Jamie O'Hara

[sean r]

it benefited france and holland the french can take players from the carribean and holland can get players from surinam. ruud guillet and edgar davis and jimmyfloud hassibank ect were born outside of holland. if a player is good enough he should be picked period. nocho novo can playfor scotland now he should be picked. if a player can play for us pick him end of story

[hoops1]

Well I see the Irish team and playing for the country as the greatest honour a footballer can get. Just because you play a game or two for somebodies first team,cant get a game for England or happen to qualify through some relative you never met shouldnt be enough. O Hara and Ireland for that matter have done nothing but insult the football people of this country, Kitson has said numerous times he not Irish and doesnt want to play for us, Ferdinand is 100% English, Yet people here still talk about them for the country. I could go through 3/4 of the list but havent the time or energy. Some people actually think there is more to the Irish team than picking these rejects. No pride or self respect.

[sean r]

is clinton morrison irish? or matt holland? did clinton have a come get me plea to sven? i dont like it either i know the national anthem of ireland and can speak some irish too and would give my right arm to play for eire and to see some english guy play for us who has no connection to eire does bother me but it is football and if uefa allow this rule then we shoud exploit it. i dont think a passport should be givin unless you know something abiut the country. but to win a football match we neede to pick anyone who can play for us no matter where they were born.

[hoops1]

Your missing the point fella its not an Irish, English thing. Its chasing after very average players or players who think playing for Ireland is either a joke,a hassle or a career move.

[Dodge]

As John 83 said, you will have to register their births. My daugher was born in Japan but is automatically an Irish citizen due to me being born in Ireland. If she has children in the future, she'll have to register them for citizenship (if they're born outside Ireland of course). Interestingly, as long as they are registered before they themselves have children, they can also register those children as Irish citizens. It could theoretically go on generation after generation.

Side note but Alaistiar Cragg qualifies to run for Ireland under this. Think the last person born in ireland was 4/5 generations before him.

[geysir]

I have never seen exactly how Bruce qualified for the FAI (nor why the FAI ever wanted him, for that matter!). But in any case, FIFA's Articles on Eligibility have been amended many times since his case, so any subsequent applicant must satisfy the criteria in force at the time of the application.

Was there any part of FIFA's statutes that you could see with even the slightest degree of exactement?
In any case, the eligibility criteria, that Alex Bruce qualified under, has not changed, i.e. having a parent /grandparent born in the territory of the association is still referred to as having a parent /grandparent born the territory of the association.

[gastric]

Could you elaborate on your point. Name the players who you think playing for Ireland is a joke, a hassle or career move. With the exception of Stephen Aston Villa who no one understands, I can't think of anyone who meets your so called criteria.

[Deckydee]

According to todays Star, Hogan Ephraim (like Ciaran Clarke) is set to declare.

As a QPR fan, I will tell you this, hes class!!

[SwanVsDalton]

If this happened where would you see him fitting into the squad Deckydee?

[AlaskaFox]

According to todays Star, Hogan Ephraim (like Ciaran Clarke) is set to declare.

As a QPR fan, I will tell you this, hes class!!

That the Irish or English Star? I wouldn't have too much faith in the English one.

[tetsujin1979]

That the Irish or English Star? I wouldn't have too much faith in the English one.

would you have more faith in the Irish Star?

[AlaskaFox]

would you have more faith in the Irish Star?

A small bit more, but not loads. The English one costs about 20p though, so they can hardly employ good journalists.

[irishfan86]

A small bit more, but not loads. The English one costs about 20p though, so they can hardly employ good journalists.

I wouldn't know much about their finances, but I reckon they get most of their money from advertising, not sales.

[John83]

I wouldn't know much about their finances, but I reckon they get most of their money from advertising, not sales.

The price of a newspaper rarely covers more than printing costs. Advertising is everything.

[TrapAPony]

Great to see these lads declaring. The more options we have the better.

[Charlie Darwin]

The price of a newspaper rarely covers more than printing costs. Advertising is everything.

Plus the English one sells in a country of 60 million as opposed to 5 million. And they don't pay VAT.

[elroy]

Cant say I know much about this guy, Hogan Ephraim. Anyone seen much of him play? What can of player is he?

[SkStu]

our resident QPR fan, deckydee, says he is class.

[irishfan86]

For a forward/winger his goal rate is very poor. Obviously players are more than simply their goals but 6 goals in over 100 league appearances is pretty woeful.

[AlaskaFox]

For a forward/winger his goal rate is very poor. Obviously players are more than simply their goals but 6 goals in over 100 league appearances is pretty woeful.

Could he be the Irish Heskey?