Seems he might be interested in declaring for us...thoughts? Must admit i don't know much about him, haven't been catching enough wolves games.
http://greenscene.me/2011/03/richard...-with-ireland/
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Seems he might be interested in declaring for us...thoughts? Must admit i don't know much about him, haven't been catching enough wolves games.
http://greenscene.me/2011/03/richard...-with-ireland/
According to the Irish Mail on Sunday today, he is getting his passport ready with a view to declaring for us.
According to Graham Taylor summarising on BBC5 Live today, his partnership at the heart of the Wolves defence their lack of communitation with each other and being dragged around the pitch far too easliy is a major contributing factor in Wolves plight. Taylor mentioned this a number of times during the game.
Would he even get near the squad? I haven't watched a full Wolves game this season, other than the odd highlights, but they seem to leak quite a lot of goals.
In fairness if a fella that's playing for the bottom team of the Championship, who leak goals week in week out & is getting on our team, then I'm sure Stearman has a good a chance as any.
Fair point.
Good luck to the lad and I hope he turns into a Franz Beckenbauer for us, but the current Wolves defence would let a bus through, if not the 5 o'clock train to Euston Station. Not all his fault but .......Maybe he'd play better in a different team but right now things aren't looking too clever for Richard Stearman.
then what does it say about that guy st ledger the preston defence is a joke
Fair point.
Stearman is more of a right-back. Didn't know he was eligible, and know through Wolves pals has played for Eng.U-21'S so slightly surprised he is .
I'd be interested in hearing Manc Irish Wolf's appraisal of him. I wouldn't be overly impressed by Wolves' defensive record and he's played a lot this season. On the other hand, he's young and seems to be garnering some appreciation at the moment.
Grannie from Mayo?
Well, got to be better than Paul McShane??
This was given by M.I.W. on the O'Hara thread I think, I posted a bit there too having seen a lot of him at Leicester.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sullivinho
Cheers, just saw it there now. Positive enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke
Some more info on the Stearman situation.
http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/...international/
Well this is looking like our team for a couple of years ahead
Westwood
Foley St Ledger Clark Stearman
Mcgeady Gibson Mcarthy O'Hara/Henderson
George Best
Funny all that contoversy about a UK team at the olympics and theres going to end up being one after all, only wearing green! This isnt even a distortion of facts really, I genuinely expect this to be our first choice team in the not distant future, the only difference Id have is Long up front ahead of Paul george, amusing as it would be to have a George Best partnership up front for us.
Sure you can argue we ought to put out the best Republic of Ireland team and it is a crying shame truly that we cant seem to produce our own international quality footballers any more but is the UK reserves / England C / Diaspora United XI reallt the answer to our problems?
Theres too many people who ought to know better in the FAI, the media and apparently our own supporters who seem quite happy for exactly this situation to arise and its all rather puzzling........:confused2:
George Best's good but that doesn't mean we have to play with 10 men.
The official name of the team for international competition is the Republic of Ireland but the team represents the Irish nation - only players eligibilbe for Irish nationality can play for us. I don't have a problem with where players are born - the only issue for me is that they genuinely identify with what the team is supposed to represent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Adrock
I could counter your speculative future selection with our current squad and their relative birthplaces. I could list all the Irish born players who could force their way into the future team. I could point out that your selection is incredibly skewed to suit your own agenda.Quote:
Originally Posted by Adrock
Or I could just say if that's how you feel about the likes of Gibson, George, McGeady, McCarthy, Clark et al then there isn't any point in you following Ireland, or any other international football team. Ever.
Fact.
I dont think its that skewed at all, once the Dunne, Keane, O'Shea and Given generation retire there isnt really anyone from this country coming through you can say for sure is likely to be an international footballer, ahead of the plastics mentioned, except for Long as I stated and perhaps Coleman once his position gets sorted.
