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Whoop... now...we move on to the Derry sons...
We refer to the Derry sons in the same way a family might regard a wayward troubled son, a heavy cross to bear.
Like when you were a wee lad and Mrs Geysir would quietly and nervously tell her friends Oh...Its little Geysir. We dont know what to do. We keep catching him doing things to the dog...
AT least 12 months too late though.
Goal for Pilks assist from Hoolahan.
'Pilks' sounds English. Can we call him 'Pilko' instead?
Why not just "Anto"?Quote:
Originally Posted by JGKyne
His goal was well-taken.
He missed another pretty good chance in the game, viewable here at 00:53:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xvy...om=embediframe
Would certainly be easier to type given all four letter of the pilk surround the o. ie:-Quote:
Originally Posted by JGKyne
IOP
KL
Could do it with one finger.
??
:confused:
Tricky was out the day they learnt the alphabet in playschool... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by ArdeeBhoy
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Originally Posted by ArdeeBhoy
look at your keyboard, note the positions of the i, o, p, k, l keys. Read tricky's post againQuote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
Yes, but his name could be 'Qwerty';so what?
Qwentington?Quote:
Originally Posted by ArdeeBhoy
That's what she said.Quote:
Originally Posted by tricky_colour
if any of you use Swype on android, then everything is done with one finger
I knew what his post meant, I was just being a little facetious. Thanks though.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Some more on Pilkington: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...wich-City.html
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[Pilkington] said: ‘I have had a call from the Republic and they are now starting to sort out all the paperwork. That’s where we are at the moment.
‘But their next game isn’t until February so we will just have to wait and see what happens now. We just have to sort out all the paperwork and then go from there really.
‘I am definitely eligible because my grandmother comes from Ireland, from Dublin. So I would be more than happy to play for them, if I am selected.’
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Trapattoni said this weekend: ‘I haven’t spoken to Roy Hodgson about him. England have a lot of players at their disposal. I can say with certainty that he is very interested to play for us. We might be able to see him in early February.’
Norwich manager Hughton, who was born in Forest Gate, played 53 times for Ireland between 1979 and 1991 and said he would be delighted if Pilkington made his senior bow.
‘At this moment he still hasn’t been officially called into any squad,’ he said. ‘I’m always delighted for any player to be involved at international level. I think it enhances their career and there can be some real high moments in their career.’
Hughton said his choice to play for Ireland was ‘wonderful’ but stressed he had not tried to persuade Pilkington to do the same.
‘For me it was a decision that I have never, ever regretted. Anthony’s a very mature young man and any big decisions he has to make he’s very capable of making.
‘If that happens then I’d be delighted with him, but of course that’s always going to be down to himself.’
Some nice words in above article. I'm not a stats man and I always subscribe to quality over quantity... but on the face of it I think the Republic of Ireland are relatively well served this season with eligible players playing at the top level.... certainly in terms of midfield and attack I think the numbers may even be healthier than in 2001/02... there's genuine potential there, and if the goalkeeper Bunn from Norwich also comes into the mix there is, dare I say it, some optimism for future campaigns (not sure we're up to toppling Sweden just yet!)
Bunn and Pilkington are good additions....Sean Morrison, Mark Noble and Kyle Naughton would also be nice, but maybe I am being greedy
OMG! Noble n' Naughton r loike sooooooo 2009!!!;)Quote:
Originally Posted by TrapAPony
Trap's comment is interesting; why would there be any reason to speak to Woy about Pilkington? Of course, the thing is, Pilkington won't be tied to us even if he does feature against Poland and would still be within his rights to switch to the FA were they to later declare a serious interest.
Professional courtesy is the best I can come up withQuote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Can't see why 'Ingerland' would want him anyway. He's good but not high-profile enough for their media/pundits/fans.
Is that usual for players with dual eligibility? If there's some unwritten duty to professional courtesy, shouldn't Hodgson - if he ever happened to be interested in selecting Pilkington - be the one contacting the FAI seeing as Pilkington has actually played with us in the past?Quote:
Originally Posted by peadar1987
I dunno. They've selected Championship players in recent times. More and more England players tend to be drawn from clubs outside of the top four or five in the Premier League now.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArdeeBhoy
I, for one, was sh!tting it when I saw Steve Bull warming up to come on against us in Cagliari.
I think Pilk could be the next Ger Crossley. The Germans must be quaking.
I'm delighted that Pilkington is likely to be playing with us. He looks a very good player. It seems like he has decided that he can be a top player with us, have a good chance of appearing in a few tournaments and win 50+ caps, rather than take his chance with England. I'm sure he feels more English, but some of our greats probably dreamt of putting on the three lions growing up and yet became more Irish than the Irish themselves.
I'm really excited by the performances of alot of the Irish players in the premiership and indeed the championship in recent weeks. Coleman, Gibson, McCarthy, Clark, Hoolahan, Long and Pilkington have all been good. Meyler and Brady seem to be playing very well with Hull. Hendrick and Hoban are two of the best young talents in the Championship, and Mark O'Brien is hopefully back to good health, while the great white hope Owen Garvan is doing the business for Palace. It's nice to see Cunningham back from injury as well. We don't have a Messi or Ronaldo in that batch, but i'm confident, we have the makings of a good side over the coming years.
In what sense?Quote:
Originally Posted by Crosby87
By the sound of his tone, you're probably right; feeling English and possessing Irish heritage, or even feeling Irish also, needn't be mutually exclusive concepts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bungle
Goal for "Pilks" to put Norwich within a goal in the free-scoring game against Man City. He's proving adept at scoring against good teams.
From BBC: "This afternoon just keeps giving. Anthony Pilkington strikes a free-kick from 22 yards and it finds the goal courtesy of a deflection off Gael Clichy. Game back on."
Pilkington's goal is at 0:20: http://videa.hu/videok/sport/norwich...6TMS87F7o4mCfi
I think Pilky may have had a chance for an equaliser last kick of the game,
woudl have needed a great shot though, and it wasn't.
Pilkington appears in a photo-shoot sporting Ireland attire:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...40182670_n.jpg
Looks pretty happy with his decision.
And very sexy to boot.
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...0cSaFQUqgu4s6g
He's got his passport sorted anyway:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BB-briMCQAArCPF.jpg
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Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Pity sean morrison didnt have mossad friends
Alright, I'll pick up the slack seeing as Crosby has apparently missed a trick..
He looks like Sean Bean.