downcow wrote: » What are you on tonight? Few teams and sports in ni are unaffected by the devision. You are in cloud cuckoo land if you think linfield are somehow different. As for racist, again I would say we all are on the predominantly white society. Maybe not you lol
Junkyard Tom wrote: » I didn't think a United Ireland was inevitable until the last few months. Let's face it, we're just counting down the clock now. There's only one direction of travel in all this and that's an increasingly integrated Ireland both socially and economically. Britain looks like it's going for a kamikaze Brexit which means the north essentially will be devolved from Dublin/Brussels and not London.
munsterlegend wrote: » The team of this Island in rugby is Ireland. You want them to lose. They represent you whether you want to ignore that or not. Chelsea are based in London and no where near the north. The comparison is irrelevant. You also by the same logic want all athletes from the north in the Olympics games who represent Ireland to fail. It’s a very very small minded attitude. We supported sports people such as Carl frampton Alex Higgins and Wayne McCullough and never batted an eyelid. I pity the toxicity that you can’t escape from.
Shefwedfan wrote: » We don’t support them during training etc...everyone has no problem jumping on the bandwagon after the hard work is done Ask someone to give extra 5 euro towards sports etc and see how patriotic they are then
Shefwedfan wrote: » I think your going down a rabbit hole. The reason games got played on a Sunday for GAA was because of religious grounds, Mass and then the football....Rep is just as bcakward for years about religion as well. Not sure why you are trying to say it was different?
munsterlegend wrote: » In the republic I can’t think of a country who buys into its athletes and sports as much as we do. We support anyone who puts on the green jersey of their nation. It’s a great way to be free of any prejudices.
munsterlegend wrote: » That’s a long long time ago. The uproar which was little was due tothe difficulty with people working and attending as opposed to anything else. The IFA decision is based solely on religious grounds and to keep one community happy. There was protests outside Ravenhill when they put rugby on a Sunday and linfield state they won’t ever play on a Sunday.
downcow wrote: » I don’t think either does it to stop the other. But that’s the impact of the gaa decision. I’m not saying they are wrong. That’s just the impact. Actually I imagine if football was moved to Sunday there would be complaints from gaa about taking their players and supporters
eire4 wrote: » There is no chance IMHO that Linfield coming out with this away top that just happens to have an orange sash on it and is in the colours of the UVF was a coincidence. Linfield have a long history with a core support base that is racist and this jersey is IMHO very much pandering to that core racist support base of theirs.
munsterlegend wrote: » Gaa is played on Saturday and Sundays all over the island. Are you saying somehow the gaa deliberately fix games on a Sunday to stop Protestants playing?!! It’s the IFA who are out of step with the rest of the western world.
munsterlegend wrote: » Are you for real? A football club and ground synonymous with sectarianism produces a jersey with an orange sash on it and colours used on all UVF banners. Whoever commissioned the jersey is either brain dead or wants to provoke a reaction and sell jerseys. One actually forgets how backward the ifa is and linfield. Won’t even play a match on a Sunday or would the international team. Some laugh.
Shefwedfan wrote: » GAA was typically played on Sunday because you went to mass and then the game.... Even moving games to a Saturday years ago caused a bit of up roar if I remember correctly. Just remember d’Unbelieveables....have the dinner at 6 in the morning to get a good run at the day :-)
downcow wrote: » I actually agree with you. Prod majority sport avoids Sunday’s with no consideration that catholics enjoy Sunday sport And gaa is focused on Sunday’s with no consideration that that prevents a significant number of prods from participating. Crazy country
munsterlegend wrote: » The issue is how the IFA are dictated to by one community on what day a game is played. Kind of sums up the the whole problem up there.
downcow wrote: » How do you feel now that you’ve got that off your chest?
munsterlegend wrote: » NI played an international game on a Sunday as governing body told them too. However they always request to fix games other than a Sunday when scheduling matches at international level. So to say they never do was incorrect but to say they do so unwillingly is correct.
downcow wrote: » When you admit you were wrong bout no ni games on a Sunday I’ll be happy to address Sunday league football
munsterlegend wrote: » 21 Team Ireland v 8 Team Gb in Rio 2016. I wasn’t wrong. The IFA policy is not to fix games for Sunday. Linfield refuse to play games on a Sunday. It’s all quite comical in 2020 but the IFA listens to one community only.
munsterlegend wrote: » Most athletes from the north represent Ireland as sport is generally organised on an all island basis. So you shout for northern athletes in the Olympics games but want Irish rugby team to lose? It’s all a bit childish and silly but you what you are.
CBear1993 wrote: » Just find it hilarious in general the irony of all your posts today battering anything “ireland” but you’re on boards.ie bantering with your island neighbours. I think there’s an Antrim/down section on hogan stand, it’s kind of like boards, may be more to your liking?
downcow wrote: » I have not avoided anything. You are bombarding me with questions which seems par for the course on here, whilst not being prepared to answer any yourself. But I will continue to try and have integrity and answer questions. Do I support northern athletes at the Olympics? Obviously I love to see the northern athletes compete for my own nation the UK. If they compete for Ireland I do like to see them do well, in the same way as I like to see Rory Best do well when he's playing for the Ireland team. It does all get a bit sore for me when they have to stand under a flag and anthem that are completely alien to me. But that is the unfortunate situation of living in a divided society. So a short answer is, yes
downcow wrote: » That is a bit disingenuous to at one level suggest this somehow represents Unionists, and then to go on to say that most Unionists see no place for this behaviour in society. Which is it? As a Unionist I am shocked at that behaviour. Mind you, living where I live, I would not have batted an eyelid if it had been a GAA pitch banning British sports, as we have seen plenty of that over the years. So you find yourself a nice interesting picture and you want to roll it out to stereotype large sections of the community. You sound like a peacemaker If that sign remains more than several hours then I will not be impressed with my community. I feel fairly sure they will deal with it and take it down. Unlike some of the stuff that is up for years in my area condemning my community
CBear1993 wrote: » https://twitter.com/conorbarnes1972/status/1272078314254077952?s=21 Your life must be really crap if you felt the need to walk down to grove park, Belfast m this morning and put up a banner where some parents and kids were playing Gaelic football amongst each other. North is wayyyy way behind south when it comes to forward thinking. It’s the dying embers of unionism to be honest. Call me bias, but vast majority of northern people, both catholic and Protestant, see no place for this behaviour in society. There is this minority left who are clinging to any sort of straws they can to try resist ireland as an island moving forward, very sad to see. The sooner they embrace what’s happening the better. Not be long to Martin O’Neill manages the newly formed all ireland soccer team Maybe even downcow will be in the front row of the aviva cheering on
downcow wrote: » We are getting there slowly, but it is difficult. You would then agree that a policy that states that it is okay to express your culture and identity, no matter how offends, is okay as long as you do not set out to offend, is not a great policy
downcow wrote: » This is why I think you do not get it. You are not comparing like with like. I can absolutely see how someone who wants the island united will support Carl Frampton even though you live in the south. Asking me to support Roy Keane playing for Ireland is like asking you to support Wayne Rooney playing for England. You need to try and put yourself in the shoes of the majority in Northern Ireland (let's not even argue over whether factually correct or not) who regard Northern Ireland as a distinct country separate from ROI in the same way as ROI is separate from England. You may not like it, but that is what the vast majority believe. You want to sweep that aside and pretend we are all in the one country and that somehow Roy Keane is a fellow countryman mine
