QuoteYes he has; for all time.Originally Posted by Razors left peg
It seems that he has been thankfully banned from the site
Its really not that complicated!!!
Yes he has; for all time.
You can't spell failure without FAI
Dunno what it was he said but seems a bit harsh. Have never seen anything offensive in his other posts over the years.
and the place is much better for it, there are actually discussions about football again!
Its really not that complicated!!!
To be honest, I think of that as a non-point. What it is indicative of though is a fear of change or a reluctance to break out of one's comfort zone; nothing more than a trite excuse for potential failure. If South Americans and other western Europeans can excel in Turkey, I don't see why an Irishman couldn't. Aiden McGeady, for example, should be applauded for his move to Russia as it demonstrated both courage and ambition. If it doesn't work out for him, fair enough, but at least he gave it a shot.
But do you not think that up rooting a young family is a decision that would probably be needed to be thought about for a bit of time. At most Robbie would have only been given a short few days to make up his mind. I love Turkey, been there a few times but I wouldnt move there at the drop of a hat without alot of consideration. In McGeadys case he spent the best part of 2 weeks to make up his mind about moving to Russia and he didnt have a new born baby to think about.
Of course all that could be bull sh1t and Robbie just didnt wanna risk leaving British football again after his experience in Italy but I think that we sometimes forget that footballers are just human with the same family considerations most of us would have when thinking about moving to another country for work
Its really not that complicated!!!
Maybe I was a bit hasty in my criticism. It wasn't necessarily directed at Robbie personally either, by the way; more just towards the whole casual and automatic acceptance of this idea that Irish players will be unable to settle in somewhere abroad before they've even given it a shot, as if the prospective destination is on some alien planet where the locals breath something other than oxygen.
In fairness to Robbie, he did have a go in Italy with Inter, as you point out. Obviously, there's the family element and any such decision should naturally require a lot of serious thought and consideration. What gets to me really is just the whole dismissal of such possible moves outside of Ireland and the UK for Irish players on the basis that the player will struggle to settle into the new environment before he's even tried it. Especially when plenty of other "outsiders" have succeeded in settling in perfectly well in much tougher environments, families and all. It just seems like an all-too-easy excuse to avoid breaking out of one's comfort zone. Then again, I'm not a professional footballer who has met with the prospect of joining a club in a non-English-speaking country, so I mightn't be all that qualified to condemn. Yet...
Last edited by DannyInvincible; 06/09/2010 at 9:14 PM.
He'll hopefully score tomorrow night . Really should have had a hat-trick against Armenia on Friday.
in fairness the 1st chance he had wasnt that easy, came over his shoulder it sliced off his foot but could have as easily went in. he did score also but was offside, we didnt see a replay on it though. his other chance, yes he should have scored but i agree with giles when he said he tried to place it. i think so to, that one got away. hope he gets an early one tonight and hes in business again.
Hope you did
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
so pleased he scored last night, it was important to him going back to tottenham. nice neat finish but overall the service up to him was terrible.
Was Robbie not 1/14 to score anytime? Doesn't count as a tip
My red hot tip, St Ledger at 5/1 to score anytime, failed to deliver. It looked like he stayed back and let the others go up for the set pieces. When he did go up he nearly got on the end of one ball. I have to refrain from offering tips.
Ireland were 14-1 on to win.
Robbie I think was about 5/2 or 7/2, that might have been for the first goal though.
Given as he scores almost every other game I expect he would have been odds on against Andorra???
fact is many footballers are from nacker areas and don't really know much about the world. they watch tv from england and in a lot of ways their mindset resolves around england so its not foreign to them. playing football outside of england seems like such a big deal for them.
Ireland were 1/40 to win with PP. Robbie to score anytime was hot odds on.
I hope you're not talking about Robbie!
Please tell me im not the only person on her who finds this statement totally ridiculous
Bad grammar always turns me off, hard to get past a missing capital on the first word, you just know it's going to get worse.
I just assume the content of IU's posts reflects the appearance, garbled.
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