I think you mean "get away with not running it properly"
I don't think there's a hard & fast rule over which non-Irish born players I'm comfortable with. As I've said before I use a "gut instinct" test. Most, I'd say nearly all, of those picked in the last few years have passed that test. Those who don't haven't actually been picked.
Is it not testimony to the FAI (or at least someone in Irish football anyway) that this squad will contain Doyle, Long, Fahey and Ward who have all played LOI or been nurtured by it. Mainstays like Given, Keane, Duff, O'Shea, Dunne and Whelan have all come up through the ranks, as have Foley & McCarthy. Others like Hunt and Andrews have been late developers but are Irish born and raised.
I do agree with you that certain players are just chancers, but I think there have been far more of these in the past than there has been from Mick's tenure onwards. It's only right that the FAI team be representative of the diaspora as well as home grown. I don't think we are abusing or stretching this principle right at this time. Talk of Noble, O'Hara and Pennant doesn't sit comfortably.
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