Players eligible for Ireland

I totally agree with grannyrule here... it’s exactly what we have to do to, to avoid long drawn out situations and wasting time with the likes Rice and Grealish 

Edited by Liam Green - 15 Feb 2019 at 4:16pm

From what little I've seen, this Connell fella looks like a real prospect! Bolton's fans seem to be hugely impressed. 

Edited by skylarking - 15 Feb 2019 at 5:01pm

I would get that Johnson from Celtic and Johansson...plus crowley

Luis Amor Rodriguez wrote: zizu Kilbane wrote: BippityBoop wrote: DalyerRegular wrote: https://twitter.com/CelticFC/status/1095274160228655110?s=19 Whats the craic with that lad? Not actually researched him at great length, but born and bred in Ireland, represented us at u16 level then switched to England u17? Yeah can someone fill in the blanks here? Born in Dublin and came up through the ranks with Kevins. Is there familial link with England or is it residence that they've tapped him up? Born and bred in Dublin.  Played for Kevins Boys.  Moved to Arsenal Academy at 11 in London.  His parents are from Nigeria and his Dad is a prominent social campaigner in Dublin.  Qualifies for England through residence only afaik. It's an odd case as he's born in Dublin, grew up in Dublin, went to school in Dublin, but is playing for England.  Has huge potential. England, like Wales, Scotland, US etc. have huge scouting network and trying to get anyone eligible (by whatever avenue) on to their books.

Luis Amor Rodriguez wrote: zizu Kilbane wrote: BippityBoop wrote: DalyerRegular wrote: https://twitter.com/CelticFC/status/1095274160228655110?s=19 Whats the craic with that lad? Not actually researched him at great length, but born and bred in Ireland, represented us at u16 level then switched to England u17? Yeah can someone fill in the blanks here? Born in Dublin and came up through the ranks with Kevins. Is there familial link with England or is it residence that they've tapped him up? Born and bred in Dublin.  Played for Kevins Boys.  Moved to Arsenal Academy at 11 in London.  His parents are from Nigeria and his Dad is a prominent social campaigner in Dublin.  Qualifies for England through residence only afaik. It's an odd case as he's born in Dublin, grew up in Dublin, went to school in Dublin, but is playing for England.  Has huge potential. England, like Wales, Scotland, US etc. have huge scouting network and trying to get anyone eligible (by whatever avenue) on to their books.

As for THE turncoat....we have to cherish Jimmy mac ...mcgeady ...mcclean Duffy okane ... wilson Gibson who all wanted to play and were bullied around

He was mates with a friend of mines son growing up in Glasnevin. Ill have to ask him about his heritage, he is very light skinned for a Nigerian maybe he has  an English mother or Grandparents.

Edited by JoxerDaly - 15 Feb 2019 at 8:41pm

grannyrule wrote: Gerry Geary wrote: The problem with Rice issue is that we are in a fragile situation among these dudes It is a very easy situation to solve if the FAI are actually bothered. We have lads like Conor Coventry on the verge of being a regular in the West Ham squad. The likes of him should be called up to the senior squad against someone like Gibraltar in order to call his bluff. Ireland really need to start going down the route that Wales have re capping lads early in competitive fixtures to make sure they have them for the future instead of arsing around.

if the FAI are actually bothered? Last time I checked it was the manager that picked the squad/team and he who decided who was subbed on/off not the FAI. So going by your post, you want John Delaney to decide? Or maybe Joe McGlue could be the man with the sayso, after all hes at all the matches and training sessions. Feck it, we cant be sexist, perhaps Cria in the Ticket Office could give it a go instead, shes already proved to be worth her weight in gold in her current role so clearly she would be the answer to tying down these pesky dualers before they defect. 

Gerry Geary wrote: I read some english newspapers and some comments from the regular people there and the level of ANTI IRISH is remarkable in football by the english. The hating and the idea that its been more than 35 years that they defeated Eire Is haunting them....its like a VICTORY for the 3 lions

We're talking about a breed of people whose footballing delegates either literally s**t themselves on the field, rip up the stands or infiltrate our youth teams under the guise of being Irish. Keeping the indecency to the printed word would represent an improvement.