Fan Protest

There'll probably be a poor enough attendance at the Hungary game anyway mainly down to apathy and disillusionment (ie Tueday night friendly, still no permanent manager, no tournament to look forward to going to, a conservative interim manager who'll have the team playing crap if the March games are anything to go by etc). Even that alone should give the FAI a message that they've made an absolute b*llix of things.

If, come September, we're starting a new campaign with no new manager appointed, you might have a case for some form of protest but I can't see or think that should happen for the June friendlies.

Razors left peg wrote: The GerK wrote: Absolutely not. No interest? Happy with Status Quo? FAI are great bunch of lads and we shouldn't complain? We continue with the usual Irish thing of a shrug of the shoulders and accept what we are given?  Care to expand on absolutely not? I don't know what fans should do exactly but I was hoping we could at least have a discussion about not putting up with the FAI continuing to be completely incompetent. The manager thing is the tip of the iceberg but a major symptom of their failings. I'd like to think the fans have some power here to make change

Deane wrote: Are a lot of the current problems not legacy of the Delaney era? Yes and no. It is easy to blame one individual and his supporters. There are many deeper routed issues with Irish football, mainly cultural that are of significance that pre date Delaney and remain problematic.  The Hill thing was a shambles but he is gone. True, but there has been a further loss of credibility during this process.  Waiting for the right candidate for the manager is the right thing to do. Even if not ideal.  It is at this point, but we never should have reached this point. The proccesss has however,  destroyed Canham's credibility. This means his reform plan is pretty much dead as he can no longer be taken seriously or trusted. The wider impact, is that Government can't give the FAI additional funding (our money as taxpayers) as the adequate assurances can't be provided that this money would be spent effectively.  The only thing they should have done was perhaps keep Kenny until the right replacement was available, but basically everyone was calling for Kenny's head. So what can you do.  They could have done a lot of things differently and letting Stephen Kenny go sooner rather than keeping him longer would have been one of them.

Are a lot of the current problems not legacy of the Delaney era?

Razors left peg wrote: The GerK wrote: Absolutely not. No interest? Happy with Status Quo? FAI are great bunch of lads and we shouldn't complain? We continue with the usual Irish thing of a shrug of the shoulders and accept what we are given?  Care to expand on absolutely not? I don't know what fans should do exactly but I was hoping we could at least have a discussion about not putting up with the FAI continuing to be completely incompetent. The manager thing is the tip of the iceberg but a major symptom of their failings. I'd like to think the fans have some power here to make change

Great post. My interest levels in the national team have ebbed and flowed a little bit historically, but I've never felt so apathetic towards it than I do now. Used to always be checking the scores to see how the Irish lads are getting on. Now I'll just pop on here occasionally and check a few threads hoping for the latest news, no interest in investing any more time than that. I began to get fed up when Kenny wasn't sacked soon enough, but the clown show that's taken place since has been beyond uninspiring.

Edited by SeaSharp - 04 May 2024 at 7:44pm

Stay out for the first 8 minutes of the game to represent how many months they've been trying to hire a capable manager

Well screwing up the International Men's Manager appointment is quite a large public thing. I don't think any fan base would be happy with this. But it's the tip of the iceberg.