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I'll email FIFA to get a straight answer
I thought it was brilliant that after only one training session Trappatoni was able to pick out the problem that the team had with Staunton.
At the end of the 1st session he was able to see that, the team train too fast and because of this can't take anything in.
They showed some home video camera footage of the practice game on RTE news.
And then Trap had a post match interview.
Aren't there are some things we don't have to know about?
But Worm, the relevant article is perfectly clear, albeit written in a legal tone, not simple English. It really is clear, trust me.Quote:
Originally Posted by theworm2345
I have no problem with Westwood's comments. Footballers are not know for being articulate. He's a goalkeeper not a barrister.
"I'm not Irish as such but I'm a good catholic boy" = I wasn't born and bred in Ireland. I have an Irish background and it's in my family.
So, just the same, if not even a bit better, than scores of Irish internationals before him.
I was born in Glasgow. I'm not Scottish as such.
Over in the UK there's a bit of an ignorance when it comes to being Irish & being Catholic, I lived in Glasgow for many years and you'd get people (Scottish born Celtic Supporters) telling you that they felt more Irish than Scottish, this used to annoy me and when I pushed them for a reason they'd look at me blankly & say sure I'm a Catholic, was drinking with a load of them once and they wouldn't believe me that Wolfe Tone & Daniel O'Connell were Protestant
I'm not saying this is the case for everyone but to a lot of British folk being Catholic is synonymous with being Irish...when Westwood said what he said he was probably attempting to solidify his "Irishness" by showing that he is a Catholic as he probably perceives all of us to be God fearing Papists too...the "I'm not Irish as such" part is him clumsily acknowledging that he wasn't born here....thats my reading of it anyhow
And there are more Catholics in England than there is in Ireland !Quote:
Originally Posted by Wangball
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Originally Posted by stojkovic
Thats the most ridiculous part of it
They were half right not to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wangball
Wasn't O'Connell a catholic? Robert Emmet was protestant though...Quote:
Originally Posted by Qwerty
There's a post match interview piece in the Examiner with Hunt.
The headline is Hunt keeps his Trap shut
Hunt is a peculiar dummy because he then goes on to provide 3 paragraphs of quotes.
I would be quite happy to see Keogh with Keane up front. Just based on this he certainly deserves it more than any of the others. Keogh set up Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (and the other Wolves stikers) countless times. He also scored at least 10. Whelan's pretty good too.
Some videos of Keogh setting others up
http://www.sendspace.com/file/lqm77w
Well. We have two big problems at the moment. Someone to partner Dunne and someone to partner Keane. Doyle is just not doing it at present.
St Ledger to eventually partner Dunne and Keogh to partner Keane, saw Keogh at Deepdale and he was top draw when he came on.Quote:
Originally Posted by FarBeag
McShane and Bruce! Oh dear!
Yeah O'Connell was a Catholic. Wolfe Tone, Emmet, Grattan and Parnell were all Protestants though Wolfe Tone was fairly anti-religious in many respects.Quote:
Originally Posted by livehead1
I'm slightly suprised that Noel Hunt hasn't been named in the squad.
Are they defenders, forwards or midfielders?Quote:
Originally Posted by youngirish
Assume Wolfe Tone, Emmet, Grattan and Parnell are all predominantly left footed? :D
Well at least we now have a Champions League winner in the squad. O'Shea does get a lot of stick (frequently deserved) but he's played in 6 Champions League games for Manchester United this season and fair play to him for getting on the bench today. I'm no United fan but he's one of very few Irish players to have won a Champions League so good luck to him.
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Originally Posted by EastTerracer
couldnt have said it better meself, but of course u have people here who will play eh, delaney ahead of him....or o dea, who doesnt even make da celtic back 4, but ya people here should have their own opinion. but to drop o shea, with his experience at utd/international level etc etc............ its traps choice. but yer wrong(da majority of ye)
o shea really needs to move from united - hes really needs to be playing in one position week in week out -