@donnachaG07 @JohnDugganSport I didn’t get a notification as it was came up as spam. Glad to see the filters are working 🙂
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@Craigod3 @JohnDugganSport Go back to sleep. This conversation is 2 weeks old 😂😂😂😂
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I truly believed Mick was right in Saipan, but as a human being he let himself down here. No need.
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Mick McCarthy just reignited his rivalry with Roy Keane with this absolutely brutal dig 😱
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@donnachaG07 @JohnDugganSport Was he top scorer in the qualifying campaign? Never knew that
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@Craigod3 @JohnDugganSport Jason McAteer....
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@paulmacc_ @KyleHoulihan1 @JohnDugganSport 100%. Mick McCarthy didn’t even go there in advance to check the facilities. Knowing the FAIs form of being shit he should’ve known better. Saipan is also a 4 hour flight from Japan. No sense. Spain were on an island just off South Korea.
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@Craigod3 @KyleHoulihan1 @JohnDugganSport It’s not just about footballs and pitches, it’s about standards. The FAI and management couldn’t even get the basics right before the World Cup and Mick McCarthy would have known this. Keane shouldn’t have to demand the basics ffs. Keane was right to fuck him out of it.
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@donnachaG07 @JohnDugganSport Whose goals got them there in the first place?
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@Craigod3 @JohnDugganSport How far did they get.....
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@KyleHoulihan1 @JohnDugganSport The pitch was a disgrace as well. Damien Duff is on record as saying he was naive at the time and should’ve been more annoyed about the setup. It is also a known fact that players came to Keane privately to say he was right
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@Craigod3 @JohnDugganSport Do you think Keane was actually the only one annoyed about the footballs? Always waffling about do your job and he couldn’t even do his for a month in Saipan
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@FrankCoffey26 @robggill The families may have been here for centuries but they probably came for nefarious reasons and if they still don’t consider themselves Irish after all those centuries why are they here? Go be British in Britain.
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It's not a binary choice. The Sporting Gods don't determine you can have one not the other. Only football fans - with the massive chip - carry on with this type of nonsense e.g bragging about shouting for Ireland's opposition in rugby.
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True or False? More Irish people would rather qualify for the Football World Cup (Ireland's top sport) than win the Rugby World Cup.
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@FrankCoffey26 @robggill I don’t believe in pandering to the minority. The flag is the flag. The anthem is the anthem. If someone considers themselves British and doesn’t like it then they can get the first flight to Britain.
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@FrankCoffey26 @robggill And as regards the flag it shouldn’t be changed. You’re either in or you’re out. Similar to the Olympics, the athletes are from the 32 counties. They use the tricolour and Amhran na bhfiann. If they don’t like it they don’t have to represent Ireland
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@FrankCoffey26 @robggill But if they’re not Irish how can they represent Ireland?
If a game was played in Belfast God Save the King would have to be played. That is the official anthem of NI and if it’s about being inclusive then it would have to be played. If not then it’s double standards.
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@FrankCoffey26 @robggill Is New Zealand a county? Gibson park and Lowe are from there.
Why would they need to reinvent the flag when the orange is there to represent the Protestant minority on the island.
If they played in Belfast they’d have to play god save the king too. If not it’s double standards
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@FrankCoffey26 @robggill How? The best players aren’t even Irish and have no connection to the country. No Irish heritage. Keeping proper Irish players out of the team
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@ImGlenAgain @robggill Away from home they don’t. Their official anthem is that dopey song. If they were to play in Belfast they’d have to play God Save the King like they play Amhran na bhfiann in Dublin, if they don’t it’s double standards and makes a mockery of saying it’s a 32 county team.
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Mick McCarthy just reignited his rivalry with Roy Keane with this absolutely brutal dig 😱
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Rugby = 32 county sport.
Soccer = partitioned nonsense.
The true Gael knows rugby is at the very heart of Ireland.
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True or False? More Irish people would rather qualify for the Football World Cup (Ireland's top sport) than win the Rugby World Cup.
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@lorcyoz @ConanDoherty Sure he was sent home. A football team went to a training camp without football. Make it make sense
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The irony here of course is Roy Keane was his top goalscorer in the qualifiers for 2002
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Mick McCarthy just reignited his rivalry with Roy Keane with this absolutely brutal dig 😱
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@lorcyoz @ConanDoherty Sure the other players were happy to go on the piss too. Damien Duff is on record as saying he was naive at the time and should’ve expected better.
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@Craigod3 @ConanDoherty Not seeing the point. Was a get together before the World Cup. Funny a lot of the players didn’t stick by him . Over the top Keane
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@lorcyoz @ConanDoherty He was sent home after he called out the manager for having a shit set up. A football team didn’t have footballs
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@lorcyoz @ConanDoherty That’s true I suppose. They went to Saipan to go on the piss while the other teams were training for the World Cup. Mick McCarthy is on record as saying his biggest regret of his career is the state of the pitch in Saipan. Roy was right
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