Ronan Hale

[seanfhear]

Aye, but no-one else wanted you hundreds of years ago, not even the Romans!

The Romans knew their limitations !

Ye should have studied history !

[seanfhear]

Aye, but no-one else wanted you hundreds of years ago, not even the Romans!

Are Ye not using the Irish Ye after being here for so long ? !

[Eirambler]

Ronan Hale could easily go on to score loads in the next few years and smack a few in at senior international level. Different players blossom at different stages, after all. If that turns out to be the case we may be left bemoaning his choice. I would be interested to know how much effort the FAI (Hallgrimsson, O'Shea, Kenny et al) made with Hale, if anything at all. He might currently be down the pecking order, but he did well for Ireland at U19 and U21 level, has excelled at national level and is doing well in Scotland. You'd hope he was at the very least on the radar.

I don't think we should be clinging onto every mid 20s lower league player that there's a low percentage chance might be good enough some day. Looking at how far down the Irish striker pecking order he would be at the moment (not in the top 10 picks I suspect) it would be nearly unfair on the player to start telling him that a senior call up might be just around the corner.

He scored a little spurt of goals for Ross County early in the season. Has been quieter in front of goal more recently. And he's 26 now. That suggests he's found his level and it's not good enough to be holding out for a call up from us. 5 goals in 22 league games for Ross County doesn't make him an Ireland international striker, or anywhere close. Especially since the current Eredivisie player of the month is struggling to get game time with us.

[EalingGreen]

The Romans knew their limitations !

Ye should have studied history !

I suspect that with their Mediterranean origins, the Romans knew Ireland's limitations - or should I say "Hibernia" i.e. The Land of Winter!

Are Ye not using the Irish Ye after being here for so long ? !

I'll go for "yis", or even "yous'uns", Ulster-Scots style.

[seanfhear]

I suspect that with their Mediterranean origins, the Romans knew Ireland's limitations - or should I say "Hibernia" i.e. The Land of Winter!


I'll go for "yis", or even "yous'uns", Ulster-Scots style.

I like Ye ~ ~ Interestingly ~ Ye means ~ The, in Olde English.

[John83]

No, it doesn't. Early modern English had the letter þ, which was substituted with a y in early movable type setting because the imported type sets didn't have a thorn (þ). It was never pronounced ye except by quaint eejits. The letter was replaced with th in modern English, though it persists in Icelandic, e.g. their former international Þórður "Thordur" Gudjonsson. None of which explains the fantastic proliferation of tildes in your posts.

[seanfhear]

No, it doesn't. Early modern English had the letter þ, which was substituted with a y in early movable type setting because the imported type sets didn't have a thorn (þ). It was never pronounced ye except by quaint eejits. The letter was replaced with th in modern English, though it persists in Icelandic, e.g. their former international Þórður "Thordur" Gudjonsson. None of which explains the fantastic proliferation of tildes in your posts.

That's pretty much all Greek to me !


I do like tildes alright.

[John83]

Imagine playing scrabble without any q tiles, but you agree that an upside down b will do in a pinch.

[tetsujin1979]

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