Players eligible for Ireland

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 BrendanD88 wrote:

 John Nice wrote:

 wanderer wrote:

 John Nice wrote:

 gongman wrote:

He’s a decent enough player, but needs more game time under his belt to really become a “1st team” player.
Apparently doing well on loan in Portuguese league, hope that helps him kick on.

From what I can see, he's had an average enough spell at Vitoria de Guimares. 1 goal and 2 assists in 8 starts and 6 sub apps in the Portugese League. He also scored 2 as a sub in a cup game. Whoscored rating is poor enough (6.46). He's 23 now, will be 24 in April, unlikely to improve the squad in the short term and as others have pointed out, our current set up doesnt really favour wide players.

To be quite honest, who really cares what his Whoscored rating is, same for any other player, it doesn't really matter a bit what some website gives any player. I'd be much more interested in what they might bring to the group & how they fit in, do they offer something we don't currently have etc

It's an area we aren't blessed with in terms of players, he's another option to have a look at, no harm in having him on board

You clearly dont! Anyway, just putting it out there. Fwiw any time I saw him play for Celtic, he looked like a lad with a bit of flair, tricky but with a lack of end product. His stats arent particularly great in that regard this season, leaving aside the rating. He's still young enough, but it's hard to see him challenging for a spot in our first XI any time soon. Happy enough to have him on board, the more options the better and like any player his age, there might be improvement in him yet.

Whoscored have Kieran Trippier as the second highest rated player this season in Europe behind Messi! Load of sh*te.

I'm not saying anyone should take them at face value, but generally a good rating like Trippier's would indicate that he is having a good season, which I think he is, whereas a bad rating generally indicates the opposite. It's a reasonable indicator as to the form of a player over a period of games, but like everything has to be taken with a pinch of salt. It's better than simply saying he's sh*t so he is!