The Business Post Podcast
Ep 13: David Courell, FAI chief executive - The Business Post Podcast with Daniel McConnell and Peter O'Dwyer
And I presume occasions like a Troy-powered hat-trick in Hungary do great wonders.
The Business Post Podcast
Ep 13: David Courell, FAI chief executive - The Business Post Podcast with Daniel McConnell and Peter O'Dwyer
I mean, have you seen a natural uplift in interest even since that match?
The Business Post Podcast
Ep 13: David Courell, FAI chief executive - The Business Post Podcast with Daniel McConnell and Peter O'Dwyer
And that's a very stable revenue system.
The Business Post Podcast
Ep 13: David Courell, FAI chief executive - The Business Post Podcast with Daniel McConnell and Peter O'Dwyer
So just back to the money aspect, I mean, obviously on a much more stable footing than it was.
The Business Post Podcast
Ep 13: David Courell, FAI chief executive - The Business Post Podcast with Daniel McConnell and Peter O'Dwyer
I mean, given this probably vicissitudes and ups and downs in terms of your cash flow, I mean, how do you then manage the numbers to a degree that you're not getting to a point where you're even into an overdraft or you're burning through an overdraft that you're getting into a position like that?
The Business Post Podcast
Ep 13: David Courell, FAI chief executive - The Business Post Podcast with Daniel McConnell and Peter O'Dwyer
I mean, to what extent on that scale have you managed to stabilize things?
The Business Post Podcast
Ep 13: David Courell, FAI chief executive - The Business Post Podcast with Daniel McConnell and Peter O'Dwyer
Well, I want to talk about the transformation because we in the Business Post have undergone two or three years of major transformation here.
The Business Post Podcast
Ep 13: David Courell, FAI chief executive - The Business Post Podcast with Daniel McConnell and Peter O'Dwyer
We've turned what was a sleeping Sunday newspaper into, you know, an always on digital first operation and that, you know, turning a tanker while it's still moving can be very tricky.
The Business Post Podcast
Ep 13: David Courell, FAI chief executive - The Business Post Podcast with Daniel McConnell and Peter O'Dwyer
Talk to me about going in and doing all of that, that change.
The Business Post Podcast
Ep 13: David Courell, FAI chief executive - The Business Post Podcast with Daniel McConnell and Peter O'Dwyer
I presume that's your own leadership team around you.
The Business Post Podcast
Ep 13: David Courell, FAI chief executive - The Business Post Podcast with Daniel McConnell and Peter O'Dwyer
You've had to make changes there.
The Business Post Podcast
Ep 13: David Courell, FAI chief executive - The Business Post Podcast with Daniel McConnell and Peter O'Dwyer
Or what was your focus or how did you manage to implement the sort of change that we're talking about?
The Business Post Podcast
Ep 13: David Courell, FAI chief executive - The Business Post Podcast with Daniel McConnell and Peter O'Dwyer
And that's a difficult conversation to have when you're, as you say, you're letting go of a particular skill set or kind of level of experience.
The Business Post Podcast
Ep 13: David Courell, FAI chief executive - The Business Post Podcast with Daniel McConnell and Peter O'Dwyer
But I suppose you have to, if you're going to deliver on the strategies that you've outlined,
The Business Post Podcast
Ep 13: David Courell, FAI chief executive - The Business Post Podcast with Daniel McConnell and Peter O'Dwyer
Was there any resistance?
The Business Post Podcast
Ep 13: David Courell, FAI chief executive - The Business Post Podcast with Daniel McConnell and Peter O'Dwyer
Because, again, culturally, if you step into an organisation and you haven't been there and you might have longstanding people who might say, well, we've always done it this way.
The Business Post Podcast
Ep 13: David Courell, FAI chief executive - The Business Post Podcast with Daniel McConnell and Peter O'Dwyer
Did you face that resistance when you first announced the plan or you first moved to mobilise the plan?
The Business Post Podcast
Ep 13: David Courell, FAI chief executive - The Business Post Podcast with Daniel McConnell and Peter O'Dwyer
And that's a huge change.
The Business Post Podcast
Ep 13: David Courell, FAI chief executive - The Business Post Podcast with Daniel McConnell and Peter O'Dwyer
Massive.
The Business Post Podcast
Ep 13: David Courell, FAI chief executive - The Business Post Podcast with Daniel McConnell and Peter O'Dwyer
Talk about the League of Ireland because, again, it's often seen as the neglected child of Irish football.