@BillMWBennett@CaolanReports How come so many managed to move successfully? Surely better to face discrimination than take part in genocide?
Can you accept that some Irish people were willing participants in British imperialism? A simple yes or no?
@BillMWBennett@CaolanReports So, of the hundreds of thousands of Irish who served in the British Army, ALL of them had no choice? 😂 Next level cope.
You know they could move to Britain for work, right? Do you extend the same charitable interpretation to impoverished Russians fighting in Ukraine?
@BillMWBennett@CaolanReports More denial. In 1810 Irish made up 30% of the British Army. Decades before the Great Famine. Escaping poverty, yes. Escaping starvation, all of them? No.
Many Irish chose emigration. Others chose to join Britain’s imperial and genocidal activities - for their economic benefit.
@BillMWBennett@CaolanReports Denial. So they invaded other countries for their own economic benefit. Caolan rails against this kind of behaviour in the video. Then he holds up the Irish as beacons of virtue against the empire. When, in fact, they were taking the Queen’s shilling to pillage en masse
@scottconnie@mclaughlan57@mrewanmurray The only other time we’ve been in a 5 team group (1992), 2nd place got you eliminated - not even a playoff.
“2020 damage had already been done by McLeish” - Clarke took over after one win and one defeat. Led us to 4 more defeats in the group, including two 4-0 drubbings.
@scottconnie@mclaughlan57@mrewanmurray So your claim that second would be enough to get into tournaments before expansion is dubious at best.
The only time 2nd was guaranteed qualification was in a 7 team group. Much harder to finish second in a 7 team group versus a 4 team group.
@scottconnie@mclaughlan57@mrewanmurray Would we have qualified, though? Before expansion only one second placed team qualified automatically.
In 2020 we finished 3rd (would have been out).
In 2024 we weren’t the best 2nd-placed team (would have been in a playoff).