The Future of Irish Soccer

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Dunphy's rambling on about who should be playing for Ireland got me thinking.If you had an under 30 team made up from the Celtic nations  (Wales, Scotland, NI and ROI) how many Irish players would be in the first 11?

For, if everyone was fit, the team would be;

Gordon
Matthews
Wallace
Caldwell
Mulgrew
D.Fletcher
Ramsay
Forrest
Bale
S.Fletcher
Rhodes

The future of Irish soccer looks bleak and I can only think of McCarthy, Coleman, McGeady, ireland and McClean who would get near that team but none would be first picks.  Players who star for Norwich are never going to replace the likes of Duff, Keane, Dunne and Given.  There's a couple of youngests still to break through who look promising, like Paul George, but we all remember promising youngsters like Healy and Miller who's agents,  big heads and  drink habits killed their careers.
The most frightening thing is that it's not even that good a team.
Am I being too harsh?

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Holy Smoke Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Joe Lapira Joined: 29 Jun 2012 Location: Donegal Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote Holy Smoke Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: The Future of Irish Soccer Posted: 29 Jun 2012 at 10:50am
	Dunphy's rambling on about who should be playing for Ireland got me thinking. If you had an under 30 team made up from the Celtic nations (Wales, Scotland, NI and ROI) how many Irish players would be in the first 11? For, if everyone was fit, the team would be; Gordon Matthews Wallace Caldwell Mulgrew D.Fletcher Ramsay Forrest Bale S.Fletcher Rhodes The future of Irish soccer looks bleak and I can only think of McCarthy, Coleman, McGeady, ireland and McClean who would get near that team but none would be first picks. Players who star for Norwich are never going to replace the likes of Duff, Keane, Dunne and Given. There's a couple of youngests still to break through who look promising, like Paul George, but we all remember promising youngsters like Healy and Miller who's agents, big heads and drink habits killed their careers. The most frightening thing is that it's not even that good a team. Am I being too harsh?

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