Lad called Liam O'Neil played (sub) for West brom at the weekend..anyone heard of him ?
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Lad called Liam O'Neil played (sub) for West brom at the weekend..anyone heard of him ?
He's English born anyway, dunno if he qualifies.Quote:
Originally Posted by bwagner
Not sure if he qualifies either, but his hair has Irish roots alright.
http://www.premierleague.com/content...338.margin.png
Eligible for Cymru?
Liam O'neil | Apostle Welsh International Football Forum
Robbie McDaid, signed by Leeds today, supposedly the newest 'wunderkid' from the North?
Presumably, he's not yet tied down internationally?
My two kids got their FBR certificates last week. I was spooked by Ealing Green's assertion that they weren't Irish up until that point. My son can wear his Ireland top with more authenticity now. My daughter doesn't care.
It's been three years now and yet his ghost still haunts these hallowed chambers.
EG won't like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
EG will love that.Quote:
My daughter doesn't care.
Out of curiosity, does anyone know how Richard Brush (a sweeper keeper?) is eligible for Ireland? I see he is Birmingham born but didn't realise until recently that he was in our U19 squad last year.
Does he have Irish ancestry or is it under residency rules?
Sligo's Richard Brush? He's 29. Are you sure he was in our under-19 squad, and last year? He first signed for Sligo in 2006, so he'd probably be eligible on residence, if he is definitely eligible. He might well have Irish ancestry also.
Yeah, Brush wasn't in any squad, but he would be eligible for Ireland on residency.
Sorry. I was doing some background work on Connor Dimaio and came across this article on FAI.ie...
http://www.fai.ie/international/unde...riendlies.html
...and misread the Richard Brush bit. I read it that Brush had withdrawn from the FAI team, but he had been injured for Rovers causing his replacement to withdraw from the FAI team. Duh.
Ah, that'd be the one. Fagan is just back after being released by Coventry, or Cuventrah as Michael D puts it.
Adnan Januzaj declares for Belgium according to SSN.
Always gonna happen.
I saw a pic online a couple of weeks ago where he was wearing the Belgian colours on his socks...
Jesus, the BBC are still peddling this line: http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/27133764
:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by BBC Sport
'Lol' springs to mind...
Not just the BBC peddling the line, it's viral. I bet if we dig a bit, it will be revealed that the IFA are the source of the misinformation.
Considering Albania was a longshot and never-ever-in-a-million-years Serbia, essentially the choice Januzaj had was between a country not recognised in the sporting world as a country and Brazil bound Belgium.
Would have liked to have seen him play for Albania. Don't think it was that long a shot to be honest. The early reports was that that was his preference.
Sounds like the Albanian FA screwed it up royally though. Boy I'd be pi$$ed if I was an Albanian fan right now
I thought the Albania move was a longshot after I read this interview with his father on a Kosovan tv station, Oct 2013.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
On Albania national team:
"I want to let everyone now that until now I never had any call from the Albania FA (FSHF), to sit down and talk.
They never called us, the only thing they did was to misinform the public, saying they talked to Januzaj, which is not true.
I hear an official from the Albanian FA said they talked to me eight months ago, which is a blatant lie. I know they did a show called "Patriot or Traitor" for my son and FSHF said they called him up.
That is not true. They are not professionals, they have to send the request to Manchester United first. For now, I am not closing the doors to Albania, because we are Albanians.
I was born in Kosovo, in Istog. However, they are closing the doors to themselves. They are sending me people, like they tried with Lorik Cana, the Albania captain.
I respect his career, but he has no influence on me whatsoever. I only deal with professionals of the issue."
"For now, I am not closing the doors to Albania, because we are Albanians"
That was the line that made me think it's not a long shot but, as i said, it looks like the Albanian FA made a right hash of it. Saps!
To be honest it just looks like somebody declaring for the best team open to him really. Fairly mercenary I would have thought.
I wouldn't really call that mercenary, just ambitious.
Fairly mercenary? What are talking about? he's born and bred in Belgium and you say he's a mercenary for choosing Belgium? Is he the wrong colour or wrong ethnic background to choose Belgium without somebody branding him a mercenary? A Belgian with an ethnic background who chooses belgium is a mercenary??Quote:
Originally Posted by sadloserkid
There was no English choice available, that was just fantasy paper talk, he could have chosen Kosova but they cannot play competively, possibly he could have chosen the land of his mother, Albania but that didn't go too well, and possibly Turkey? grandparent? But he choses the land of his birth and you think he's a mercenary:rolleyes:
What he said. :)
So by SLK's logic Michael Keane and Martin Keown are mercenaries.
What does that make Andy Townsend or Mark Lawrenson then?
Really annoying pundits?
Lawrenson is in a league of his own though.
Crikey, the way people were talking about Januzaj, I thought he'd already been in England a few years and was on the verge of qualification for them - it's ridiculous to expect a player who's just had a breakthrough season for Manchester United to wait four years to play international football - they're sounding as desperate for eligible players as...well...us sometimesQuote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Whether he was to wait four years or not, he still wouldn't be eligible to play for England: http://sport.stv.tv/blog/242115-expl...y-for-england/Quote:
Originally Posted by samhaydenjr
Quote:
Originally Posted by Grant Russell
Islam Feruz has declared for Scotland under the education clause: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_Feruz
I thought he was Albanian born. Apologies to one and all. :D
He has played for them since U16, jaypers.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Anyone ever seen anything of him?
Connor Wickham handed April award
Sunderland striker Connor Wickham was named Player of the Month.
The 21-year-old scored five times to take his team out of the drop zone, with key strikes against title contenders Manchester City and Chelsea.
Does any one have any further info on Martin's supposed interest in bringing this player on board - from last Nov
[SIZE=5]Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill is considering a move for England Under 21 striker Connor Wickham as he scours the English and Scottish leagues for new talent.[/SIZE]
He told Roy Keane that he has no interest in playing for Ireland. The only reason he is eligible is because his dad was a British Army officer who happened to be born in Ulster. He is not motivated to play for Ireland. He has extremely tenuous links to the country. He probably wouldn't get in the team if he did declare. Bemuses me why people want lads like this playing for our country.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dunners
Here's his dad's Twitter. https://twitter.com/Stefan8271
Clearly proud of his "Irish" heritage.
@MileyCyrus got ur Album and it's the only Album I have ever bought that I have never Hit next, and I am 42 :0/ Beat Album EVERQuote:
Originally Posted by TheOneWhoKnocks
If MON was against James McClean being on Twitter, just imagine how he'd feel about this.
Bemuses me why people want lads like this playing for our country
I feel I must apologise up front TOWK
I posted hoping for a response from you and you didn’t let me down. The fish took the bait.
Glad you did though as I had not realised that he had responded and had no interest in joining the cause.
And no we would not want lads like him joining the fold. However ,if he had any links to heritage then that’s another matter.
Whether or not he would get into the team is just based on opinion and you are entitled to yours.
He has made his position clear and yet again TOWK you use it to make a point that you have made ad nauseam. There seems to be a bit of OCD at work here!;)Quote:
Originally Posted by TheOneWhoKnocks
His heritage is from Kosovo. Not quite the same as Albanian...Quote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
We all have OCD in different ways, gastric. Some people feel compelled to enquire about prospective eligibility for players with remotely sounding Irish names, players who had parents/ grandparents serving in the British Army in Northern Ireland, ginger hair, players with Irish girlfriends (Matt Derbyshire). 95% of whom are bang average and not playing International football for their native country for very good reasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by gastric
I think anyone who's a regular here has some kind of mental disorder.
SkStu definitely does.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88