[QUOTE=âHBV*, post: 1153747, member: 234â]does Delaney gain anything personal from being top dog in irish soccer?
apart from the luxery of being able to walk away from his missus and into the arms of a beautiful blonde[/QUOTE]
He was touted for a while for a Fianna Fail nomination in Waterford or South Tipperary - if you classify that as gaining personally?
[QUOTE=âHBV*, post: 1153747, member: 234â]does Delaney gain anything personal from being top dog in irish soccer?
apart from the luxery of being able to walk away from his missus and into the arms of a beautiful blonde[/QUOTE]
Ah here. A beautiful blonde?
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[QUOTE=âHBV*, post: 1153747, member: 234â]does Delaney gain anything personal from being top dog in irish soccer?
apart from the luxery of being able to walk away from his missus and into the arms of a beautiful blonde[/QUOTE]
If he was top dog like yourself heâd have walked into the arms of a beautiful blonde and kept his wife.
financially i mean? is it worth his while having this gig?
[QUOTE=âFagan ODowd, post: 1153751, member: 706â]Ah here. A beautiful blonde?
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would you not like to be cosying up to her yourself fagan?
I believe heâs an independently wealthy man from the family bakery business. His FAI salary is not inconsiderable albeit seemingly significantly less than what he could command elsewhere in the market for a CEO role.
I donât think so.
John Delaney has served Irish football well.
Family bakeries have proven to be a sure fire winner alright. Thatâs why there are so many of them left.
Youâre dead right about the CEO role though. He could have doubled his money and got us all off the hook for the bank debt by sidling up to Trichet and Co and just uttering a few expletives. And maybe telling them to move along when they were eyeing up his burd.
are you not interested in young ladies?
Does she match that description?
Dunphy on RTĂ at the moment defending the decision to his credit.
Mr Blatter certainly approves and he is about your vintage.
Had he anything to say in relation to the debit?
[QUOTE=âJuhniallio, post: 1153695, member: 53â]Iâm not confusing anything. You are disregarding all prior evidence of the faiâs reluctance to discuss accounts as Iâve mentioned.
http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/national-league/answers-at-a-premium-at-fai-agm-1.1879778
Save your patronising tone for crottyâs ladyboys please.[/QUOTE]
Thatâs a completely different matter. The fact that the FAI donât have much transparency in their financial reporting doesnât mean that the loan wasnât put through the books. And, if the money wasnât disclosed properly in the financial statements, then thatâs an issue. But it doesnât mean the money âwasnât put through the booksâ as some are suggesting.
This issue seems to be bouncing around from a bribe, to hush money, to a pay off, to FIFA corruption, to betraying the fans etc. Now itâs an accounting issue. I donât know if the payment was accounted for correctly. Nor does anyone else. But getting excited about a financial reporting issue is odd when there was no breaking news on that topic yesterday.
Itâs an extremely odd national and international reaction to the story. People got annoyed, had no idea what they were getting annoyed at and now everyoneâs annoyed at different things. I have some sympathy to those covering the international FIFA story who think this is crazy double-standards from FIFA to be giving money to the FAI for one decision in one match because it sets a ridiculous precedent thatâs unsustainable. But I donât believe that translates to taking issue with the FAI for accepting that money. They made a fuss, they got money. It wasnât as good as going to the World Cup (which was impossible) but it was better than nothing. If Delaney hadnât accepted the money it would have been a fairly reckless financial decision.
Just reading there about the 5m Delaney got as hush money from FIFA - Disgraceful carry on. The bastard should be hung.
[QUOTE=âRocko, post: 1153784, member: 1â]Thatâs a completely different matter. The fact that the FAI donât have much transparency in their financial reporting doesnât mean that the loan wasnât put through the books. And, if the money wasnât disclosed properly in the financial statements, then thatâs an issue. But it doesnât mean the money âwasnât put through the booksâ as some are suggesting.
This issue seems to be bouncing around from a bribe, to hush money, to a pay off, to FIFA corruption, to betraying the fans etc. Now itâs an accounting issue. I donât know if the payment was accounted for correctly. Nor does anyone else. But getting excited about a financial reporting issue is odd when there was no breaking news on that topic yesterday.
Itâs an extremely odd national and international reaction to the story. People got annoyed, had no idea what they were getting annoyed at and now everyoneâs annoyed at different things. I have some sympathy to those covering the international FIFA story who think this is crazy double-standards from FIFA to be giving money to the FAI for one decision in one match because it sets a ridiculous precedent thatâs unsustainable. But I donât believe that translates to taking issue with the FAI for accepting that money. They made a fuss, they got money. It wasnât as good as going to the World Cup (which was impossible) but it was better than nothing. If Delaney hadnât accepted the money it would have been a fairly reckless financial decision.[/QUOTE]
Youâre spot on @Rocko. Especially after Delaney saying, itâs not about the money itâs about sporting integrity 
What do you think his negotiation position should have been? âWeâll take anything. Give us a few bob.â
The reaction of the whole country about sporting integrity etc was ridiculous. But if it produced an offer of âŹ5m then heâd be an idiot (and a shit Chief Executive) if he turned it down.
[QUOTE=âRocko, post: 1153791, member: 1â]What do you think his negotiation position should have been? âWeâll take anything. Give us a few bob.â
The reaction of the whole country about sporting integrity etc was ridiculous. But if it produced an offer of âŹ5m then heâd be an idiot (and a shit Chief Executive) if he turned it down.[/QUOTE]
Personally, I donât believe there was a negotiation, much less a negotiating position. What sort of gobdaw would (a) believe that the FAI had taken any steps to bring a legal case for a laughable claim, or (b) believe that FIFA believed for a second that that it had any legal or financial exposure.
I expect FIFA decided theyâd throw a potato at Paddy, sure in the knowledge that heâd stick it in his gob and have to shut up and stop making an eejit of himself.
[QUOTE=âFagan ODowd, post: 1153793, member: 706â]Personally, I donât believe there was a negotiation, much less a negotiating position. What sort of gobdaw would (a) believe that the FAI had taken any steps to bring a legal case for a laughable claim, or (b) believe that FIFA believed for a second that that it had any legal or financial exposure.
I expect FIFA decided theyâd throw a potato at Paddy, sure in the knowledge that heâd stick it in his gob and have to shut up and stop making an eejit of himself.[/QUOTE]
I think thatâs more or less spot on. Buy heâd be a bigger eejit to turn it down in favour of continuing to act the eejit.