Originally Posted by
Jicked
It's not sad, it's completely sensible. John O'Shea has played how many hundreds of games for Mancheter United in the Premier League, Champions League and how many caps in big games for Ireland? He's about to play in a Champions League final and has Alex Ferguson talking about him being one of their best players this year.
Sean St Ledger has shown terrific promise in the Championship, never played a premier league game, faced premier league quality opponents a handful of times, and yet you think he should be in contention to start ahead of O'Shea and start switching around a rather good looking back four?
Like I said in the Owen Coyle thread, there shouldn't be any rush to throw inexperienced players in to the mix, let them develop at club level and gain experience before asking them to step up to the pressure-cooker that is international football. After a season or two of experience against top players in the Premier League then come back and say he should be getting a game for Ireland.