Nations League

[Truthsayer]

You do what you can and FAI will do f**k all it seems.. all talk, then your man gives off about the GAA lol

The perfect draw to shut him up lol,

Mental gymnastics to say it's ok to play Israel

I'm not saying it's ok to play Israel.

I'm saying Irish soccer will be set back 20 years if they don't.

The smugness from within the GAA who wouldn't even allow a discussion about a genocide supporting sponsor seems a bit off. Surely the rock and a hard place concept is understood?

UEFA/FIFA will  never ban Israel
US/UK/EU etc will never condemn Israel
Israel have  done unspeakable things in Palestine  for almost 8 decades. They will  continue to do so.
The Zionist  lobby will ensure  attack  against any person,  organisation or country who speak out at the genocide

While it sickens many of us  to see the terror state  continue to  carry out genocide, and still  be involved  in sports, Eurovision etc,  i don't think  any ban/condemnation/embargo etc against Israel (or their teams) is forthcoming... so  do we put ourselves in the sporting/Eurovision/political/economic wilderness for decades to come, knowing full well nothing will ever change?

... "The association does recognize that UEFA regulations outline that if an association refuses to play a match then that fixture will be forfeited and further disciplinary measures may follow — including potential disqualification from the competition.."
Hardly decades in the wilderness. It's a Mickey Mouse competition anyway... and by taking the lead, maybe other countries will grow a set and stand up to Israel & UEFA.
To even contemplate playing football with them.. jees!

[trueblue1234]

You do what you can and FAI will do f**k all it seems.. all talk, then your man gives off about the GAA lol

The perfect draw to shut him up lol,

Mental gymnastics to say it's ok to play Israel

I'm not saying it's ok to play Israel.

I'm saying Irish soccer will be set back 20 years if they don't.

The smugness from within the GAA who wouldn't even allow a discussion about a genocide supporting sponsor seems a bit off. Surely the rock and a hard place concept is understood?

Well you're on here trying to make it sound like a big deal that the FAI called for a vote in UEFA. How much did that cost them? It was a simple thing to do with no major impact. Now they have an opportunity to do something major, but it would actually impact them and that's a step too far. Similar to the GAA, who should have cut ties with Allianz imo.

[AustinPowers]

You do what you can and FAI will do f**k all it seems.. all talk, then your man gives off about the GAA lol

The perfect draw to shut him up lol,

Mental gymnastics to say it's ok to play Israel

I'm not saying it's ok to play Israel.

I'm saying Irish soccer will be set back 20 years if they don't.

The smugness from within the GAA who wouldn't even allow a discussion about a genocide supporting sponsor seems a bit off. Surely the rock and a hard place concept is understood?

UEFA/FIFA will  never ban Israel
US/UK/EU etc will never condemn Israel
Israel have  done unspeakable things in Palestine  for almost 8 decades. They will  continue to do so.
The Zionist  lobby will ensure  attack  against any person,  organisation or country who speak out at the genocide

While it sickens many of us  to see the terror state  continue to  carry out genocide, and still  be involved  in sports, Eurovision etc,  i don't think  any ban/condemnation/embargo etc against Israel (or their teams) is forthcoming... so  do we put ourselves in the sporting/Eurovision/political/economic wilderness for decades to come, knowing full well nothing will ever change?

... "The association does recognize that UEFA regulations outline that if an association refuses to play a match then that fixture will be forfeited and further disciplinary measures may follow — including potential disqualification from the competition.."
Hardly decades in the wilderness. It's a Mickey Mouse competition anyway... and by taking the lead, maybe other countries will grow a set and stand up to Israel & UEFA.
To even contemplate playing football with them.. jees!

Israel won't  EVER be banned, so if Ireland pull out now, they'll have to permanently stay out. No point slinking back next year,  otherwise their stance means diddly  squat.  Same applies for Eurovision.

Only 3 other countries have  pulled out of Eurovision, a Mickey mouse song contest. And Israel are still there.

