Ireland invite to the Africa Cup of Nations!!

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silly thread.

on a side note I don't think they should've pulled out. I understand it of course but it played into the hands of the attackers. Would've been a big 'f..k you' if they'd gone ahead with tournament

Yes by spoil the competition they achieve their aim, if it goes on anyway there is less incentive for such atatcks.

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Poor broadcasting from Early if indeed he asked such a ridiculous question. Original stuff. That question had been asked of the host commitee further to events unfolding. Whats the chances Early picked up the question elsewhere and decided to run with it.

Ridiculous question, and even more ridiculous was the comment from Phil Brown about the World Cup being removed from Africa. As Danny Jordaan said, no one asked Germany about the war in Kosovo before the last world cup.
Distance from the Kosovan Capital of Pristina to Berlin 773 miles
Distance from Pretoria to Luanda 1500 miles
But somehow because it’s Africa the problems in one country are immediately assumed to be endemic in the whole continent. A separatist movement in an oil rich part of northern Angola has got f—k all to do with the World Cup being held 1,500 miles & 2 countries away.
It would be like not having the European Championships in Ukraine because of the real IRA.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...ca/8450088.stm