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I know! But they also play at a very intense level. Incredible fitness levels.Quote:
Originally Posted by awec
Actually, Kildare v Down isn't until the 29th Aug (so you have plenty of time to plan)!
http://www.gaa.ie/fixtures-and-resul...-championship/
Its hurling this weekend in Croke Park one really worth going to - Kilkenny v. Cork - two of the best teams in the country. You would have loads of neutrals at that match from all over the place.
I'll try get to one of them. I'll stand out when the anthem comes on and I don't know a word of it though! :D
Had a long winded treatise on the merits of Ulster football and Firefox stopped working. Just to say the only people who are ever frowned upon at Croke Park are Dublin fans who come in late either to matches or the championship. Everyone is welcome. I personally think out of the 4 semis to be played in either code... Tipp v Waterford and Kildare v Down are going to be classics.
Back to the eligibilty issue...
Just, er, hum along....Quote:
Originally Posted by awec
You won't be the only one who doesn't know it! All you have to do is sort of give a sort of big yell BEFORE it finishes and you will fit in seamlessly.Quote:
Originally Posted by awec
BonnieShels - as a Tipp supporter, I'm surprised (and pleased) that you as a neutral would put our game ahead of Cork v Kilkenny. Hope we make it after what happened in the Final last year.
Daniel Kearns signed for Dundalk today.
Best of luck to the kid
http://www.dundalkfc.com/news/100805_Kearns.asp
I think Tipp will at least get to the final, if not more. That cats have to lose sooner or later. But then I'm from Antrim, so don't take my thoughts as gospelQuote:
Originally Posted by janeymac
Wasn't the CAS supposed to issue its report this week? Nothing on their website since the day the decision was revealed.
From here: http://www.tas-cas.org/en/infogenera...0-1092-15-1-1/Quote:
The CAS Panel dismissed the appeal and confirmed the decision issued by the Single Judge of the FIFA Players’ Status Committee, which recognized that Daniel Kearns was eligible to play for the national team of the FAI.
The full arbitral award with the grounds for the decision will be published by the CAS in a few days.
Take "in a few days" to mean whatever you like, I guess. Unfortunately, it's rather more vague and open-ended than "within the next week". Convenient, although I had thought they would have published the grounds for the decision by now myself as well.
Hmm, I must have seen the "few days" and just interpreted it as "next week." Shame, because I'm interested to know what exactly the IFA's claim was and how the CAS interpreted it.
I wouldn't mind also having a browse over the details that will reveal the extent of the utter stupidity of the IFA appeal. And how much it cost them:)
I am now more inclined to go along with the theory that the IFA mainly appealed to CAS to appease the heavy irrational criticism from the over-emotional OWC fans as to their efforts in general over the eligibility issue. Probably in the main, they have succeeded with that.
The other theory, that the IFA actually believed they even had a snowballs-chance-in-hell case, would mean they were even more thick than most of the blinkered OWC fans who were critical of their efforts. That is hard for me to accept right now after having a read of a few threads on the OWC discussion board.
Advice from CAS to IFA : in future, RTFM before wasting the court's time.
Decent début from him. Can imagine the craic if we get drawn a Northern team in the Setanta if he's here next season!Quote:
Originally Posted by co. down green
If he's gone to Oriel he's not as good as everyone claimed. And he'll need all the luck going!
What was all the fuss about??
;)
Still nothing from CAS today regarding the grounds for the decision. Hopefully we'll get something this week, as to consider a fortnight to be "a few days" is certainly a bit of a stretch. I've been keeping a watch here, where I'm assuming it'll be published: http://www.tas-cas.org/recent-decision
No developments as of yet as regards the report, but Duffy's own comments seem to confirm that it was the CAS case that held up his registration:
http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/du...e-2294182.htmlQuote:
So Duffy was relieved to see a ruling by the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) last week which cleared the way for Belfast boy Daniel Kearns, ex-West Ham but now with Dundalk, to play for the Republic. "I know Daniel and that ruling is great for him. He's a great player and having the clearance for him to play for the Republic will make it OK for me to play," said Duffy.
Still don't quite understand why.
I find this very confusing as well. Don't understand it at all why Duffy's clearance would have been held up by FIFA. Reading the original press release from CAS (http://www.tas-cas.org/en/infogenera...0-1092-15-1-1/), I notice it mentions something about Kearns having been adjudged to have satisfied article 18 of the FIFA statutes by a FIFA judge before the IFA made their appeal.
Article 18 is the statute relating to players who have represented an association already but wish to change to another. From just this press release alone, it appears that CAS's primary focus was possibly on article 18 then, which is actually very interesting, as I believe the IFA's main gripe was over how FIFA were interpreting articles 15 and 16, or something; it's hard to know what the IFA actually could have argued, to be honest, so I imagine it will be quite an education to see what approach they did take when we see the report. Possibly, however, CAS felt the IFA's combination of grievance and misunderstanding over how articles 15 and 16 were to apply didn't even warrant serious consideration as it is so self-evident that those holding permanent Irish nationality not dependent on residence - as is the case for players like Kearns and Gibson - ought to be eligible to play for us and, likewise, that Irish nationality does not under any circumstances entitle any player to represent more than one team. CAS must have been wondering to themselves what the hell they were supposed to be "deciding", it was all so obvious.Quote:
... On 3 November 2009, the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) submitted a request to FIFA to allow the player Daniel Kearns to represent the national team of the FAI based on his dual British and Irish nationalities. The Single Judge of the FIFA Players’ Status Committee decided that Mr Kearns fulfilled the objective requirements provided by Article 18 of the Regulations Governing the Application of the FIFA Statutes, since the player had never represented Northern Ireland in an official competition at “A” International level. The IFA filed an appeal with CAS on 2 March 2010 and the case was heard by a CAS Panel in Lausanne on 19 July 2010....
And so, I can only speculate that because Duffy had represented Northern Ireland before seeking to change over to the FAI, FIFA needed to ensure by way of CAS's decision, that he, like Kearns, also satisfied the criterion in article 18 as the four articles relating to eligibility were probably taken as one for consideration under the overall appeal.
Does that make sense? It's all I can think of really. I'm assuming the detailed report will provide enlightenment. In the form of a comedy script, possibly... Whenever CAS finally decide to grace us with it, that is.
how the feck did yous guys no get Paddy McCourt? if he didnae smoke 40 smokes a day he would p!sh all over Messi.
McCourt was first capped by Northern Ireland in 2002 before his spells with Shamrock Rovers and Derry City and whilst playing with Rochdale. Maybe he had no interest in playing for us or fancied his chances with them more; who knows?
hes a diehard Celtic fan so if yous gave him the choice I'm sure he would've picked yous over the north. so is Nial McGuinn too but to be honest I don't think he will make it at Celtic.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
He always had the choice. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by aidinho
I read somewhere that McGinn had no interest in ever playing for us, although I'm not sure what the reasoning behind it was. Not sure how accurate the claim was either. It might have been on OWC actually. They're both excellent players, however, and thankfully I've had the pleasure of witnessing Paddy McCourt in the flesh at Derry City. McGinn as well, but I think McCourt is quite a special talent. Pity he's always injured, mind.