Dan Crowley

Begrudgery is Irish though, it is only used in Hiberno-English, the equivalent over here is 'tall poppy syndrome', which isn't really synonymous definition. Begrudgery is both an Irish word and phenomena, and one I find to be often misused.

I don't think he is begrudging him his confident attitude, rather wishing he backed up the talk on the pitch more. There is nothing wrong with confidence or self-belief, in fact it is probably a necessity in football, but too many players appear to believe they have made it prematurely these days. I have no evidence of Crowley thinking this way, but Byrne had some tweets at Blackburn that didn't see him come across particularly well.

Just as having a work ethic and self-confidence aren't mutually exclusive, neither is having self-confidence and a bit of consideration.

Because, believe it or not, the nuance and semantics of language fascinates me and I like seeing it being used correctly. As you can see when I make a mistake on here, many people seem to take pleasure when I make a mistake, presumably as some sort of revenge, when in fact it is quite the opposite; I take a certain pleasure in that too. 

I also merely mentioned it as an aside, that's why I put in brackets, as it wasn't wrong or incorrect, merely that the word 'Irish' was superfluous in this instance. 

On that note, I now feel I have to point out the origins and usage of 'schadenfreude' are completely different to 'begrudgery', and I don't just mean in definition. Schadenfreude is a word that was borrowed from the German language because there wasn't an exact word for it in English, it is now commonly used in the English language across the whole  English speaking world. 

The word 'begrudgery' is a word developed in Ireland within the English language from the verb 'begrudge', it doesn't exist outside of Ireland or Irish people as a noun, it has a snide uneasiness to it that isn't in there in the verb. The concept itself is uniquely Irish, as I have mentioned, 'tall poppy syndrome' is used elsewhere in the Anglosphere but I really don't feel it is quite the same as 'begrudgery'. I feel the word is difficult to explain to those outwith the Irish, even the definition a quick online dictionary search doesn't do it justice;envy, a begrudging attitude.

 I just asked an English person, as an aside, did they know how to spell the word, I was told that there is no such word. They were very familiar with the concept of schadenfreude, however.

Anyway, I have digressed enough! Apologies for my interest in things which are trifling to others, I genuinely didn't mean for it to takeover the debate.

Back on topic,I just felt the word was being used here unnecessarily , I don't think it is 'begrudgery' to suggest these lads may have become a little too big for their boots. As I have said, I am not sure about Crowley, but Byrne in particular gave off that impression in tweets while at Blackburn, which, in fairness to him, seemed in stark contrast with previous interviews with him. 

I could see how someone could come to that conclusion though , and doing so wouldn't lead me to think there was 'begrudgery' at all. There has been a history of Irish players wasting their talents, not a uniquely Irish phenomenon of course, but a frustrating one nonetheless, I am fairly sure that that is where Citizen's annoyance stems from.

Has Crowley not declared for engurland?