The positivily one and only Stephen Irela

Stephen Ireland or more appropriatly, Stephen Manchester (thanks Yank) thread wherein you can call him whatever you want and comment on any stories about him. You can also completely ignore him.

My comment is one word. It begins with P and ends with RICK.

worst thread ever. cannot believe this sh1te

Its his choice. If he doesnt want to play he doesnt have to.I wish before every international we didnt have to go through the whole is he or isnt he coming back. He isnt going to coming back end of.

Tuff Paddy wrote: Interview in today's Sunday Times, you'd be better served to go and read that and then forget about this person. Forever.

my final final final final words on this..... forever,  as he is gone now so hes not an ireland player to me or his country!

'I'm unsure about the situation there, for my part I'll never say never, but to be honest I don't miss it,' he says. 'I'm happy doing what I'm doing right now. I've got three young children and my commitments at the moment are to my club and my family. International football takes you away from home, and at the moment I feel I'm better off being away from it. I enjoy my life at the moment and I don't really want to change it, though as I say you should never say never.'

the cheek of him to say "never say never". does he think when he wants he could just swan back in!. he has made his mind up so all people here who said they will welcome him back I hope they have clarity on his situation now! Who the hell is he anyway? does he think he is Roy Keane? hes a good player on form and thats it not some superstar saviour or the Irish team!!!!!!!

last words on Manchester from me ever!

Hopefully this can be put to bed now.

For what it's worth, the chap put his job and his family first, he puts them before something that obviously causes him stress and troubles.

If he thinks he's better off being away from the National squad, so be it. He's obviously of a mind that if he were to be part of it, he wouldn't be in a mental state to offer 100% , and the last thing he'd need is a "big return" heralded by the press to turn out to be lacklustre. I personally would have liked him to come back, but not if he wasn't up for it, or was in a mood that would cause disruption.

I reckon tha lads not stupid, and he knows that some of our fans would turn on him were he to come back, and turn on him even more so if he were to perform under par after such a long time away, and so he's chosen not to come back at this moment in time, cos he feels he doesn't have the mental strength to perform in the face of the anger his past actions have caused.

This decision might be the best thing for player and country in the long run.

To be fair, though,  the boy cant win :

If he said "I'm coming back" elements would cry "Who does the bollix think he is?"
If he said "I'm NEVER coming back" elements would cry "Who does the bollix think he is?"
He's simply said "never say never" , the least confrontational thing he's ever said under the circumstances, and people still think he's a bollix for saying it... Tough call.

Anyway, like I said, hopefully we can put the "hilarious" accusations of homosexuality; kindergarten jokes about his personal appearance; ill-contained hatred & abusive emails sent to the charity that he's the patron of , to the back of our minds and get on with our future with the very best XI we have.


Edited by Bondvillain - 28 Sep 2008 at 4:03pm

i dont give ash*t how good he is or becomes .....when you turn your back on your country ... you can fcuk right off....if he wasnt making so much money at city it would b a different story

Jaysus its True, Shels cant  spell?

The Count wrote: Tuff Paddy wrote: Interview in today's Sunday Times, you'd be better served to go and read that and then forget about this person. Forever. my final final final final words on this..... forever,  as he is gone now so hes not an ireland player to me or his country! 'I'm unsure about the situation there, for my part I'll never say never, but to be honest I don't miss it,' he says. 'I'm happy doing what I'm doing right now. I've got three young children and my commitments at the moment are to my club and my family. International football takes you away from home, and at the moment I feel I'm better off being away from it. I enjoy my life at the moment and I don't really want to change it, though as I say you should never say never.' the cheek of him to say "never say never". does he think when he wants he could just swan back in!. he has made his mind up so all people here who said they will welcome him back I hope they have clarity on his situation now! Who the hell is he anyway? does he think he is Roy Keane? hes a good player on form and thats it not some superstar saviour or the Irish team!!!!!!! last words on Manchester from me ever!

Will read that article later.........now let's move on, no more Manchester threads PLEASE LADS.......