He has been good for us in that respect. Start with McClean and bring Hunty on for the last 20 or 30 would be my preferred option.
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He has been good for us in that respect. Start with McClean and bring Hunty on for the last 20 or 30 would be my preferred option.
How could people start anyone other than McGeady and Duffer? Both are international quality players. McClean may be too, but I'd say it'll be in the WC Qualifiers that we see that.
McClean is Spartacus.
I am Spartacus.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
so who are you dropping duff or mcgeady???Quote:
Originally Posted by ArdeeBhoy
Quite easily. They might be international quality but sometimes just a better player comes along.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlaskaFox
So happy to see either dropped/rested/injured.
Liam Brady on RTE last night said he thought McClean was a certainty to make the Euros squad. He said he hasnt been talking to Gio but interesting view all the same.
Only those inside the inner circle can call him Gio.
We;re going back a bit here. He undoubtedly had a purple patch when he first emerged as Premiership / International player and defenders were still confounded by his radically direct approach, but he's not been that effective in a long while.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Hmmmm.....
http://www.derryjournal.com/sport/fo...well_1_2792575
Disappointment
But there has also been disappointment for the affable local man, who has been capped for N. Ireland at Under-21 level.
Having performed well at that level, he felt he had a chance of a call-up to the senior squad for recent Carling Nations Cup ties which were staged at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.
“I honestly felt that not just me, but a few of the players at Derry City would have been good enough to be called into the squad after so many senior players had dropped out.
“However, the manager opted to select players from Irish League clubs instead. Personally, I believed that Gerard Doherty, Shane and Patrick McEleney, or even myself, had a chance of getting called up as we had been playing well with Derry at the time but we were not considered.”
Would he be happy to represent N. Ireland with so many other players from the North-West area opting to represent the Republic?
“International recognition is very important to most players. I thoroughly enjoyed playing for the Under-21s and, therefore, any call-up to the senior squad would be considered an honour.
“Yes, I was disappointed that a few of our own players didn’t get called up for recent squads, but I’m not breaking my heart or anything like that.
“I just felt that with the controversy surrounding other local players who have opted for the Republic, one of us at the Brandywell may have had a squeak of getting in, but that didn’t happen.
“However, my focus is with Derry City and I can’t afford to dwell on international disappointments. I’m totally committed to my home town club and, just like the rest of the lads, I want to be involved in any success we can achieve this season.”
Nice find Deckydee, that article is littered with irony.
How so?Quote:
Originally Posted by Serb
Insanity is the only legitimate reason I can think of.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlaskaFox
McClean is careful with his words regarding the IFA team. He gives what I call a diplomatic answer. Northerners can spot this straight away. :)
He said: "International recognition is very important to most players." when asked would he like to play for Northern Ireland around the time of the CNC. (He also mentions the McEleney brothers and Gerard Doherty, all of whom have been part of FAI squads in the past.)
When one contrasts this with his stated feelings upon getting "international recognition" for "[his] country", the aforementioned diplomacy becomes clear.
"To make my debut – be it against the Czech Republic or at another time – would be a dream come true, and that’s all I’m focused on."
So, like ifk, I'd like to know where the irony lies.
Trap putting in the hours today...
There are potentially eight Republic of Ireland players in action at The Hawthorns, which is why Giovanni Trapattoni is there, I suppose. Anyway, one of them, James McClean, has missed a good chance from a Seb Larsson cross. The Baggies still lead 1-0, and are still creating chances - James Morrison just tested Simon Mignolet with a low shot.
Maybe McClean got stage fright, just got beat by Morrison with a header at the backpost for WBA's 2nd.Quote:
Originally Posted by elroy
I may or may not have jinxed him by selecting him for my fantasy football this week
Sunderland seem to have got a bit of a spanking from WBA today.
Roy Hodgson for England so.
Mick McCarthy was sacked after a similar scoreline!!
Time for O'Neil to go!!
McClean Out!!!
