Maybe you'd like an infraction if you don't remove that post
King: "O'Neill didn't know I was Irish #clown"Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Maybe he didn't know who Noel King was
Article is online now: http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-30868412.html
This is the bit about the lack of contact from the FAI
The sidebar with the list of footballers with GAA roots is at the endAs I haven't played in a competitive international with the USA I'm still eligible to represent Ireland which would be amazing but since no one has ever approached me the question of me playing for the country has never arisen. I was born here (in St. Finbar's hospital on the South Douglas road) and I feel very proud of being Irish… we'll just have to wait and see what happens," he explains.
The FAI should really be keeping tabs on players. I read Dave Hannigan's book the Garrison Game before Christmas, and it was clear that before the Charlton days the FAI relied on journalists or family members letting them know a player was eligible.
Padraig Smith says Shane's preference is to play for Ireland. Interview with Dan McDonnell in the Indo here
http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-30881999.html
No direct quotes from Smith is a pity though but great to hear.
I think the other article is very indicative
No direct quotes from Smith is a pity though but great to hear.
I think the other article (www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/american-heart-irish-blood-team-usas-debt-to-gaa-30868412.html) is very interesting also. His father stating that getting the call-up for Ireland would be "a huge deal" and his mother's desire to return to Ireland are quite indicative of a willingness to accept a call-up. I am speculating here but it is possible that his parents see their long-term future in Ireland- it's not likely they envisage being 70+ year-old publicans tending to blotted 21 year-olds in the college town in which they currently operate.
I'd also restate the fact that the boys spent almost every single summer growing up in Ireland (I have been informed by a close first cousin). Add to this the fact that Shane was born in Ireland and has exclusively Irish blood, there are a few factors which point to a willingness to play for us but not willing to throw in his lot whilst he is being picked by the USA- I'd deem this fair enough. But, as it stands, we haven't called him up. I find this quite strange given that Conor Doyle received an Irish cap. Maybe the issue is that Doyle was at Derby in the Championship. That potential move to Middlesborough could move O'Neill another step closer.
Surely the issue is whether he is good enough for Ireland?
Hard to judge the ability of players in the MLS, playing for U21 is no guarantee of playing for the seniors, far from it.
Very valid point but the question arises because he hasn't been called up to our under-21's at all. If we use the recent drubbing of the USA as a rough barometer then O'Neill isn't worthy of a senior call-up yet. But why hasn't he been called up to our under-21's? Has there been resistence on his part to this or on the FAI's part? These are the questions that are providing cause for discussion, I think.
O'Neill is surely of the standard required for our under-21 side. That's the first step in all of this.
Isn't Shane is too old to be called up to the u21 squad? At least he's too old for the next u21 competitive squad.
Regardless, I can't see him getting a call up, unless he transfers to some european team.
Even you'd have to question the sanity of flying Robbie to and fro, a 14 hour flight, 8 hours time difference, just to be a bit part player, while his club was in the midst of a heavy league schedule.
He's 21 as of the 2nd of September last, having been born in 1993. Does that rule him out? I'd say it must.
called up for a training camp with the US senior team: http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2015...amp-roster-rel
there's a friendly against Panama at the end of the camp
What are the chances he'd reject a senior competitive fixture call-up for the US (men's national soccer team) on the basis he'd be holding out for a call from the Emerald Isle?
Hard to say, but it's the second time he's been called up for a training camp by the U.S., on the other hand he maintains there's been no contact from the FAI, so if nothing else at least the U.S.are making it clear they want him to play for them
It is fair to assume the FAI are aware of him, surely? Or might an e-mail be in order? He is reasonably high-profile and Padraig Smith has at least informal FAI connections, so you'd imagine he's on someone's radar at the FAI.
I'd say they are, at least Noel King has mentioned him. But O'Neill said in the interview last week that there was no contact from the FAI
Which is very, very strange. A quick look to Conor Doyle and Ryan Meara will show how strange it is.
I'd send an email just be on the safe side, it looks like a ****-up in the making.
If he is good enough for the USA he is good enough for us and we should be showing an interest.
In the US senior squad for friendlies with Chile and Panama.
Looks like we will get what we deserve.
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