Gib Away- March 23 - Travel & Accomm

Eh, what’s your agenda here ? I think the reason most of the people volunteered to be on the committee was that they were seasoned away travellers. I don’t know all of them - I know some will have qualified a d I know some will have not. But what I do know is they are transparent enough to put their names in public so if they hadn’t been to a lot of games but still got sorted through the FAI then it would be pretty obvious. If you are questioning them on here then my not step out from behind your nickname and tell us why you are questioning this ?

Of the 6 games I attended (Moldova, Austria, Georgia, France, Wales and Denmark) there would of been 500 or more at imo but I know from watching the other 3 games on tv it seemed like a very small Irish crowd at them. 

Think we all know was tickets harvested for the majority of them games (personally I'd say tickets harvested for all bar vienna) so it's the fai job to find a way to prevent this from happening and imo only solution is picking up tickets where the game is been played

It’s all very good to question stuff - nobody should have any issu with that. But go back and read the posts - they are not questioning, they are out & out accusing. And that’s totally different.

Surely with technology  FAI could get access to scanned tickets or have their security scan a voucher given with the ticket or collect them once we are in side the stadia 

Ponits only allocated after vouchers are verified. Points double the points deduction for no shows unless they can prove an emergency occurred ie death illness.

All well and good Sham but we have been calling out (or at least some of us have) the CRISSC, supporter clubs like Sell Outs of 88 and Galway for their intransparent systems and obvious manipulation of the system so don’t see how Mandate Committee shouldn’t be subjected to same scrutiny.

As said, it doesn’t bother me either way but there is no credibility if the group calling for transparency aren’t transparent themselves. Especially for stakeholders whom all Irish away fans are - there shouldn’t be any issue with disclosing allocations I would have thought. There is no requirement for them to disclose allocations but I just feel credibility has to be questioned.

I guarantee that Bogumit is not the only one asking the question and concerned but most will stay quiet because they know members of the committee. I don’t think he is particularly wrong in anything he has said. Yes it’s snide but it’s a simple question

 

Don't know if it is handier for the FAI, but it can be pain in the arse for supporters.  Kazakhstan, Bosnia and Köln being stand out examples for myself.

 

For comparison, the GAA prevent season ticket harversting by only awarding attendance where the ticket has been scanned at the gate.

 

At away games, we only use a handful of turnstiles.  It shouldn't be too difficult to isolate and compare scanner data with tickets issued.  It would also save the FAI having to employ an extra person and fly them abroad simply to hand out tickets.  Just post the tickets out, and compare the data from the warmth of the office the week after the match.