What's Leon Best's connection with Ireland, by the way? He hasn't played much first-team stuff this season, has he?
His mother is Irish. She brought him to all his matches and would go with him everywhere to see him play football. He said she's a big influence on his life. AFAIK, his father is African so I don't see why he'd want to play for England.Originally Posted by Donal81
yer his mums from dublin. i dont think his father has had much of an influence on his life if you get my meaning. i can remember wen we were bout 13 and going back from a football match leon said "im half english, half irish, and half jamaican!"....lolya always knew he was gona b a footballer
if you check a previous thread, which i cannot be bothered to reasearch. when leon best withdrew from the irish squad the last time about a week later a friend of mine met him at a party and i got him to ask him wat the story was and it was because he was told that he wasn't going to be playing and southampton had a game or sumut like that so it was decided that it would benefit him more to stay where he wasQuote:
Originally Posted by FarBeag
Good man..You appear to know a lot of the boys, playing footie with Liam Lawrence and going to school with Leon Best.Do you know anyone else you could recommend?You must be handy enough yourself as i am sure you have picked up a few tricks.
Give the guy a break FarBeag. Some clown on this forum accused me of lying once. It's not nice when someone who you only know through a website thinks he knows anything about you or yours.
I was only complementing the chap and he tells me to shut up.If I called him a deluded gobsh*te(which i would'nt of course) then he could call me what he liked.I say fair play to the chap.Hope he can get in touch with Leon sometime and put us all out of our misery. SORRY LIVEHEAD.I won't doubt you again.
I wasn't massively impressed by Best on Friday night. He's obviously got something but you kind of think he should be doing more. Anyone agree?
In the same game Shane Supple was absolute class. A nervous start was followed by a really assured display of handling, excellent judgment and reading of situations, and one brilliant double save (albeit from a poor finish). And I'm not sure this guy even gets into the Irish squad in his age group (U19?).
I was thinking it might be better for the Ipswich lads if Ipswich don't get promoted this season, don't get me wrong, I'd love to see them back in the premiership, and I've no ill will towards Joe Royle at all, but if they got promoted, there would be the inevitable signings to try and keep them in the Premiership, which would only be a further obstacle for these young lads to overcome. There will still be signings if Ipswich stay in the Championship, but not as many, and not as high profile, giving them all a better chance of establishing themselves in the first team.
Agreed. And it also might be best for Leon Best if Southampton get relegated.
Agree with the points about Ipswitch staying in the Championship. I watched both legs of the FA Youth Final. Young Lordon from Cork took his goals well. Wasn't overly impressed by Best although his goal was taken excelently in the first leg. The player who impressed me in the first leg was Owen Garvan. He ran the show for Ipswich. Young Supple looks a real prospect.
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