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Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
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Meaning?Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Charlie's just making a joke based on the fact that Maher also happens to be a Moroccan surname.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArdeeBhoy
Isn't it Arabic generally, with doubtless other geographic connections, unsure why Morocco specifically...
It's okay AB, you were not alone, the Moroccan/Maher connection passed me by completely as well. I had thought Charlie was just being cheeky instead of smart.
Or just obtuse. As is his way...
Irwin3 recently referred to Adam Maher, a player from Morocco, in response to a silly line of reasoning by TOWK in relation to certain Irish surnames that also happen to have identical renderings in other cultures:
Charlie was cracking a joke in reference to that and mocking the idea that Maher mightn't or couldn't be an Irish surname by suggesting in jest that Niall Maher must be a member of Manchester's (imaginary?) Moroccan community, obviously whilst well aware of the fact that Niall Maher's surname is almost certainly derived from the Gaelic surname of Ó Meachair. Nothing too complicated. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Irwin3
You guys must have missed the memo; we're all out to get TOWK now, don't you know?
http://images.rapgenius.com/da7e807e...400x240x15.gif
https://twitter.com/RobBrennan82/sta...87929595748354
Nigeria keeping tabs on the young Dundee United forward who is also eligible for England & Ireland.
There was an interview with him in the Sun last week but it's not online unless you have a subscription. He was born in Dublin but brought up in London, and seemingly open to playing for us if called up. U23s for Nigeria wouldn't disqualify him for us as he's eligible by birth.
Meanwhile, United striker Ola Adeyemo has been invited to the Nigeria Under-23 team training camp.
The 19-year-old signed for the Tannadice club on a two-year contract as a free agent in summer of 2014 following a six-month spell at English League One club Leyton Orient.
Adeyemo was born in London but moved to Ireland, aged two, where he was involved in the national association's youth development programme before joining St Patrick's Athletic and then UCD Dublin.
His agent, Ladi Salami, told BBC Scotland: "Ola can play for Nigeria, England or Ireland. He is flying out tomorrow and this will be a great experience for him.
"There is a tournament coming up and they have told him he will be involved in that too.
"It will be good for his development at Dundee United."
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30794079
Sorry, you're right, I had that the wrong way around - he was born in London and moved to Dublin. Still assume he'd be eligible as he has had Irish nationality before lining out for Nigeria underage.
Harry Kane to Real Madrid?: http://www.express.co.uk/sport/footb...rsenal-Man-Utd
(Lolz.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Express.co.uk
http://www.prostamerika.com/2012/02/...-sounder/57971
http://mynorthwest.com/418/440771/Se...s-Lamar-Neagle
Seattle Sounders player (27) is eligible to play for Ireland, although it seems the main reason behind his acquiring an Irish passport was to create a clear pathway in order to play in Europe.
https://www.facebook.com/IrishClubSeattle
His Irish roots lie in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.
Renamed the thread, pretty sure each of O'Hara, Noble or Nolan are not going to declare at this stage. Feel free to discuss any potentially eligible player here.
What about Mark Noble or Jamie O'Hara?
nothing about them, just it's been almost six years since the thread was started, and we're no closer to them declaring than we were when it was started.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
I thought O'Hara's eligibility stemmed from at least one Irish grandparent, but a 2002 article from the Belfast Telegraph stated his father is from Magherafelt: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-10663459.html
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Originally Posted by Bob Fenton
Just having a look around the net for more on Neagle. Quite a few videos in various places of him in action. Here's a goal he scored a few months ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2--QIbM9rQ8
Not a bad finish.
I see his Twitter profile mentions something about "the Way of the Irish". I wonder would he be interested in representing us. He's never played at any level for the US, however, as far as I can make out. Would be be good enough for our consideration then? Maybe not if he's not been on the receiving end of any serious attention from the happy-capping US set-up. I see he has played briefly in Europe before though; he once played in the Finnish league with IFK Mariehamn.
This profile from his university days states that he is the "son of John Brown and Bridget Neagle, and Frankie and Maria Lawson". What does that mean exactly? His birth parents are in relationships with other partners now, I can only assume.
