C'mon guys; stop this instant.
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C'mon guys; stop this instant.
Daniel, stop your dissent.
yes, stop being so militant.
http://www.voetbalzone.nl/doc.asp?uid=141919
Maguire dreaming of playing at Euro 2012...for Ireland
Getting some stick in the comments underneath (from my limited Dutch). I used to go to Den Haag games many moons ago(2000 hooligans and 3 normal supporters and a dog). Doing well now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nagger
New article on Barry Maguire:
http://www.goal.com/en/news/596/excl...-want-to-play-
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"Every once in a while we went over to visit our family," he told Goal.com. "The last time I was there was the Russian game in 2010.”
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Maguire began featuring for Irish schoolboy teams around that time and was called up to the under-16 squad. However, with both Holland and Ireland attempting to secure his allegiance, the next few years caused significant stress for someone so young.
Maguire's father, Martin, from Drumcondra, Dublin, said: “I think there were 15 players from Ireland, who were living in Ireland and who they could watch every week. They gave him 15 minutes and said 'you'll hear from us', but we never heard anything else until he was called up for Holland.”
Maguire infamously rejected a call-up to the Irish U21 team in 2009, choosing instead to play for the Dutch U20 team but re-affirmed his interest in playing for Ireland in 2010.
“If Ireland rang me in the morning and asked me to play for them, I would say yes without a thought. I would like to play for the Irish team again but I have no contact at all from them," Maguire said.
"I have said all along that I have strong connections with Ireland, through my dad, and Holland, as I was born there, but the connection with Ireland was always strong for me and now I'd like to play for Ireland.”
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“I met Trapattoni once after the Russian game but I also had problems at my last club then so didn't play that much. I am playing now again so I hope I will get an invitation some time before the Irish squad is confirmed [for Euro 2012]."
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"I hope I will get an invitation some time before the Irish squad is confirmed"
“Most people in Ireland only look for the English publications not the Dutch publications except maybe Ajax or PSV. Recognition is harder to get if you play in Holland for a lower team than if you play for a Championship team in Britain.”
With two reasons to pay attention, Maguire was a keen observer of the 2012 Uefa European Championship draw.
“Ireland's group is a hard group - Spain and Italy - but in the Euros everything is possible. If you do well in one game, especially the first game, I think that anything is possible.
"The Dutch group is a little bit harder but after they lost to Germany a few weeks ago they'll have both feet on the ground again and they can do well in the Euros."
Maguire is sitting firmly on the fence as to which team he'll support during the Euros. “I will support both teams because I would like to play for Ireland but I've lived my whole life over here in Holland and I have all my friends here so it's hard to say I won't support Holland.”
He's got a bit of neck to think that he's in a position to challenge for a place considering he's playing with VVV Venlo - a club who would probably be at their level in the League of Ireland.Quote:
Originally Posted by Metrostars
A Dutch friend of mine (massive PSV fan) is familiar with Maguire. He was surprised when I talked about him as an international prospect. Seemingly he is really very average, and is not even shining in a very poor team this season in VV Venlo. As Carrigaline says, they are a pretty rubbish club, nowhere near the level the bigger Dutch clubs would be. I think he can book a summer holiday this year to be honest.
Philly,Quote:
Originally Posted by Philly
I second all of that. Friends of mine from Eindhoven are also of the same opinion. I've asked them about Maguire and they laughed when I told them last summer that Barry Maguire was a prospective call-up for the Irish squad. They don't rate him at all and thought it bemusing that he might even get capped by us in the near future, given his past showing in the Dutch league (their opinion, not mine).
So, on that info, Barry is not quite the prospect we thought he was, unfortunately. Hopefully he'll prove us all wrong....
There is a better chance of his cousin Jerry, the Sports agent from Hollywood, being called into the Euro Squad than young Barry.
Show me the money.
Eh? I don't think this was ever a possibility.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scooby Doo
Correct me if I'm wrong but was Maguire not a special guest of the FAI at the Russia game, met Trapattoni afterwards and was mentioned in several newspapers subsequently that he was being monitored by the management team??? Actually, I remember at one stage Tardelli spoke of keeping an eye on a player in Holland. Surely that qualifies as being a prospective cap - same way as we speculate here that Pilkington, Tierney, Pierce etc are all possible future call-ups.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
thats correct Scooby. He was a prospective cap according to our management team and to a lot of posters here at one stage.
Yeah but he's been nowhere near since.
but your original post was that it had never been a possibility.
Lads, I am going to watch him, along with prospective Irish/Japanese international, Robert Cullen, against Feyenoord tomorrow. If you have a Betfair account, you will be able to watch the game for free, no-strings attached. Match starts at 2:30, folks.
Hmm, I read Scooby Doo's post that he had asked his friends recently and that's what I was responding to. His call-up was a remote possibility around the Russia game when he was playing in the Europa League, but at the moment he's gone backwards and is nowhere near even coming into contention.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
Congrats!Quote:
Originally Posted by Carrigaline
I'm going to watch the Giants and eat chicken wings. Paul O'Shea is going to watch the Cricket between India and Pakistan and possibly an old rerun of Magnum PI, and poor SkStu has to watch the Penguins and Caps which makes little sense to him but he likes the fact that his local bar gives out free sugar covered bacon as a snack. Oh, And they play Alanis on the Juke.
What's everyone else watching?
I'm going to be in college whilst "SUPER" Sunday is on. I will however be glued to my TV for Ravens-Pats and Giants-49ers. Coooooome on!Quote:
Originally Posted by Crosby87
Youre such a looper. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Crosby87
Ill be cheering on both Harbaugh brothers tomorrow.