Well Ive been supporting the League of Ireland for years and am a season ticket holder with Galway United and I have to say that I pretty much agree with your opinion of the Standard! There definately are some players in the league that are of a good enough standard for the Championship but not as many as we would sometimes like to believe,and in my opinion there are none good enough for the National team. Ive seen posts on this forum suggesting that Liam Miller wouldnt make the Cork City team at the moment and that there are better defenders in the League than John O Shea, absolute garbage! As far as Im concerned if a player is good enough to play regularly for the national team unfortunatly at the moment he has to prove himself in England or even Scotland to a certain extent. Of course in the future I would love to see the coaching standards and the league in general improve to the point where that wouldnt be nessesary but I dont really see it happenening at a fast enough pace to suggest that it will be a reality any time soon
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