David Carell
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first heard Mar 2026
last heard 3 Jun
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So I mentioned it a couple of weeks ago obviously this is still relatively fresh news and all of the different stakeholders in the game are starting to have their say on it which is completely understandable.
We obviously did place a huge emphasis on our players and we contacted quite a range of them to I suppose gauge their reaction to the situation and
And to outline the logic and reason for the association's decision to fulfill the games and credit to the players, they said they would respect the decision.
So that is something that we will obviously keep on watch and make sure that we support them.
I've always been, never had any opposition, I should say, from anyone finding their voice there.
So I take no objection to that.
But based on what we know, what we understand from the broad sample that we have spoken to, they recognize and will respect the FAI decision.
It's a new chapter for Irish football.
We've entitled it Change the Game.
The reason being, if we reflect honestly, we have been underperforming as a nation.
That's understood by a lot of people, but it's actually the facts as well.
UEFA evaluate every federation.
within their membership, based on the size of their population, how many players they have in their country, how their teams are performing in European club competitions and international competitions, players, coaches, etc.
And sadly, Irish football, out of the 55 federations, when you line them all up, is the third most underperforming nation.
So something's not been working.
We've been conscious of that for a few years and we've been slowly building towards this new strategy.
We recently concluded a transformation programme which completely changed the shape of how the organisation is set up.
We've done that with this strategy in mind.
We have to look at this in the round and we have to look at it through the lens of what's in the interest of Irish football.
Leadership requires difficult decisions and not everyone will support the one that we've taken but it is equally in its own right a difficult one.
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