Anthony Pilkington M Fleetwood Twn b.1988

**TrapAPony** · 17/12/2012, 1:22 AM

Bunn and Pilkington are good additions....Sean Morrison, Mark Noble and Kyle Naughton would also be nice, but maybe I am being greedy

**Grafter** · 17/12/2012, 2:03 AM

Originally Posted by TrapAPony

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!!!

**DannyInvincible** · 17/12/2012, 9:17 AM

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.

**peadar1987** · 17/12/2012, 9:49 AM

Originally Posted by DannyInvincible

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 with

**ArdeeBhoy** · 17/12/2012, 9:52 AM

Can't see why 'Ingerland' would want him anyway. He's good but not high-profile enough for their media/pundits/fans.

**DannyInvincible** · 17/12/2012, 9:54 AM

Originally Posted by peadar1987

Professional courtesy is the best I can come up with

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?

**DannyInvincible** · 17/12/2012, 9:58 AM

Originally Posted by ArdeeBhoy

Can't see why 'Ingerland' would want him anyway. He's good but not high-profile enough for their media/pundits/fans.

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.

**SkStu** · 17/12/2012, 11:00 AM

I, for one, was sh!tting it when I saw Steve Bull warming up to come on against us in Cagliari.

**Crosby87** · 17/12/2012, 11:29 AM

I think Pilk could be the next Ger Crossley. The Germans must be quaking.

**Bungle** · 17/12/2012, 11:38 AM

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.

**DannyInvincible** · 17/12/2012, 11:52 AM

Originally Posted by Crosby87

I think Pilk could be the next Ger Crossley.

In what sense?

**DannyInvincible** · 17/12/2012, 11:54 AM

Originally Posted by Bungle

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.

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.

**Charlie Darwin** · 29/12/2012, 2:19 PM

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."