There's a member of this forum born in Scotland to Irish parents and now lives in London with his 2 English-born children...Quote:
Originally Posted by Irwin3
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There's a member of this forum born in Scotland to Irish parents and now lives in London with his 2 English-born children...Quote:
Originally Posted by Irwin3
Happens!
If you were married to an Irish girl, had to move to Australia for whatever reason, and had kids there, would you tell them they were Australian or Irish?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.
It was this bit that made me a bit dubious: he made the switch to represent Ireland after Scotland denied him full senior international honours. In October 2011, he stated "The country I have always wanted to play for is Ireland."[24]
This is someone's unsourced supposition. Should be deleted from his wiki. It also doesn't really make much sense. He played 2 games for Scotland U'21s when he was 19/20 and then decided he wanted to play for Ireland at 22 who have in the subsequent 2 years given him 45 mins in a friendly. I'd say if he stuck with Scotland he would've seen more action in the past couple of years. Now if he changes back to Scotland then I'd say it would be fair to call him a mercenary, but until then not so much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
Scored the opener in Reading's 1-1 draw with Leicester last night. The point moves Reading into the playoff positions on GD ahead of Brighton and Ipswich.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhDauF5G5zg
not the best return to club football for Pearce, he's scored an own goal, given away a penalty and got sent off for Reading tonight.
Pearce captains Reading against Arsenal in the FA Cup. Live on Setanta Ireland now. Stephen Kelly's on the bench.
On BB1 here in the UK Cox on the bench too I thinkQuote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Presumable it is a tempory thing because the regular captain is on the bench?Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
It was a good showing from Reading though, Arsenal have won their last 8 premiership games, making them the best team on current form.
I didn't realise Reading were so far down the league though they have had a terrible run, about 1 win in 10.
They are hovering above relegation but look 99% safe.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32989516
Pearce & Keogh could be Derby's pairing at CB next season if Paul Clement agrees to it.
We need to send him on a DVD of that Portugal game :o
Signed for Derby: http://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/article/d...e-2485573.aspx
You could almost put out a Derby team of lads who've played for the same country as Pearce.
Keogh, Christie, Hendrick, Sammon, Forsyth, Bryson, Russell, Martin..
Derby's first choice centre back Jason Shackell picked up an injury tonight but Pearce wasn't even in the squad to replace him, I don't think he's injured either. Ryan Shotton came on instead. It will be interesting to see if Pearce gets his chance next time out, Saturday's top of the table clash at The Riverside, should Shackell not recover in time. It's possible that Shotton might have been a better option for the bench given his versatility but Pearce would be the better option to start centre back. That's what I'm hoping anyway.
Pearce on the bench today as Shackell remains in the first XI. Hendrick drops back to the bench despite his goal midweek.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Rare start in a much changed Derby team playing Hartlepool.
Gone to Bristol City on loan for the rest of the season.
Fresh start for Pearce?
Derby linked with £6m move for James Chester also though which wouldn't help his already slim chances.
Derby certainly have money to spend. English nicknames seldom go beyond adding a "y" to the surname. "Pearcey has shown he can play at this level, play for us and play some part".
Let's hope that if Peacey gets a run, it won't be at the expense of Keoghy.
Jason Shackell is the other centre-half: Shackell - great name for a defender.
£6m for James Chester, good god.
Chestery?
Has cemented his place at Derby and is playing some greats stuff by all accounts. Are we a bit too quick to embrace the likes of John Egan and clamour for their involvement at the expense of guys like Pearce? Bringing through youth is all well and good but Martin O'Neill must live in the real world too. Egan was barely playing Championship football for five minutes and there were calls for his inclusion, myself included I think, without even seeing him play I assume it's fair enough to say.
Judge them on their merits. Egan seemed to be going from strength to strength while Pearse seemed to be going backwards from a relatively weak starting point. Great news that he's playing well. 6 wins in a row I think. I always rated McLaren!
Paul McShane riding high in the Championship but nobody will say anything either. Often the less you see of a player the higher your opinion.
Keogh starting every game this season for Derby as well. He's a machine, last Derby game he didn't start was in January!
In fairness to Pearce, his starting point was that of a vastly experience, highly rated Championship centre back with obvious leadership qualities. His apparent demise came as a result of what looked like a poor career move where he had to compete with two other highly rated Championship centre backs that were more established at that particular club. This didn't make him any less of a player, just a player in an awkward situation. He's only just turned 28 so I guess I'm just speculating if we're too quick to jump the gun and give out about certain squad selections based on very little. O'Neill has to assume the worst in terms of a centre back injury crisis and ensure his squad has the right balance in terms of youth, experience and leadership. Had Egan really done enough to justify ousting Pearce, with hindsight I would now think definitely not, yet I would have probably agreed it seemed like a lazy squad selection at the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Definitely, although not as defensively sound as Derby it has to be said and his age profile a bit higher as well. Not to mention the horror show against Slovakia earlier this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
It's good to see that Pearce and Keogh have formed a solid pairing.
Derby seem to be a more solid team since Pearce came into the fold.
I never would have guessed it after one of the worst defensive performances I have ever seen from an Irish CB partnership against Portugal in America.
And under Steve McLaren, who hates him, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
I know, right. Just like Stephen Henderson. Another victim of a machiavellian vendetta.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Just noticed that he was in the EFL Team of the week. Good stuff.
If he was a machine, which one would he be, the internal combustion engine?Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Perpetual motion engine
Pearce has been selected ahead of Richard Keogh in the Derby team since their 4-1 reverse at home to Sunderland. They have stopped (or at least halted) the rot with two clean sheet victories and Pearce even managed to get on the scoresheet against Bolton on Saturday, good header too as he was going away from goal - https://youtu.be/bvZDtvPTIH8?t=54s
Pearce named captain at Millwall - https://www.millwallfc.co.uk/news/20...-club-captain/