Steve Manchester rushed to hospital

I'm not jokin at all...........

Lord above Podge...

Can't we just appreciate the fact that Robbie has scored 40 goals for us which is a phonominial feat if you consider the players he is playing with are average. I DO NOT! But if your argument is that our team is average and Robbie is an average player then how come he keeps on scoring for us? And if you think about the front men that Scotland ,England, Northern Ireland and Wales have who would you swop Robbie for? Wayne Rooney? Rooney is playing in a team that is supposedily the best England ever had and his scoring of late has been good but not so before Capello. If Rooney is playing in the best England team ever shouldn't he have reached the 40 goal mark by now? We underestimate our players just for begrudging sake. I would note swop Robbie, Shay, or Duffer for anything that the other four home nations had to offer.Now as this is a thread about Stephen whatshisname I would add one further point. He is perhaps the best Irish player in the League now but like Rooney, Gerrard or even Giggs he won't be playing for us. I for one support Ireland and the players who play for us and its time to stop knocking them and get behind them. Alright they may play badly for us and we have a right to critise them but never call them average because they are all we have and in some cases they are better then most.

BigPodge wrote: The Boy Z wrote: BigPodge wrote: Robbie Keane me arse, Shay and Dunne are far better!!   No they are not.Dunne certainly not.Given is quality but Robbie Keane is different gravy.Hes not appreciated in this country cos not enough people understand the game.   If he was anyway decent he would have scored 100 goals for us, he's scored plenty of crucial goals for us that i've cheered but at the end of the day he's an average player who is the best that we have!!

Eh what the fook is this post all about? I presume there is a hidden fishing rod somewhere in there?

Donal Cullen wrote: Can't we just appreciate the fact that Robbie has scored 40 goals for us which is a phonominial feat if you consider the players he is playing with are average. I DO NOT! But if your argument is that our team is average and Robbie is an average player then how come he keeps on scoring for us? And if you think about the front men that Scotland ,England, Northern Ireland and Wales have who would you swop Robbie for? Wayne Rooney? Rooney is playing in a team that is supposedily the best England ever had and his scoring of late has been good but not so before Capello. If Rooney is playing in the best England team ever shouldn't he have reached the 40 goal mark by now? We underestimate our players just for begrudging sake. I would note swop Robbie, Shay, or Duffer for anything that the other four home nations had to offer.Now as this is a thread about Stephen whatshisname I would add one further point. He is perhaps the best Irish player in the League now but like Rooney, Gerrard or even Giggs he won't be playing for us. I for one support Ireland and the players who play for us and its time to stop knocking them and get behind them. Alright they may play badly for us and we have a right to critise them but never call them average because they are all we have and in some cases they are better then most.

Edited by MikeHunt - 27 Sep 2009 at 11:35am

BigPodge wrote: donegalfan wrote: Lads just forget about the fella. No need to come on here slating him, if he doesnt want to play fair enough. The guy obviously has his own reasons for that, and you dont know what his reasons are or whats in his head, so just ignore it and accept he doesnt want to play, theres no need to keep leaving personal attacks on here for him.

and get well soon steve.

 
Not the Cornetto's!!

Treatment for what?