Sky Sports spend 3 days with John Delaney

JaMarcus Hustle

Clearly not satisfied with their monopoly on the domestic sports news market (as long as that sport is on Sky, mind you), Sky Sports News have now branched out into producing their own comedy shows beyond that of Gerry Francis trying to put a sentence together, and Iain Dowie's eyebrows.

They have spent 3 days with John Delaney and will have a special report tomorrow morning on their show from 6am - emphasis on the word special. This should be golden.

So, what will get more mentions, the LOI or Delaney's "man of the people" relationship with Irish national team fans? Personally, I can't wait to see him capitalise on this golden opportunity to promote Irish club football.

michael999999

Holy christ!

I hope he sorted he's hair out first!

applehunter

Apparently he was in Turners Cross for Cork City vs Bohs on Friday night.

If they were tailing him then I wonder if they will show some of the unsavory incidents that MNS didn't show tonight.

Richard Hillman

Its going to be Spinal Tap-esque

Zaph

Must be the TV equivalent of sending the new guy for a left handed screwdriver or a long stand. We have this special assignment for you...

monkey9

Oh so that's why Delaney was at a LOI match. There were cameras on him.

RayCon

Just caught the end of part 1 ... he's still crapping on about his wages, how he was offered a salary 3 x times his FAI salary to work elsewhere etc etc :rolleyes:

VinylJunkie

http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/8576972/behind-the-scenes-at-fai

What a ****

The_Kew_Tour

He says he cares about grassroots football! Lol

Lovely Bloke

John Delaney is a lovely bloke.

VinylJunkie

He runs the league, he runs it well, John we think you're really swell.

RayCon

€340,000 P.A. ... and he's driving a Mondeo ? (no offence to Mondeo drivers - decent car etc) ... can only assume it's a freebie

WoollyRedHat

Why would anyone want to be spend three days with that twatasaurus is beyond me, unless Sky Sports are branching out and producing some comedy.

roanoke

RayCon wrote: »

Just caught the end of part 1 ... he's still crapping on about his wages, how he was offered a salary 3 x times his FAI salary to work elsewhere etc etc :rolleyes:

Pity he didn't take it.

That_Guy

"John Delaney Park" is gonna be Clones Town's new ground name.

:eek:

dan1895

That_Guy wrote: »

"John Delaney Park" is gonna be Clones Town's new ground name.

:eek:

Clones Town for a first division license next year so.

Hank Scorpio

Did he show them his collection of ties

jimjamcos

Did he bring them to Coppers?

Esse85

aindriu80

Did you see the behind the scenes ? The above is the first part. The second part is being aired 6am on the 20th.

Points to note were :

1. As a young boy he wanted to be an Irish international but his technique was poor, his coach says he’d “rather have gone through you than around you.”

2. He has turned down many big interviews with Irish radio and TV shows because when he speaks he “wants there to be a purpose to it.”

3. Delaney rejected a job which would have seen him earning three times his current salary of €340,000 at the FAI.

4. Apparently, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of the history of Irish football.

5. A united Irish team is something he would love to see.

6. Clones Town’s new ground will be named John Delaney Park.

That_Guy

"Some call him the Godfather"

Who???

The_Kew_Tour

That_Guy wrote: »

"Some call him the Godfather"

Who???

I actually forgot that!!:eek::eek:

I mean seriously cringe stuff here.

I guess there is a reason why this is on at 6am in morning.

MD1990

2. He has turned down many big interviews with Irish radio and TV shows because when he speaks he “wants there to be a purpose to it.”

i guess its time for him to step down from the FAI

carlop

My word that is embarrassing stuff.

srfc19

That_Guy wrote: »

"John Delaney Park" is gonna be Clones Town's new ground name.

:eek:

Is that Clones in Monaghan? The county which lost a top division football team, because it was too expensive to run while Delaney, his ludicrous wages and 20,000 Irish football "fans" were in Poland.

The mind literally boggles!

aindriu80

I watched the second part this morning and it showed the new underage development pitches being built, mentioned trapattoni and his job (he goes if he loses two games stays if he gets any half decent result). He has no plans to quit.

To be honest I would expect more for Irish clubs and not the national team.

That_Guy

That_Guy wrote: »

"Some call him the Godfather"

Who???

How dare you disparage the godfather

roanoke

That_Guy wrote: »

"Some call him the Godfather"

It must be a reference to some alternative ending where Fredo takes over the family.

geeky

Let's face it, he's basically trolling us all at this stage.

BOHtox

Is part 2 up yet?

Sabre0001

That_Guy wrote: »

"Some call him the Godfather"

Who???

Probably just his godson.

aindriu80

BOHtox wrote: »

Is part 2 up yet?

I have it on my Sky box but don't know how to upload it. Is there a part 3 ?

Iang87

I wasn't fond of delaney prior to this but now I can add he's a horrible liar to that too.

Cares about grassroots my arse delaney

Francie Barrett

srfc19 wrote: »

Is that Clones in Monaghan? The county which lost a top division football team, because it was too expensive to run while Delaney, his ludicrous wages and 20,000 Irish football "fans" were in Poland.

The mind literally boggles!

Monaghan United going bust was hardly the fault of John Delaney. For one home match against Bray, they had an attendance of 150!

Henlars67

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Monaghan United going bust was hardly the fault of John Delaney. For one home match against Bray, they had an attendance of 150!

The failure of the FAI to do anything to promote their own league is a major factor in all club's woes.

He is the head of the FAI who have nothing but contempt for the league.

Football sells in almost every other country in the world. The fact that the league here has very little interest outside of the hardcore fans is an indictment on those who are paid to run the game in this country

The_Kew_Tour

The man who earns more the his Spanish counterpart.

When are people going to wake up.

Lovely Bloke

It is indicitive of the moral compass of football fans in this country when there are still people willing to deflect blame from Dear Leader.

Francie Barrett, Big John loves the likes of you. Lapping up his tie-throwing, beer-buying antics, and absolving him of blame for any failings of the national league.

Deedsie

I liked his ambitions to see an All Ireland team someday. It will probably never happen but the reason for that shouldn't be... Being held to ransom by bigots both sides of the border.

The_Kew_Tour

Deedsie wrote: »

I liked his ambitions to see an All Ireland team someday. It will probably never happen but the reason for that shouldn't be... Being held to ransom by bigots both sides of the border.

I would not mind it either, but it would be only country in the world to segregate its own fans then.

Like say bigots won't make it happen.

Lovely Bloke

He does in his shíte want to see a United Football Association, he's not being truthful there.

dan1895

Seeing as the FAI are the breakaway assocition, a united Ireland team would see power return to Belfast and Delaney losing his job and all that money he loves so much. He's just giving soundbites.