Ireland vs Israel - To play or not to play, that is the question Read OP for Mod Warning

You are a hypocrite. You dismiss the direct quotes from Dave Courell. Now your full of whataboutery.

And "every potential of greater ramifications" is just PR waffle to justify taking the morally dignified position.

So is your boycott suggestion then just PR waffle to satisfy your virtue signalling ideology? So you are just all virtue signalling shoulda woulda coulda.

The "serious consequences" to the FAI are real. Failure to fulfil fixtures means they lose revenue, which are a key part of any sporting bodies ability to function. Thats an absolute given. The FAI make most of its income from playing games in Dublin and fulfilling away games as part of the TV rights deal.

Your idea has zero credibility and it was more then just me saying the financial repercussions for the FAI are a major consideration. You have not presented anything that will overcome the financial aspect which is still the single biggest reason why the FAI cannot boycott the games.

The FAI already took a stand. UEFA didnt budge. Dave Courell even stated last week that despite the escalation in the middle east in the past while the position with UEFA has not changed. The games will go ahead.

The middle east situation won't be resolved by the non playing of two football games. Your incredibly naive if you believe that.

Finally, it's insulting to the memories of those killed in the middle east to suggest I'm living in some sort of fantasy, the events driving this conversation are as real world as you can get, you're going to have to accept that fact and contribute accordingly

And the consequences for the FAI are real world too. They have bills to pay, obligations to employees who have families to provide for. Thats also the real world.

Based on your Ireland v Celtic rubbish you are living in some sort of alternative fantasy land. You are so far removed from reality its unreal. The events in the middle east are real world, and require real world solutions by those in political office, not sporting organisations.

The FAI have close to zero credit in the bank to defend them from their historical record influencing how they are still being viewed. Zero.

If the FAI have no credit which influences how they are still being viewed then nobody will take them seriously if they boycott the games? If they have no credibility then nobody will take them seriously but boycotting two games will end a war in the middle east.

The FAI passed a motion and brought it to UEFA. Nobody further action was taken. They took a stand, did more then anyone else out there. Nobody else raised their hands in support. .

And why did the basketball team fulfil those fixtures? Perhaps because of the financial and sporting repercussions

https://www.bbc.com/sport/basketball/68226819

The path to action is at political level.

Boycotting two games and elevating Israels team to higher profile football matches wont solve anything. If everyone in irelands group and subsequent groups boycotted games v Israel very quickly they will find themselves playing in the Euros in 2028. A Global stage essentially.

I clearly said you should go to Israel and demonstrate your anger at them in person. I never said go their to show them your support.

You want the FAI to make huge sacrifices for virtue signalling. Yet are you willing to make the same sacrifices in your own life? Or does your selfish interests take precedence?

No, i said you should bugger off to Israel and tell them how bold they are. Your grasp of basic English is shockingly poor

So the FAI should commit financial suicide for a long odds shot at world peace. Gotcha. You're even more deluded then I thought.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/basketball/68226819

John Feehan, CEO of another national spotting organisation in 2024 when a boycott was mooted after they drew israel

Thats TWO CEO of national sporting bodies spelling out the reality yet you call it BS from your ivory tower. Everyone can see through your BS. It doesn't impact you so you dont care about those a boycott will impact. All for some virtue signalling nonsense and some misguided belief that the political powers in the world actually take notice of the FAI, who you also claim have no credibility.

Sacrificing your income is financial suicide. Im self employed, a sole trader. I generally see ~25-35 clients a week for 1 hour appointments (am a manual therapist). If i dont go to work, I dont get paid. Simple as.

Cant pay the rent on my room I work out of, can't pay my mortgage, cant put food on the table, cant pay the bills and have three kids, one of whom sits the leaving cert in June and is going to college in the autumn hopefully.

When i go away with family for two week holiday, I dont have an income for those two weeks, likewise at Christmas I take 10 days off, I dont get an income.

If the FAI dont fulfil fixtures, they dont generate income. Its basic economics. The FAI rely, almost completely on UEFA for income. Matches = income. UEFA runs the competitions that generates that income.

Thats the real world. Something you spectacularly fail to grasp.

I am against the idea that the FAI should make themselves the fall guys for some virtue signalling nonsense from gombeens in their ivory towers.

What question

And what has this got to do with Ireland v Israel.

I never mentioned Irish soldiers. Bizarre stuff

So we cut off all ties with USA and the UK too?

You said murder too. Have the USA and UK a squeaky clean record in all the wars they have been involved in, in the last 25 years.

Already answered the last paragraph.

Can't be arsed with the rest of your drivel