Brian Murphy

nah,neither heary nor shelley are good enough for the squad.maybe heary when he was at shels but he is past his best now.

donegalfan wrote: Do you think Heary should be RB too yeh?!

Reckon he is good enough, hate to say it about a Gypo but he is ...

The Boy Z wrote: If these players were playing in England do you think that people would be posting saying they should be in squads?or is it because they are playing in the LOI that LOI fans want them in the squad to give the league some sort of recognition?

who did murphy play for in england lads?

Personally id love to see a couple of the players in the squad but the only way of KNOWING if they are good enough is if they are performing well in the Championship at least.

If these players were playing in England do you think that people would be posting saying they should be in squads?or is it because they are playing in the LOI that LOI fans want them in the squad to give the league some sort of recognition?

Currently Brian Murphy is easily the best player in the league and without a doubt should be in the squad.

If there were then one or two injuries, I would say that Joe Gamble, Gary Deegan, Brian Shelley and Ger O'Brien would be the league's other players that could do a job.

If the likes of Peter Thomson are good enough to sore against the likes of Georgia who our current panel had a lot of problems with, it suggests the gap isnt as big as you think.

Edited by mrtndvn - 29 Apr 2009 at 4:52am

donegalfan wrote: if you read my posts you will see im saying that in my opinion that is the view of the management team. Ive praised Doyle, Fahey, Ward and Long, and Noel Hunt is also doing well.   These guys are good players and have shown this by going to big clubs and doing well.   There are a large number of players who are classed as top players over here and go to england and do not do well.   Houlihan Roy O'Donavan George O'Callaghan Gary Dicker Mooney   Can you argue that these were not top players in LOI?

Do you watch any football at all because you havent a clue what your on about.

Couple of points - The Ireland national team aint no great great shakes.

Houlihan was named in the league one team of the year and has. He was signed for £250,000 which shows he doing something right and he has 32 league appearances this year alone. Considering his wage packet could be anywhere between £6,000 - $15000 a week, i would call that a bloody good success.

Roy O'Donovan is currently on the books of a premiership team and is playing football for a championship team.

George O'Callaghan moved from a league one side to a team fighting relegation in the LOI. The league table suggests he is playing for one of the worst teams in the league and you wont find to many people saying he should be in the ireland squad. When he last played with Cork he wasnt Corks best midfielder never mind leagues best player. Not sure why Tranmere thought he could do a job for them.

Gary Dicker. Firstly, he played for one of the worst clubs in the league. Secondly, no one has ever said Gary was one of the leagues top players. Despite been at best an average LOI player, he managed to play a key part of the promotion drive for Stockport.

Mooney was one of the top players in the LOI. When he moved to reading, he had 3 excellent forwards ahead of them in the pecking order, its no shame not to be able to get on ahead of Lita, Doyle Kitson and Doyle, all with plenty top flight experience. Mooney has since went on loan to Norwich where he has been banging the goals in. Mooney's best days are ahead of him, if you want to do a bit of research, you will find that despite an awful run of injuries, his goals per game ratio for Reading reserves has been superb. A first team call up awaits.

Now feck away of will you. U say that you have gave praise to the guys that have made it. Exactly, they have made it and you cant discount them from your argument.

You have also failed to bring up that the league has recently had players who had played or current play international football elsewhere. The likes of Mindaugas Kalonas, Ndo and Boco have had pretty decent international careers.