r/coybig • u/Inevitable-Beat-9209 • 7d ago

Media FAI's General Assembly preparing motion to boycott Israel games

https://www.the42.ie/fai-egm-israel-boycott-7053531-May2026/?utm_source=thescore&utm_content=top-stories
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u/heresyourhardware 7d ago

I couldn't support this more. The game will be boycotted by fans anyway, at least some of the players don't want to (clearly), and I don't know how it could go off without trouble.

It was right to boycott South Africa, it is right to boycott this game too.

Whether it goes ahead of not I'll be boycotting it, and it'll be the first competitive game I will have missed in I'd say 15 years.

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u/erich0779 7d ago

What players have spoken on it so far?

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u/heresyourhardware 7d ago

Collins suggested they can't stop any players making gestures, which suggests some players have spoken up

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u/Jolly_Storage_329 7d ago

That doesn’t necessarily suggest that. It suggests he was answering a tricky question in a press conference and took a neutral stance.

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u/Jakdublin 7d ago

I agree. However, it’ll be interesting to see if any players do make a stand if the game goes ahead. It’ll be tough for them, especially the younger ones.

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u/John_OSheas_Willy 7d ago

It'll be interesting to see the response to players who don't make a stand. Are they going to be met with disdain from then?

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u/Jakdublin 7d ago

I wouldn’t think so. I’m against the game going ahead but I wouldn’t hold it against the players if they play.

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u/John_OSheas_Willy 6d ago

Why? If the players job is to just play football, why would they get off the hook for playing when the FAI are getting eaten alive for doing their job and administering football matches?

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u/Jakdublin 6d ago

You have a point but I think representing your country is more than just doing your job

The players already know where they stand on the issue but are saying nothing to see which way the wind blows.

If they were going to refuse to play regardless they could have said so already. The fact that none of them have might mean they don’t feel strongly enough to jeopardise or limit their career over it.

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u/Tight-Ambassador-461 6d ago

Well it’s not really a job , there is financial implications if you don’t do your job.

There is no consequences that merit losing sleep for any lads that doesn’t want to play .

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u/heresyourhardware 7d ago

I thought reading the context it was basically team level authorisation to make a stand.

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u/Jolly_Storage_329 6d ago

In the actual context it clearly didn’t mean that. Collins has even had criticism over not taking a firmer stand.

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u/heresyourhardware 6d ago

His stand in his comments was we will do what the FAI says but we won't be against any players making a stand. That seems pretty clearly condoning any stand.