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Clonbhoy 
Roy Keane
AKA Sir Basil Butterpeas Esquire
Joined: 12 Aug 2010
Location: Iarthar Chorcaí
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Points: 13976
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 Posted: 24 May 2011 at 1:04pm |
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f**king FAI creating a sectarian wedge, bastards. There never, ever was one there before. Stop abusing players and you might get a few of those who aren't good enough to play for us!
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Emerald
Liam Brady
Joined: 02 Mar 2010
Location: Emerald Isle
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Points: 2494
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Posted: 24 May 2011 at 1:14pm |
Would help if this football "country" had it's own anthem, the same as other football "countries" such as Scotland and Wales have, instead of having the same one as another football "country". And then they wonder why nationalist fans and players feel alienated... 
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rossieman
Roy Keane
Joined: 01 Apr 2011
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Points: 14254
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Posted: 24 May 2011 at 2:09pm |
 gooner92 wrote:
some nordie gobsh*te on ssn there giving out about how republic can choose players from the north and the north cant choose our players.Must not be able to get his head around that the republic isnt part of britain |
I was under the impression if you are born on the island of Ireland you can play for North or south,is this not the case?
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Green Devil
Robbie Keane
Aye Kes, I've pissed me-self again
Joined: 06 Oct 2010
Location: Barbados
Status: Offline
Points: 22174
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Posted: 24 May 2011 at 5:20pm |
Emerald wrote:
Would help if this football "country" had it's own anthem, the same as other football "countries" such as Scotland and Wales have, instead of having the same one as another football "country". And then they wonder why nationalist fans and players feel alienated... |
Fully agreed 
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"He drives two Ferraris; I think he's a very lucky lad to have 50 caps for Ireland,"
Eamonn Dunphy on Glenn Whelan
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iandowie
Joe Lapira
Joined: 24 May 2011
Location: Hatfield
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Points: 1
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Posted: 24 May 2011 at 5:52pm |
This topic is very contraversial with many fans. The way I see it is that Northern Ireland are at a disadvantage in this current situation. However, a player should have a choice to play for which ever team he likes. I would suggest the best and only way to solve this problem is to bring the two island football associations together and pick one international football team. You only have to look at how well the rugby team has grown together. The footballers could line out to 'shoulder to shoulder' and raise both british & irish flags (or even a compromised flag like the rugby team's). In my opinion this would end the booing of anthems, players and coaching staff. Merging the two associations would also bring a bigger audience to the domestic league and making it more competitive, not to mention the extra revenue it would generate for the local game.
Football should bring communities together, provide a common interest among strangers. People need to stand up to the divide in our great game.
Go on the Irish! All the Irish
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farfar
Liam Brady
Joined: 13 Feb 2011
Location: Ireland
Status: Offline
Points: 1704
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Posted: 25 May 2011 at 12:44pm |
rossieman wrote:
gooner92 wrote:
some nordie gobsh*te on ssn there giving out about how republic can choose players from the north and the north cant choose our players.Must not be able to get his head around that the republic isnt part of britain |
I was under the impression if you are born on the island of Ireland you can play for North or south,is this not the case?
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FREEWHEELER
Robbie Keane
sPICE UP YOUR LIFE Gwan MONROY
Joined: 29 Mar 2007
Location: Ireland
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Points: 24595
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Posted: 25 May 2011 at 1:03pm |
iandowie wrote:
This topic is very contraversial with many fans. The way I see it is that Northern Ireland are at a disadvantage in this current situation. However, a player should have a choice to play for which ever team he likes. I would suggest the best and only way to solve this problem is to bring the two island football associations together and pick one international football team. You only have to look at how well the rugby team has grown together. The footballers could line out to 'shoulder to shoulder' and raise both british & irish flags (or even a compromised flag like the rugby team's). In my opinion this would end the booing of anthems, players and coaching staff. Merging the two associations would also bring a bigger audience to the domestic league and making it more competitive, not to mention the extra revenue it would generate for the local game.
Football should bring communities together, provide a common interest among strangers. People need to stand up to the divide in our great game.
Go on the Irish! All the Irish |
Noble sentiments Dowie and I think an all-Ireland team would be the answer, but you'd have to start with an All-Ireland League first and that's unlikely to happen, so an all-Ireland team is more and more unlikely. PSNI and Garda paranoia over the Nordy fans last night doesn't help.
And we'd have Ireland's Call at football matches as well? FOOK RIGHT OFF WITH THAT NOTION.  
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We'll never die, we'll never die, we'll keep the Green Flag flying high......Shamrock Rovers will never die, we'll keep the Green Flag Flying high. 19 Leagues and 25 Cups.....
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Denis Irwin
Robbie Keane
Stay Home & watch Lethal Weapon
Joined: 03 Feb 2008
Location: Ath Cliath
Status: Online
Points: 37953
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Posted: 25 May 2011 at 1:07pm |
Anyone see their pathetic banner last night: ''FAI hands off our players but keep Darron Gibson'' dissappeared fairly quickly when the 4th goal went in 
Edited by Denis Irwin - 25 May 2011 at 1:07pm
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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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Emerald
Liam Brady
Joined: 02 Mar 2010
Location: Emerald Isle
Status: Offline
Points: 2494
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Posted: 25 May 2011 at 1:20pm |
iandowie wrote:
This topic is very contraversial with many fans. The way I see it is that Northern Ireland are at a disadvantage in this current situation. However, a player should have a choice to play for which ever team he likes. I would suggest the best and only way to solve this problem is to bring the two island football associations together and pick one international football team. You only have to look at how well the rugby team has grown together. The footballers could line out to 'shoulder to shoulder' and raise both british & irish flags (or even a compromised flag like the rugby team's). In my opinion this would end the booing of anthems, players and coaching staff. Merging the two associations would also bring a bigger audience to the domestic league and making it more competitive, not to mention the extra revenue it would generate for the local game.
