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O`Neill and Jennings call for All Ireland team

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  • #32
    mikemac
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    DerekD Goldfish wrote: »
    Well thats because there was no welsh league until recently
    Im in favor of an all Ireland league but the england wales example is not suitable.

    Fair enough, there are better examples, only one I could think of at the time.
    I'd imagine Liechenstein have a team playing league football in a neighbouring country too but I'm far too lazy to look that up

    I wonder will posters on boards stop posting about the English Premier League if Cardiff ever get promoted? ;)


  • #33
    Mr.Nice Guy
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    I would like to see an all-Ireland team as I think it would be good for relations in the island and it would strengthen our chances for qualification if we pooled our resources together.

    We have all-Ireland teams in rugby, cricket and plenty of other sports so I think football should follow suit. Maybe we could get really lucky and have the FAI be done away with also.


  • #34
    _blank_
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    micmclo wrote: »
    Fair enough, there are better examples, only one I could think of at the time.
    I'd imagine Liechenstein have a team playing league football in a neighbouring country too but I'm far too lazy to look that up
    What has that to do with it?
    micmclo wrote: »
    I wonder will posters on boards stop posting about the English Premier League if Cardiff ever get promoted? ;)
    It IS the EPL.

    There is also a Welsh Premier, which was formed in 1992, as part of the LoW.

    Six teams decided not to join up, and remained part of the English Football Pyramid. (Cardiff, Swansea, Wrecsam, plus another three who I can't remember now).


  • #35
    therecklessone
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    DesF wrote: »

    It IS the EPL.

    Shouldn't it be BPL?


  • #36
    _blank_
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    therecklessone wrote: »
    Shouldn't it be BPL?
    Why?

    It's the SPL in Scotland, but aren't there teams from just south of the Border in it?

    It's the Welsh Premier League in Wales.

    So, the EPL in England.

    The fact is that the three clubs are from Wales, but play in the English Football Pyramid, on top of which is the English Premier League.

    What a stupid argument anyway.

    I'm right, the rest of you are wrong.

    There, that's the end of it.


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  • #37
    therecklessone
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    DesF wrote: »
    Why?

    http://www.premierleague.com/page/Home/0,,12306,00.html

    Should be obvious...:p


  • #38
    _blank_
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    therecklessone wrote: »
    http://www.premierleague.com/page/Home/0,,12306,00.html

    Should be obvious...:p

    pwned.

    :)


  • #39
    AckwelFoley
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    Id have no problem with it, but there is a big sectarian divide in soccer, that i dont think is as bad in Rugby, yes i know that there a rugby teams that are predominently of one religion or other, but i dont think "death threats" have ever been part of the game, like it sadly seems to be up the north.

    The fact is that both O Neill and Jennings are Catholics and prob more in favour of it than the protestant - Loyalist community whos wishes need to be respected to.


  • #40
    OPENROAD
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    therecklessone wrote: »
    Please tell me you're not mistaking this for an English flag?


    You beat me to it;)


  • #41
    dc69
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    OPENROAD wrote: »
    You beat me to it;)

    no im not,im all to aware of what a st georges cross looks like:)


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  • #42
    estebancambias
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    snyper wrote: »
    Id have no problem with it, but there is a big sectarian divide in soccer, that i dont think is as bad in Rugby, yes i know that there a rugby teams that are predominently of one religion or other, but i dont think "death threats" have ever been part of the game, like it sadly seems to be up the north.

    The fact is that both O Neill and Jennings are Catholics and prob more in favour of it than the protestant - Loyalist community whos wishes need to be respected to.

    Yep, their secterian wishes have to be respected.:rolleyes:


  • #43
    dc69
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    estebancambias wrote: »
    Yep, their secterian wishes have to be respected.:rolleyes:


    just because they are protestant and unionists does not mean they are sectarian but I do believe they would be extremely anti an all Ireland team as I am.


  • #44
    Pigman II
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    Just ask yourself this. Do you want half/all our home qualifiers played out of Belfast. If you do then great.


  • #45
    Mr.Nice Guy
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    Pigman II wrote: »
    Just ask yourself this. Do you want half/all our home qualifiers played out of Belfast. If you do then great.

    Why would that be the case? How many Six Nations matches are played in Belfast?

    Maybe if soccer was treated in an all-Ireland capacity we might be able to host (albeit jointly) a tournament one day.


  • #46
    LeeroyJones
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    not ready for it just yet, i think let the country re-unite and then let the soccer follow, its just a far more contoversial situation than it is in rugby. i reckon just let players from the North declare for the Republic for now

    anyway as far as im concerned only healy and johnny evans would get in the XI in my opinion, say,

    1.Given
    2.Kelly / Finnan if he returns
    3.O'Shea
    4.Evans
    5.Dunne
    6.S. Reid
    7.McGeady
    8.Ireland
    9.Healy
    10.Keane
    11.Duff

    ok i just threw that XI together but i can't think of anybody else from the North getting in there. and if i was given the choice to swap Keane for Healy I wouldn't.


  • #47
    Pigman II
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    No matter how many goals he's got I'd stil rather Keane and Doyle to Healy.


  • #48
    iregk
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    dc69 wrote: »
    just because they are protestant and unionists does not mean they are sectarian

    Well said. Seems to be a feeling down south that anyone who isn't catholic and a sinn fein follower is sectarian. Thing is the largest sectarian organisation in the country has been followed and supported by most of the south for years so its a bit rich all the GAA fans slamming people from the north as sectarian.


  • #49
    SectionF
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    Pigman II wrote: »
    Just ask yourself this. Do you want half/all our home qualifiers played out of Belfast. If you do then great.
    I'd have absolutely no difficulty with some of the games being played in Belfast, given the right standard of stadium. In fact, it'd be weird if they weren't.

    Bear in mind that we are in a supposedly sports-mad country that is so disorganized or dysfunctional in terms of division and bigotry - take your pick - that we currently are looking at playing internationals in Cardiff.


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