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JOHN DELANEY of the FAI is some boy. Certainly his grasp on historical effects leaves something to be desired following his claim that had the FAI known that Croke Park would be available to them in the longer term, they would not have gone ahead with the redevelopment of Lansdowne. This follows on his farcical and embarrassing attempts to have Ireland’s match against France replayed because Thierry Henry soloed the ball.

Goes without saying that John obviously forgot that the conditions under which the IRFU and the FAI were granted access to Croker was that it would only be for the duration of the redevelopment of Lansdowne.

It remains to be seen whether or not that was a factor in the Republic of Ireland’s forthcoming international against Brazil being played at Arsenal’s home ground in North London rather than GAA headquarters.

Delaney is of course the same guy that recently told Roy Keane to ‘move on’ saying “It’s time for him now, in my opinion, to learn from the past, not live with it. ”

Talking Balls says take your own advice John and move on, you seem to have forgotten the reasons why you were in Croker in the first place.

Croker Official Fergal McGill told him as much saying:

“Go back to the start of all this. Croke Park was only opened on a temporary basis once the FAI and IRFU confirmed that Lansdowne was closed for redevelopment.

“So regardless of what they say now, the FAI was always rebuilding and pressing ahead for their own stadium. So why is he criticising Croke Park and the GAA?”

“We’re not responsible for the running of the FAI’s affairs. Lansdowne was only ever closed for redevelopment; it was always going to reopen. And we only opened Croke Park to other sports when they started rebuilding Lansdowne. They were always going to return.”
“Why they are saying they might not have gone back there is beyond me. Why were they planning on building a new stadium so? And what about their much-heralded desire for Ireland to have its own soccer stadium?”

Enough said. Sounds like an empty vessel making the most noise.