QuoteCall him up!Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
I think McCrea would be a welcome addition to Alliance, as I believe him to be a very able politician.
The Englishmen came over in the year 2005
But little did they know that we'd planned a wee surprise
Sir David scored the winner, and Windsor Park went wild
And this is what we sang...
Call him up!
Ok, you're on, if no one else is brave enough to take you up on that Charlie, then I will.
If Alex has given up on the dream then what hope is left for the rest.
Ooh, juicy... Ryan McLaughlin maybe?
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
Hopefully. He'd be the more highly rated player.
In relation to Rory Donnelly, does anyone have any update on his progress with Swansea? I know he's yet to feature for the first team, so I presume he's playing for the reserves,...or is out on loan perhaps?
Could it be NB Junior seeing the light? Interesting conversation between him and his old man!
As far as I know he has played in a League cup match or two for the first team and was on the bench a few weeks back for the match against Arsenal IIRC. Has been playing plenty of games for the reserves and has been scoring goals. Its the first I have heard about him thinking of switching like but It could still be true I guess.
Today's Daily Star carried words from Sean Scannell in which he stated he's giving his all to becoming a senior Irish international to make his father proud. He almost went as far as to call NI a last resort should he fail to win a competitive cap for Ireland by 30.
Hoping that the tweet refers to a fresher story i.e. Donnelly or McLaughlin.
He made the Swansea bench for their 2-0 win over Arsenal in Premiership few weeks back
"We lost because we didn't win"- Ronaldo
Just happened to see Ryan McLaughlin play in the NextStars Tournament in Singapore this morning. As this could be the big news tomorrow I just thought I would post this review here.
Liverpool played Singapore on a synthetic pitch in hot and humid conditions. While the commentators mentioned McLaughlin as having being called up to the senior NI squad, I could not identify him in the first half as he was pretty anonymous.
In the second half, he was much more involved, straight from the kick off. In terms of style, he is very much an attacking right back who hangs around the sideline and his positional play is very good. His control, physical build and speed make him intimidating going forward and he should have been awarded a penalty towards the end of the game. He is like a bigger Seamus Coleman in many ways. In terms of his defence, it was hard to analyse as Singapore really didn't go forward a lot, however on one occasion, he kicked at the ball when aerial pressure would have probably been a better option, leading to Singapore getting a shot at goal. He certainly isn't the finished article, but I can see why O'Neill called him up and if he joins us, he could be a great asset in the future.
Like a muppet i just bought the star no mention of anyone coming into the light not happy still it is a great paper for irish/youth football especially monday and tuesday class supplements
Well that was a bit of a let-down.
So, the "revelation" related to Scannell, who's long been committed to us? What an anti-climax...
O'Neill's interest in him has been known for quite some time, but the hypocrisy of denouncing FAI activities whilst taking no issue with the IFA chasing after a player who last played for an FAI team at the end of July continues to be missed by most on OWC by the looks of things.
Yes, but what's new?
Hypocrisy is their 'middle' name...
Northern 'Hypocrisy' Ireland?
Metaphorically, speaking.
Though more the fault of the IFA.
I've a bit of time on my hands this afternoon (and have thon oul' axe to grind), so why not?...
Here were some OWC attempts to rationalise, justify and differentiate from FAI activity Michael O'Neill's interest in Scannell in response to this post from what I suspect to be a sockpuppet account:
A nice, broad mix of intolerance, self-righteousness, naivety, ignorance, inaccuracy and denial...Have to say..this is embarrassing! The press have caught Michael O' Neill & the IFA doing exactly what we accuse the beggars of doing.
Yes, we should definitely take a high moral stand and watch while our team deteriorates.
FIFA isn't going to change the rules becasue of our moral outrage so we need to exploit them the way other countries are doing, but at the same time try to ensure we don't use absolute mercenaries who will drop us when a better offer comes along. Not easy to do, I know, but that's the sh*t sandwich we've been presented with so we may as well put the napkin on and get on with it.
ps are you actually a NI supporter? I don't recall you ever having anything good to say about the team. Everything you say seems slanted towards putting us down in a completely unbalanced way.Taking players that only qualify for us because they have the right 'political aspiration'?We're not doing exactly the same thing that the ROI are doing. They're trying to pinch players who have no connection to them whatsoever, we're talking to players who have lineage to Northern Ireland. IMHO that's a pretty significant difference.Plus we're not singling out the players to talk to on account of their religion rather than their talent, nor are we talking to players who are currently in their full international squad.We also will give those who are with us a good crack at an international career. It seems the FAI are just collecting NI players like Papa Lazarou collects wives with no intention of playing them, regardless of ability or experience.
Scannell is what, 10th or 11th choice winger for us and he's telling the North to get back to him when he's 30? Those quotes aren't the greatest straws I've ever seen but an enthusiastic clutching motion presents a dash of charm to proceedings. I've added an extra half a star for the well executed 'are you really one of us?' subplot which I felt conveyed plausible distrust and injected an unexpected layer of tension into proceedings. Although their appearance was brief, I am keen to discover what else transpires with the 'embarrassed' character. Is he/she really what they appear to be? Are they really that bashful? Is it worth examining their previous dialogue for evidence of a disparaging gradient? So much to consider.
DI, The 'P'-word is not just for Christmas...
OWC. The joke that keeps on giving. Merry Christmas.
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