Judging by the highlights he had a poor game. Missed a sitter, fell asleep for second goal which allowed Morrison in for a free header. Was also slow in closing down the WBA striker for 3rd goal. Ah well, he can't be perfect all the time.
I wouldn't worry too much, from the highlights it looked like every Sunderland player had just suffered a horrendous comedown. Some of the defending was appalling, the players didn't look interested at all, in stark contrast to previous games.
I wonder if he'll get a run on Wednesday? Should be interesting.
On Twitter the @RTESoccer feed quoting Trap as saying that both McClean and Shane Duffy will play at some stage on Wednesday.
Article on McClean by Paul Rowan in the Sunday Times:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul Rowan
Mcclean was very lazy in not tracking Morrison for second goal. One mistake I know but that is the sort of stuff trap will not pick him for. At the other end he got on the end of a good cross and narrowly missed, if he had connected, would've been yet another goal for sure.
Some very mature comments from McClean there which is great to see.
I see "mature" young James is introducing words like "fenian", when no such word was used in the vile tweet to which he refers. He was called a "dirty rebel ****" in the tweet.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Very confusing comments.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Being a proud Irish Republican, he intimates that he might have turned down the opportunity to realise his lifetime dream to play for the South, if only he had been selected to play for Northern Ireland in the Carling Cup.
Maturity would be to ignore the scumbags abusing him and his girlfriend on Twitter.
Do you think he's making it all up?Quote:
Originally Posted by Not Brazil
McClean's a realist. He realises that when he was a Derry City player his dream was unlikely to materialise. He has stated that having got the move to the Premier League, he wished to wait and pursue his dream. I don't see what point you're trying to make.Quote:
Originally Posted by Not Brazil
Maybe. However fair play to him for shaming those fools.Quote:
Originally Posted by Not Brazil
No...just changing words.Quote:
Originally Posted by Predator
They shame themselves....whoever they are.Quote:
Originally Posted by Predator
I don't think McClean comes out of the whole Twitter thing looking "mature", that's for sure.
Well at least we all agree on one thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Not Brazil
I think you know fine rightly the point I'm making.Quote:
Originally Posted by Predator
The Carling Cup thing is a red herring.
Had he of played in it, I believe he still would have jumped ship to the South when the move to Sunderland materialised.
He's from "quite a nationalist area" after all, and always supported the South. it was always his dream to play for the South.
In your eyes, James is somewhat less than mature because his recollection of the tweet was 'you’re from Londonderry. You’re a Fenian ****. I hope you break your leg’Quote:
Originally Posted by Not Brazil
when in fact the actual tweet was 'Your from Londonderry you dirty wee t**t NI is your country and your a dirty rebel c**t go f**k yourself break a leg!!'
You need help NB, this obsession with James has gone beyond the boundaries of what we know to be rational.
Maybe he's mixing the comment up with one of the other couple of hundred.Quote:
Originally Posted by Not Brazil
You don't really like James that much, so that is not surprising. However, you're right, they do shame themselves. James is simply publicizing their shameful comments.Quote:
Originally Posted by Not Brazil
it's entirely possible the message he's referring to was deleted, or was private so noone else saw itQuote:
Originally Posted by Not Brazil
Reminds me of Niall McGinn.Quote:
Originally Posted by Not Brazil
McClean says that "maybe" he "might" have played for the IFA had he played in the CNC. He does not state that he would certainly have played for the IFA.
Seems fairly likely the word 'fenian' might have got thrown into the significant abuse he was getting. The insinuation he's spinning it, whether you intend or not NB, is frankly ridiculous.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
I think James would be best cancelling his Twitter account. It only encourages these bigots to post their vile posts.
On the other hand I understand how, for career reasons, he would have played for NI. It would have put him in the shop window a lot earlier. NI loss is our gain. I'm delighted that the lad will now get to play for the country he supported as a kid. He is a great ambassador for all the other nationalist kids who support the ROI up there. I hope many more of these kids go on to play for us. After all it is now their birthright.