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Not saying Quebec's not part of Canada, but they do have a fierce spirit of being an individual entity based on my experience of dealing with various Canadians, including Quebecers.
Anyway regardless, theirs and many other regions would appear to have as much rights as four parts of the same small country having four different teams.
My German pals say Bavaria have much the same attitude, but that's a whole other can of worms...
Well the obvious difference is that Quebec hasn't historically had a national football team or association.
So what? It's not like they were allowed the opportunity.
They'd be more credible as a country than various parts of Britain. And their mediocre soccer teams!
;)
A bit late but I read World Soccer every month and the last couple of months they have brought up Equatorial Guinea's blatant cheating with respect to fielding players who are ineligible. CAF (governing body) have even admitted that they haven't been thorough because it's almost impossible to check the place of birth for every single player on the African continent.
They reached the Q Finals of the African Nations and I'm surprised there hasn't been more of a fuss. Will Qatar be next?
Any of you Limerick nutters go to this?Quote:
Originally Posted by Predator
Not sure if it belongs here, but it highlights the ignorance of a player who has been playing under the FAI who thought it was in fact the IFA.
Edit - Just checked his twitter. Original post deleted. Now updated with FAI in place. He must've seen the error of his ways...Quote:
Originally Posted by BBC;
Does World Soccer know for certain that these EG players aren't eligible? I've only read mere speculation on forums thus far but it is an interesting one, especially the case of the Brazil-born goalkeeper, Danilo. Many of the Spain-born players might be explained by EG's former colonial relationship with Spain, but who's to say Danilo doesn't have EG ancestry of some sort either (even if his Wikipedia article does say he's a naturalised citizen)?Quote:
Originally Posted by shakermaker1982
My guess would be is that some of them claim ancestry, there's no way to disprove it and therein lies the difficulty for CAF.
However the CAF secretary-general Hicham El Amrani doesn't inspire confidence in CAF's approach to whole player eligibility affair
http://www.africa-times-news.com/201...nality-checks/
Do CAF have a burden of disproof? I wouldn't have thought so. Surely the burden of proof must lie with the EG football association and the players concerned. If someone was willing to challenge the eligibility of these players, of course.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
The interview leaves more questions than answers.
When that eligibility dispute was all the rage about Burkina Faso /Zengue, FIFA stated they would not get involved.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/15560063
'Football's world governing body insisted that it was up to national associations to police themselves when using foreign-born players to make sure that they complied with regulations'
"It is the responsibility of the association intending to summon and field a player for one of its representative teams to examine if the player is eligible to play for them or not," Fifa told Reuters in a statement. "This means that they have to verify if all the rules are followed.
"We cannot comment on that (Caf) decision."
"Neither are we in a position to establish whether the player is or is not eligible to play for the representative teams of Burkina Faso, since, as already mentioned previously, this is the responsibility of the association."
I presume that means the association is responsible for the veracity, FIFA don't investigate the validity of documents presented but just consider the information as is presented.
However in the case of a previously capped player changing associations, they would have to have valid information as to when that player became a national of his new association.
everybodys favoorite Elite Player Mentor is on Today fm premiership tomorrow, wonder if the eligibility will raise its head ?
I'll try and dig out last month's World Soccer mag this weekend. Fascinating article and I'm amazed the story didn't snowball into a 'big issue' around the world.
Can questions be phoned in for this? I wonder how far in it'll be before someone says "Since the GFA..."Quote:
Originally Posted by Newryrep
just answering my own question here. No -the interview is pre-recorded
Anything relevant discussed by Armstrong?
no mostly Espana 82Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Almost entirely about NI beating Spain in 82. Thinks we'll have our work cut out against them ...no sh**.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Is there a maximum amount of pages a thread can go on for?
We're only warming up.....Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Something I decided to write in response to being accused of supporting "football apartheid in Ireland" a while back as well as some other related issues that I felt were worth clarifying: "Football Apartheid in Ireland", Misrepresentation and Bogus Moralising.