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    Quote Originally Posted by John83 View Post
    Westwood has a senior cap. He's tied.
    He's not.

    It wasn't a competitive match.

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    Quote Originally Posted by joema View Post
    He's not.

    It wasn't a competitive match.
    I thought they'd gotten rid of that poxy loophole.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John83 View Post
    I thought they'd gotten rid of that poxy loophole.
    No just look at last few posts, re Jermain Jones...

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    Great article on this issue in the tribune today. Basically we want the Seamu McDonaghs but we dont want the Bernie Slavens who hoped Ireland got beaten against Romania so he could go home to Middlesbrough

    http://www.tribune.ie/sport/other-sp...for-a-seamus-/
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cymro View Post
    I meant that his name was just about as un-German as they come.
    It's about as un-German as Selcuk Tidim is un-Irish, but nationality is more than your name.
    Extratime.ie

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    Abri o portão de ouro, da maquina do tempo.

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    WHich provokes me to ask just for the fun of it pick a world 11 of players who did not play for Ireland but had really irish sounding names.
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    Quote Originally Posted by joema View Post
    He's not.

    It wasn't a competitive match.
    I read a report somewhere over the weekend that was still saying a senior match ties you but from having a nosey on the web it seems to me that it has to be an 'A Category' senior game which would mean a competitive game. There does seem to be some confusion though, is anyone 100% sure on what the rule is?

    If it's competitive games and Westwood's not tied it raises questions again about the way that Dean Kiely thing v Nigeria was handled.

    Jamie O'Hara said over the weekend he'd issues with comments that Don Givens had made about him a while ago and wouldn't be declaring for us anyway. Not exactly sure what Givens had said though....

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    Quote Originally Posted by NeilMcD View Post
    WHich provokes me to ask just for the fun of it pick a world 11 of players who did not play for Ireland but had really irish sounding names.
    Completely O/T but during the gaa/afl series a few years back I claimed to an Aussie mate that Michael O'Loughlin (from the Sydney Swans) must be Irish "with a name like that"
    It took him half an hour to stop laughing, when he did all he could say was "You pikeys would shag anything"
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_O%27Loughlin

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    Quote Originally Posted by Drumcondra 69er View Post

    Jamie O'Hara said over the weekend he'd issues with comments that Don Givens had made about him a while ago and wouldn't be declaring for us anyway. Not exactly sure what Givens had said though....
    If you Google "Jamie O'Hara" + "Don Givens", this report from Feb.08 comes up:


    http://www.setanta.com/en/Sport/News...-Ireland-link/

    Republic of Ireland under-21 manager Don Givens insists that Jamie O’Hara was not considered for his squad as he had shown insufficient commitment to the green jersey.

    Tottenham midfielder O’Hara was named in the England squad to take on Ireland at St Marys, Southampton on Tuesday for the European Championship qualifier between the two sides.

    However, the 21-year-old’s parents are from Wicklow, and it was believed that he would have welcomed an Ireland call-up.

    Nonetheless, Givens insisted that the player was always more likely to opt for England if given a choice between the two.

    “We had him watched [at Millwall] and there was contact, but he was never really committed to us,” Givens insisted.

    “He was hesitating and we felt that he was keeping his options open.”


    P.S. Is it correct that both O'Hara's parents are from Wicklow? If so, does anyone know why it is said he is also eligible for NI? Grandparent?

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    Is that true about Slaven? What a cnut.

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    According to the article its in his book so seems pretty true. I would think that Hannigan is pretty reliable could be wrong.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NeilMcD View Post
    According to the article its in his book so seems pretty true. I would think that Hannigan is pretty reliable could be wrong.
    I wouldn't mind but his first book had an Irish crest on it alongside the boro crest, think it was a pretty poor cash in when he retired, he's had another few books out since then on the ex footballers circut.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stuttgart88 View Post
    Is that true about Slaven? What a cnut.
    Indeed!
    The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist thinks it will change; the realist adjusts the sails.

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    Good job he didn't take a peno.

    "Slaven steps up, a nation holds its breath.......oh, he's ballooned it over"

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    just to add that we foreign born Irish are a mixed up bunch.out of the 3 of us born to tipp and cork parents 1 is totally Irish and into Irish things-me, 1 is half Irish half english-me brother and the 3rd is purely english-me sister.all had exactly the same upbringing and holidays and all the other connections here and back in Ireland.this of course doesnt mean that either of them wouldnt be delighted as well to have a child grace a Ireland shirt one day.
    similarly a mate of mine at work has only begun to 'feel' Irish in the last 5 or 6 years.his folks are from cavan and it wasnt until his late 30's he threw away his england gear and got himself a cavan top and a london irish tattoo.
    so you see it takes many forms and you cant simply dismiss someone for being plastic or not being Irish.i'd ask people who do this to check out the bit in the constitution dedicated to us...

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    The Tribune Article says one grandparent from Ireland, Setanta says parents are from Wicklow. Irrespective, read his quotes, this guy is as English as they come and good luck to him, he's made his decision, we should move on.

    International football is already scoffed at by many fans of club football, this type of rubbish, whore'ing your country around to any guy who cant get a game for his 'chosen' country is embarassing and imo devalues the committment the likes of Breen, Kilbane etal have made in their careers. Not in my eyes, but in the eyes of the footballing public (if you get what I mean?).
    I thought you were off the drink Ronnie?

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    Seems the North must have made contact with him as well...

    http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sp...-14336233.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by dodgycanadian View Post
    Seems the North must have made contact with him as well...

    http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sp...-14336233.html
    Worthington's policy seems to be to cast his net as widely as possible - all ages, levels, backgrounds and locations etc.

    He's undoubtedly made contact with O'Hara, so we may assume he is correct when he says O'Hara is not interested in either Irish team.

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    Quote Originally Posted by donnymark View Post
    just to add that we foreign born Irish are a mixed up bunch.out of the 3 of us born to tipp and cork parents 1 is totally Irish and into Irish things-me, 1 is half Irish half english-me brother and the 3rd is purely english-me sister.all had exactly the same upbringing and holidays and all the other connections here and back in Ireland.this of course doesnt mean that either of them wouldnt be delighted as well to have a child grace a Ireland shirt one day.
    similarly a mate of mine at work has only begun to 'feel' Irish in the last 5 or 6 years.his folks are from cavan and it wasnt until his late 30's he threw away his england gear and got himself a cavan top and a london irish tattoo.
    so you see it takes many forms and you cant simply dismiss someone for being plastic or not being Irish.i'd ask people who do this to check out the bit in the constitution dedicated to us...

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