Anthony Stokes

I'd say it's absolutely nothing to do with that and more to do with him not being anywhere near fit enough having not played football for 18 months and he's on the wrong side of 32.

If he doesn't want to pay his assault victim that's one thing, but it reflects very badly on him that he won't even pay a small charitable donation in lieu of the fine.

Theres a reason hes washed up at 33. Even Rovers and Pats wouldnt take a punt on him last season and for good reason. Such as wasted talent.


Edited by Bandwagon - 08 Feb 2022 at 2:17pm

pateen wrote: What a Knack

I’ll start….

Had some amount of talent and he wasted it . Could have been an excellent player for us but just didn’t seem to care or look after himself and had too much interest in drinking . I remember meeting him out in town the time the home nations tournament was on in Dublín . He had made himself unavailable for the squad due to being tired or something . Was out skulling drink that night anyways . Tells you all you need to know about him 

Pauldaly1984 wrote: Had some amount of talent and he wasted it . Could have been an excellent player for us but just didn’t seem to care or look after himself and had too much interest in drinking . I remember meeting him out in town the time the home nations tournament was on in Dublín . He had made himself unavailable for the squad due to being tired or something . Was out skulling drink that night anyways . Tells you all you need to know about him

You Tell Me wrote: If he had his head screwed on he could have played in two finals tournaments for us and led the line up front from when Robbie Keane retired up until around now when the younger lads would have been taking over from him - he had the talent to do it but pissed it away instead.