Emelka Onwubiko

[passinginterest]

FAI Hold Open Consultation on Intercultural Football Strategy - This just appeared on the football feeds from the FAI site.
Good timing or what!?

[Nailer77]

His threads already way bigger than the David Connolly one

I hope you're not sayin its bigger cos he's black!!!! cos thats Racialist innit!

[geysir]

I can understand where you're coming from, however, that comes across as pretty racist. I won't be attending another Irish game until the full squad is completely Irish men who I feel represent me!

What are you trying to say here? it looks to be just as ignorant as Reddladd's post or is it just a poorly expresssed football statement?

[Jamjar]

no...

[Lionel Ritchie]

There also appears to be a lot of you who know me quite well considering your well chosen words. I am a member of a right wing political party and I’m a ‘scanger’ to quote one intelligent contributor.

Sorry for going OT but I'm intrigued. Care to tell who this "right wing political party" you're a member of is? I'm guessing they're the real deal if you're describing them as such because none of the mainstream right of center parties would describe themselves in such terms.
Let's see now ...Fine Gael (would probably describe themselves as Christian Democrat), Progressive Democrats (Liberal Democrat), Fianna Fail (long before Bertie laughably claimed to be a socialist Brian Lenihan Snr. laughably described FF as a party of "the near left" ....I'm going to lump them under Christian Democrat with FG).

Who does that leave? I'd personally consider RSF to be a right wing party though they seem to think they're leftist. What harm ...sure there's only half a dozen or so of them anyway.

As we're now grabbing tufts of the lunatic fringe there's the Nic Mathunas/Justin Barrett nutbars in Youth Defence? There's that crazy auld doll and her Immigration Control Platform and after that I'm guessing we're down to the scangers in burberry over on ********** Ireland -and they only seem to bother with that if they can drag themselves away from cruise-ireland for five minutes ...and anyway these last few are hardly political parties -cults maybe.

So ...do tell.

BTW ...I haven't a foggiest clue who you are ...should I?

[Paddy Garcia]

I'm far happier with this lad playing for Ireland than the likes of Andy Townsend

Absolutely - the last thing we need is the kind of commitment demonstrated by Townsend. I'd much rather have the effort shown against San Marino, Holland and Cyprus, this much better embodies the Irish spirit - as so well displayed by our home grown lads.

I also recall Townsend having plenty of injections, in his toe, to specifically allow him to turn out for us. I did not see a quarter of that commitment recently. Anyone at the Italy game in the Giants stadium will be aware of the outstanding contribution & work load he made that day. And there were many more days like this.

I can't decide which comment is more stupid.

btw good luck to Onwubiko, as far as I'm concerned he is very welcome to represent his country.

[Jamjar]

And has nobody thought of the nickname crisis we'll have, half these Nigerian names end in 'O' already.

[lopez]

...So no its not evidence and its less valued when you consider its 13 years old and that since 94 the country has changed beyond belief.

You sound like you weren't born in 94. Irish born Italians supporting their land of their parents not their birth, not evidence of how some people don't consider their birthplace as relevant to identity?

What's happened in the last 13 years is that there are more than two, three, possibly four large ethnic minority communities in Ireland. Whether these groups offspring feel Irish will have a lot to do on how the Irish treat them, rather than where their mother's waters broke. The fact that the door to citizenship has been redrawn doesn't exactly help. But hey, I'm sure birthplace will remain the key, not those insignificant things like family, culture, and ethnicity.

[billybunter]

can i have your tickets redladd?

[danonion]

I also recall Townsend having plenty of injections, in his toe, to specifically allow him to turn out for us.

Ah, I understand now, they injected him with Irish blood to make him eligible.

[Lionel Ritchie]

I also recall Townsend having plenty of injections, in his toe, to specifically allow him to turn out for us. I did not see a quarter of that commitment recently. Anyone at the Italy game in the Giants stadium will be aware of the outstanding contribution & work load he made that day. And there were many more days like this.

Oh to have his like available now.
Tells a fairly horrific story in his book about the agony he was in (toe had gone septic) and Mick Byrne performing a piece of 'Somme Surgery' on it with no more kit than a sowing needle and a cigarette lighter.

[Closed Account 2]

id rather a Nigerian born Irishman than a plastic Paddy anyday

That's very nice of you!

You know growing up as 2nd gen Irish in London in the 70s/80s really wasnt a bundle of fun...

[livehead1]

Ah, I understand now, they injected him with Irish blood to make him eligible.

This forum gets worse and worse. Where have all the sensible people gone

[Condex]

Seems like a lot of people on this thread want us to end up like France
ie No French players in the team...

[Plastic Paddy]

This forum gets worse and worse. Where have all the sensible people gone

We disappeared when it became obvious that the lunatics were gaining control of the asylum.

PP

[eirebhoy]

Condex - Why do you think Makelele, Zidane, Thuram, Vieira, etc. decided to play for France? Why do you think Onwubiko wants to play for Ireland? I'm Intrigued.

We've had the days where half our team wasn't Irish. Ireland would not have been their 1st choice. This is different.

[Condex]

Condex - Why do you think Makelele, Zidane, Thuram, Vieira, etc. decided to play for France? Why do you think Onwubiko wants to play for Ireland? I'm Intrigued.

We've had the days where half our team wasn't Irish. Ireland would not have been their 1st choice. This is different.

At least the players who played for Ireland in the past
born here or not had Irish ancestry...

Whats the point in supporting a team thats not Irish, I thought
that was the point of a national team..

[Dodge]

Seems like a lot of people on this thread want us to end up like France
ie No French players in the team...

Can't believe it took you this long to come into it.

[Condex]

Can't believe it took you this long to come into it.

Don't really post that much here anymore, its a bit too liberal/leftie for my taste.. I've taken to posting on the BNP website instead..

[Poor Student]

Condex, trust you to show up when such matters arise. Luckily very few people here share your anachronistic sense of primordial nationialism.

The only regret I have about this young lad is that he seems to be joining the exodus of lads leaving this country too young and never coming into the LOI fold.