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    They must have links whether it is through grandparents or parents. Several players such as Marc Wilson and Darron Gibson are in no way eligible for the ROI.
    Quote Originally Posted by DannyInvincible View Post
    That's actually from a moderator...
    Are they having some kind of special retro term where everyone turns up at the forum in period clothing and opinion? Nige's compass-coherent 'North of Ireland' remarks must have gone down exceedingly well. I was heard to speak english while at the gaeltacht some moons ago and if looks could kill I'd be typing this message from the beyond.

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    As for Alex Bruce, the general wave of opinion seems to be that he can shove it up himself, with a few others arguing that the quality of their side at the minute dictates that they can't really be getting picky and turning such players away. At least it has been recognised by a virtual lone voice of reason - possibly one of our NI posters here? - in what is otherwise a house of madness that accepting Bruce would have the effect of invalidating pretty much every purported grievance that the IFA claimed to have had with the FAI. It completely goes against the principle of opposing the rule which allows players to switch to us and makes the IFA out to be a bit of a laughing stock.
    Am I a mischievous b@stard for hoping this actually happens?

    And seriously, his third choice or not, he might actually improve them.

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    Belfast Telgraph - Northern Ireland bid to snatch Steve Bruce’s son back from Republic


    Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sp...#ixzz1PMOXfWXF

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    Ms Ní Chuilín: The Good Friday Agreement provides for people from the North of Ireland to claim either Irish or British nationality.

    Our new DCAL Minister would need to do some revision on the GFA.

    As for Bruce - no thank you!
    The Englishmen came over in the year 2005
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    Quote Originally Posted by Not Brazil View Post
    Ms Ní Chuilín: The Good Friday Agreement provides for people from the North of Ireland to claim either Irish or British nationality.

    Our new DCAL Minister would need to do some revision on the GFA.
    Your new DCAL minister has given a very good answer in which she has demonstrated an unprecedented (at ministerial level) understanding of the eligibility issue and a far cry from the ignorant bleatings of McCausland and his like.
    Replace 'nationality' with 'identity' and her answer would be excellent.

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    Quote Originally Posted by geysir View Post
    Your new DCAL minister has given a very good answer in which she has demonstrated an unprecedented (at ministerial level) understanding of the eligibility issue and a far cry from the ignorant bleatings of McCausland and his like.
    Replace 'nationality' with 'identity' and her answer would be excellent.
    As you will be well aware, "identity" is not a criteria for FIFA eligibility. The Minister displays flaws in her knowledge of the GFA. Had she have replaced the "either" with "both", and the "or" with "and", her answer would have been accurate.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sullivinho View Post
    I was heard to speak english while at the gaeltacht some moons ago and if looks could kill I'd be typing this message from the beyond.
    I recall we were allowed to watch bits of the 1998 World Cup, but only so long as the ban an tí had the English commentary muted for our protection.

    Heard from a friend whose father teaches in St. Columb's that, as the principal, Sean McGinty, was busy during break-time on Tuesday, the job of taking the staff meeting fell to current vice-principal, the notoriously-cynical Thomas Bradley: "After reading out the run of the mill announcements he got round to telling the staff that they will be having a visit from 'Nigel Worthington....whoever he is', before scowling at the mention of the name".

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    Quote Originally Posted by DannyInvincible View Post
    Heard from a friend whose father teaches in St. Columb's that, as the principal, Sean McGinty, was busy during break-time on Tuesday, the job of taking the staff meeting fell to current vice-principal, the notoriously-cynical Thomas Bradley: "After reading out the run of the mill announcements he got round to telling the staff that they will be having a visit from 'Nigel Worthington....whoever he is', before scowling at the mention of the name".
    If Bradley ever describes Worthington as a "buffoon", then we can take it that he is as bad as, if not worse than, Mussolini.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Not Brazil View Post
    As you will be well aware, "identity" is not a criteria for FIFA eligibility. The Minister displays flaws in her knowledge of the GFA. Had she have replaced the "either" with "both", and the "or" with "and", her answer would have been accurate.
    The minister is quite aware that she was an Irish citizen before the GFA. Her reference to the GFA in her reply was not necessary. Apart from that, her reply was very good. She is a welcome relief to the previous incumbent, a numbskull who couldn't utter 2 words together on the issue without sticking his foot in his mouth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Not Brazil View Post
    As you will be well aware, "identity" is not a criteria for FIFA eligibility. The Minister displays flaws in her knowledge of the GFA. Had she have replaced the "either" with "both", and the "or" with "and", her answer would have been accurate.
    i think the or was her whole point.in that those with roi nationality wouldn't want/have/need British and vice versa....leanings

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    Danny

    Here's the amazing article in full on GreenScene, all his work though:
    http://greenscene.me/2011/06/fifa-pl...vailing-myths/

    On One Team In Ireland:
    http://oneteaminireland.blogspot.com...h-context.html
    Last edited by AlaskaFox; 15/06/2011 at 9:53 PM.

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    Cheers! Just noticing the paragraph spacing got a bit messed up when pasting it over though.

    The original's here if anyone wants a look: http://playereligibilityinireland.blogspot.com

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    And now it's time to batten down the hatches!
    End Apartheid Now! One Team in Ireland!

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    Great work Danny.
    Cheers.

    Now... get yer asses over to OWC.

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    Excellent work Danny. I love a bit of concision with my coffee.

    It was while reading the previous, gargantuan eligibility thread here for the first time that I began thinking how apt it would be to assemble the facts and dispelling rebukes into one piece. You've done that and then some with no little effort. It'l be as easily digestible as cement in various corners for various reasons but it's out there to be referenced and reproduced now.

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    Just to add - fantastic work Danny. Excellent stuff. Can only speculate as to whether the OWC hystericals will actually have the capacity to understand it, but as comprehensive rebuke's go it's top notch.

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    Now... get yer asses over to OWC.


    Get your ass to Mar...I mean, get your ass to OWC, get your ass to OWC, get your ass to OWC...
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    Hopefully, AlaskaFox can sort the formatting out on the Green Scene version. It's already given one OWCer reason to take issue with it.

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    Thankfully it's the content, and not the format, that really matters. Clutching at straws comes to mind.
    End Apartheid Now! One Team in Ireland!

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    Quote Originally Posted by DannyInvincible View Post
    Hopefully, AlaskaFox can sort the formatting out on the Green Scene version. It's already given one OWCer reason to take issue with it.
    Fixed. Now they can have no complaints. Mwahaha.

    Also, OWC's admin never give my account the thumbsup a few months ago. What're they saying over there?
    Last edited by AlaskaFox; 16/06/2011 at 9:43 AM.

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