Staunton & FAI insult to eL players

**MariborKev** · 07/10/2006, 9:58 PM

Originally Posted by Billy Lord

What goes around, comes around. Tonight's result was the culmination of 30-odd years hoping that British clubs would provide us with internationals while Irish football just curled up and died.
Maybe someone, somewhere, with a brain and some imagination will realise that we need to develop the game at home to provide the national team with any hope of a sustainable future rather than hoping for a few decent players to grow from the weeds here at home and get plucked by British clubs.

That would be logical conclusion to the situation we find ourselves in.

However with the FAI in charge.........

**pete** · 07/10/2006, 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge

But maybe the stars are p�ssed off that they have Stan as manager. They are all used to management of very high quality. Maybe they are simply fed up with Stan and couldn't be arsed giving their all under Stan.

Some sections of the media feed up the line that the players were also feedup with Kerr...

**DmanDmythDledge** · 07/10/2006, 10:02 PM

Originally Posted by pete

Some sections of the media feed up the line that the players were also feedup with Kerr...

Did they(the media) give any suggestion as to why this was?

**Dodge** · 07/10/2006, 10:04 PM

Originally Posted by pete

Some sections of the media feed up the line that the players were also feedup with Kerr...

One of them now works with the FAi.

Obviously a coincidence though...

**Jaime** · 07/10/2006, 10:06 PM

I don't doubt that they were fed up with Kerr. They are overpaid, overrated mercenaies; they will be fed up with any manager who tries to push them (not saying Staunton does)

**onceahoop** · 07/10/2006, 10:39 PM

Mea Culpa Mea Culpa I believed in the policy of building for the future and leaving Carsley out. How wrong I was, even though I don't think his inclusion would have changed the result ( MAYBE THE SCORELINE). The players were a disgrace. O'Brien and Kilbane should never play again and if they have to they should give the performances of their careers in atonement. O'Shea and Finnan weren't far behind. A back four of Premiersh1t players plus Keane, Kilbane, Duff and morrissin plus the acclamed McGeady and Ireland were wiped out by a team 100 and something in the world. I know we were missing 9 players through but the players have to look at themselves in the miror and the manager has to ask himself if his policy is right. If thay don't I fear for us on Wednesday against the Czechs

**exiled_gufc_fan** · 07/10/2006, 11:00 PM

Was listening to both RTE Radio 1 and TV3 analysis at half time. The eircom league managers on Radio 1 were a lot shrewder in their analysis than the 'lets avoid the obvious' boys on TV3. One station had successful managers, the others international has-beens, two of whom failed as managers.

**joema** · 07/10/2006, 11:11 PM

Originally Posted by Rogue Trader

The Cork lad Gamble should have been in the squad

He should have been in the team

**kdjaC** · 07/10/2006, 11:24 PM

Oh ffs please name one player who would ahve been better than his fully professional opposite in that team tonight.

Seriously ...is there ONE EL player who is actually better than what was on the pitch tonight??

kdjac

**Soper** · 07/10/2006, 11:26 PM

Yes, there is.No point me saying though as you seem to have already set your opinion in stone.

**joema** · 07/10/2006, 11:31 PM

Originally Posted by kdjaC

Oh ffs please name one player who would ahve been better than his fully professional opposite in that team tonight.

Seriously ...is there ONE EL player who is actually better than what was on the pitch tonight??

kdjac

Do you honestly think Joe Gamble could have been any worse that Kilbane in the midfield tonight?? I suppose you also think Danny Murphy (yes he does qualify for Ireland and has played for us at underage level) would have been worse that that pathetic excuse for a footballer John O' Shea

Oh yeah btw both of those players are "fully profrssional"

**Sam Savic** · 07/10/2006, 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by kdjaC

Oh ffs please name one player who would ahve been better than his fully professional opposite in that team tonight.

Seriously ...is there ONE EL player who is actually better than what was on the pitch tonight??

kdjac

Barry Murphy and two or three others are better than Paddy Kenny.
Most left fulls are better than John O'Shea. Jason Byrne is better than Clinton Morrisson.

**Soper** · 07/10/2006, 11:36 PM

Joe Gamble is a defensive midfielder.We don't have any holding midfielders.Most international teams have one, it's kind of a prerequisite.

**joema** · 07/10/2006, 11:39 PM

Oh but we do have a defensive midfielder: John O'Shea

**Billy Lord** · 08/10/2006, 12:08 AM

kdjaC: many thanks for your uninformed opinion.

**red bellied** · 08/10/2006, 12:31 AM

Originally Posted by Soper

Joe Gamble is a defensive midfielder.We don't have any holding midfielders.Most international teams have one, it's kind of a prerequisite.

Tony Fagan could have been the answer to that if he came out of retirement.

**R�iteoir** · 08/10/2006, 12:36 AM

If only Kevin Hunt would declare for Ireland

But he wont as he has stated in the past - he wouldn't want to deprive an Irish born player of a chance of a call up

**Sheridan** · 08/10/2006, 12:41 AM

I'd feel more represented by a team including Kevin Hunt than one composed of journeyman pros from mediocre British clubs who have never contributed anything to Irish football.

**pete** · 08/10/2006, 10:38 AM

Of course several eL players would have done better than many of those internationals last night. A whole team of eL players would not have lost by 3 goals to Cyprus. I know international football is a step up but the eL style of play as improved a lot in recent years with top players getting 6 games in europe every year.

It says a lot about the quality of the Championship that Clinton Morrison can get his game with Crystal Palace.

**kdjaC** · 08/10/2006, 11:29 AM

Yes all these EL players who play in the EL for a pittance are better than the players playing last night on 20k a week more in some cases.

EL players play in the EL for a reason, last night Ireland had a decent 11 out. There were some good players there, fact remains they hadnt a ****ing clue what to do.

Looking at Aston Villa as an example of how a team can change with a decent manager in charge. It doesnt matter what 11 is out EL or PL based if they dont ****ing play for Ireland or have a manager who has a ****ing clue about how to manage, your fairly ****ed from the word go.

/Billy Lord that was the weirdest PM i have ever got sorry for you loss

kdjac