Patrick Bamford

Don't waste you're time MC, these 2 are lost causes. The 2 clueless posts above prove this, yet again. He's 15 ffs

Hmm. Traphasntaclue me thinks

FrankosHereNow wrote: FFS, everybody does it. Spain had Marcos Senna, Italy had Camronesi, Germany have Podolski & Klose and AFAIK, they had no parentage or anything like that to tie them to those countries. It was only because they lived there.

Jaysus the conor clifford remark is fair enough, young irish lad at chelsea sent out on loan

horsebox wrote: nvidic wrote: Jaysus the conor clifford remark is fair enough, young irish lad at chelsea sent out on loan He's not on loan - he was released nor is he making any Leicester squads. I can't see Leicester renewing his contact after the summer either.

he went on loan originally all over the place, i think its a fair enough comment

roverstillidie wrote: FrankosHereNow wrote: FFS, everybody does it. Spain had Marcos Senna, Italy had Camronesi, Germany have Podolski & Klose and AFAIK, they had no parentage or anything like that to tie them to those countries. It was only because they lived there. Which is a far stronger connection than the likes of Townsend or Morrison had to us.... While this case is more complex in that he played for us underage, I really thought we had moved beyond the demeaning Charlton policy of 'England B'n

so where are we now then, n.ireland b scotland b.....who cares where players are from if they have irish blood in them get the green jersey on them otherwise we would have a fairly poor team and history.demeaning charlton policy of england b

Edited by GREENISLE - 13 Apr 2013 at 11:21am

Green Devil wrote: GREENISLE wrote: roverstillidie wrote: FrankosHereNow wrote: FFS, everybody does it. Spain had Marcos Senna, Italy had Camronesi, Germany have Podolski & Klose and AFAIK, they had no parentage or anything like that to tie them to those countries. It was only because they lived there. Which is a far stronger connection than the likes of Townsend or Morrison had to us.... While this case is more complex in that he played for us underage, I really thought we had moved beyond the demeaning Charlton policy of 'England B' so where are we now then, n.ireland b scotland b.....who cares where players are from if they have irish blood in them get the green jersey on them otherwise we would have a fairly poor team and history. While i agree with what your saying pal to a certain extent, i don't want any old plastic paddy declaring for Ireland just to play international football so he can further his own career. If you get asked once by the FAI to declare and you say no, then forget about that player imo.

with the size of our country and the numbers that live here it is not the size of most teams from europe, if we have to dig into somebodies past (or family tree if you like) then so be it, nobody mentioned PLASTIC PADDY'S as you put it and i actually think it an insult to some of the former players we had and some of the players in the squad at the moment, i dont see how playing international football for us will enhance a players career as its not club football. if you go through the squad today how many where not born on this island. There is americans and italians claiming to be irish and if they have kids who are good at playing the beautiful game we should do all we can....IMO

big nail wrote: we shouldnt be "trying" to get anyone to declare for us , they are either irish or not . they should bring in a rule you cant switch after under 15 .

GREENISLE wrote: Clonbhoy wrote: big nail wrote: we shouldnt be "trying" to get anyone to declare for us , they are either irish or not . they should bring in a rule you cant switch after under 15 . I do think there should be an age of decision alright, perhaps with your first pro deal. It would end clubs trying to influence players. Obviously there would become exceptions, lie those who become pro later on in their twenties, but it would clear everything up. so take for example ANTHONY PILKINGTON, where would he be now in regards to declaring for us? jon walters is another example. i dont think clubs should be allowed to influence anyone at all it should be up to the individual.