Whereas this may be the case .though as the best player from this country in your position you have a right to be picked in your national team ahead of opportunistic mercenaries not good enough to play for their own nation. We'll see though, maybe some more youngsters will deveop, only to find their path to the team bocked by the next wave of defectors
Maybe I'll support Panathinaikos, they wear green and even have a shamrock on their shirts so I can pretend they're Irish as well, same as I used to pretend Townsend, Cascarino et al were.
You're just a hopeless romantic at heart, aren't you?
What happened to Cunningham in this theory? Surely he's our future at left back.
Rather puzzling, yes. One does wonder about one's international team. Over afternoon tea.
Randolph
coleman o'brien o'dea cunningham
doran clifford meyler brady
Long Doyle
equally as plausible team prediction in 3/4 years with all Irish born players (from the Republic obviously, none of those dirty foreign Northerners)
Begorrah!
You can throw in Stephen ireland as a 12th player and my plastics would still take apart that lot, but I know Id be supporting the Irish boys all the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by boovidge
Maybe we could get a second....... no actually make that a third national team for Irish exiles for the diaspora to support, would make a great derby watching them away at Wembley where they've grown up dreaming of playing in any case.
Some entrepreneur here should set up an Irish Exiles club down the ranks an, who knows, in ten years, we could have a London Irish FC in the Championship or EPL.
Call them Wimbledon. When they reach the Premiership they can play in the Aviva every week. Call them the London Dublin Dons or something.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Go on Adrock, go on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Adrock
Inspired musings.
We need more like you.
Please God they will come.
And Stearman at LB ....... inspired.
SOme kamikazee defending from him today. Gave away what should ahve been a blatant peno (ref gave free kick on edge of box). Nowhere near good enough yet if ever to play for Ireland.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...em/9425547.stmQuote:
Originally Posted by Noelys Guitar
find your version surprising, Noely, going on the BBC exerpt. Great result for Wolves nonetheless.Quote:
Villa's best work came along the flanks, from where Young and Marc Albrighton sent in several teasing deliveries, but a Wolves defence superbly marshalled by Richard Stearman was equal to whatever came its way.
saw the incident on RTE2, was a definite penalty
"equally as plausible team prediction in 3/4 years with all Irish born players (from the Republic obviously, none of those dirty foreign Northerners)"
Wow Boovidge! I wish I was as Irish as you. It must be amazing to be so 'Irish' that you can look down upon the rest of us. And just in case you're wondering I'm from the Republic also. I've travelled far and wide and met many Irish people and those of Irish descent but none with an elitist attitude like yours. Good luck with that!
I think you need to take boovidge's post with a heavy dose of irony. Somebody made a post on the previous page detailing an all non-Irish born team.
don't they play at the madjeski?Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
your reading in between the linesQuote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Sorry mate read the thread back and put the post in context, I was joking. The sad part is that Adrock's not!Quote:
Originally Posted by mark12345
I dunno - he's been a bit quiet lately.Quote:
Originally Posted by boovidge
He's doing what he always did - ghosting past fullbacks like they weren't there...
Our troubles are over
http://thestar.ie/star/sport/richard...-passport-now/Quote:
Richard Stearman has moved closer to a potential Ireland call up after Stephen Hunt revealed that the Wolves’ defender has acquired an Irish passport.
The 25-year-old ex-England under-21 star qualifies for Giovanni Trapattoni’s side through a grandparent on the maternal wing of his family. Molineux teammate Kevin Doyle alerted the FAI to this fact in March last year and Hunt yesterday confirmed that Stearman has now completed the paper work.
“Richard Stearman has his passport sorted now as far as I know,” said Hunt about the Wolverhampton-born defender who moved to his home town club from Leicester City in the summer of 2008.
Stearman has played nine Championship matches and three Capital One Cup ties for Wolves this season and made a total of 33 appearances at right full and centre half last season.
However, Wolves’ boss Stale Solbakken has left him on the bench in recent weeks.