Stephen Ireland

**tricky_colour** · 29/07/2009, 4:30 PM

That's it he will never play but he will never say so, because he has nothing to gain by doing so.

**Stuttgart88** · 31/07/2009, 8:54 AM

I looked up the football headlines on the SKY Sports text service last night. The headline was "Trap Leaves Ireland Out of Squad Again".

"Leaving Out" would be fair enough if the subject was Andy Reid, but that's just poxy journalism.

**seanfhear** · 31/07/2009, 9:54 AM

Did Stephen Hunt not give old egg-head some of his ample locks to sort out this prevarication.

**MeathDrog** · 31/07/2009, 4:00 PM

Originally Posted by ifk101

Garvan and McCarthy haven't made themselves, their grannies, or their wigs unavailable. Totally different from the case with Ireland.

The emphasis is on the word professional. Nobody is allowed to pick and chose which games they want to be a part of. It's all about respect, commitment and loyalty, qualities which Stephen Ireland has not shown our team. As far as I'm concerned I don't think he should ever be capped again (but unfortunately I don't get to pick the team

.)

Correct.

**eaststand85** · 01/08/2009, 3:40 PM

Anybody else heard the new tv licence ad on the radio? Must be an homage to SI. Only heard it once but basically the guy's excuse for not buying a licence is that his granny died but when she turns up he claims it was the other granny!

**tetsujin1979** · 06/08/2009, 12:50 AM

scored again VS Rangers at Ibrox: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg2zpzI6kdE

**elroy** · 07/08/2009, 9:12 PM

Did anyone hear Lawro on today fm this evening, stephen ireland came up in conversation and he said it wasnt entirely SI's decision if he wanted to come back to play for Ireland or not and that he wasnt referring to Man City or Trap. Any idea what this is about, up there with the comment he said about Gerrard and Keane, and that turned out to be there.

**SkStu** · 07/08/2009, 9:42 PM

probably his missus or something daft like that.

**tricky_colour** · 07/08/2009, 11:29 PM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

scored again VS Rangers at Ibrox: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg2zpzI6kdE

Yes I saw that on a stream, he didn't really have much to do as no one picked him up, I think I could have scored from there, it was a bit funny later on as he hit a long pass out to the wing and it went straight over the guys head!!
He was subbed later but I wouldn't read anything into that.

**gustavo** · 08/08/2009, 12:42 AM

Originally Posted by tricky_colour

Yes I saw that on a stream, he didn't really have much to do as no one picked him up, I think I could have scored from there, it was a bit funny later on as he hit a long pass out to the wing and it went straight over the guys head!!
He was subbed later but I wouldn't read anything into that.

You may well have been able to score from there , what you mightn't have been able to do was to get yourself into that position and create the space to score

**seanfhear** · 08/08/2009, 8:30 AM

Originally Posted by elroy

Did anyone hear Lawro on today fm this evening, stephen ireland came up in conversation and he said it wasnt entirely SI's decision if he wanted to come back to play for Ireland or not and that he wasnt referring to Man City or Trap. Any idea what this is about, up there with the comment he said about Gerrard and Keane, and that turned out to be there.

Maybe his granny and his hair have to get together to make the decision and thats a bit tricky with his granny dead and his hair absent without leave.

**Crosby87** · 08/08/2009, 12:42 PM

Obviously it means his wife, who else could it be?

**tricky_colour** · 08/08/2009, 4:51 PM

Originally Posted by gustavo

You may well have been able to score from there , what you mightn't have been able to do was to get yourself into that position and create the space to score

I think you can see the build up better here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6bQV...eature=related

I don't think manager will be too impressed with the defending and the amount of space Ireland had.

**eirebhoy** · 15/08/2009, 5:30 PM

One of the calmest goals you're likely to see from Ireland today. Seeing him in pre-season he's on another level again to what he was last year.

**tricky_colour** · 15/08/2009, 7:07 PM

Yea basicaly just a simple tap-in, very lucky as he had made such a total hash of it initially, he was lucky the defense were shockingly lapse in allowing him to score.

Nice to see Sam Allardyce is still having fun with one of those childrens toy handshake buzzers (at the end).

http://www.mysoccerplace.net/video/b...vs-man-city-02

**tetsujin1979** · 15/08/2009, 7:09 PM

It was more than a simple tap in, he still had to get the ball in a narrow angle between the goalkeeper and the near post, and there were 3 other players between him and the goalline

**SkStu** · 15/08/2009, 9:09 PM

it was a beautiful finish.

**Crosby87** · 15/08/2009, 11:05 PM

I dont think the new tact Trap is taking with him is going to work.
What a shame, every time I see him score like today it burns me up a little.

**irishfan86** · 17/08/2009, 6:33 PM

The most important thing Ireland did in this game in relation to the national side (if he should return) is that he played in a deeper role. Now I know that it's just one game, but if he can keep up that sort of discipline to only make a few runs a game, I believe he could play in Trap's system as a central midfielder, certainly if played alongside Steven Reid.

**eirebhoy** · 18/08/2009, 1:18 PM

I picked up one of the Sunday tabloids and there was quotes from Trap about Ireland. Saying when he comes back not to expect him to be a messiah, etc. Reading the quotes it was like I missed all the mayhem of him announcing his comeback.