Quotethe comment at 00:53 is interesting
http://www.rte.ie/sport/player/734/640263/
Scored from outside the box, although it did take a significant deflection: https://vine.co/v/OBhUvFA9nFLOriginally Posted by TrapAPony
the comment at 00:53 is interesting
http://www.rte.ie/sport/player/734/640263/
What does it say at 0.53? I cant connect to it
its an interview with some journo -- journo says he interviewed noble just last year and noble said he hoped to be called up for england as it would make his a father a happy man before he died
Tbh i realise we aint in a position to be turning down good players who want to declare for us but comments like the above cant help but leave a bad taste in my mouth
Noble a better option than Whelan because he's an established Premier League player. Have you ever heard such nonsense....
Whelan has over 175 PL appearances, over 50 International caps, plays for a better PL team and doesn't have a relegation on his CV; and West Ham are no better a footballing side than West Ham.
By all means add depth to the squad and have a player be unhappy if he isn't playing football but this all comes across as throw enough sh*t at something and it will stick.
The players we are being linked with (sigh) wouldn't even get into the team on merit as it stands. We are talking about England cast offs here not Germany, Spain or Italy cast offs.
Who were the two interviewing? They were awful. One of them thought Noble had already declared for us, whilst neither were able to correct the West Ham fan in relation to Cascarino's eligibility. Cascarino used a bit of artistic licence in his autobiography, but his eligibility was all perfectly above board. The interviewee said he didn't see any problem with us being Noble's "second choice"; they should have asked him what he would have made of it if it was a case of a 27-year-old former German under-age international contemplating switching to England as back-up after trying to get into the senior Germany squad his whole career.
no idea who they were dan - yeah it was an ill informed interview alright
But i do find it worrying if hes comments on noble playing for england last year are true
If they are - it just makes a complete mockery of representing your country
I sometimes think dud interviews are chosen deliberately to undermine Irish football, but more realistically I think it betrays an editorial ignorance of what is actually of real interest wrt Irish football. Shephen Ireland mania being the most notable example.
Ive lived in London for almost 30 years and ive never heard anyone say fenian here aside from some guy giving a talk about Irish history pre WWI. I just cant see it happening, a guy from Canning Town saying a phrase like that. I think the guy on reddit is a bit of a chancer, it sounds like a figment of his imagination. It would be more believable if he had at least claimed to have heard a phrase that hadnt left common parlance a century ago
We haven't yet heard any different from Noble. He could have the same opinion as O'Hara, 'honoured and all that to be asked, but i'm English'.
Fair point geysir
the reports about Lampard and Gudjohnsen came out immediately after it happened, there's been no mention of these alleged remarks from Noble until now, which doesn't add to their credibility
Mark noble is on goals on sunday on sky shortly
Absolute joke - Noble said on Goals on Sunday - that his agent has spoken to the Ireland camp, he will make a decision on it in the next few weeks.....
but.....he also said he is only 27 so he still harbours hope that he will get an england call up
Real cringe stuff - dont want him anywhere near our setup after seeing that
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist thinks it will change; the realist adjusts the sails.
Maybe I'm on my own here but I'd rather have Irish players playing & lose than someone like Noble & win. When I say Irish I don't just mean being born here. Someone like Kevin Kilbane born in Preston but he was Irish as it gets. Let's have a bit of respect for ourselves, it's an honour & a privilege to play for this Country not some consolation prize.
At this stage, it really doesn't make much difference. He could declare and then be permanently injured/in a huff like Gibson...
Too many modern footballers are just up themselves and their words count for very little.
Completely agree.
I agree with bishbash with the qualifying remark that they dont need to be as Irish as Kilbane. It's a tough one to pin down which is why I rely on my instinct.
I'm actually peeved with O'Neill for both chasing these guys and for publicly declaring that we need to be chasing thse guys because he doesn't rate what he has. Bull.
Agree with the rest of your post, but unfortunately not how most footballers regard the international game now, just as an 'optional extra' .
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