Keith Gillespie joins Glentoran

**Lionel Ritchie** · 17/08/2009, 1:08 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Playng in the IL hasb't stopped others from being called up. Alaan Mannus is with Rovers now, and still got called up

Call ups to NI squads for players in the IL or LOI tend to be as a weapon of last resort do they not. That's not meant to be a slight on my part toward either league or their clubs.

Originally Posted by Dodge

Lionel's post implied that his NI career was over because he signed for Glentoran. Thats isn't the case.

Its over because there are better options around

Nothing to do with the Glens or any other IL club per se. If I implied his international career was over then it's because in the first post on this thread his international manager is quoted as saying the move won't help his prospects.

If he couldn't get a club in the entire English league -where he'd have been far more likely to find a club able to pay him a grand a week without enlisting a cab company (I'd say there are clubs in the blue square who could've come up with that ...again no disrespect intended to the IL clubs) that would tend to indicate that he just doesn't bring that much to the party anymore to justify the expense.