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Surely a LOI player or two would fare better than the likes of Green and St Ledger
Surely a LOI player or two would fare better than the likes of Green and St Ledger
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kavvie the cabbie . tell me something on you on something
 you and toxic must be the biggist nutters on here ffs . |
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db 1974. you never answered my question re our gaa across the irish sea .?
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am i right or wrong?why do u think im a nutter?whats false about what i said please?
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you're whole mentality screams out that your a nutter , your rationale is to say the least blunted .
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you must have used spell check there.not one error!!well done.my rationale is based on the facts as i see them presented to me.name one instance where anything i said wasnt factual??.
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i dont want to be here all night ffs . have a look at yourself son .going to watch my beloved country playing on tv .
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kavvie
name one instance where anything i said wasnt factual??. How about here - "galway 59 you talk a lot of sense." [;)] WR - I answered your question in my very next post |
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workrider calling somebody a nutter
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tobywnaker , has arrived to help his mad mate
 the clowns of ireland |
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Bit ridiculous to suggest that success in the loi means you are ready for international football. The guys that went to England and did well have had to improve significantly over there. Fahey's improvement has been gradual and arriving in the championship was a help. He has done very well and has been good tonight. You can point to Kevin Doyle, who scored goals with Cork and say he was ready, but what about a guy like Roy O'Donovan who scored more and has been a flop? Jay O'Shea looked like El Diego in the loi and has hardly been sighted at Birmingham.
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no you diden't , do you belive gaa supporters in the uk are deluded because obviously gaa in the uk is not as good as what we have here , so therefore they are deluded for watching , and are not true gaa supporters .
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Db joe gamble was at cork city when he got capped.. good night for ex loi players tonight shane long and keith fahey our two best players imo
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Agree 100% with the very first post!!
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I think I will add Glen (dont give a f~ck) Whelan to the list.
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workrider
no you diden't , do you belive gaa supporters in the uk are deluded because obviously gaa in the uk is not as good as what we have here , so therefore they are deluded for watching , and are not true gaa supporters . If someone in the UK goes to GAA games in the UK and considers themselves a better, "truer" supporter than someone else in the UK who watches the games on TV every Sunday, then yes, they are deluded. Each to their own IMO and fair play to those who traipse around the country following their team or whatever but they are no better or worse a supporter than anyone else IMO Is a man who trains kids 2 evenings a week and then a match every weekend less of a true football man than someone who follows a team one day a week? Is a man who actually plays the sport a couple of times a week less of a true football fan than someone who follows a team one day a week? Is a man who sponsors a football club for little personal gain less of a true football fan than someone who follows a team one day a week? Fans who stand on terraces have a very inflated opinion of themselves when it comes to issues like who is the bigger better fan but IMO they are no more (or less) important than either of the 3 men described above when it comes to being a true supporter of the game in this (or any other) country. |
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so to be a true supporter iyo you can sit at home and watch them on tv . i was going to take you seriously , but after that , no . if i sit at home and watch my team on the box week after week how do they get the finances to survive ffs . sorry mate but true fans are the ones who go out on a winters night pay their cash and vocally supports their team , the others have heart rights imo .they might have them in their hearts , but sadly clubs dont survive on love alone . off to punchestown soon so will talk to you later .
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Workrider your team don't play in the winter.....summer soccer league.
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in name only brains , i think you'll find summer finished a little while ago
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was 18 degreees today so its not winter yet?
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kavvie not in punchestown it wasen't , i really think you should have yourself checked out son , i'm starting to worry about you .
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well where i was it was..
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and please dont worry about me!!
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gantoo thinks it's summer still lol
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kavvie , ask your doc for help , i'm sure he'll put you in contact with someone that can help .
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keegan,shelly,or oman of bohs,surely these guys deserve at least a call up to the squad.If they were with scunthorpe or rochdale they would be in the panel.
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To digress from the squabbling and address the opening poster's point...
