highest level when things need to be changed during matches and somebody who is committed to managing the side," - John Delaney, 19/10/2005

**Billy Lord** · 09/02/2007, 7:58 PM

Originally Posted by fauxhemian

Question, would it be possible for the FAI or government to make it illegal for a kid to go abroad to play soccer until they reach 18? Or would this fall foul of EU/UEFA laws?

This would of course need to be done in line with massively increased funding of training facilities for all age groups.

I remember a proposed(?) UEFA rule about under 17's but haven't heard much since.

People involved in football need to stop looking at the British model and see how the French etc do it, and then adjust it to our own needs.

When Brian Kerr was Irish youth team boss he proposed that we don't pick kids based abroad to discourage them from going away too soon. The downside of that notion is that coaching here is rubbish, as most schoolboy clubs just want the buzz of sending kids to England so they can boast about it in the pub.
Hoping British clubs supply us with players so we can go to World Cups and 'have deh craic' is pathetic; especially when it's allied with a contempt for the game at home. Most of the people who claim to love football just love a good day out mixed with some reflected glory. That's the reason why the EL 'isn't good enough' for them. So why don't they support Italy or Brazil instead of Ireland? It makes as much sense as being a Man U fan in Offaly.
Mind you, EL clubs have to learn to sell themselves and make their clubs more community-based. How about starting by insisting that all underage players at the club remain in full-time education?

**Philo** · 09/02/2007, 8:26 PM

Originally Posted by oriel

someone on our forum said they heard delaney respond (on des cahill show)to the question of 'delaney out' banner in san marino

'oh that must have been connected with the dundalk situation'

eh ????????

Nothing to do with Dundalk

Another reason to hate Delaney.

**khoop** · 10/02/2007, 6:27 AM

Originally Posted by Philo

Nothing to do with Dundalk

Another reason to hate Delaney.

On RTE radio, he repeatedly said "My understanding, is that it was a Dundalk protest" - which is another way of saying "I've just made that up because it suits me better."

Not just incompetent - but also a barefaced liar.

**Philo** · 10/02/2007, 8:47 AM

There is a second banner which unfortunately didn't make it over to San Marino...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...n/Image002.jpg

That probably would have been blamed on Limerick FC

**TonyD** · 10/02/2007, 5:24 PM

I'm glad to see that Delaney is getting the flak he deserves, and that the media (in general at any rate) haven't fallen into the trap of simply concentrating on the manager. Staunton is clearly clueless, but it's not his fault he was given the job. Anyone with half a brain could see when he was appointed how it would work out. What makes my blood boil is how Brian Kerr was spun against by Delaney (eagerly helped out by the media lets not forget) and then replaced with this set up. (World Class Management Team my elbow) Mind you, I had a right good laugh when San Marino equalised the other night. If it wasn't for the bloody ref doing a Gerry Perry on the clock(Shels and Pats fans will know what I mean) they would have got a deserved point. I hope Wales and Slovakia come to Croker and win handsomely.

**BohsFans** · 10/02/2007, 7:46 PM

Originally Posted by Philo

There is a second banner which unfortunately didn't make it over to San Marino...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...n/Image002.jpg

That probably would have been blamed on Limerick FC

Hopefully youse can smuggle them into Croker, I can see a struggle with Delaney's henchmen once you whip them out!

**sonofstan** · 11/02/2007, 8:01 AM

Originally Posted by BohsFans

Hopefully youse can smuggle them into Croker, I can see a struggle with Delaney's henchmen once you whip them out!

ooh, er, missus!

**corbyeire** · 11/02/2007, 6:03 PM

Originally Posted by Philo

There is a second banner which unfortunately didn't make it over to San Marino...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...n/Image002.jpg

That probably would have been blamed on Limerick FC

quality!

**LukeO** · 11/02/2007, 7:43 PM

Originally Posted by Philo

There is a second banner which unfortunately didn't make it over to San Marino...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...n/Image002.jpg

That probably would have been blamed on Limerick FC

Today's MoS and Sunday World put people right on who was responsible for the banner.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ilymailnbb.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...undayworld.jpg

**Philo** · 11/02/2007, 10:55 PM

Originally Posted by LukeO

Today's MoS and Sunday World put people right on who was responsible for the banner.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ilymailnbb.jpg

http://img..com/albums/v124/LukeO/nbbsundayworld.jpg

Doesn't really matter who was responsible for the banner, the important thing is not to let the Laney away with blaming it on marginalised lunatics in an attempt to discredit future protests.

**dcfcsteve** · 12/02/2007, 12:25 PM

Away Ireland games offer a real protest opportunity re Delaney that is heavily supressed at home international games.

They should be taken advantage of - particularly in smaller stadiums/smaller nations where security arrangements and the desire to remove banners are less than at larger, better organised venues.

I look forward to seeing more such banners/protests in future. Though anyone organising them would do well not to talk about them on here or other public forums.

P.S. Hello to the FAI snoops who Delaney has undoubtedly got keeping an eye on sites and threads like this....