Here's a highlights video featuring Neagle in action between 2011 to 2013:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2LN3v9EovI
Are the Keane brothers still eligible to play for Ireland. I know they switched loyalties to England but it looks like they are not going to feature for them, are they still able to switch back.
One of them definitely isn't able to switch.
Will Keane (the forward now on loan at Sheffield Wednesday) has never switched association. He has only ever played for England at under-age level, so he can still switch to the FAI if he wishes.Quote:
Originally Posted by drummerboy
Michael (the defender who has signed for Burnley), on the other hand, represented us competitively at under-17 level first and then represented England competitively at under-age level, thus formally effecting his solitary switch, so he's now tied to the FA.
http://www.sportsjoe.ie/football/vid...ilarious/11454
Mauricio Pochettino asked for his thoughts on the possibility of Harry Kane playing for Ireland.
Cue laughter.
At the risk of being sweeping and rash, the English media are a sickening crowd. That notion really entertained them. Although the audacity of the Irish journalist to bring it up in such a press conference may have contributed to the laughter too.
As an aside, Pochettino is from a town called Murphy in Argentina- presumably named after an Irish immigrant.
They weren't laughing out of maliciousness. It was genuinely pretty funny. We don't have any right to be offended. He plays for England and has not entertained any notion of playing for Ireland - in fact he has discarded the notion himself: http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-30547200.html
It was utterly pointless bringing it up.
To be fair the laughter wasn't by him but by the hacks. He seemed a bit bemused.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheOneWhoKnocks
Yeah. Did the journalist honestly expect him to have an opinion on it? He has no dog in this race. He didn't even dignify the question with a response.
Irish journalist thinking that Ireland is the centre of the world !
Rest of world indifferent ! ! !
As was said Will played underage for England the whole way through, was never with us at all. Michael was with us underage and then switched back to England. As far as I'm aware you're only allowed one switch of association so unfortunately he's tied to England now and his chances of getting a look in there over the next few years are slim, even with his move to Burnley for first team football.Quote:
Originally Posted by drummerboy
Or maybe even confused. Can we be sure he even understood the question? He seemed to turn to someone by his side for clarification as to what was asked, no?Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Serenity now..
That's how I read it too. Don't really see why he was asked though, either.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Patrick Bamford has been interviewed on TV in successive weeks. He seems a very engaging lad, and dare I say it, more educated than your average footballer.
Aye, definitely still a daft question whether it was understood or not. Kane has been very clear about his situation at present.Quote:
Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke
He has four A-Levels and was offered a scholarship by Harvard, according to his Wiki.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Bamford is currently an English underage international, atm his potential eligibility level for ireland is very very weak.
He is probably down to around his last 2% of Irishness and beyond salvation.
If he was as smart as they say, would he have put himself in that predicament?
Isn't Bamford in the same situation as Michael Keane, having played for Ireland and switched to England?
Bamford never played for us in a competitive fixture for us, thus he was never formally registered to the FAI and did not require a formal FIFA-sanctioned switch to later play for the FA. In FIFA's eyes, the FA are his original and only association.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
This was the game in which Bamford played for us: http://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/u18s-beaten-by-ukraine
It was an under-18s fixture against Ukraine in the non-FIFA sanctioned Jezek International Tournament. I don't think FIFA even formally acknowledge such an age category; they recognise under-17, 19 and 21 levels, as far as I know. Coincidentally, I see Michael Keane also featured in that Ukraine game, although he also has at least one competitive under-17 appearance for us, which is why his case is distinct from Bamford's.
Derry winger Michael Duffy set for move to Scotland
Any good? Committed to NI?
I wouldn't say he's overly outstanding, but a good player nonetheless. He's actually from Donegal too far as I know, St Johnston right on the border.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Duffy played in an under-18 friendly for us against Wales a few years ago.
Nigel; is he from Donegal as in he was born in Donegal, or he is living in Donegal but was born in Derry?
Oddly, I know someone who was born in Altnagelvin whilst her parents lived near Buncrana. She later moved to Derry and holds a British passport with Donegal (or it might even be Letterkenny actually) as her place of birth.