Fran Gavin - Settling-In Period Over

**A face** · 12/12/2007, 11:54 AM

With Fran Gavin (Director of the FAI Eircom League of Ireland) in the role over a year now, his settling in period is over. With this new all singing all dancing league in full swing ideally we'd have guys in these roles stepping up to the plate and make his mark. He is the guy that needs to be visible and propagate the merits of the league and innovatively steer and pioneer the game forward. Not to have the league plod along and meander its way from year to year.

If we could recap on the season, What have we seen from him this year?

And more importantly ….. vitally, crucially, what ever word you need to use

What do we need to see from him next year?

Does it all swing in the balance on what he can actually do?

**dcfcsteve** · 12/12/2007, 12:07 PM

Fran who....?

Delaney runs our league.....

**MariborKev** · 12/12/2007, 12:51 PM

Naw he doesn't.

Gavin does, and with an iron fist. Not well liked amongst clubs......

**dcfcsteve** · 12/12/2007, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by Maribor

Naw he doesn't.

Gavin does, and with an iron fist. Not well liked amongst clubs......

Delaney has his own iron fist up Gavin's arse though, Orville style.

History has proven what happens to people who don't dance to Delaney's tune...

**MariborKev** · 12/12/2007, 1:00 PM

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

Delaney has his own iron fist up Gavin's arse though, Orville style.

History has proven what happens to people who don't dance to Delaney's tune...

Believe what you want Steve.

Gavin runs the League in an operational sense. Obviously he is going to consult with the CEO, but the League is only one aspect of the FAI.

**Tis-smeee** · 12/12/2007, 4:47 PM

Ah it did now he is in evil genius, lighten up a bit. anyway fran seems to be all about fines without actually solving some of the bigger issues in the league

**Jerry The Saint** · 12/12/2007, 4:49 PM

Originally Posted by A face

If we could recap on the season, What have we seen from him this year?

FINES

Oh, and junkets.

And a highly-developed sense of entitlement.

**passerrby** · 12/12/2007, 4:52 PM

I was going to say leadership but people might think I was serious and not sarcastic

**pixiehead** · 12/12/2007, 6:33 PM

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

Delaney has his own iron fist up Gavin's arse though, Orville style.

History has proven what happens to people who don't dance to Delaney's tune...

Orville style! Classic

**pixiehead** · 12/12/2007, 6:35 PM

Originally Posted by A face

With Fran Gavin (Director of the FAI Eircom League of Ireland) in the role over a year now, his settling in period is over. With this new all singing all dancing league in full swing ideally we'd have guys in these roles stepping up to the plate and make his mark. He is the guy that needs to be visible and propagate the merits of the league and innovatively steer and pioneer the game forward. Not to have the league plod along and meander its way from year to year.

If we could recap on the season, What have we seen from him this year?

And more importantly ….. vitally, crucially, what ever word you need to use

What do we need to see from him next year?

Does it all swing in the balance on what he can actually do?

We have seen Absolutley nothing IMO. One of the things that really gets to me is the lack of advertisement of the league.

**Bald Student** · 12/12/2007, 7:08 PM

To be fair to the man, he inherited a registration crisis on his first day of the job and handled it as well as could be done.

**Paddyfield** · 12/12/2007, 9:22 PM

Originally Posted by Bald Student

To be fair to the man, he inherited a registration crisis on his first day of the job and handled it as well as could be done.

Good point BS. At least it didn't surface at the end of the season

**Tis-smeee** · 13/12/2007, 12:34 AM

One point is the fai cup, the first round is played before the transfer window and the second months later and after the window , which effects almost al players signed in the window , also the drawn out nature of it leads to a sense of apathy among supporters , Id like to see fran the evil genius fix that

**dcfcsteve** · 13/12/2007, 12:42 AM

Originally Posted by Bald Student

To be fair to the man, he inherited a registration crisis on his first day of the job and handled it as well as could be done.

So what did he do from Day 2 onwards....?

**A face** · 13/12/2007, 1:07 AM

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

So what did he do from Day 2 onwards....?

He was on Prime Time when Shels went bust, when was that again?

**Rocky77** · 13/12/2007, 9:39 AM

When are the PFAI going to replace him, by the way?

Stephen McGuinness has been 'acting' general secretary for over a year now.

**dcfcsteve** · 13/12/2007, 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by A face

He was on Prime Time when Shels went bust, when was that again?

January, IIRC - almost a year ago.

Any other pointers on what he's done......?

**A face** · 13/12/2007, 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

January, IIRC - almost a year ago.

Any other pointers on what he's done......?

I'm drawing a loss, can't think of anything else he's done. Was he in Durban?

Whats his brief? What should he be doing?

**OneRedArmy** · 13/12/2007, 10:52 AM

He led the attempts to fine a Derry City for a supporters innocous blog article that was mildly and accurately critical of the FAI.

This fine was quietly withdrawn.