A 'Home' Squad

**tricky_colour** · 29/11/2007, 10:59 PM

Given as nobody has qualified from these Isles should we not pool our
'talents' <cough> and enter a home nations team?

I woud say Irish candidates would include, Given, Finnan, Dunne, Duff, Keane,
Doyle, Carsley, Ireland, Hunt, A Reid. O 'Shea, and Kilbane.

**eekers** · 29/11/2007, 11:17 PM

Originally Posted by tricky_colour

Given as nobody has qualified from these Isles should we not pool our
'talents' <cough> and enter a home nations team?

I woud say Irish candidates would include, Given, Finnan, Dunne, Duff, Keane,
Doyle, Carsley, Ireland, Hunt, A Reid. O 'Shea, and Kilbane.

5 years of living in the uk they can take up residency? yeh?
hunt ireland and doyle probably wouldnt qualify

**tricky_colour** · 29/11/2007, 11:54 PM

Originally Posted by eekers

5 years of living in the uk they can take up residency? yeh?
hunt ireland and doyle probably wouldnt qualify

Hunt would qualify I think, was with Crystal Palace in 1998.
Then he was with Brentford in league 1 (old third division) so he has came a long
way (Shane Long would not qualify) when you consider he is in the Premiership top 100 according to the Actim Index (no 97). A hell of alot of 'foreign' names in there
http://download.howden.press.net/act...dex_top100.pdf
I would say more than half are not 'home nations' players, maybe that's why none of them qualified, I think for many of them the Europen Championship is a minor competition, and probably the World Cup too now. From a financial point of few these competitions mean little to them, about as important as a pub game in monetary terms.

**CollegeTillIDie** · 30/11/2007, 6:07 AM

Simple Answer to the proposition ..... NO!

Look at Rugby... The Lions invariably get hammered... and their Irish players (i.e. O'Driscoll, O' Gara, O'Connell etc) are pro rata more talented.......

**lopez** · 30/11/2007, 8:13 AM

Originally Posted by tricky_colour

Given as nobody has qualified from these Isles should we not pool our
'talents' <cough> and enter a home nations team?

Why not go the whole hog and re-unite with the UK? Great days, everyone was loaded, no-one emigrated and of course no one starved. Stupid idea.

**cavan_fan** · 30/11/2007, 8:48 AM

Originally Posted by lopez

Why not go the whole hog and re-unite with the UK? Great days, everyone was loaded, no-one emigrated and of course no one starved. Stupid idea.

Ahh, the famine we can't let it go can we!

By the way no, no, no to this idea, why not a combined Irish, Italian and Isaeli team on the basis that we all start with the letter I. (though EG will no doubt point out we start with the letter R!)

**mr miyagi** · 30/11/2007, 8:55 AM

Originally Posted by cavan_fan

Ahh, the famine we can't let it go can we!

By the way no, no, no to this idea, why not a combined Irish, Italian and Isaeli team on the basis that we all start with the letter I. (though EG will no doubt point out we start with the letter R!)

Don't forget the Ivory Coast....We've the same flag 'cept backwards aswell...
Drogba and Doyle up front...

**Dodge** · 30/11/2007, 8:59 AM

If this was most posters I'd have binned it for being a Wind Up. But I don't think tricky colour would have the capabilities to try a wind up

**Fester** · 30/11/2007, 9:22 AM

Originally Posted by tricky_colour

Given as nobody has qualified from these Isles should we not pool our
'talents' <cough> and enter a home nations team?

I woud say Irish candidates would include, Given, Finnan, Dunne, Duff, Keane,
Doyle, Carsley, Ireland, Hunt, A Reid. O 'Shea, and Kilbane.

Did I miss something here 'HOME Nations'. Rep of Ireland is not part of any 'Home' Nations. Stupid Idea.....

**lopez** · 30/11/2007, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by mr miyagi

Don't forget the Ivory Coast....We've the same flag 'cept backwards aswell...
Drogba and Doyle up front...

Now that's a great idea. Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony. Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh lord why dont we? Someone needs to do that for a testimonial.

**lionelhutz** · 30/11/2007, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by tricky_colour

Given as nobody has qualified from these Isles should we not pool our
'talents' <cough> and enter a home nations team?

I woud say Irish candidates would include, Given, Finnan, Dunne, Duff, Keane,
Doyle, Carsley, Ireland, Hunt, A Reid. O 'Shea, and Kilbane.

You've got to be kidding me - these 3 shouldn't be getting near the Irish team, let alone a "Home Nations" team. Anyway tis a stupid idea

**livehead1** · 30/11/2007, 12:21 PM

What a load of shi*e

**citizenerased** · 30/11/2007, 12:44 PM

not a chance would i ever want to see that!!! that whole British and Irish Lions thing is farcical!

**dcfcsteve** · 30/11/2007, 5:02 PM

Originally Posted by tricky_colour

Given as nobody has qualified from these Isles should we not pool our
'talents' <cough> and enter a home nations team?

I woud say Irish candidates would include, Given, Finnan, Dunne, Duff, Keane,
Doyle, Carsley, Ireland, Hunt, A Reid. O 'Shea, and Kilbane.

What's a "home nation" and why would it include the Republic of Ireland ?

Sure - why not include Bangladesh whilst you're at it, as they didn't qualify either.....

**Bondvillain** · 30/11/2007, 5:14 PM

As i'm not quuuuuiiiiite sure whether this thread is a complete and utter wind-up or not, I'll just leave it at "A 'home' nations Featuring Ireland team would be a pleasant diversion say, for instance in one of Platini's anti-poverty fundraser games against, I dunno, the "Asian all-stars featuring Harry Kewell", or something.

But as a suggestion of it being a viable entrant to international competitions, its a load of old horse ploppy.

**John83** · 30/11/2007, 5:30 PM

Originally Posted by Bondvillain

As i'm not quuuuuiiiiite sure whether this thread is a complete and utter wind-up or not, I'll just leave it at "A 'home' nations Featuring Ireland team would be a pleasant diversion say, for instance in one of Platini's anti-poverty fundraser games against, I dunno, the "Asian all-stars featuring Harry Kewell", or something.

But as a suggestion of it being a viable entrant to international competitions, its a load of old horse ploppy.

I swear, this is the last time I agree with a statement containing the phrase "horse ploppy".

**backstothewall** · 30/11/2007, 6:03 PM

Would have to say I consider us one of the home nations. It is to ignore our history and geography to say otherwise.

They are the British and Irish Lions btw