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To my knowledge :Originally Posted by sean r
Mark Noble (West Ham)
Ciaran Clark(Aston Villa)
Hogan Ephraim (QPR)
Matt Kilgallon (Sunderland)
Anton Ferdinand (Sunderland)
Lewis McGugan (Notts Forest)
Kevin Nolan (Newcastle)
Kyle Naughton (Tottenham)
Gary O'Neil (Middlesbrough)
Phil Bardsley (Sunderland)
Gary McSheffrey (Coventry)
Darren Ambrose (Crystal Palace)
Kieron Cadogan (Crystal Palace)
Jonjo Shelvey (Liverpool)
Connor Wickham (Ipswich)
Andy Lonergan (Preston)
Zander Diamond (Aberdeen)
Adam Hammill (Barnsley)
Matt Connolly (QPR)
Jamie O'Hara (Tottenham)
Jim O'Brien (Barnsley)
Lukas Jutkiewicz (Coventry)
Simon Cox (West Brom)
Billy Mehmet (Genclerbirligi)
Barry Maguire (Utrecht)
Conor Doyle (Derby)
Dave Kitson (Portsmouth)
Last edited by TrapAPony; 25/09/2010 at 11:24 PM.
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from the mls: danny o rourke ciran o brian leighton o brian there are quite a few players in america that qualify for eire the fai should look over here i would say 15% of the mls can play for ireland thats a lot of players. the mls playes decent football not the hoofball played in the loi. and withthe success of the us national team in the wc it can sustain the national team. i feel the us are better than ireland now. let the mls develop the players for us then we approach them about playing for ireland. how bad can they be anyway>>
The US aren't so much better than us that their fringe players would be good enough for us. Besides, the US play a lot more games than we do so they tend to cap a lot more of their players. In any case, I don't think many Irish-Americans would choose us over the US, Joe Lapira being the truly bizarre exception.
How many of them are likely to play if approached?
You will see how interested they are when we qualify for a major tournment
Remember what Mick McCarthy said around the time we qualified for WC 2002?
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist thinks it will change; the realist adjusts the sails.
What was that?You will see how interested they are when we qualify for a major tournment
Remember what Mick McCarthy said around the time we qualified for WC 2002?
Its really not that complicated!!!
He said that now he was there he was going to enjoy himself.
Pity this guy isn't eligible for us. Decided not to represent Australia because he can't be arsed with the flying. He'll be very happy at a side like Scotland who never qualify for anything.
THE Socceroos appear certain to lose one of their brightest hopes - because no one from Football Federation Australia has bothered to contact him.
Only days after Australia's embarrassing 1-0 loss to Kuwait, the Socceroos face another bungle with Adelaide 17-year-old Bradden Inman revealing he is poised to choose Scotland as his national team.
The gun Newcastle United midfielder, a substitute for the Magpies' Premier League clash with Manchester City last month, is torn between loyalty to Australia and the opportunity to play with either Scotland or England.
His mother, Lorraine, was born in Scotland while the parents of his father were born in England, so he qualifies for all three nations.
Inman lived in Adelaide until he was 14 before shifting overseas on an under-15s scholarship with Newcastle.
He was called up to play for Scotland's under-19s national team 10 days ago ago and says while his childhood dream was to represent Australia, he had yet to hear anything from Socceroos scouts or officials.
"I did think if I can come over to Newcastle then the next step is to try to play for Australia," Inman said.
"But no one's been in contact with me or anything.
"My goals are playing for Newcastle's first team, and either playing for Scotland or Australia, maybe in a World Cup.
"At the minute playing for Scotland, it's a lot better.
"If you travel to Australia you've got to sit on a plane for 24 hours and you don't play matches that are as good.
"So, at the minute, it's Scotland."
Should Scotland select him as an under-21, it would lock Inman out of the Socceroos system.
More importantly,why would we want any of these nobodies to play for us.
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What does 'lock Inman out of the Socceroos system' mean? Have the rules changed again?Should Scotland select him as an under-21, it would lock Inman out of the Socceroos system.
just sounds like lazy journalism not knowing the rules
Its really not that complicated!!!
That's what I thought too. Seems that national team eligibility will forever be an enigma for some.
In regards to these 'group of nobodies', many on the list would be an asset now - O' Hara is a class midfielder, while Clark and Cadogan are possible stars of the future. With a population of about 4 million, we need players who can add to our depth.
Jonjo Shelvey is the next Lampard. Have you ever seen him play?
So are Gibson and Conor Clifford. Dude's got more progeny than Casanova.
I mean Shelvey is a great prospect but that's it.
Connolly was called into an U19 squad, and pulled out. A few months later he played for England U19s
O'Brien played with us until U21 level and recently changed his allegiance to his native Scotland
Played with the U21s, has he changed allegiances?
The fact that some have already played for other countries, others have declared they never want to play for us and some have shown nothing but contempt for the jersey wouldnt bother you?
Irish fans dont really care who plays for us its embarrassing.
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but some e.g. Simon Cox have said they would like to play for us. It's worth checking out everyone available.
There was a report in one of the tabloids (linked on BBC's gossip page I think) that Mehmet might be thinking about "declaring" for Turkey now that he's living there.
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In what way does Wickham qualify for ROI (genuine question)?
Apparently he's not interested in representing ROI:
http://foot.ie/threads/32920-Reading...ghlight=Kitson
Though if you wait a week, he might reconsider (see post #80)...
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