Keith Fahey

Hopefully there were people from Traps scouting team or Trap at the game today as well as the Preston game also. Supposedly St Ledger was outstanding again today. If Trap has had a look at Fahey and feels he can improve the squad he shoudl be called up. I would like to see Miller lose his place and somebody like Fahey come in and replace him.

hopefully he will get a call up for the nigeria friendly.

Could be interesting to see the likes of fahey, st ledger and lawrence play in this game.

Seriously Trap would want to be calling up Fahey. You can't possibly justify Liam Miller or even Garvan being in ahead of him. He's played an integral part of Birminghams promotion push and the fans really like him.

Clip here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=532MW0tYS7Y

Rated 8.9 on Skysports (joint top)

Edit

Rated 9.1 alone, second best is Phillips an Car on 8.0

Sign him up!!

I don't see any point in calling Keith Fahey into the squad for the Nigeria friendly. Trap will start Whelan/Gibson or Whelan/Andrews in the Bulgaria match, we need whoever is our central midfield pairing to get as much time together on the pitch as possible.

I'd like to see Rory Delap called in, I can see him being a good 70th minute sub for McGeady in Sofia.

I think people are saying that Fahey should be ahead of Miller not Whelan and Gibson so your point really does not make sense. Espeically then when you follow it up by saying that Delap should be called up to the squad. Added to this your nonsense on another thread about away tickets and you are pretty deluded.

Fahey had a very good game for Birmingham yesterday scoring the goal and making the second and also making another excellent chance for Philips.
The boy done well.

Originally Posted by NeilMcD

I think people are saying that Fahey should be ahead of Miller not Whelan and Gibson so your point really does not make sense. Espeically then when you follow it up by saying that Delap should be called up to the squad. Added to this your nonsense on another thread about away tickets and you are pretty deluded.

What's the point of calling him into the squad if he's not going to play?

The first few pages of this thread are hilarious to read now. "He's crap and will be back at pats by the end of the season" "not up to championship level" - by barstoolers who had never even seen him play. Us League of Ireland fans aren't delusional you know... When I saw Fahey play I knew he was absolute quality.

Originally Posted by youngirish

I would have McCann in well before the likes of Fahey as would most sane people.

Consider the choices, a 25 year old never will be who was deemed surplus to requirements at both Arsenal and Aston Villa who is unlikely to improve as he should now be close to this peak or a just turned 21 year old who is lighting up the Championship in England thus far with his appearances and could easily be playing in the Premiership by this stage next year.

MMmmmm let me see. Decisions, decisions.

Originally Posted by Ciaran
So he had two good games against Hertha, two games which not only did his side fail to win either but also failed to score. I don't think lavishing praise on an attacking midfielder who failed to achieve anything in his supposed peak performances is appropriate.

And regardless, at best he'll be a competent championship midfielder. i.e. the next Alan Quinn. Still has no business in the Ireland setup.

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Originally Posted by Ciaran
He's not going to score and I don't expect him to score anything in the championship this season.

He'll drop out of the first team before long, then when Birmingham get promoted he'll get offloaded on loan to some crappy SPL side where he'll continue to look awful before getting released on a free and rejoining pats.

(I think Ciaran has recently deleted these posts as I could only find it in other peoples quotes)

Originally Posted by Colbert Report

What's the point of calling him into the squad if he's not going to play?

What's the point in naming more than 14 players in a squad then? You pick what you think the best 23 players are for the squad, doesn't matter if they are going to play or not.

Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge

What's the point in naming more than 14 players in a squad then? You pick what you think the best 23 players are for the squad, doesn't matter if they are going to play or not.

From the interview I heard with him he was finding the step up at Birmingham tough enough in terms of fitness/pace of the game. No point bringing him into the Ireland squad at the mo and have him written off before he has had time to adjust to the higher level. Lets see how he gets on in the premiership.

As I see it he has played most of the games for Birmingham this season, and they are now a Premireship side now, that puts him a least on a parr with Whelan and Andrews, he certainnly looks good on the few clips I have seen of him, but obviously those are his 'best bits'.
Trap definately needs to call him up and get a look at him.

Also he had 475 posts about him!! Sign him up before someone discovers he has a grandma from Northern Ireland or something like that!!

Anyone who can do this must be worth a look!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPv-OIpsI1s

Goals don't get any better than that do they?

Originally Posted by Billsthoughts

From the interview I heard with him he was finding the step up at Birmingham tough enough in terms of fitness/pace of the game. No point bringing him into the Ireland squad at the mo and have him written off before he has had time to adjust to the higher level. Lets see how he gets on in the premiership.

He has been one of Birmingham's best players since he arrived there, playing out of position on the left. The quotes I have from him said he loved the training- mainly the step up of training with a higher quality player. If he has found it tough it certainly hasn't shown in his performances. A high Championship standard player is more than good enough for a squad place for an international side like us.

Regardless, this stuff is irrelevant to Colbert Report's post to which I was responding to.

Originally Posted by tricky_colour

As I see it he has played most of the games for Birmingham this season, and they are now a Premireship side now, that puts him a least on a parr with Whelan and Andrews, he certainnly looks good on the few clips I have seen of him, but obviously those are his 'best bits'.
Trap definately needs to call him up and get a look at him.

Also he had 475 posts about him!! Sign him up before someone discovers he has a grandma from Northern Ireland or something like that!!

Anyone who can do this must be worth a look!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPv-OIpsI1s

Goals don't get any better than that do they?

I don't think that NI can pick players using the "granny rule" unless theyre UK born.

