Eligibility Rules, Okay

[DannyInvincible]

In order to understand the bizarre tactics of the IFA, might it not be a case of the tail wagging the dog? To accept the CAS ruling would be admitting defeat, something which is not acceptable to the extreme Unionist psyche with its 'no surrender' mentality.

To be fair to the IFA themselves, it would appear they've faced up to the CAS judgment and accepted responsibility for themselves and their own affairs on the eligibility issue. Michael O'Neill's comments on the matter have always been mature and proactive. Dragging the rabble appears to be the difficult part.

Their statement is a suitably terse reply to the massed ranks of daydreamers, stirrers and simpletons who think merging a bad football team with one mediocre would produce a World-beater pretty much by definition.

Will they be issuing formal responses to the annual Sinn Féin wind-ups now too?

Sure, they could have ignored the story, like all the sage commentators on here. It is indeed "bumkum" (sic).

Touché.

Why don't the IFA have authority for their statement- do they need to have a constitutional referendum first, or what?

Administratively-speaking, presumably the power to make such a decision is actually vested in the association members/clubs by way of a general proposal and vote on said proposal?

[geysir]

What could have happened if they ignored the Enda bumble?
The headlines read .... "Shock as -- IFA didn't say NO"?

In that statement the IFA wish to clarify "that the idea is not, and will not be on the Association’s radar"
When you stop laughing at the idiocy of the IFA replying to an Endaism, and coming out with such an ott response, the IFA statement itself is a credit to creationism.
The usage of the word 'radar' assumes the IFA have some hostile fenian propaganda detection strategy at their HQ, it's the IFA's warning system to let them know that there's a threat somewhere.
The IFA is now a body supposedly impervious to any change, have the dogmatic certainty to detect and destroy certain perceived hostile ideas before they come onto the IFA's radar, forever, to ensure that they will exist unchanged.

[Gather round]

To be fair to the IFA themselves, it would appear they've faced up to the CAS judgment and accepted responsibility for themselves and their own affairs on the eligibility issue. Michael O'Neill's comments on the matter have always been mature and proactive

Agreed. Mikey has been kept in the job partly for his PR skills. They're certainly more imaginative than his efforts to breach Lux's offside trap.

Will they be issuing formal responses to the annual Sinn Féin wind-ups now too?

Maybe not. Look, you and I know Enda's a complete knob-end, but he has some little kudos abroad, I believe. Whereas Caral and co are just glorified local councillors

Administratively-speaking, presumably the power to make such a decision is actually vested in the association members/clubs by way of a general proposal and vote on said proposal?

Mr Parker will no doubt quote you the exact and relevant sub-section next time he's in. But until then the game will just have to wait. Roy Hodgson and the poor orphan children will be desolate, alas.

When you stop laughing at the idiocy of the IFA replying to an Endaism, and coming out with such an ott response, the IFA statement itself is a credit to creationism. The usage of the word 'radar' assumes the IFA have some hostile fenian propaganda detection strategy at their HQ, it's the IFA's warning system to let them know that there's a threat somewhere. The IFA is now a body supposedly impervious to any change, have the dogmatic certainty to detect and destroy certain perceived hostile ideas before they come onto the IFA's radar, forever, to ensure that they will exist unchanged

Come on man, it's not really that funny. Even if North Pole TV has gone into hibernation and you've little else to divert you for the next six months. Although I know you'd come up with some ponderous sneer as the IFA simultaneously announced cures for cancer and inflation while awarding the re-arranged 2022 World Cup to Monaghan and Keflavik...

[geysir]

"I have an idea"

[geysir]

Off the IFA radar, the IFA President Jim Shaw remarks about Kenny's off the cuff idea,
"There is no objection to it. It would be very difficult to organise it, to get these sort of players from the two associations.
"It is a difficult proposition but I am sure at some level it can be achieved if the desire is there."

[gastric]

"I have an idea"

Or 'I have a dream'

[CraftyToePoke]

"I have an idea"

Is that a child soldier ?

[gastric]

No, it's little Jamie Bryson playing soldiers!

[Mr_Parker]

Don't be a dick Parker, you're normally better than the usual suspect numbheads on here. I've never been shy of criticising the IFA on foot.ie or elsewhere. Their statement is a suitably terse reply to the massed ranks of daydreamers, stirrers and simpletons who think merging a bad football team with one mediocre would produce a World-beater pretty much by definition.

Sure, they could have ignored the story, like all the sage commentators on here. It is indeed "bumkum" (sic). Trouble is, in the limited novelty foundation-myth obsessed microcosm that is NI politics, it would then have been the lead story until the next real atrocity, sex abuse scandal or hospital closure.We're well rid.

Why don't the IFA have authority for their statement- do they need to have a constitutional referendum first, or what?

It was in reply to a suggestion about a charity event, not the merging of the associations. "The IFA" is a members association. To state, "and never will" is a disservice to the members regardless of the topic and as an employee of the Association Patrick Nelson should be very conscious of same.

Off the IFA radar, the IFA President Jim Shaw remarks about Kenny's off the cuff idea,
"There is no objection to it. It would be very difficult to organise it, to get these sort of players from the two associations.
"It is a difficult proposition but I am sure at some level it can be achieved if the desire is there."