Football should bring communities together, provide a common interest among strangers. People need to stand up to the divide in our great game.
Go on the Irish! All the Irish |
Interesting stuff. Not sure about the flags part but the rest makes a lot of sense, especially your bit about football should be bringing communities together, which IMO is not happening on the IFA side despite proclamations that things have improved. As long as they keep using GSTQ and displaying loyalist flags they will continue to divide the footballing community, not bring it together. It would be great if we had one association and one football team on the island, but unfortunately it is a pipe dream. The IFA would be the ones as seeing themselves being submerged into a larger body, and so would never agree to it, despite as you say a new domestic league would be more competitive. Good sentiments though. 
Edited by Emerald - 25 May 2011 at 1:26pm
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Saint Tom
Jack Charlton
Joined: 03 Jan 2009
Location: Ireland
Status: Online
Points: 9982
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Posted: 25 May 2011 at 1:24pm |
again again again the lads choose to play for the roi because they do not see themselves as northern irish. can it get any simpler??
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My destination inchicore my next stop being kilmainham
Where patriots and super saints are the topics of conversation
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FREEWHEELER
Robbie Keane
sPICE UP YOUR LIFE Gwan MONROY
Joined: 29 Mar 2007
Location: Ireland
Status: Offline
Points: 24595
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Posted: 25 May 2011 at 1:27pm |
Saint Tom wrote:
again again again
the lads choose to play for the roi because they do not see themselves as northern irish. can it get any simpler?? |
Amazing how slowly common-sense is absorbed by people Tom. Mind boggling.
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We'll never die, we'll never die, we'll keep the Green Flag flying high......Shamrock Rovers will never die, we'll keep the Green Flag Flying high. 19 Leagues and 25 Cups.....
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Newryrep
Paul McGrath
Just can't get enough of lists
Joined: 14 Jan 2009
Status: Online
Points: 15257
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Posted: 25 May 2011 at 2:17pm |
FREEWHEELER wrote:
Saint Tom wrote:
again again again
the lads choose to play for the roi because they do not see themselves as northern irish. can it get any simpler?? |
Amazing how slowly common-sense is absorbed by people Tom. Mind boggling. |
Make this a bloody sticky along with the flags anthem windsor park sh*te that is regulary trotted out here by people who know sweet FA
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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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horsebox
Robbie Keane
Born n bred in darndale.
Joined: 03 Feb 2010
Location: Ireland
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Points: 34871
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Posted: 25 May 2011 at 3:11pm |
The NI fans will never agree to a one team as they feel they will lose their identity. But so would we as we would lose our national anthem and our national flag. And realistically only 1 player out of that squad would make out starting 11.
So do we give up our anthem and our fans and also taking on board the baggage that these supporters have?
At the moment we have a 32 country team and they have the scraps from 6 counties.
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It was far across the sea,
When the devil got a hold of me,
He wouldn't set me free,
So he kept me soul for ransom.
na na na na na na na na na
na na na na na na na na.
I'm a sailor man from Glasgow to
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Belfast Green
Liam Brady
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
Location: Ireland
Status: Offline
Points: 1117
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Posted: 25 May 2011 at 3:42pm |
Newryrep wrote:
FREEWHEELER wrote:
Saint Tom wrote:
again again again
the lads choose to play for the roi because they do not see themselves as northern irish. can it get any simpler?? |
Amazing how slowly common-sense is absorbed by people Tom. Mind boggling. |
Make this a bloody sticky along with the flags anthem windsor park sh*te that is regulary trotted out here by people who know sweet FA |
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Antrim's Finest
Joe Lapira
Joined: 25 May 2011
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Points: 1
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Posted: 25 May 2011 at 4:44pm |
This is worth noting and regurgitating the next time one of the GAWA muppets (or, for that matter, Nigel Worthington) whines about northerners opting for the Republic:
The only player on the pitch at any stage during the 5-0 Aviva Massacre who left one international Irish side to play for the other was Jonny Gorman, who defected north. Oh the irony!
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trapforpresident
Alan Kernaghan
Joined: 03 Aug 2011
Location: montana
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Points: 110
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Posted: 04 Jan 2012 at 11:57am |
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after o neill statement today its obvious the ifa are going to try put pressure on players who have declared for ireland to play for there pub team,should the fai issue a statement or some other body to remind the ifa of the right of people in the six counties to choose there nationality under the good friday agreement.
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Newryrep
Paul McGrath
Just can't get enough of lists
Joined: 14 Jan 2009
Status: Online
Points: 15257
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Posted: 04 Jan 2012 at 12:13pm |
trapforpresident wrote:
after o neill statement today its obvious the ifa are going to try put pressure on players who have declared for ireland to play for there pub team,should the fai issue a statement or some other body to remind the ifa of the right of people in the six counties to choose there nationality under the good friday agreement.
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no
and can i politely suggest you do some research before you post sh1te like that highlighted above. Thank you
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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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