Stephen Ireland

**drummerboy** · 04/03/2011, 7:40 AM

The Poisoned Dwarf is an apt title for Steven.

**Yard of Pace** · 04/03/2011, 8:39 AM

The worst thing about the Celtic Tiger is not the blocks of apartments with no one living in them, as he mentions, but that it produced young men with the attitude of SI. Feels nothing for his country and would rather live in the most vacuous city in the world, LA.
And when he says it's pointless playing for Ireland because we'll never win the world cup. That's hilarious considering he's at a club who haven't won a pot since the 50s!! Oh wait, he gets paid 10s of thousands of pounds for doing so.

I feel sorry for him but that's the way he is so let him at it. I'd advocate deleting this thread though.

**AlaskaFox** · 04/03/2011, 9:12 AM

Playing for Ireland has so much to do with corrupt bankers, don't you know? That guy is an idiot.

**elroy** · 04/03/2011, 9:25 AM

What an absolute lan*ger?!?! Funny how pretty much everyone is to blame for his demise, except himself, even when he was "the best in training". What a t*sser, fcuk off you excuse for a human being and I wish you continued success in your deteriorating career.

PS: dont ever think of setting foot in this country again let alone Cork.

**Yard of Pace** · 04/03/2011, 9:28 AM

Don't his family still live in Cork? What an odd and disrespectful thing to say about the place. He sounds like a grumpy teenager.

**geysir** · 04/03/2011, 10:12 AM

But it's Cork, does he not have a point, like?

**shakermaker1982** · 04/03/2011, 10:17 AM

Just ignore him. He's probably after some attention because his career has gone down the toilet.

**rebelmusic** · 04/03/2011, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by geysir

But it's Cork, does he not have a point, like?

No!

And anyway, he's from Cobh.

**jbyrne** · 04/03/2011, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by Yard of Pace

And when he says it's pointless playing for Ireland because we'll never win the world cup. That's hilarious considering he's at a club who haven't won a pot since the 50s!!

this is the funniest thing really. i doubt he will ever play for a club that wins anything

**Jicked** · 04/03/2011, 11:16 AM

The quote about having to go away and play in places like Andorra makes it pretty obvious to me that that rubbish he came out with about his girlfriend having a miscarriage was complete horsesh*t, which again shows the mark of the man. Absolute freak.

**Closed Account** · 04/03/2011, 11:30 AM

What a complete tosser. I've played with guys who spout that line "sure I was the best player at training" and they are generally tossers.

I found this bit interesting

I saw Shay Given the other day, Arsenal want him but he can't go as City don't want to strengthen a rival.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...-Houllier.html

**geysir** · 04/03/2011, 11:36 AM

Originally Posted by rebelmusic

No!

And anyway, he's from Cobh.

So, he's not ruling out living in Cobh, but a shot in the foot is preferable to Cork.

**amaccann** · 04/03/2011, 11:54 AM

If he dislikes Ireland / Cork so much perhaps a suggestion to the Dept of Foreign Affairs that his passport be removed from him. In any case, I will watch his career slide into mediocrity with interest.

**tetsujin1979** · 04/03/2011, 12:05 PM

some of the responses on twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/search/%40StephenIreland

**geysir** · 04/03/2011, 12:33 PM

That link is tweet.

**rebelmusic** · 04/03/2011, 12:55 PM

I won't quote it here (too much swearing) but check out the tweet from 'needlesnugget'. Couldn't have put it better myself.

**strangeirish** · 04/03/2011, 1:01 PM

'When you’re Irish, you know very well that you’re never going to win the World Cup, and even when I was in the youth teams, it used to **** me off to have to go. Everyone came from Dublin and I was the only one from Cork. I had to take the train on my own, pay for a taxi, there was no hotel, no food, and it was run in a very amateurish way.'

He's such a good role model for young lads! I don't know about the rest of you, but I would have walked a mile barefoot over broken glass just for the opportunity to represent my country, at any level.

@3%*!$^%#!