QuoteNothing brings you fine chilly chaps together more than a non scandal.
I think most would acknowledge that, but would be happy to let it slide for obvious reasons.Originally Posted by geysir
I have to agree. Why should the FAI provide for the SFA extra tickets beyond the mandatory allocation simply because the SFA want more when thousands of Irish fans would gladly have them? Irish fans are the FAI's priority.
Nothing brings you fine chilly chaps together more than a non scandal.
It's actually fairly mild here tonight. Can't speak for Iceland though
Except they didn't. At least double the official allocation got into the home sections.
Geysir's points stands (a good post. Sorry Fly!!!) whilst a good no. of Celts (& Alba fans) suggested we should have had the 7k away allocation that CP is set up to facilitate, all be it to accomodate our exact nemesis...
Stop standing up for JD lad
The SFA made sure the bloc of Irish fans was as small as they could make it, and the rest of the Irish fans were spread around the surrounding sections so they could be less effective as a unit. That's fair enough in my eyes. Again, I'd expect the FAI to do exactly the same and I'd be disappointed if they let Scotland have it their own way. Delaney's criticism and boycotting their dinner was pathetic.
Except I'm not even talking about JD. Just the SFA who're full of pish, as are the FAI and who'll be even less effective at stopping 20k Scots (or Poles) at getting into Lansdowne...
The Scots and Poles will be entitled to, what, 2.5k tickets in Lansdowne? Would you be happy if the FAI gave them 5k off the bat in a closed-off section?Except I'm not even talking about JD. Just the SFA who're full of pish, as are the FAI and who'll be even less effective at stopping 20k Scots (or Poles) at getting into Lansdowne...
It's late and I'm far too tired to do anything about it right now, but suffice it to say anyone who's posted anything which goes against the rules I've posted in the last few days might want to delete or edit their posts before 3pm Sunday.
The clock is very much ticking gentleman and ladies
The Germans got 5k last time, plus another 1k or so dotted around the rest of the stadium. It's up to the Guards ultimately as they have to determine access and the like.
And what rules have been broken now?
Well then the FAI let us down, again. Our major international games should be cordoned off for our supporters, regardless.
Really? When we can barely fill the ground, on most occasions, with our own fans...
That's exactly why we should have kept Croke for most of the big games...almost unlimited space for away fans and far better access for all.
We fill the ground for big games, which is my point. I'd say we'd fill more games if they were better priced. That's not my point though - my point is not giving an advantage to the opposition team by allowing them to dictate allocation.
But they're not. Their fans will buy what they like via Ticketmaster...regardless.
There's only one imminent match which worries me like that and it's not Alba or Polska...
Except that goes against conventional wisdom, in terms of club and international football...
Slightly bizarre take on things here by Michael Walker
http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/socc...2019304?page=1
Are calls for an AI team met with "something more than verbal abuse"? It depends who he asks I suppose, but I'd like to see that claim substantiated.
I personally have no appetite to share my football team with hard core loyalists, and nor do they want to share a team with me. And GR says it eloquently: why should his team be abolished?
Amongst NI fans, I think you might get a "wise up" or a "wind your neck in" at the height of it, because it's seen as a wind-up and not taken seriously. Amongst our own fans, some would have reservations, but many would also be cautiously open to the prospect, if not outright enthusiastic about it (ignoring the fact our team is already all-island representative). I don't think suggesting a single island team would provoke any significant degree of vitriol from either though. If, however, it somehow became a very realistic possibility and the NI team was facing abolition, I'd imagine NI fans growing significantly more agitated than our own fans and than they are about it now.
Of course, they remain steadfastly against "footballing apartheid in Ireland", but only on their terms and so long as partition is retained... I'm not sure I'd have the appetite for it either, as romantic the notion of a single united team would be. But things can change and politics would have to lead the way in settling constitutional matters to the satisfaction of most people in Ireland (including the unionist minority in the north-east of the island) first.I personally have no appetite to share my football team with hard core loyalists, and nor do they want to share a team with me.
Except you (& the rest of the island) already share teams in cricket, rugby, boxing, golf etc.
As for whether any of the 4 Brit colonial soccer teams should exist, is purely down to the generosity of FIFA etc.
Only mentioned umpteen times on here previously...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ic/3189853.stm
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Same event, same news service.
Pah, is that mere evidence? You'll need to come up with something better than that for TOWK.
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