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Multi-culturism in football

  • 05-09-2010 2:12pm
    #1
    monkey9
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    http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/sep/05/switzerland-youthful-blend

    I thought this was a good article in today's Observer. It talks about the Swiss U-17's World Championship win in Nigeria and how a lot of the players come from different backgrounds. The Swiss FA have put a lot of investment into this youth campaign

    The FAI could do worse than investing more in the youth side of things like this. There are so many different communities in the country now that in years to come, we could have a team of homegrown players with parental links to Brazil, Portugal, Africa, Asia etc. We could potentially have some world class players, different from what we've had before.

    The likes of France for example have been able to take advantage of their multi-culturism. Imagine in a few years we could have players like Zidane, Viera, Thuram, etc.


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  • #2
    CiaranC
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    monkey9 wrote: »
    The likes of France for example have been able to take advantage of their multi-culturism. Imagine in a few years we could have players like Zidane, Viera, Thuram, etc.
    These players were developed through the French youth system, their ethnicity is irrelevant. We dont have a youth system, so if 2 million Brazillian kids moved here it wouldnt make any difference.


  • #3
    Xavi6
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    CiaranC wrote: »
    These players were developed through the French youth system, their ethnicity is irrelevant. We dont have a youth system, so if 2 million Brazillian kids moved here it wouldnt make any difference.

    What do you mean 'if'? Sure isn't Gort full of them? ;)


  • #4
    Mars Bar
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    Xavi6 wrote: »
    What do you mean 'if'? Sure isn't Gort full of them? ;)

    Haha! You'd only guess where i am at this moment! I'll walk into town and ask a few of the brazilians do they wanna play for us! Although a lot of the young brazilian lads love their hurling here...


  • #5
    dsmythy
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    If we invested more in youth then we'd have a better chance of creating great players. What multiculturalism has to do with that I don't know.


  • #6
    greendom
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    It would be great to see Polish, Nigerian names etc lining up for the national team and at Croke Park for the hurling and football finals. Be interesting to see which comes first.


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    3hn2givr7mx1sc
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    greendom wrote: »
    It would be great to see Polish, Nigerian names etc lining up for the national team and at Croke Park for the hurling and football finals. Be interesting to see which comes first.

    The hurling is just over, the football is on in a few weeks.


  • #8
    CiaranC
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    dsmythy wrote: »
    If we invested more in youth then we'd have a better chance of creating great players.
    Have a look at the other thread there, 70 posts about Irish players getting a raw deal and not one mention of maybe creating a system that allows them play football here. Dont hold your breath.


  • #9
    3hn2givr7mx1sc
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    If we didn't have people who know fcuk all about the technical side of football coaching we might have some brillint players in the next few years.


  • #10
    stovelid
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    CiaranC wrote: »
    These players were developed through the French youth system, their ethnicity is irrelevant. We dont have a youth system, so if 2 million Brazillian kids moved here it wouldnt make any difference.

    Plus it's easy to imagine players declaring for the likes of, say, France and Germany at the expense of, say, Senegal and Turkey; not so easy to imagine players jilting bigger countries for us.


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    OPENROAD
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    greendom wrote: »
    It would be great to see Polish, Nigerian names etc lining up for the national team and at Croke Park for the hurling and football finals. Be interesting to see which comes first.

    +1

    Also though I am sure plenty will want to play for the country of there parents rather than Ireland ;)


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  • #12
    3hn2givr7mx1sc
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    OPENROAD wrote: »
    +1

    Also though I am sure plenty will want to play for the country of there parents rather than Ireland ;)

    I know one fella who's born and bred in Ireland and played for Ireland u-16's and 17's or something and had a dozen or so trials lined up in England and his Da got pissed off cos he wanted him to play for South Africa(where he's from) so they moved to SA. Now he can't get trials in SA for some stupid reason.

    Could be a great player.


  • #13
    Reganio 2
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    It amazing to hear people high up in the game giving out about lack of grassroots football in Ireland. Complaining that not enough kids are playing football nowadays and yet, Ireland's biggest team at the moment (Arguable but go with it) is Bohemians and they have got rid of all their youth teams. How do you expect players to improve when the teams are folding?
    Even the FAI camp for kids that was just a money making scheme, half the coaches weren't bothered with the kids just let them run around and do as they feel.


  • #14
    GLaDOS
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    Reganio 2 wrote: »
    reland's biggest team at the moment (Arguable but go with it) is Bohemians and they have got rid of all their youth teams. How do you expect players to improve when the teams are folding?
    Eh... Bohs recent schoolboy results

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #15
    Paulw
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    Slowly, but surely, this is being done. The NDSL is working towards it, in association with Fingal Co. Co., the FAI (represented by Packie Bonner) and also Sporting Fingal. Last week there was a coaching workshop, for people coaching kids.

    The kids at this workshop were from many ethnic backgrounds, not just Irish.

    I'm sure that over the next 10-15 years, we will have many more kids coming up through the ranks, playing for LOI teams, and hopefully many will then be good enough to play for our national side.


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