How many  countries have pulled out of UEFA competitions? None. If Ireland take this stance (refuse to play/pull out of the NL), they'll be doing it alone.

[Truthsayer]

You do what you can and FAI will do f**k all it seems.. all talk, then your man gives off about the GAA lol

The perfect draw to shut him up lol,

Mental gymnastics to say it's ok to play Israel

I'm not saying it's ok to play Israel.

I'm saying Irish soccer will be set back 20 years if they don't.

The smugness from within the GAA who wouldn't even allow a discussion about a genocide supporting sponsor seems a bit off. Surely the rock and a hard place concept is understood?

UEFA/FIFA will  never ban Israel
US/UK/EU etc will never condemn Israel
Israel have  done unspeakable things in Palestine  for almost 8 decades. They will  continue to do so.
The Zionist  lobby will ensure  attack  against any person,  organisation or country who speak out at the genocide

While it sickens many of us  to see the terror state  continue to  carry out genocide, and still  be involved  in sports, Eurovision etc,  i don't think  any ban/condemnation/embargo etc against Israel (or their teams) is forthcoming... so  do we put ourselves in the sporting/Eurovision/political/economic wilderness for decades to come, knowing full well nothing will ever change?

Ireland should refuse to play them. Next year is another year... see what happens and maybe have to reaffirm that again.
How could anyone go onto a field to play football with them? Effectively say "you're credible... you're  OK.."
Eurovision is totally diminished now. Not that it wasn't long past it's sell by date anyway.

[statto]

If you had anything about you, you would relish the game against Israel. Ireland aren't a big enough nation to make a stand which makes an impact rightly or wrongly.

[marty34]

If you had anything about you, you would relish the game against Israel. Ireland aren't a big enough nation to make a stand which makes an impact rightly or wrongly.

Tell that to the men/woman of 1916 and onwards up to current times.

[JoG2]

If you had anything about you, you would relish the game against Israel. Ireland aren't a big enough nation to make a stand which makes an impact rightly or wrongly.

Many wouldn't have your subservient mindset

[statto]

If you had anything about you, you would relish the game against Israel. Ireland aren't a big enough nation to make a stand which makes an impact rightly or wrongly.

Tell that to the men/woman of 1916 and onwards up to current times.

In footballing terms I mean, if a France,Spain etc made a stance would be interesting to see Eufas stance.

[statto]

If you had anything about you, you would relish the game against Israel. Ireland aren't a big enough nation to make a stand which makes an impact rightly or wrongly.

Many wouldn't have your subservient mindset

Certainly bigger things than football going on no doubt.

[RedHand88]

If you had anything about you, you would relish the game against Israel. Ireland aren't a big enough nation to make a stand which makes an impact rightly or wrongly.

Many wouldn't have your subservient mindset

Certainly bigger things than football going on no doubt.

There always will be. There are 130 armed conflicts in the world at the minute. If it wasn't Palestine it would be something else. A few hundred thousand have died in the Ethiopian civil war since 2020.
Let sport be a distraction from the world.

[JoG2]

If you had anything about you, you would relish the game against Israel. Ireland aren't a big enough nation to make a stand which makes an impact rightly or wrongly.

Many wouldn't have your subservient mindset

Certainly bigger things than football going on no doubt.

There always will be. There are 130 armed conflicts in the world at the minute. If it wasn't Palestine it would be something else. A few hundred thousand have died in the Ethiopian civil war since 2020.
Let sport be a distraction from the world.

Let it be the distraction surely, but not with countries carrying out a genocide against other people involved. And the way to try and make that happen is to stand up to them, and hope numbers build

[seafoid]

You do what you can and FAI will do f**k all it seems.. all talk, then your man gives off about the GAA lol

The perfect draw to shut him up lol,

Mental gymnastics to say it's ok to play Israel

I'm not saying it's ok to play Israel.

I'm saying Irish soccer will be set back 20 years if they don't.

The smugness from within the GAA who wouldn't even allow a discussion about a genocide supporting sponsor seems a bit off. Surely the rock and a hard place concept is understood?

UEFA/FIFA will  never ban Israel
US/UK/EU etc will never condemn Israel
Israel have  done unspeakable things in Palestine  for almost 8 decades. They will  continue to do so.
The Zionist  lobby will ensure  attack  against any person,  organisation or country who speak out at the genocide

While it sickens many of us  to see the terror state  continue to  carry out genocide, and still  be involved  in sports, Eurovision etc,  i don't think  any ban/condemnation/embargo etc against Israel (or their teams) is forthcoming... so  do we put ourselves in the sporting/Eurovision/political/economic wilderness for decades to come, knowing full well nothing will ever change?

You do what you can and FAI will do f**k all it seems.. all talk, then your man gives off about the GAA lol

The perfect draw to shut him up lol,

Mental gymnastics to say it's ok to play Israel

I'm not saying it's ok to play Israel.

I'm saying Irish soccer will be set back 20 years if they don't.

The smugness from within the GAA who wouldn't even allow a discussion about a genocide supporting sponsor seems a bit off. Surely the rock and a hard place concept is understood?

UEFA/FIFA will  never ban Israel
US/UK/EU etc will never condemn Israel
Israel have  done unspeakable things in Palestine  for almost 8 decades. They will  continue to do so.
The Zionist  lobby will ensure  attack  against any person,  organisation or country who speak out at the genocide

While it sickens many of us  to see the terror state  continue to  carry out genocide, and still  be involved  in sports, Eurovision etc,  i don't think  any ban/condemnation/embargo etc against Israel (or their teams) is forthcoming... so  do we put ourselves in the sporting/Eurovision/political/economic wilderness for decades to come, knowing full well nothing will ever change?

UEFA and FIFA will ban Israel when sanctions happen.

The current wave of leaders like Martin, Starmer,Merz, VdL are pro Israel. People under 50 are disgusted by Israel. The next generation of pols will be anti Israel.


Israel is fascist. https://x.com/CensoredHumans/status/2020049628885110961...

There is nothing Jewish about fascism.

https://ft.com/content/7e389a94-707f-4bce-b091-251503d40b8e...

The concern among both current and former Israeli officials is that further sanctions could be looming

[Truthsayer]

If you had anything about you, you would relish the game against Israel. Ireland aren't a big enough nation to make a stand which makes an impact rightly or wrongly.

Many wouldn't have your subservient mindset

Certainly bigger things than football going on no doubt.

There always will be. There are 130 armed conflicts in the world at the minute. If it wasn't Palestine it would be something else. A few hundred thousand have died in the Ethiopian civil war since 2020.
Let sport be a distraction from the world.

That's the one! Israel is carrying out the mass murder of tens of thousands of innocent civilians but hey! forget about that, let's play a game of football against them!
Sportswash that aul genocide talk!

[Milltown Row2]

Did the net ball team play them recently?

[Baile Brigín 2]

If you had anything about you, you would relish the game against Israel. Ireland aren't a big enough nation to make a stand which makes an impact rightly or wrongly.

Many wouldn't have your subservient mindset

Certainly bigger things than football going on no doubt.

There always will be. There are 130 armed conflicts in the world at the minute. If it wasn't Palestine it would be something else. A few hundred thousand have died in the Ethiopian civil war since 2020.
Let sport be a distraction from the world.

That's the one! Israel is carrying out the mass murder of tens of thousands of innocent civilians but hey! forget about that, let's play a game of football against them!
Sportswash that aul genocide talk!

I don't think you understand what sportswashing is.

It isn't getting drawn against a country you are currently trying to have banned from international football.

It is taking money from a company funding a genocide and refusing to allow a discussion, nevermind a vote.

Latest seems to be the FAI don't intend to play the game in Dublin. They expect a security assessment to support them and give them cover from UEFA.

But the FAI executive committee plan on voting on the approach. This is the same body that got the Israeli ban motion passed so quite possible they go with boycott. That means at best expulsion from the Nations league and a punitive fine, at worst a full 8 year Russian style ban, likely something in the middle.