Richard Stearman

[Deckydee]

Awaiting Mercenary comments......

[DannyInvincible]

It might make people appreciate Paul McShane and Darren O'Dea. Surely Stearman is behind those two, Keogh and Duffy in the pecking order, not to mention the incumbents like Sledge, O'Shea, Clark and Dunne. Good business for the passport office though.

Does he pass the gut test?

[Stuttgart88]

Not mine, no.

[waspdragon2013]

Doubt he will ever get a callk up

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Stearman's latest call me up plea.

http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/...-ireland-call/

This lad is barely good enough at Championship level let alone International level. There are literally over a dozen players I'd have ahead of him, even Richard Keogh.

[Charlie Darwin]

You have a bizarre definition of plea. He's on a pre-season tour of Ireland and was clearly asked, along with his manager, if he hopes to be called up. He's hardly going to say "no, I'm crap and I'm English anyway, **** the lot of you!"

[paul_oshea]

I liked that post, it made me laugh.

He could still just say "sorry i dont think I'm good enough, yet, or maybe never will be", goes back to my argument about players and their egos :P they certainly don't manage expectations very well on their knowledge islands.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Another one..

http://www.shropshirestar.com/sport/...eland-call-up/

The whole point of adding new blood in defence is that they are either an improvement on what you have or have an upward trajectory.

I would rather Hoban, Kiernan or Duffy were brought through. This lad looked dreadful when he played in the PL.

[Stuttgart88]

Adding mediocrity to the squad is not a solution to our mediocrity.

[tricky_colour]

Adding mediocrity to the squad is not a solution to our mediocrity.

It would certainly strengthen it.

[TrapAPony]

Double player of the year at Wolves..would give him a chance for sure.