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Jack Charlton The F The F The FAI Joined: 30 Jun 2009 Location: Abbottstown Status: Offline Points: 9155 |
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inlikeflynn
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I don't wish to answer for Scotty, but what I would say is that ideally, a national football side should be representative of the best footballing output that that country can produce. I know it is not realistic, but in an ideal world, wouldn't it be great to have football squads that we can point to as having nurtured and developed, instead of those full of players who can't get in at their first choice of national side? And secondly, if a player in an Irish club knows he is going to get international experience, he is less likely to go to England which will strengthen the domestic game. That is, or should be, one of the objectives of the FAI as well as stewardship of the national teams. In reality, the FAI don't give a sh*te about the domestic game, and people prefer to see results on the pitch from an international cabal rather than have Irish players developed and promoted. But in an ideal world, he is spot on.
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Watch your language
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scottyccfc
Liam Brady Joined: 10 Aug 2010 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 1540 |
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Is the Rugby stance discriminatory? You could tweak the rule to show any player living in Ireland more than a year of his life is eligible. You fully know the point Im making without having to be pedantic about it. Several "Irish" players have taken caps off actual Irish players over the years. I think its time we plugged that hole. If you want to play for Ireland either live here or wait until you are called. Simple at full International level, if you are not willing to do that or wait for the call then you are not the type of player we want anyway. Would Kilbane, Connolly or Breen have waited? of course they would have!
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Hometown football, cant beat the feeling...
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coyne
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Doesn't take private investigators to work this one out when you have David Gold tweeting about how much of a wonderful captain Rice would make for England! Wouldn't surprise me if Gold was the main instigator in all of this.
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AbuAbu
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I agree. The big winners from Rice declaring for England are West Ham and the agent. There will be a serious increase in transfer value and that is good news for both. For the player himself, yes he will increase his value endorsement/wages wise however he will also be under increased scrutiny/pressure. On the basis that he is a premiership player u have to assume money is not going to be an issue. On the above basis if u were genuinely conflicted about nationality the logical thing to do would be choose "The Eire" coz the few extra quid mean damn all.
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It's not me it's you:-)
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The O'Shea
Jack Charlton I know everything and I’m NEVER wrong Joined: 16 Aug 2013 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 9559 |
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He also played for West Ham and Accrington ffs, at which point he would presumably have ceased to be picked...
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We're decent enough..
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Maccatacca
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Mark Noble says pick England and ££££: "He has to make his own mind up, knowing that the decision he makes could impact his career massively. "He will also understand that, if he has a dip in form for whatever reason, the Irish FA won’t have any hesitation in leaving him out. "You have to look after yourself and be selfish in a way. Does this thick cockney realise just how desperate we are?
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SuperDave84
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Or who the Irish FA are, as opposed to the Football Association of Ireland, for that matter. He's a tube.
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DonkeyOatey
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He's eligible for the north now too? Bizarre comment to say the least from Noble. Is he suggesting that England will never drop him and play him through any bad form he's going through? Not only would they drop him like a shot, the media would scapegoat and harrass him. there's a concerted effort by all at West Ham to turn his head it seems and will use any cheap lines to get their way
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Liam Green
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Something similar to this has probably been posted here but to avoid falling into this long drawn out” will he ,won’t he “ scenario with dual qualified players two of these best 17 -22 year olds should be selected for every senior competitive game and put on the bench and hopefully get some game time to tie them to us.. if Declan rice had been called up 18 months ago for one of the qualifiers and he declined, we could have moved on and not made to look so powerless and ridiculous as we do now..
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NewtNewbie
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This is what a couple of journalists have said, including the usually reliable Daniel McDonnell. Are you able to tell us differently?
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The O'Shea
Jack Charlton I know everything and I’m NEVER wrong Joined: 16 Aug 2013 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 9559 |
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I'm not, I simply haven't seen any confirmation of what you're saying. You are after all the one making the assertion, so the burden of evidence is yours.
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We're decent enough..
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nvidic
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Why would they? If people apologised for being wrong every time there'd be little room for other posts
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DeclanDaly
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Lol utterly bizarre
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Are you saying certain people should take a long, good, hard look in The Mirror?
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Very good!
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