Originally Posted by boovidge

I don't think that NI can pick players using the "granny rule" unless theyre UK born.

cant any team pick players using the granny rule?

No, they have to be citizens of the country. I think British citizenship only extends to parents whilst Irish citizenship, for obvious reasons, extends one generation further. As the "home nations" all have the same British citizenship they can pick players who have one or more english/welsh/scots/NIrish Grandparents as long as theyre British citizens. Although judging by this rant it's not always popular! http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/comment...6908-21331209/

I could be completely wrong here though!

Techniclly all you need is a British passport to play for Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland. However there is a gentemans agreement between these four nations that they do not pick players who would not qualify for them if they were four seperate countries.

The English guy can only play for Scotland because his grandparent is Scottish, however technically he could play for Wales or Northern Ireland, this would not happen as the four football authorities would be getting rid of their reason to exist.

As far as I know the granny rule is open to any team and if somebody has a grandparent from that country they can play for them.

Originally Posted by Buller

The first few pages of this thread are hilarious to read now. "He's crap and will be back at pats by the end of the season" "not up to championship level" - by barstoolers who had never even seen him play. Us League of Ireland fans aren't delusional you know... When I saw Fahey play I knew he was absolute quality.






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(I think Ciaran has recently deleted these posts as I could only find it in other peoples quotes)

The usual LOI fan's ill informed drivel resurfaces after a couple of good performances by Fahey in a Championship team. Yeah that's right he's the new Diego Maradona because he's scored a couple of goals for Birmingham in the English second tier. What a muppet. You'd think he was playing for United or Chelsea in the Champions League scoring goals. Ireland have a number of players in the Championship that have performed consistently better than Fahey in that same league over the past few months, most of whom are much younger and more likely to go onto bigger and better things but you're obviously too clueless to know anything about them because they didn't play in Richmond Park.

Let's see how brilliant Fahey does in the Premiership over the course of next season and then you can get back to me.

By the way hasn't McCann scored almost treble the number of goals this season than Fahey and isn't he 6 years younger and almost certain to be playing in the Premiership sooner rather than later with or without Burnley? You probably don't even know who he is though. I'll still take the safe bet on who's more likely to turn out to be the better player and end up a regular in the Ireland squad/team thanks very much.

I reckon you'd actually be better off sitting on a barstool as you'd save money and still be just as clueless.

Did you also believe Roy O'Donovan was going to be the next Thierry Henry a couple of seasons ago? Drag up the thread where I showed my misgivings about him and you can state how brilliant he's turned out to be while your looking through old posts claiming how knowledgable you are. I recall similar threads about Jason Byrne, Alan Bennett, George O'Callaghan, Daryl Murphy but I suppose the laws of probablility suggest you'll eventually get something right though I'm yet to be convinced it's your inflated opinion on Fahey relative to one of the best young midfielders in one of the best teams in the Championship.

Just to clarify I'm happy for Fahey to be looking good if not brilliant in the Championship over the past few months (he's played more than just one game you know) though LOI fans like you almost make me wish he wasn't.

P.S. How knowledgable about football can a man really be who doesn't know how to spell favourite?

If anyone's ill-informed, it's not people who actually attend football matches.

(Surely ignorance such as that should be cause for a ban? If you don't draw the line there, where do you draw it? Chimps?)

Originally Posted by youngirish

The usual LOI fan's ill informed drivel resurfaces after a couple of good performances by Fahey in a Championship team. Yeah that's right he's the new Diego Maradonna because he's scored a couple of goals for Birmingham in the English second tier. What a muppet. You'd think he was playing for United or Chelsea in the Champions League scoring goals. Ireland have a number of players in the Championship that have performed consistently better than Fahey in the Championship over the past few months, many much younger but you're obviously too clueless to know anyting about them because they didn't originate from the LOI.

Let's see how brilliant Fahey does in the Premiership over the course of next season and then you can get back to me.

By the way hasn't McCann scored almost treble the number of goals this season than Fahey and isn't he 6 years younger and almost certain to be playing in the Premiership sooner rather than later with or without Burnley? You probably don't even know who he is though. Let's see who turns out to be the better player.

I reckon you'd actually be better off sitting on a barstool as you'd save money and still be just as clueless.

Did you also believe Roy O'Donovan was going to be the next Thierry Henry a couple of seasons ago? Drag up the thread where I showed my misgivings about him and state how brilliant he's turned out to be while your looking through old posts.

Sure if in doubt insult the poster and call him names.

Not sure anybody said that Fahey was the next Diego Maradona so not sure what you are talkilng about there.

What most poster have said here is that Fahey is doing well and that he should be looked at by Trap and his scouts. I can't find any posts that were raving on about him as he was the next Diego Maradona.

Name the midfielders who have played better in the Championship than Fahey.

To compare Mc Canns goalscoring with Fahey's is stupid as Mc Cann has played more games. So its probably better to look at goals per game. In addition there is more to a midfielder than just scoring goals. Also what is wrong havin both McCann and Fahey in the squad. Its not an either or.

Finally our squad should not be divided into those with League of Ireland experience against those that do not. Whoever is good enough should be in the squad. Regardless of Faheys background but he looks like he is good enough to be in an Ireland squad over the next few months. Anybody who saw him week in week out in the LOI knew he was blessed with talent. We are now seein that at a consistantly higher level although he did stand out against Hertha Berlin in the Uefa Cup.

Is he a footballing genius, No, is he a talented footballer who is woth a look at in our squad, Yes.