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Time for a poll. The ten names are arbitrary and based on my own experiences of watching each and every one of these players through my fingers whilst they were wearing the green. And no, no David Connolly. Anyone who has played forty-odd games and scored nine goals does not come anywhere close to the worst player ever. Have a word with yourselves lads. :rolleyes:
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went for alan mahom but dom foley aint far behind
Gary never played for Ireland - was only ever named in one squad.Quote:
Originally Posted by TerryPhelan
I've gone for Alan Mahon - still got bad memories of that game against Greece! In particular, one corner didn't even get off the ground and was cleared by the first man - straight back to Mahon who, from more or less the same palce, hit the side netting...
Funnily enough, for the Paul Butler game, I was on First Aid duty at the front of the South Terrace - the side Ireland were attacking for the first half. actually never really saw much of Butler as he was 100 yards away, and was really surprised to hear him being castigated so much the next day! Still, everyone in the country can't be wrong!
very harsh about alan mahon quality player imo.. had great season for wigan .. better player than connolly still think he should be in there for lack of commitment anyway
No Keith "Doubt" O'Neill?
A little harsh on McGoldrick as well. He had an excellent game away against Denmark in the qualifiers for the '94 WC. He was the only player willing to hold onto the ball and actually run at the Danes. He certainly does not deserve to be on this list.
Mine too!Quote:
Originally Posted by D2 Red
Well he scored a nice goal and had an excellent game against the Danes in Copenhagen so I'll just have to disagree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snoop Drog
What about Brian Carey! He was utter muck!
This is not about lack of commitment. It's quite clear from the poll question what we're after here, no?Quote:
Originally Posted by zinedineontour
Forty-odd caps, nine goals. Take your blinkers off. As the old saying has it, there really is no-one as blind as one that refuses to see... :rolleyes:
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No way. He was a good player. Probably one of our biggest underachievers through injury and all, but nowhere near our worst player.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slash/ED
Always liked Liam Daish for some reason...
Nobody else remembers Ron Healy obviously. Stand in goalie against England in eraly 80s. Poor lad just wasn't any where near good enough.
What about Eamon Dunphy?
Indeed, it is absolutely shocking that a player of his ability could have won that many caps, be our current player of the year and be loved by most of the fans. I just don't get it.Quote:
Originally Posted by brine3
Breen is up there for me too.
disagree with a good few on that list:Quote:
Originally Posted by TerryPhelan
daish was an honest centre half, in the mick mccarthy mould, and certainly not even the worst centre half to play for us. butler could be though!
liam o'brien when he was at newcastle i always rated, remember him having a stormer against wales in a friendly at tolka, but he was too much of a ball player for charlton though.
mc goldrick was average at best, but seems to get thought of as worse because somehow he managed to play for arsenal (and win a few trophies). for ireland he did ok, i thought without ever threatening to be a world beater.
nick colgan has never had a poor game for ireland. don't understand was his name has been mentioned?? ok his club form has been poor for a few years now, but try and name a bad game he has had for ireland ( i think he has only let in one goal)
kernaghan was never the best, but despite dubious irish roots, he gave his all, scored a crutial goal in qualification, and apart from one absolute stinker (not the only person that day) had a good-ish irish carear
curtis fleming - cant really remember him doing too much wrong as irish fullback, now he'd be no irwin, finnan or carr, but he's not the worst either.
anyway the winner of my vote - mr paul butler - 45 minutes, after a long battle to prove he was 'irish', and already his intenational carear was over
I presume you meant the North Terrace, because we definitely were attacking the South Terrace in the second half (who'll ever forget Phil Babb's overhead kick?)Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
No, I was definitely South Terrace. Pretty sure we were attacking that in the first half. Any takers to clear it up? Did I see 45 minutes of Paul Butler up close and just not realise it?! :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by monutdfc
my memory says we were attacking the north terrace in the first halfQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
disclaimer : my memory is not always right ;)
Hmmm...rsssf says Ian Harte's goal - which I remember as being North Terrace - was in the first half...which means...I was watching Paul Butler all along and didn't see anything wrong! :eek: :o
I never liked Chris Morris
He had ability yes but threw it all away, and he was the reason we conceded THAT goal and didn't qualify for Euro 2000.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
liam miller is tripe