Shels have been granted

[Lim till i die]

Lack of oxygene on Planet Cobh these days?

The air has always been that bit thicker around Queenstown harbour. Those sea mists are an absolute killer on the brain

Hence the vacant stares and random bouts of inbreeding

[OneRedArmy]

We've been invited to a night out with a gang of women...

The Irish football team?

[Peadar]

The Irish football team?

We want to give ourselves a decent chance of scoring like...

[don ramo]

The air has always been that bit thicker around Queenstown harbour. Those sea mists are an absolute killer on the brain

Hence the vacant stares and random bouts of inbreeding

helps us beat ye lot, the english left years ago (by the way)( try a new joke please, that fresh air should help "should") but al least we dont be tearin each other apart like other parts fo the country

but you must let a team defend there title, if derry our drogs did win it next year you couldnt say there worthy, because they never were able to beat the champions, but i do think a points deduction should be given as some form of punishment, and sanctions

[Macy]

If we do have a protest the demands should be clear:

Yeah, Delaney Out. Licencing and the league, and so this whole close season debacle, are all his responsibility.

[mypost]

I see....according to todays Indo...

I've heard from sources this morning...

No decision on Shels' fate has been made public yet. Until it has, any "rumours", "sources", and banner headlines trying to pre-judge the outcome is just speculation.

[The Man Himself]

I suspect Waterford United will halt the start of the league. I can see this going to court and rightly so this time for once. If Shels are allowed to play at all in the EL this season it would truly be a disgrace and a discredit to all the other teams.

was talking to a member of the waterford united mc and he said they are not to bothered by all this, they seem to be just going with the flow on this,
he informed me that gareth cronan has a squad of 24 players already and looking very sharp for the new season in the 1st division which he feels they can win no problem.

if shels are allowed play in the premier division this season it will be most likely that they will be relagated at the end of the season and waterford united look very strong to go straight back up (with a trophy and €50,000 better off(prize money)

so one way or another shels are f*!@ed

[drummerboy]

Mick Neville was at the Cherry Orchard V Skerries game yesterday, no doubt casting the eye over the likes of Philly Shephard, McNevin, Prenderville to name a few.

[OneRedArmy]

No decision on Shels' fate has been made public yet. Until it has, any "rumours", "sources", and banner headlines trying to pre-judge the outcome is just speculation.

Thanks.
For.
That.

By refuting speculation you do realise you are yourself creating additional speculation?

[finnpark]

was talking to a member of the waterford united mc and he said they are not to bothered by all this, they seem to be just going with the flow on this,
he informed me that gareth cronan has a squad of 24 players already and looking very sharp for the new season in the 1st division which he feels they can win no problem.

if shels are allowed play in the premier division this season it will be most likely that they will be relagated at the end of the season and waterford united look very strong to go straight back up (with a trophy and €50,000 better off(prize money)

so one way or another shels are f*!@ed

Dont be so sure of Waterford getting promotion. The 1st division is very unpredictable.

I think Finn Harps have as strong a team as they ever had and are going to go very very close this season. 5 years ago this Finn Harps squad would have been in top half of premier table. How things have changed.

[fanatic]

are the FAI going to post the outcome at like 5.59pm and then all go home
so they dont have to answer questions ?

wot is keeping them ?

[The Man Himself]

Dont be so sure of Waterford getting promotion. The 1st division is very unpredictable.

I think Finn Harps have as strong a team as they ever had and are going to go very very close this season. 5 years ago this Finn Harps squad would have been in top half of premier table. How things have changed.

waterford went to bray and pats over the last few weeks for pre season and brought a squad of 30 players to both matchs,
already half the under 21 team are bullin to get into the seinor squad,
this can only be good for the blues,
we might even loan out a few players to shels if there stuck

[gufct]

As far as I know no decision will be made public today which is a cop out.

[Louth4sam]

I think waterford will finish forth. I think Dundalk, harps and athlone all have better squads.

[Dodge]

As far as I know no decision will be made public today which is a cop out.

Worse than a cop out its a disgrace. If, say, Shels get denied the licence. Surely they'll get a week to appeal, then it won't be heard until the next available monday, then it'll be another coupld of days before a final decision is made. The league starts in less than a month

Disgrace if Shels get no punishment

[pete]

There are only 2 possible scenarios:

- Shels submitted correct accounts. FAi don't have case to answer. Shels have to case to answer. Move on.
- Shels submitted false accounts. The FAI (Licencing Committee) did not notice this so someone needs to take responsibility. Shels need to sanctioned. Independent Auditor needs to answer questions.

Can anyone remind who is on the licencing board? What is its Remit?

[Mr A]

You're probably right Pete- but there are other questions, especially regarding the payment of players. It seems like a bit of a joke that you only have to be up to date once a year for licensing, the rest of the time you can do what you want.

[OneRedArmy]

There are only 2 possible scenarios:

- Shels submitted correct accounts. FAi don't have case to answer. Shels have to case to answer. Move on.
- Shels submitted false accounts. The FAI (Licencing Committee) did not notice this so someone needs to take responsibility. Shels need to sanctioned. Independent Auditor needs to answer questions.

Can anyone remind who is on the licencing board? What is its Remit?

One comment Pete. If Shels met the Licensing standards at Nov 2006 then it means the Licensing standards are a joke, given what we now know about Shels financial health.

There is no get out for the FAI here. Either way they are culpable.

[pete]

One comment Pete. If Shels met the Licensing standards at Nov 2006 then it means the Licensing standards are a joke, given what we now know about Shels financial health.

There is no get out for the FAI here. Either way they are culpable.

Yes. Its Shels met the standard they cannot be punished therefore its the FAIs fault. The eL was never responsible for licencing. I suppose this compounded by Fran Gavins response on RTE that they implemented licencing.

Clearly the FAI thought that they did well to create a licencing process & have never looked at whether the implementation of that system was correct. Its time to stop fudging & in true FAi style point the finger.

[passerrby]

only summising but i think first instance committee tonight and there dicision will go before fai board tomorrow for ratification.and at some stage shels will have to be informed before we all learn the outcome.so all in all we should know about ten minutes before kickoff who we will be playing.