Ooops. Left hand, right hand etc....

[Gather round]

It was in reply to a suggestion about a charity event, not the merging of the associations

Ha ha. I'm organising a charity event in Cassidy's Bar next Sunday to celebrate the Irish Republic joining Germany as its 17th federal land. Just a bit of craic,come along you'll love it.

"The IFA" is a members association. To state, "and never will" is a disservice to the members regardless of the topic and as an employee of the Association Patrick Nelson should be very conscious of same

Mopery alert. I can confidently state that the IFA never will stage a 48 team World Cup Finals, never will change its main code to rugby league or tiddlywinks, and never will organise a joint charity team with the FAI to let various third-rate English ringers go through the motions. Trust that clarifies things for you.

Ooops. Left hand, right hand etc...

Touche

[ifk101]

Mopery alert. I can confidently state that the IFA never will stage a 48 team World Cup Finals, never will change its main code to rugby league or tiddlywinks, and never will organise a joint charity team with the FAI to let various third-rate English ringers go through the motions. Trust that clarifies things for you.

Never!

[geysir]

No, it's little Jamie Bryson playing soldiers!

No, that's not him,
he's in here someplace.

[Mr_Parker]

Ha ha. I'm organising a charity event in Cassidy's Bar next Sunday to celebrate the Irish Republic joining Germany as its 17th federal land. Just a bit of craic,come along you'll love it.



Mopery alert. I can confidently state that the IFA never will stage a 48 team World Cup Finals, never will change its main code to rugby league or tiddlywinks, and never will organise a joint charity team with the FAI to let various third-rate English ringers go through the motions. Trust that clarifies things for you.



Touche

And can you, as claimed, ensure that it will 'never' be on the IFA's radar?

[Gather round]

And can you, as claimed, ensure that it will 'never' be on the IFA's radar?

I leave the flowery metaphors to others. If you, some other member club official or anyone else wants to daydream, stir sh*t or play the simpleton, go ahead it's a free country. Or rather two.

[ArdeeBhoy]

Except it's one legitimate sovereign state and the other one is a place not even I.K.Paisley has claimed as a 'country'.
Nor will it ever be...

[ArdeeBhoy]

Don't be a dick Parker, you're normally better than the usual suspect numbheads on here.

You never answered the previous question. Can you, er, expand? Or perhaps not.

I've never been shy of criticising the IFA on foot.ie or elsewhere. Their statement is a suitably terse reply to the massed ranks of daydreamers, stirrers and simpletons who think merging a bad football team with one mediocre would produce a World-beater pretty much by definition.

You mean Enda?

Sure, they could have ignored the story, like all the sage commentators on here. It is indeed "bumkum" (sic). Trouble is, in the limited novelty foundation-myth obsessed microcosm that is NI politics, it would then have been the lead story until the next real atrocity, sex abuse scandal or hospital closure.We're well rid.

So what if they did? As you keep telling us, they're only day dreaming.

Why don't the IFA have authority for their statement- do they need to have a constitutional referendum first, or what?

Who said they didn't??

Maybe not. Look, you and I know Enda's a complete knob-end, but he has some little kudos abroad, I believe. Whereas Caral and co are just glorified local councillors
Mr Parker will no doubt quote you the exact and relevant sub-section next time he's in. But until then the game will just have to wait. Roy Hodgson and the poor orphan children will be desolate, alas.
Come on man, it's not really that funny. Even if North Pole TV has gone into hibernation and you've little else to divert you for the next six months. Although I know you'd come up with some ponderous sneer as the IFA simultaneously announced cures for cancer and inflation while awarding the re-arranged 2022 World Cup to Monaghan and Keflavik...

Anyone have the slightest clue what this means?

I'm organising a charity event in Cassidy's Bar next Sunday to celebrate the Irish Republic joining Germany as its 17th federal land. Just a bit of craic,come along you'll love it.

Given you claim Oirish theme pubs are a blight on the planet (except when you hypocritically use them, quite frequently), hardly think that's likely...
Though us getting a sub from Berlin happens a lot less than the hundreds of billions London has spent to bail out the North!

Mopery alert. I can confidently state that the IFA never will stage a 48 team World Cup Finals, never will change its main code to rugby league or tiddlywinks, and never will organise a joint charity team with the FAI to let various third-rate English ringers go through the motions. Trust that clarifies things for you.

What does this mean, though the bit about 'third-rate English ringers' presumably refers to the North's youth sides?

I leave the flowery metaphors to others. If you, some other member club official or anyone else wants to daydream, stir sh*t or play the simpleton, go ahead it's a free country. Or rather two.

What flowery metaphors? No-one mentioned the 'P' word...

[BonnieShels]

Was anyone else fupped off by MON stating that he doesn't intend to "poach" players?

[Mr_Parker]

Was anyone else fupped off by MON stating that he doesn't intend to "poach" players?

Why start doing something new.

[BonnieShels]

Why start doing something new.

Touche

[geysir]

Was anyone else fupped off by MON stating that he doesn't intend to "poach" players?

MON won't but somebody else can.
MON speaks the truth, it's called economy.