Cheers for the positive words y'all!
No luck with two email addresses through which I tried to get in touch with Samuel. I suppose it's handy for one who spouts so much crap to be uncontactable.
Instead, I've emailed the general editorial email address. And their corrections department; they deal with concerns over accuracy.
This could escalate. Oh wait, we want this one to escalate. Danno Danno Danno.
Paul Scholes has his say.
Maybe Scholesy would have been better off choosing Ireland. He wouldn't have been shafted out to the left wing to accommodate Gerrard and Lampard! We would have probably qualified as much as England if we had him too! Imagine, Keane and Scholes our centre midfield, Jayney.Originally Posted by Paul Scholes
Jack Grealish warned by Aston Villa boss Tim Sherwood
Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish has been warned about his off-field behaviour after he was photographed apparently taking nitrous oxide.
Year-old pictures of Grealish, 19, seeming to take the legal high - known as laughing gas - from a balloon were printed in a newspaper on Thursday.
"I spoke to Jack first thing this morning as he came in," said manager Tim Sherwood.
"I explained to him his behaviour can't be tolerated."
Similar pictures of Liverpool winger Raheem Sterling and West Brom striker Saido Berahino have also emerged in recent weeks.
"We can't condone that behaviour," Sherwood said of Grealish, who has not been fined for the incident.
"He is now in a responsible position as a professional footballer, he's got to make sure it won't happen again, he's assured me it won't.
"But, as I said about Raheem last week, he's a young man, he was even younger a year earlier when the picture was taken."
The Villa academy product has made 18 first-team appearances and was involved in both goals in their 2-1 win over Liverpool in the FA Cup semi final on Sunday.
Grealish, who qualifies to play for both England and the Republic of Ireland, is set to be included in the squad for Saturday's Premier League game with Manchester City.
And Sherwood says the recent off-field attention will be a learning curve for the Birmingham-born teenager.
"I'm not worried. To be honest there is only one form of discipline - that's self-discipline. That's what really matters," added the Villa boss.
"Jack has to take that on board now. This is an eye-opener for him, he has to realise he has to be very careful who he can trust out there."
Ha, surprisingly, the corrections team have sent me a very cordial reply to inform me they've forwarded my email on to Samuel.
Gerrard, Rooney and Carragher could have played for us too. As could Rio Ferdinand. There may even be a few that we don't know about that could have played for us.
Alot of their "golden generation" may have done better at tournaments if they were away from the madness of the English media.
Carragher is another that would been better off.
Scholes grandparents are in Letterkenny as far as I'm aware but I've never heard of him visiting or being in around the town. Grealish seems to have a much stronger connection than Scholes has had.
the thought of that scummer in an Irish jersey sickens me.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
Exactly. Which is precisely the argument that Danny makes so well about varying degrees of nationality and making your own decisions based on how you feel.
PS - Rio Ferdinand was another who could have played for us and he used to come over to visit his family here quite regularly when he was with Leeds. I seen him and his personalized number plate quite a few times in some of my old haunts. (I presumed he took the ferry once and left a car over here?)
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
Why? Carragher always seemed alright.
My neighbors were Irish father and English mother with children raised in Ireland. The extended family members on the mother's side came to Ireland every summer; very much English. They said they were in the Leyton Orient youth team but they were pretty sh*t at football so I took it with a pinch of salt.
Apropos of nothing.
He talked openly about getting some old school pals to commit grievous bodily harm against Lucas Neill when he was shopping in Liverpool city center.
Neill was "spared" an assault because David Thompson was with him and Carragher didn't want him to be a witness to it.
Charming character.
That sounds completely out of character. I'm sure they just wanted to have a friendly chat.
I wouldn't be mad about Liverpool by any means, okay I can't stand them, but I always liked Carragher. Super player and seems like an honest, down to earth sort. Very Roy Keane-like with his intolerance for excuses which I find refreshing. Himself and the Dunney Monster could have been great
I've always thought Carragher was alright. More info on the Neill matter here, although I sense Carragher must have been using some poetic licence to stir controversy for the promotion of his autobiography: http://www.thespoiler.co.uk/2008/09/...ill-assaulted/
Was just about the post the same thing. Predictably, not exactly as TOWK reported it, where he implied that Carragher premeditatedly set about organising the assault.
He was a good player alright, one we could have done with but as set out by the others his off field behavior was very questionable.I wouldn't be mad about Liverpool by any means, okay I can't stand them, but I always liked Carragher. Super player and seems like an honest, down to earth sort. Very Roy Keane-like with his intolerance for excuses which I find refreshing. Himself and the Dunney Monster could have been great
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
in fairness DeL...
Terry Darracott, a Scouser, appealed to one of my friends to call the boys off. I agreed
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
It seems he never gave the go ahead though, either initially or when his friends came across him in the city centre. That's hardly the same thing as "getting some old school pals to commit grievous bodily harm against Lucas Neil". Sounds like a bit of a non-story to me. There was nothing overly "charming" about the leg breaking tackle either... not that it deserved 'off the field' retribution.
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