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No - practically all of the kids from immigrant backgrounds that coming through are of Nigerian decent - either both parents or one Nigerian and one Irish parent. Ogbene was actually born in Nigeria - his family moved to Ireland when he was 8. A lot of kids from a Nigerian background are also...

Misogyny and macho culture is part of a mechanism of control by the right-wing - just as racism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia etc. - at the end of the day it is about limiting the rights of women and oppressed minorities for political purposes. The RFEF is riddled with people who have...

We have been through this so many times - Hughton worked with what he had available - When he was at Newcastle he played attacking football - when at Norwich he let the players play until things got bumpy and he had to shut up shop to try and keep them in the PL. After he cleaned up the mess at...

Plays with Bohs - he was one of the five I spoke about when Connolly scored his two goals against Spurs - Connolly, Parrott, Idah, Obafemi and Afolabi. Afolabi was with Southampton and then went to Celtic - he suffered a series of injuries and went out on a series of loans in Scotland over the...

Ireland has a bunch of good goalies, good defenders and good strikers coming though - by few, if any midfielders - that is why losing Grealish and Rice hurt so much at the time.

Same argument occurs in Ireland about why LOI players aren't in the Irish squad (although Jonathon Afolabi was drafted into the squad today)

Spain is in the middle of a political crisis and the issues in the RFEF and their response to the assault on Jenni Hermoso is just one manifestation of that. Remember that Spain's fascist dictatorship is only roughly 40 years in the past and many of the leading elders of the PP (Spain's...

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/sep/06/jorge-vilda-spain-gone-beginning-not-end-moving-the-goalposts

anybody but England :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

Yea - international football is a lot more about man-management - you have the players that you have and you cannot change it by transfers. The objective is to get the best out of them. I presume he still spends most of his time in Europe given that all the players play in European leagues.

Just wondering NooBHA - is Chris enjoying the job - I hope he is - he deserves to.

Moran captain of Ireland U-21s

RDZ has proven himself better - he has lost a couple of star players both seasons and the team doesn't look like it has missed a beat (having Ferguson also helps)

You don't know what Hughton would have done if he had the squad that Potter was given - but that is neither here nor there - it worked out well for the club and continues to do so. Delighted for Hughton - he deserves to have the opportunity to have a team at a major tournament - and it should...

The law is on the statute books, but I am not aware of any case where it was used in the last 40 years. The RFEF were threatening to take a civil action against the women's squad and using the law as the basis of the lawsuit.

Latest is that Jenni Hermoso has lodged a legal complaint with the prosecutors. When the prosecutors launched the criminal investigation against Rubiales - for it to proceed the victim had to lodge a complaint within 15 days. I suspect that if Rubiales had resigned or been sacked that Hermoso...

Yes - against Jenni Hermoso and against the entire women's squad for refusing to play while Rubiales is still in his job. Hermoso was threatened with a lawsuit for 'telling lies' about Rubiales. As for the team - there is a sports law in Spain that is a legacy of the fascist dictatorship of...

Thought I pasted that clip before - but yea - that game solidified the awareness of people that he is special. I have never seen a 14 year-old being able to handle himself against big club defenders like Ferguson did in this match. The last kid that was able to do it like this was probably...

Rumours in Ireland that Brighton have switched their attention from Cashin to another Irish player Stephan Negru of Oxford.

I apologise :ffsparr: