He is eligible to play for us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irish_Praha
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He is eligible to play for us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irish_Praha
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cox starts up front for west brom against qpr on sky tonite
Call this boy up now! I'd hate us to lose out on him (a la Tim Cahill). Could be a real prospect!
http://www.skysports.com/football/ma...203880,00.html
Two fantastic goals from him also. Two beauties!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXlIN...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy0YuNuPrhw
Yeah, I know :mad::mad::mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by Scooby Doo
Cox took his goal well but Kiely made a couple of top class saves, for a 39 year old he's still a great shot stopper
He's playing well but It'll take time to convince me of him, lets not forget he was deemed behind Shane Long, Noel Hunt and Dave Mooney at Reading, 3 strikers who probably aren't good enough for us.
A younger, slimmer Lee Trundle? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Scooby Doo
Did Aldo ever scored goals like that?
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Originally Posted by Murfinator
Bit of a mute point considering where Reading are at the moment and how these players careers are developing i.e. his star is rising while Hunt is out injured, Long dosent seem to be progressing and Mooney is playing League One on loan with Charlton while Cox is scoring regularly and chasing promotion to the Premiership
He's still only 22 and is making all the right noises. Why not give him a try?
Still, being a Reading reject doesn't exactly fill me with confidence. He might be hitting above his paygrade at the moment a la john makin.
caught the game on Setanta last night. First time i seen him in action but theres something about this player. His technique is excellent and cerny made a few good saves from him, one in particular just before the goal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Murfinator
Saw the game myself & I'd have to agree with you. Trap shouldQuote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
definitely get this guy on board for the next friendly.
He has a good goals/game ratio at all his clubs. Is only 22 also.Quote:
Originally Posted by Murfinator
http://www.eleven-a-side.com/boysing...ws.asp?n=37862
http://www.sundaymercury.net/midland...6331-25562676/
Birmingham City forward Gary McSheffrey hopes to make a belated entry to the Republic of Ireland international set-up – as he believes he’s more Irish than some of Giovanni Trapattoni’s current squad.
McSheffrey comes from solid Irish roots, with his father and three grandparents all coming from these shores.
The 27-year-old represented England at under-21 level but under newly-constituted Fifa regulations, but whereas previously the change of nationality needed to be declared before the age of 21, players of any age can now switch allegiances once they have not played a senior international.
McSheffrey’s fourth grandparent is Scottish, meaning he also qualifies for the Tartan Army, and he hopes he still has an international future with either country.
The former Coventry City star told the Sunday Mercury: “My old man is Irish and I’ve got three Irish grandparents. I’m probably more Irish than some of the players in the current squad. My mum’s mum is also Scottish.
“It’s up to them whether they want me. It would be nice to be given the chance to play international football and I’d definitely consider it if I were given the opportunity.
“The rule has changed. Before I used to have to declare myself but I thought that it would just be arrogant to declare myself to a country that hadn’t shown any interest in me.
“I see the case being that if somebody does their homework and sees that I’m capable of adding to their squad then I’d be asked. I don’t think I can comment until the opportunity is there.”
McSheffrey has started just one Barclays Premier League game for Birmingham this season and has been linked with a move away from St Andrews before the end of the January transfer window.
That's brilliant! Just to point out how Irish he is he says that his mum's mum is also Scottish. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Deckydee
There's nothing arrogant in declaring your nationality? He was sitting on the fence morelike.......
More like pimping his nationality. He can't get his game at Birmingham so he's hoping that getting called up to an international squad will get him a move at club level.Quote:
Originally Posted by Junior
Exactly. You say Tomato, I say........ I was being facetious.Quote:
Originally Posted by ifk101
I'm almost certain I read before that he threw his hat in with Scotland..
yep he said the same thing about three years ago i think at the time i heard he can play for wales aswellQuote:
Originally Posted by dr_peepee
At the moment he is not playing well enough for the Isle of Mann:p
Funny how he wasnt (and certain others who recently have shown an interest) declaring for us during the Stan era. Surely hes not just attempting to jump on the bandwagon of a team on the up. :eek:
Anyone here have any ''inside'' info as to whether O'Hara, Nolan, Noble, Naughton etc. are any way near to declaring for us or not??
In fairness we didn't miss out on Cahill, he played for American Samoa while he was playing junior football in Australia, it would have been some pretty impressive scouting to have seen him then! He tried to play for us but FIFA said no in 2002, then they changed some rule to allow him play for Australia - something to do with the Pacific Islands territories being linked to Australia and New Zealand, not sure exactly what. I am the first to criticize the FAI but this one was not their fault.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scooby Doo
As for McSheffery? Not a chance, exact same as Jon Macken and Jon Goodman, would make no impact what so ever.
Anyone know what happened to that young guy from Montserrat? Think he plays for Udine , grandson of an Irish nun or something
it was a hoaxQuote:
Originally Posted by Brendan 82
The grandson of a hoax. Where is the Irish connection.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
I think we need to look at Simon Cox because we are really over relying on Keane
Darren Ambrose- as he is a free scoring midfielder for a below par palace team. We need to get more goals from midfield.
O 'Hara- Talented with prem exp and can play in a few different roles.
Matthew Kilgallon - will be back in the premiership next year and had bags of games for a young defender 23/24 – Dunne is not getting any younger.
I would like to get a young at John Joe Shelvey but I don’t think he is interested.
is shelvey an irish surname? i heard about that guy but i wonder maby overhyped.
Have to say I’m totally against all these players wanting to play for us now! I hate the granny rule and I firmly believe that anyone who plays for the republic should have either (a) been born in this country (b) full Irish citizen after living here for 5 years
No players shud be playing for Ireland through parents, grandparents and great grandparents. Ledger, Kilbane, McGeady and the likes should play for their countries e.g. Scotland and England!
Tell me you're joking. You hate the granny rule yet you are quite content for a Brazilian living in Dublin for 5 years to play for Ireland.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Scientist
Naughton may be going back on loan to Sheff Utd.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...purs-loan.html
Scientist, when Waterford sign a foreign national who is good enough to play for Ireland and pay him enough to stop bigger clubs overseas poaching him and manage to hold on to him for 5 years then we can talk, until then I suggest you get out your history books and read about the pre-Celtic Tiger days of mass emmigration from the country.
what i mean by full irish citizen is they are extended family who are irish but the person in question must have lived here for 5 years. simple as!!
as for your history books, tough ****!
How is an international standard footballer going to live in Ireland for 5 years? Should he commute from Waterford to London, Manchester etc.. in order to earn a living?
I should know better than to get into this but it's about the third time in the last month that one of these threads has been hi-jacked by bigot brigade and it's starting to wear thin
So what you're saying in effect is that players such as St. Ledger, Kilbane, McGeady etc can't be Irish despite the fact that they have extended Irish family, but that they can become Irish if they have lived in Ireland for 5 years, but only because they have extended Irish family!Quote:
Originally Posted by The Scientist
Are you for real??????
Thats a bit of a tongue twister there red :D
Right Scientist....just say for example and seeing as like me you're from Waterford, Noel Hunt, Stephen Hunt, John O'Shea and Jim Beglin - who all live in England and just say have kids who are good enough to play international football but who are born and raised in England because of their father's career then they should play for England................Some hope
Exactly......but hey it ain't my theory!!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
If Stephen Hunt and Noel Hunt have a kid together you'd be lucky to get a half decent player.Quote:
Originally Posted by greendeiseboy