John Delaney may be a mug - discuss

Zebra3

Low lie, the crooks of Abbotstown.
Where once, you bought cans for green clad clowns.
Another club gone to the wall, while you're in Poland having a ball.
Oh the hypocrisy of the crooks of Abbotstown.

Orando Broom

Zebra3 wrote: »

Low lie, the crooks of Abbotstown.
Where once, you bought cans for green clad clowns.
Another club gone to the wall, while you're in Poland having a ball.
Oh the hypocrisy of the crooks of Abbotstown.

Ouch! :pac:

steelcityblues

Delaney's hypocrisy really came to me, when reading Emmet Malone's article yesterday.

Apparently, when Brendan Menton was chief exec 'he demeaned the position' by turning in up shorts at team training. So,I guess Delaney looking locked in Poland, does not demean his office either? What a tool!

homerjay2005

Orando Broom wrote: »

Question, for you and anyone, have any of ye every met John Delaney?

yes i have, i go to alot of ireland away games and have met him a good few times.

i can see why people dont like him, but as somebody who has seen the progression of local football, coaching and development in this country over the past 10 years, i can see also why people like him. i do however get annoyed at how something such as him getting drunk with fans is used to beat him with over and over again and the same things resurface over and over again - salary, stan, shels and LOI.

he has his faults and to be honest i think he should step down and let somebody else take over the reigns, but its not going to happen.

Zebra3

homerjay2005 wrote: »

i can see why people dont like him, but as somebody who has seen the progression of local football, coaching and development in this country over the past 10 years, i can see also why people like him.

What progress?

monkey9

John Delaney says he takes "a grave offence" at criticism of his behaviour during Ireland's dismal European Championships, insisting that he was "entitled" to a night out.

In a wide-ranging interview in the Sunday Independent, the FAI's chief executive refused to answer other questions about his socialising in Sopot, complaining that the association's good work at the tournament, at which Ireland failed to claim a single point, was being overlooked while his night-time behaviour was being highlighted. "I think that's something I'm entitled to do on the odd occasion when I'm there," he said.

He pointed out that the tournament had been a success from an administrative point of view.

"We've organised a tournament that was pretty faultless administratively and that's the key role and that's what we've achieved," he said.

He said he would discuss his socialising in Sopot, which has resulted in several unflattering pictures and videos appearing on Twitter and YouTube, with the FAI board of management if requested but insisted nobody had asked any questions over his behaviour. Instead he defended the administrative success of the FAI over the month.

"Every morning we had a meeting at 9.0am when we were away in Montecatini, in Hungary and in Poland. We did our stuff really well. I met with Robbie Keane and [Giovanni] Trapattoni every three or four days and we went through all the issues.

"We worked very, very hard. And if I had a night out, with family, my sister was over there, my brother-in-law and some friends, I think that's something I'm entitled to do on the odd occasion when I'm there."

He rejected the suggestion that the footage of him had damaged the reputation of him or the association, insisting that, 10 years on from Saipan, ensuring there was no repeat of that debacle was the objective of the FAI and one which they achieved.

Delaney has been supported by the Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni who, when asked about the chief-executive's "over-indulging", defended him by saying that drink was part of Irish culture.

"In England and Ireland, this is habit," Trapattoni said. "Sometimes when I'm surprised by some behaviour, I'm told 'we are Irish' or 'we are English'. It's difficult to understand but it is the habit of the country and it's not easy to change the habit of the people. It's a cultural thing. We have the same problem sometimes with the players."

Trapattoni has received Delaney's backing too, although he said that "mistakes were made" but backed the manager to respond to them.

"I think he accepts that mistakes were made. He accepts that. We will sit down and review all aspects of the tournament, including the football side. Like any good manager, and he's proved that over a long period of time, he'll learn from the Euros."

Delaney said there were absolutely no circumstances under which he would consider dismissing the manager and refused to speculate about what would happen if Ireland lost their opening matches in the World Cup qualifiers in the autumn.

He insisted there was no greater threat of redundancies within the FAI after the failure to achieve any of the financial incentives in Poland that came with points or finishing third in the group. He refused to rule out further redundancies in the association, saying, "like any business, we're all looking at our cost base".

Delaney also explained the truth behind the story that he ended up with his shoes being stolen after one night out in Sopot.

"I'm coming home, two hundred lads see me, they lift me up and they carry me up and lift me head-high to my hotel and they sing 'Shoes off for the Boys in Green'. And they handed me my shoes back and they handed me my socks back. Simple as that."

- DION FANNING



http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/euro-2012/irish-news/im-entitled-to-the-odd-night-out-too-delaney-3147499.html

AgileMyth

Zebra3 wrote: »

Low lie, the crooks of Abbotstown.
Where once, you bought cans for green clad clowns.
Another club gone to the wall, while you're in Poland having a ball.
Oh the hypocrisy of the crooks of Abbotstown.

Thats brilliant, was it sung on Friday?

homerjay2005

Zebra3 wrote: »

What progress?

i assume your not familiar with the FAI coaching program? despite a dwindling younger population, the game of soccer is still booming in this country. we may not be producing top class international players, but compare the structure, population and money in England to what is here and tell me if their coaching and development is better that what is going on here?

as regards progress, ill give you one example. the club i used to play for now has some of the best facilities in Ireland. a small junior club, with a small catchment area with a fantastic coaching structure now, with 5 or 6 lads who have played international level over the past few years. they also hosted an u-15 international game, such is the quality of the facilities. when we were playing (95-98) we were given a ball and told to kick around on a rented pitch that had portable dressing rooms about to fall down.

this is just one of 100's of clubs around ireland who can say similar stories. thats what i call progress, but you lot only care about the senior clubs.

darkman2

How much would it cost now to break Trapattoni's new contract? Giving him the contract before the tournament was yet another great moment of incompetence in the history of the FAI.

monkey9

homerjay2005

darkman2 wrote: »

How much would it cost now to break Trapattoni's new contract? Giving him the contract before the tournament was yet another great moment of incompetence in the history of the FAI.

for all the mistakes he made in poland, at least we were there to make them. i dont think they should get rid of him, but he needs to stop being so stubborn and making decisions that make no sense.