James McClean

" after having a long think about it I felt in my heart that it felt right for me to declare for the Republic as it’s something I’ve always grown up wanting to do"

http://interviewloi.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-international-career-doesnt-lay-with.html

http://oneteaminireland.blogspot.com/

Not sure if he'll make the grade for Ireland but always good to have Irish players with teams in the Premier League, anyone who sticks two fingers up at the Are We A Country crowd is in my good books.

brendy_éire wrote:

James has been outstanding this season now.

We all knew he was too good for us, and that he'd go abroad. Good luck de him now over in England. Easily good enough for the top division over there. He's the best player this city has produced in years.

Great decision to tell the north to go feck themselves. Worthington only got interested when he heard James might go to Britain. Bigot.

Trap, sign him up!

How would you compare JM to Paddy McCourt ? Hopefully John O'Shea and Kieren Westwood will give him plenty of encouragement for declaring for Ireland and in the future he may be lining up for club and country with David Meyler and John Egan.

I hope the deal invoves a freiendly at the Brandywell next close season as I would love a trip to Derry. I've met some top fellas from Derry who have studied at Sunderland University over the years.

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Double Maxim wrote:

brendy_éire wrote:

James has been outstanding this season now.

We all knew he was too good for us, and that he'd go abroad. Good luck de him now over in England. Easily good enough for the top division over there. He's the best player this city has produced in years.

Great decision to tell the north to go feck themselves. Worthington only got interested when he heard James might go to Britain. Bigot.

Trap, sign him up!

How would you compare JM to Paddy McCourt ? Hopefully John O'Shea and Kieren Westwood will give him plenty of encouragement for declaring for Ireland and in the future he may be lining up for club and country with David Meyler and John Egan.

I hope the deal invoves a freiendly at the Brandywell next close season as I would love a trip to Derry. I've met some top fellas from Derry who have studied at Sunderland University over the years.

More traditional winger than McCourt, plays wide, pacey, decent cross and would provide more than McCourt. Much more reliable and (fingers crossed) a lot less injury prone.

And you can get to feck with that idea. That was part of the deal with Celtic for McCourt and McGinn and was an utter disaster. Just the cash please!

@AntrimMan85

Im sure anyone would be welcomed with open arms. Fact is though nationalists in the north east are far more likely to want to play for ireland

No man has the right to fix the boundary to the march of a nation. No man has the right to say to his country “thus far shalt thou go and no further"

Trapattoni was asked about James McClean’s declaration for the Republic of Ireland after he pulled out of Nigel Worthington’s squad to face the Faroe Islands on Wednesday.

“It’s important what he said, that he clarified what he wants,” said the manager. “We always work with the aim of adding new players to our squad. But when the papers get involved it can get more complicated. He’s a good offensive wide player, tall and powerful. Now we will have the possibility of following him more."

The winger is set to join Sunderland after a €400,000 fee was agreed with the Candystripes last Friday.

Great to see another one on board from the feeder squad, any word on Barton? is he definitely with us?

Sheedy wins it back, Sheedy shoots....

David Healy was on Sky Sports having a moan, trying to make it look like we're the bad guys.