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Drumcondra 69er
Jack Charlton Joined: 07 Oct 2009 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 7123 |
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"It's always been a touchy subject and it's something that has simmered on the surface but festered like mad underneath since it was rubber-stamped as part of the Good Friday Agreement, which enabled players from this side of the border to switch their allegiance." Good Friday agreement again. How does that sort of guff get past the editors? Interestingly, Eoin Branigan, who been editor of the Irish Daily Star for years, is taking the top job at the Belfast Telegraph, be interesting to see how having a Dublin editor goes down up there.
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Denis Irwin
Robbie Keane Stay Home & watch Lethal Weapon Joined: 03 Feb 2008 Location: Ath Cliath Status: Offline Points: 37956 |
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Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one".
Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn |
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Roberto Baggio
Robbie Keane UNBELIEVABLE JEFF Joined: 28 Jan 2010 Status: Offline Points: 37346 |
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The answer to Beckett’s question is that it’s always been a political reason for players to defect, in most cases, not a footballing one
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Newryrep
Paul McGrath Just can't get enough of lists Joined: 14 Jan 2009 Status: Offline Points: 15259 |
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'Irish' Songs for an Irish team - no SPL EPL generic sh*te
Richard Dunne - 6th Sept 11 - best marshalling of a defence in Moscow since General Zukov Russia V Germany 1941 |
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Territorial
Jack Charlton Joined: 25 Nov 2014 Status: Offline Points: 5817 |
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Meanwhile, even as he leaves the job, Michael O'Neill remains consistent to the last: "Players who were more senior, who wanted to make that decision to play for the Republic of Ireland, I had no issue with that. I just think that younger players, who are still trying to make their way in the game, should not be put in that position. "It's not even about the FAI - ultimately Uefa and Fifa shouldn't allow it either. It's a shame for a player to be lost to international football, and we have seen some young players who have unfortunately experienced that. That can happen not only between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, that happened between us and England with Dominic Ball, for example," said the Stoke City boss. "That's something that is unfair of an Association to try to recruit a young player if he's already played for the country where he's born, without giving due consideration to having a real pathway for him." That last point about providing a "pathway" in the game for youngsters is something which the IFA has spent a lot of time and money on ("Club NI"), under the direction of Michael himself, who was personally very committed to it. Which would make it bad enough to lose players to another Association before their time in itself, but if that other Association doesn't provide the same pathway themselves, then it must be doubly galling: And all that's before you get to the young player's best interests, which is/should be paramount. More about Club NI here from yesterday: "Dundee United's academy director says programmes that have been put in place in Northern Ireland in recent years are providing the ideal environment for young players to excel at professional level." Edited by Territorial - 25 Apr 2020 at 5:23pm |
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Tyronebhoy
500 Club la la la Joined: 09 Sep 2010 Location: Bfast/Dungannon Status: Offline Points: 702 |
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First Fenian to edit the Telegraph, which under Gail Walker turned into a complete DUP propaganda sheet and lost a lot of its readership from moderate nationalists. Only happening because INM was bought over by Belgian company that is not going to put up with that sh*t anymore. Be interesting to see how this plays out in their sport coverage, which has always been ultra loyalist and totally unwilling to recognise that 99.9% of Fenians in the occupied six (apart from Frank Mitchell and Gerry 'Uncle Tom' Armstrong obviously) support Ireland.
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Floreat Ultonia
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If the Belly laugh has always been ultra Loyalist, why did those moderate Nationalists ever read it? I rarely read it other than when visiting but that's more than enough to see that a large proportion of the sports coverage is EPL and Rory Mac's jaunts around Florida and California. One simply attracts more readers than extra GAA reports would. The other is a welcome meal ticket for local hacks. The new editor is unlikely to change either
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lassassinblanc
Paul McGrath Cheese, it’s not just for eating Joined: 27 Sep 2010 Location: Clairefontaine Status: Offline Points: 16478 |
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Laughable really.
I think the North are kinda f**ked in the next few years. Can't think of any decent young players they have coming through and a lot of their better players are over 30. While you look at our current u21 team a lot of good players who'll hopefully make the jump up |
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Roberto Baggio
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You can now expect a 10 thousand word thesis in reply from Terri |
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lassassinblanc
Paul McGrath Cheese, it’s not just for eating Joined: 27 Sep 2010 Location: Clairefontaine Status: Offline Points: 16478 |
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Can't wait to hear about that 15 year lad playing for Linfield who is the next George Best
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JohnSwift
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The article in the Belfast Telegraph is laughable. It suggests that the North have a great youth system and the Republic’s is in trouble because of the state of the FAI. If that’s the case, why is that the Republic’s U17 and U19 teams have been making regular appearances at the European Championship finals over the last few years, whereas the North is nowhere to be seen?
And then to suggest that everything is ok with Windsor Park. Well that’s just ridiculous. Players from nationalist backgrounds are unlikely to want to stand for GSTQ. |
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Floreat Ultonia
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Very wishful. Be honest, you said the same before we finished 2nd in the last U21 qualifiers and won in Spain.
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Denis Irwin
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Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one".
Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn |
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Floreat Ultonia
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You are both ignoring reality (many players from assumed Nationalist backgrounds continue to play for NI), largely because you arrogantly assume that they all agree fully with you
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lassassinblanc
Paul McGrath Cheese, it’s not just for eating Joined: 27 Sep 2010 Location: Clairefontaine Status: Offline Points: 16478 |
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Well if memory serves me correctly Spain 9/10 times win that game comfortably and ifirc correctly a year later you were drawing 0-0 at home to the mighty Malta. TBH I don't really follow the Northern Ireland u21 team that much so my original comments were more tongue and cheek. |
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JohnSwift
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You're right. Those nationalist players really seem to enjoy the honour of standing for GSTQ with their heads bowed looking like they'd want to be anywhere else than in Windsor Park! The only arrogance is from the IFA which has continued to insist on playing an anthem that doesn't represent a significant portion of the population. Edited by JohnSwift - 28 Apr 2020 at 6:01pm |
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Floreat Ultonia
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L'Assassin: Merci Monsieur. I'm sure those other 9 games against Spain u-21 are available on a stream/ Zoom/ FIFA simulation somewhere.
The BBC West Midland's sports news yesterday had Wolves beating Liverpool in an online tournament, possibly because Alexander Arnold was playing it without getting out of bed John: aye, it's a shame Baird felt he didn't want to play any more. He could have had 75 caps... Edited by Floreat Ultonia - 28 Apr 2020 at 6:07pm |
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