Players eligible for Ireland

If the "homegrown Irish players" were good enough, they'd get into the squad anyway. International football is not a charity giveaway, you choose the best options available to you.

He has clearly stated that he plumped for Ireland and wanted always to stay with Ireland. How his career turned out up to now is irrelevant. 

Don't know why people entertain HH on this.  He can't make his point without being disrespectful to the players and to the truth. If he said one day that only Irish born lads with Irish parents should play for Ireland and why he thought that and supported it with whatever facts he wanted then I would nearly appreciate his point of view more. Instead, all we get are these passive aggressive digs and slights of skepticism thrown at young lads that have the audacity to wear the Irish shirt and run around after a ball for Ireland. 

If Ronan always wanted to stay with Ireland, why did he play for England at all? I seriously doubt he would be playing for Ireland at all if his career had the same trajectory as Grealish or Rice.

I haven't made digs at any players. I referred to the dregs, as in remnants, of players produced in England that are eligible for Ireland. Maybe harsh but true.

I could list hundreds of good players eligible for Ireland who stuck with England. I could list two or three who played for us and maybe could've got two or three caps for them.

If Ronan really wanted to play for England, why has he lined out with Ireland for years? If James McClean really considers himself Irish, why did he line out for NI? Your specious attempts to justify your witch hunt against guys like Ronan works both ways.

Obafemi's situation is certainly more unique than any of the players discussed seeing as he was good enough to hold out for other countries when he tied himself to us, not to mention the circumstances that make him eligible for us.

I'm sure we've had lads play for us whose only connection is having a family member born here to a father serving in the British Army.

Then there's Alan Kernaghan who has admitted that he only played for us because NI wouldn't select him under a gentleman's agreement among the UK countries.

There's also a few lads who've had questionable blood ties to us (Tony Cascarino, Terry Mancini, David McGoldrick). 

And right now we have Callum Robinson playing for us who I believe (open to correction) was not eligible under the rules that were in place when he started playing for us.

So, to answer your question, Obafemi's connection probably isn't the most tenuous seeing as he was born here. 

Dennis Cirkin is eligible under the exact same circumstances and there are still the occasional shouts for him to play for us, despite showing none of the eagerness Obafemi has.

Only has an Irish passport.