FAI Statement on Sunday Indo article

The Sindo and Indo are rags.

Originally Posted by NeilMcD

Hence the reason for Fanning having a dig at Dunphy. Now Dunphy talks **** a good bit of the time but on this new manager issue he has been spot on most of the time.

Here here

Originally Posted by NeilMcD

is the tribune site down at the moment.

Yes, it seems to be, and for a long time as well

Originally Posted by OwlsFan

He is part the media and he supported Jewell who has been brutal at Derby and even worse than Billy Davies whom he replaced. Two journalists and many players want Venables. Not sure if that classifies as "a media campaign".

Although we both live in the UK OF, I was in Ireland regularly in the weeks after Stan's dismissal. There was an unrelenting, almost evangelical clamour for Venables from certain quarters. Dissenters were cranks or idiots. That was the tone. A campaign to "impose" Venables was exactly what it was.

I've long since clarified my position on Venables - I think he'd be ok and if we exhausted better options then fine. His CV isn't all it's heralded (no pun intended) to be but at least it's a long CV.

Dunphy supported Jewell, in fact I think it was he who suggested him. The strength of his support for Jewell was dwarfed by the support for Venables in certain parts of the Irish media.

Oh for God's sake anyone with half a brain knows that the Sunday Independent is a tabloid in all but shape and size.

The standard of 'news' and basic journalism in the paper is completely laughable with random z-list D4 'celebs' given carte blanche to rabbit on about anything they feel like so please take anything that's printed in the 'Sindo' with a mouthful of salt lads.

It's a poor reflection on Irish intelligence that it does sell as well as it does but I honestly know of no one that buys it so their readership figures are a mystery!

i think its cos there isn't any other real contender of an "irish" paper on a sunday. The Sunday Times is the best read in Ireland on a sunday.

I remember someone describing the sindo to me as "she was writing in her diary ( sunday independent ) a couple of weeks ago" in reference to katy french. Thats all it is, a diary for D4 types.

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

Dunphy supported Jewell, in fact I think it was he who suggested him. The strength of his support for Jewell was dwarfed by the support for Venables in certain parts of the Irish media.

There is huge support for Venables among ex-players and indeed current players. I haven't seen that many scribes support him, except to quote the players in their pieces.

I hope he doesn't get it, not least because we have to listen to Dunphy sounding off once again against the incumbent manager (like the last 4) and some people saying "Good old Eamon, he calls it as he sees it" instead of realising this is what he does to make money.

Anyway, looks like Trappatoni, money permitting. That said, I doubt if he'd have been interested in the job if we hadn't been drawn against Italy. Hopefully he'll do as well as Big Jack did against his native England.

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

i think its cos there isn't any other real contender of an "irish" paper on a sunday. The Sunday Times is the best read in Ireland on a sunday.

A lot of people don't actually realise there's an Irish edition of the Sunday Times.

ya i meant the irish edition. Do they not?! its printed in cork and full of Irish articles with Irish writers, its really an Irish sport section, with a an Irish main paper, and then the supplements are all the same as England. By far the best paper, Id buy it over here if I wasn't looking for an "Irish only read", they do actually give a fair amount of print to Irish stuff in the edition over here too, not enough though!

Is there anyone on here that doesn't slate everyone in the media? Don't bother reading the stuuff in the media and you'll have nothing to give out about. If it wasn't for the media we wouldn't have a clue what's going on at the moment

Originally Posted by zenokelly

Is there anyone on here that doesn't slate everyone in the media? Don't bother reading the stuuff in the media and you'll have nothing to give out about. If it wasn't for the media we wouldn't have a clue what's going on at the moment

I think it's more about Dion Fanning that people are having a go at. If he doesn't have a source for some of the quotes that he got from the FAI meeting (which I'd say he doesn't) then I really hope the FAI sue him. I haven't read too many of his articles but from the ones that have been linked on here, he really does seem like a moron of a journalist.

Originally Posted by finnpark

Well I never buy it, if I buy a Sunday newspaper its usually the business post as I find teh Indo totally biased in its editing, especially on politics. I think its no better than those dirty tabloids.

The Indo is a tabloid.

Originally Posted by zenokelly

Is there anyone on here that doesn't slate everyone in the media? Don't bother reading the stuuff in the media and you'll have nothing to give out about. If it wasn't for the media we wouldn't have a clue what's going on at the moment

Sweeping statement there - it's a free world and if people conntinually write crap then people are entitled to give an opinon on it and correct the untruths published. It is not a police state.

If you don't like it then move to Russia. Back in the 1970's.

Fanning's article today in the Sunday Indo is once again quoting unnamed sources in the FAI. That's all he ever bases his articles on . He is apparently aware that Houllier was the choice of the 3 wise men but amazingly he doesn't tell us how he knows this.

ANyone could make up the greatest load of garbage based upon quotes from "unnamed sources". It defies belief but no doubt many fall for it.

Also he had to retract what he said last week as it was made up lies. Obiously the FAI one that case with him. Unbelievable stuf

There should be an Independent Inquiry!

SINDO supports the Bertie, so it's full of FF propaganda about the tribunals.

O'Reilly has a long running spat with Denis O'Brien, so the SINDO goes against the managerial appointment that O'Brien is contributing to.

Such is life in Independent News and Media....

A copy of the Sindo is usually lying around our place on a Sunday.Yesterday I read two pieces-Con Houlihan and the ever improving Richard Sadlier.

Originally Posted by cheifo

A copy of the Sindo is usually lying around our place on a Sunday.Yesterday I read two pieces-Con Houlihan and the ever improving Richard Sadlier.

Do you still have the paper? Can you confirm who wrote the article 'Trapattoni offers guile but without guarantees'? I thought it was Fanning, but not 100%

Just checked Tets and it was written by John O' Brien.