https://twitter.com/_DeclanRice/stat...192120323?s=19
Hopefully if he misses Ronan so much he is going to arrange a get together in March.
Do you think Declan is beset by some good old fashioned Irish procrastinationon about this lingering question? If so, is that in our favour?
https://www.independent.ie/sport/soc...-37699081.html
Ah yes the "Evening standard" the man is so going to England its not even funny. His treatment of the people of Ireland has been a disgrace, even this tactical article to break us in slowly to his defection
Does anyone who is not in John Of Gods now think he is staying?
The brother is mentioned there. O'Neill said "the brothers" wanted him to play for us. Not sure if that's his uncles or own brothers.
As a committed John of Gods member, I hold out hope and am still leaning more towards him staying with us.
For every ambiguous comment, there are equally ambiguous suggestions that he might be coming to us (Walters interview). I don't know, I don't hate him for how this has shaken down. He's young, he's good and he has had his head turned by Gareth Southgate, manager of the country of his birth and the birth of his parents.
The main criticism I have here is over the behavior of Southgate on this case (as well as what seems to be his or the FA's greedy modus operandi of handing out call ups and caps to borderline players with dual eligibility). If I was to place some blame at Rice's feet it would be over his failure to say no to Southgate when he tapped his shoulder. It would have been far easier to say "no thanks, I have made my decision - check out these lovely green caps" at that point than it is now.
It's a London paper; he's from London; he plays for a London club. Settle.
I have no problem whatsoever with players who have dual nationality weighing up their options, because they have de facto dual loyalties. My main problem is that a player can do so after playing for the senior team. The fact that these caps came in friendly internationals may matter under the FIFA rules, but they matter little to me on principle. That said, I still hope that Rice decides to remain with us.His treatment of the people of Ireland has been a disgrace, even this tactical article to break us in slowly to his defection
Does anyone who is not in John Of Gods now think he is staying?
It looks like we're going to find out one way or the other soon.
Last edited by The Fly; 10/01/2019 at 3:28 PM.
I was quietly confident that he would stay with us and that this was all dragged out due to his contract negotiations ( better deal if he was with England and so on)
But the comments he made in the interview regarding ambitions cant go unnoticed
"As for now, I want to play at the top level throughout my career. I want to win trophies, even the Champions League. You have to be ambitious. If not, what's the point?"
Contracts done , really no excuse now for the indecision. I believe his brother initially wanted him to play for England then apparently had a change of heart (read that somewhere from an O’Neil quote)
"With regard to my international future, myself, my dad and my brother (Connor) have talked with Ireland coach Mick McCarthy and I’ve also spoken to Gareth Southgate.
Connor and Declan, his father must have very little influence. He'd have 3 more ireland caps by now anyway.
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I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
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