On the plus side, Pilkington is no longer out of favour.
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On the plus side, Pilkington is no longer out of favour.
Who is suggesting those named players are our lords and saviours? Who hyped up Pilkington to be David Beckham?
I think Pilkington is a useful addition to the squad and we may see more of him. I think Buckley could be a useful squad addition. Note choice of words: "useful" and "squad".
Pilkington - so in favour that Norwich rathered that he didn't come to the stadium on match days as part of squads during the second half of last season before (surprise, surprise) being sold to Cardiff. "He won't go there."Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
I wouldn't go down the route of reporting message board gossip as fact.
What's the "diaspora argument" exactly?Quote:
Originally Posted by TheOneWhoKnocks
Why do you have it in for Green and Cox? Did McCarthy have a "first choice"?Quote:
And since the late 90's, a miniscule amount of foreign born players outside of McGeady & McCarthy (and they shouldn't be lumped in with people like Green & Cox) have actually proven any better than Irish born players.
Eh? But what if he can make a difference? We should automatically ignore him because England never declared an interest? Why would the fact that a player isn't desired by the FA necessarily mean he can't prove a useful addition to our squad? Isn't St. Ledger a good example of an England-born player who's proved useful from recent times? Nobody's forcing us to select England-born players, nor are England-born players being selected for the sake of it and at the expense of better Ireland-born players; they'll be selected if they're eligible, willing and good enough to make a difference to the squad.Quote:
If a player doesn't have a hope of playing for them what difference are they going to make to us?
O'Leary has offered him free flights if he declares for us.
............ no hope now I guess.
Free flight yes, but has to pay for check-in bag, seat, priority boarding, credit card surcharge, glass of water, etc etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paddy Garcia
Lolz.
you have until the end of the day to find proof he was offered a chance - direct quotes from the player or manager - or you can have a day off to think about what you've doneQuote:
Originally Posted by the doc
Didn't Grealish actually say O'Neill didn't ask him to come along to the senior squad? Grealish said that he really appreciated the lack of pressure and that he appreciated how O'Neill respected the situation.
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Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Get real!
When was it again that you got your passport sorted to play for Ireland, Sean?Quote:
Originally Posted by the doc
You've been reading too many fairy tales......Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
And they all lived happily together again!
Sean?
Wrong!
I was born in Ireland!
OK, I'll play along... So when was it that Sean St. Ledger got his passport sorted to play for Ireland?Quote:
Originally Posted by the doc
I know my football and Sean St Ledger is no Jack Grealish, that's for sure!Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Have you seen Jacko play much?Quote:
Originally Posted by Predator
No doubt you will be cheering him on for England in the future.
Grealo = Much ado about nothing, another Daniel Nardiello, he will fade away quicker than a cheap T Shirt!
Lambo's only talking him up to divert attention away from his dreadful Villa team.
Every source I have read has stated that he turned down an invite to link up with the squad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-30578518.html
Grealish saying he and his dad wouldn't have appreciated O'Neill putting him on the spot, and he didn't so it was all fine and dandy and they respected O'Neill for that.
There's another quote from Grealish subsequent to the one above which suggests that O'Neill didn't formally invite him to join up and that O'Neill was very softly softly. I guess it's a question of semantics really. What's a formal invitation versus an informal one Blah blah blah? That's enough out there to suit any viewpoint if you want it to.
I'll see if I can dig up the subsequent quote.
Sounded to me as if O'Neill did broach the issue of him joining the senior squad but did so very softly softly.
There were no real quotes to support that Grealish would have been called up to that squad, except what one would infer from what both (Grealish and O'Neill) were stressing afterwards, namely the need for Grealish to take his time about senior intl commitments.