Player eligibility row

[TrapAPony]

Barcelona looking at Liam Boyce?..so say the Belfast Telegraph

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sp...08#postcomment

Here's a goal of the month he scored : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLRA_Kka2uQ

[outspoken]

If they want to play for the ROI then I have no problem and im sure the rest of you dont.

[SkStu]

If they want to play for the ROI then I have no problem and im sure the rest of you dont.

Kieran Burke, meet Ealing Green. Ealing Green, this is Kieran Burke.

[Paddy Garcia]

DERRY CITY duo, Patrick McEleney and Thomas McBride have been named in the Republic of Ireland Under-18 squad for next week's double header friendlies away to Macedonia.

The talented pairing will be hoping to make a significant impression during the friendlies, to be played on Tuesday, May 11th and Thursday, May 13th in the Ohrid City Stadium.

Thomas McBride had recently been included in the NI under-18 Schools side that played against our ROI equivalent, at Tullamore on March 17.

http://www.derryjournal.com/derry/De...-to.6269321.jp

Both withdraw from squad.

[Predator]

Both withdraw from squad.

Doubt it's anything other than club responsibilities or something like that. Robbie Benson (Athlone), Eoghan Osbourne (Drogheda) and Ryan Connolly (Derby) have also been withdrawn.

http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=100925:mccaffrey-makes-four-changes-to-u18-squad&catid=5:under-18&Itemid=15

[Charlie Darwin]

Barcelona looking at Liam Boyce?..so say the Belfast Telegraph

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sp...08#postcomment

Here's a goal of the month he scored : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLRA_Kka2uQ

We'll take him.

[outspoken]

Kieran Burke, meet Ealing Green. Ealing Green, this is Kieran Burke.

what are you on about mate?

[DannyInvincible]

what are you on about mate?

Some posters here take issue with northern-born players playing for us. Ealing Green happens to be one of the most vocal of them. Which is fair enough and a bit of debate is welcome. He's entitled to voice his opinions here and we're more than happy to correct them for him. :P

Those who object are, by and large, exclusively Northern Ireland fans though. I don't think there are too many otherwise on here who seriously object, if any, bar maybe the guy who started the topic.

[Irish_Praha]

Some posters here take issue with northern-born players playing for us. Ealing Green happens to be one of the most vocal of them. Which is fair enough and a bit of debate is welcome. He's entitled to voice his opinions here and we're more than happy to correct them for him. :P

Those who object are, by and large, exclusively Northern Ireland fans though. I don't think there are too many otherwise on here who seriously object, if any, bar maybe the guy who started the topic.

Well explained Danny!

[Irish_Praha]

I've just been thinking, between the players mentioned in this and a few others threads there about 10 players at underage that have or are considering switching to us mostly from N.I. and a few from Scotland or England. I can understand to a certain extent that their FAs are annoyed but the odds are that only 1 or 2 of them will end up being decent at international level and the majority will end up playing in the lower leagues in England or for a non-Old Firm team in the SPL. They might all have potential but as soon as they get some games at a higher level it will become obvious that most of them are not up to international standard. Also, if they were happy playing for N.I. then they would stay there; if I was a N.I. fan I would rather not have a player playing for my national team if his heart lay somewhere else. Anyway, at the moment the only one that looks like he will be top class in McCarthy; he's not from NI and was with us from the start of his international careere. Time will tell I suppose.

[Predator]

19th of July for the CAS case. Link

Irish Football Association v/ Football Association of Ireland, Daniel Kearns and FIFA

They should change that to, 'Irish Football Association v The World'

[kingdomkerry]

Bring it on.

[EalingGreen]

19th of July for the CAS case. Link

Irish Football Association v/ Football Association of Ireland, Daniel Kearns and FIFA

They should change that to, 'Irish Football Association v The World'

Makes a change from them Derry wans imagining the world is against them...

[Not Brazil]

19th of July for the CAS case.

It was meant to be a week earlier, but our lot couldn't make it. :-)

[DannyInvincible]

It was meant to be a week earlier, but our lot couldn't make it. :-)

Clearly putting it off out of fear. :P

How do the IFA rate their chances? I just can't see how they'll argue their case at all, unless they hold misconceptions on the concept of single and dual/multiple nationality.

There was some poster on OWC (I know, I know; very naughty of me... I shouldn't be in there) harping on about CAS adjudging the "fairness" of a rule. This belief, or blind certainty even, was seemingly based on the text of Wikipedia's article on arbitration; a general overview of what one might expect various or typical arbitration processes to resemble. Which is all very humourous and mind-blowing that one would feel the need to spin something like that in order to save face and uphold their strict "no surrender to Beggars" policy, but, just to be sure, is this within CAS's remit? I can't imagine it is. There's no reason to believe that it is seeing as there is no mention of such an element coming into play on their website, which outlines how they operate. I find it hard to envisage that all arbitration processes would be identical and contain the same elements as the next anyway. Surely, all CAS can work with is the rule in question and how it ought to be interpreted. The notion of fairness is so subjective and wishy-washy anyway that you could use it to bolster the argument of both sides. I mean, wouldn't it be highly unfair to deny any Irish national the right to play for his country?

I'm glad a date has been set though. At last, we should see an end to this ill-informed and confused moaning, and maybe all Irish nationals, able and lucky enough, can get on with playing for their country in peace. And we can all live happily ever after... Or is that one step too far?