State of the Irish Game

**passerrby** · 17/04/2009, 4:09 PM

isnt lativa a provaince thats part of one country but wants to be part of another country while others want to be part of another country .. crazy

**BohDiddley** · 17/04/2009, 5:05 PM

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

No - Ireland is an internationally reknowned country.

As opposed to inter-galactically?

Now, where were we?

**dcfcsteve** · 17/04/2009, 6:20 PM

Originally Posted by osarusan

Worried he will unearth the rock under which you live?

Now, now. Just cuz im in the soil above you.......

**irishultra** · 17/04/2009, 11:47 PM

id say irelands situation is a bit more black and white(as hard as it is to believe)

**TheFingallian** · 20/04/2009, 6:08 PM

Originally Posted by Mr A

Look, it's not often I agree with dcfcsteve, but Latvia is a no mark country and is essentially just South Estonia. Much in the same way that Luxembourg and Belgium are clearly just North France.

Don't say that out loud in the Flemish parts of Belgium whatever you do. Even as a joke.

**irishultra** · 20/04/2009, 7:11 PM

Originally Posted by mr a

no. Most of ireland is just southeast donegal.

qft.

**sadloserkid** · 27/04/2009, 10:12 PM

Originally Posted by Gaz

Look at Portugal - they're a country that has around the same population as Ireland

You genuinely lost me here. So much for research.

Originally Posted by HarpoJoyce

But to compare a previous discussion in Irish Football. When Denmark/Danemark had qualified and preformed compentently at Espana'82 and while they were beating RoI 3-0 in Copenhagen during qualifying for France'84 there was regular proposals that Irish Football should follow the Danish model as this was the route to success

Utterly irrelevant to the point you were making but Denmark didn't qualify for the 1982 World Cup. They did get hammered by Spain in Mexico '86 in the last 16 IIRC (I was 5).