The League of Ireland has dropped in standard in the last few years as the realization of the unsustainability of full-time football set in. The best players in the league have generally left our shores to persue a full-time living from the game. It would be tokenism to give a LOI player a call up. Most of the players that there would have been a relatively recent clamour among LOI fans to call up have now moved away and some are making international progress such as Seamus Coleman and Keith Fahey. The Irish U23 squad consists entirely of LOI players. One would hope Trapp and Tardelli are well briefed on these games and ideally are attending them too. The pool of talented Irish players both home and abroad is shallow at the moment. There are several Irish players competing at a higher level than LOI players that are probably worth a look ahead of the cream of our national league. |
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Richie Ryan may be the best of what is left in the league of Ireland, players mentioned above, he's a bit classy. Shelly, Oman, Keegan and Brennan are all decent including John Russell but not sure if there is Keith Fahey or a Seamie Coleman kncoking around the league. Fair enough points Sirwinalot
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sirwinalot were as i agree with most of your points and you put them very well i might add , but a player dundalk mentions keegan of bohs would deserve at least a call up to the squad . he's been the best player in the loi for a number of years now and should at least be looked at by trap .
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Keegan = meh
We have enough hackers |
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applehunter , i have to say i've been taken with this lad for a few years , without him bohs are not the same team . he's their playmaker general stop him and you stop bohs ... i really think he's better than what we have in place a the moment .
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I agree with you on the point about Bohs not being the same without him but not good enough for the national team.
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better than whats on display atm rocket imo.
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there isnt a player in the loi who should be near the squad.. no one near good enough. keegan wouldnt get in ahead of green at derby ffs
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Keegan for Ireland!!!???
Are you kidding me? He wouldn`t be in my best Bohs 11 this season. Well below par. Missing Deegan. The only player in the current league I would suggest that could have an impact is Stephen O`Donnell of Galway. Intelligent player and top class when fully fit. |
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ahh giant stevie sideways??? couldnt have him he was utter garbage when he was down here..
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best player I've seen in the L of I over the last 10 years is Wes Hoolahan.
Plying his trade at a reasonable level in England. Doesn't give away possession. I'd have him in instead of some of the midfield donkeys. |
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There are a current international and a former international currently playing for Sligo Rovers, but most of the knockers here would not not know that, nethier do they understand the distinction between being a football supporter and being a soccer fan. Football Supporters are localists at heart, the club is a badge of tribal indentity and is far more important than events on the pitch, though events on the pitch can cause people such cruel, cruel pain that they give up attending games all together.
I have to laugh at the soccer connoisseurs on here and elsewhereon Irish boards, "Oh I wouldn't got to a LOI game the standard is appalling", the majority of football supporters worldwide do not go to support their team because they are expect to be entertained, they go in spite of the misery, the rain, the cold, the **** toilets, the losing streaks, the mediocrity on the pitch, dear tickets and rancid pies, they go for local pride, fleeting glory, and out of sheer stubborn habit. Soccer fans read the red tops, watch a bit of telly, wear a replica (replica, what an apt term) and discuss it at work, or should I say they repeat to each other what they have picked up from the media. Watching football or a player on TV in no way compares to the understanding you get from watching live football and you it really helps to be watching it week in week out, season in season out city breaks with a game included don't count. The other thing I noticed about the replicants I have seen at games beyant, is they are constantly seeking cues from, and approval from the locals, they simply do not know how to behave at a football game. It just ain't in them. |
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Problem is Rock, Top grade football(by Irish standards) is not "Localised".
Its Dublin-centric. There in lies a major problem in Irish football. |
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Great post rp.
I think the terms fair weather fans/ event junkies also apply. You didn`t fancy O`Donnell one track. In fairness he had awful luck with injuries in Cork. 2 seasons ago he was immense for us. Total c#ck though. Hoolahan was indeed excellent cupwink. He`s getting on a bit now but by all accounts still one of Norwichs` best. |
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I really cant believe how bad green is. And whelen is not much better. I dont really rate gibson but he is better than them 2 clowns
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