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Jamie Carragher was approached about playing for Ireland but elected to stick with England, for obvious reasons.
“I think I was, yeah. I wasn’t going to do it so I never had to look into that much … me and Richard Dunne at the back!”
http://www.the42.ie/jamie-carragher-...04542-Mar2015/
Called up for England now anywayQuote:
Originally Posted by Wangball
Cos there's no like button.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
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Originally Posted by BonnieShels
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Originally Posted by DeLorean
All set up for Mancini to be the next Italy manager and search far and wide through South America for the next Messi with a hint of Italian heritage.
He's just rubbing it in now:
Harry Kane @hkane28 27m27 minutes ago
Best night of my life by far! So proud to have made my debut and to score is just something else! Had dreams of that moment for many years!
He could have been a contender here. He could have been bigger than Gary Doherty.
Gary Doherty has scored more goals for ireland than SSL..... that's big!
A case of Dr Jekyll and... Dr Hyde.
Interesting interview from Peter Rowan in the Sunday Times today. He interviews the head of scouting for the Polish FA who has 12 unpaid scouts working in Ireland and expect to have an Irish-born player in the Poland underage set-up within the next five years.
Lucky them. Terry Dixon likes Perogies.
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Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
There is that polish irish lad at Everton don't tink he has played for us underage maybe the poles have Hewitt
The goalkeeper?Quote:
Originally Posted by liamoo11
Thats the guy that always has his shirt on backwards.
A young skinny eligible player played pretty well for Villa last night at home to relegation rivals QPR. He is definitely a very talented boy, an exciting talent, though his set pieces weren't the best.
I couldn't help noting just how silly the Villa fans were for celebrating a late equaliser that prevented a direct rival getting within a point of them. Have they no dignity?
That direct rival would have swapped places with them actually, toppling Villa into the relegation zone with a game or two extra played on most of their other rivals. I get your point though :)
I didn't see any of it... was there highlights on Sky Sports or something? I noticed that the eligible kid started alright, Sherwood must have a lot of faith in him to select him in a game of that importance.
He was very good but I think you would have to move his thread to EPL to talk about it ;) geddit?
I looked at him at times and saw hoolohan, except a hoolahan just as skinny and light but who didnt get easily nudged off the ball and was well able win it back.
Thanks for the correction, I was too lazy to check the table. Sherwood not only trusted the kid to start, but also to take nearly every free and corner. He allowed him the license to just play without fear. Paul was right too, Grealish is very enthusiastic without the ball too and tries hard to win the ball back a la Barcelona. He is slight but able to hold of bigger players due to good technique. Certainly an exciting talent albeit WIP.
What channel were the highlights (deferred coverage?) on? I might take a look to see if anything's repeated today. How did Clark play?
I taped extended highlights on Ford Football Special on Sky last night which I guess will be repeated sometime today.
Damn repeat started at 10am.
Clark was out-muscled for one of the goals. That seems to be a persistent problem of his, the lapses seemed to have ceased/less and less, but he is repeatedly being out-muscled and a goal conceded off the back of it.
He was extremely lucky to escape conceding a penalty at Old Trafford at the weekend.
http://www.irishpost.co.uk/sport/fai...striker-garner
This chap will be 27 in a couple of days time and plays in L1. His record at Championship level during his career is pretty poor (a goal in 22 games for Watford in 2011/12). Would prefer if this was filed beside Richard Stearman, especially given that Daryl Murphy is top scorer in the Championship and far from first choice for us.
It's beyond embarrassing at this point. We'll chase any old journeyman with an Irish name.
I thought Rooney made a meal of it, happier to go down than actually take a shot which he might have done. The way Rooney bent both knees was classic Drogba.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
According to the Irish Post, he "has relations still living in Galway city"! Bloody hell, will they ever catch on and get out before it's too late?Quote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
In seriousness, interesting comment also from O'Neill from the Irish Post piece above:
I note the absence of any mention of possible consideration of northern-born players. That's not necessarily to say Martin wouldn't consider/want them - indeed, I think he might have said he would be open to it a fair while back - but there is another part of me that feels he'd be reluctant to actually go after a northern-born player (in the same way he's clearly happy to go after players like Christie, McGoldrick or former/current England under-age internationals) for fear of irritating the IFA, with whom he probably still has some sort of close informal relations or for whom he probably possesses some sympathetic if not affectionate sentiment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irish Post
Why Garner? Can't be any better than Eoin Doyle or Paddy Madden who aren't good enough either by the way. When we were chasing Wilson & Bamford then that was a step in the right direction..... but this????
Increasing our options can't ever be unhelpful, surely. He'll be an option, but if he's not good enough, we'll select someone superior. No harm done.Quote:
Originally Posted by TrapAPony
I dunno, Danny. I'm normally very receptive to the players that have switched their allegiances to us but I think this is a step too far. I think it actually does more harm than good because he's no better than the options TrapAPony listed above (definitely not Doyle anyway, if you compare their L1 tallies) and it is very disheartening to the likes of Doyle and those coming through if the FAI is actually investing resources in Garner. Garner has never shown anything at a level above League 1 (fair enough, Doyle and Adam Rooney haven't either) so I don't see how the FAI (if the report is indeed accurate) believe he's worth adding to the ranks.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Maybe he'll move into the Championship and shatter all records next season. Who knows.
What is this in reference to?Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Some people complaining about Irish players and fans celebrating an injury time equaliser against Poland as if it is some kind of hardwired permanent acceptance of mediocrity.
Despite players playing European football this year, scoring 20 goals a season in Ireland, and the rising standards of football here..that a 27 year old English fella who never made it at the highest level and only scoring goals in League One, arguably a slightly lower standard than the top League of Ireland sides, would be considered before them would be a disgrace in my opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
this is a bizarre one alright.
He'll be tempting Lee Trundle out of retirement before long.
Relax for the moment, there's relatively little of substance in the story - so far.
Nigel, I went to Rovers v Bohs when home for the international break and didn't see much evidence of a rising standard! A dull 0-0 that I loved every minute of, but I think your protestations would be taken a bit more seriously with a better sense of context.
Take it all with a pinch of salt, the article itself is fairly short, there's no quotes from the player, management, or the club involved and I haven't seen any other news outlet pick up the story
Most agreed that it was a poor game, but in all fairness, Pat Fenlon has never really had attractive football as part of his managerial CV.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
The likes of Dundalk, St Pats and Cork are starting to really lift the standard. Shamrock Rovers have a good side that will be hard to beat without playing spectacular football and players such a Keith Fahey, an Irish international only a couple of years ago and Mikey Drennan, a rising Irish star only a year ago.
I firmly believe that any League One player picked ahead of a top League of Ireland player playing at least a handful of European games this season would be a disgrace.