electricblue
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He is/was playing for his homeland. Shane Duffy has also chosen to play for his homeland.
The other bit of your statement that I've highlighted is amongst the biggest load of bollox ever written on here.
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He is/was playing for his homeland. Shane Duffy has also chosen to play for his homeland.
The other bit of your statement that I've highlighted is amongst the biggest load of bollox ever written on here.
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hktoffee
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Poor Gibbo has to endure the old man for 2 more years then.
sexualchocolate
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You should be banned for life from here for even attempting to stir this up, you know what you are at!
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hktoffee
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/sep/08/james-mcclean-apologises-twitter-ireland
Clueless old man has lost it surely. How many Irish players expressed their concerns since he took over?
Clueless old man has lost it surely. How many Irish players expressed their concerns since he took over?
He is/was playing for his homeland. Shane Duffy has also chosen to play for his homeland.
The other bit of your statement that I've highlighted is amongst the biggest load of bollox ever written on here.
Without dragging this conversation to an unpleasant area nor agreeing wholeheartedly with the poster you quoted my issue wouldn't be the representing of the republic more the fact that both Gibson & Duffy represented the North at youth level or several years (I believe) along with several other players such as McClean (who was up to u21 level I think ?). It seems a bit disingenuous to have no political,moral, spiritual, religious or ideological issues in representing and more importantly benefiting from the IFA & it's coaching set up throughout your youth but once you 'make it' in the game to jump ship.
Like I say I'm not trying to be argumentative but I can see where certain followers of the Northern Ireland side would feel 'let down' or just disappointed and I write this without any political/religious bias as I'm of extensive and relatively recent Irish heritage with a soft spot for both sides really.
truw would of been easy for giggs to join england and link up with the likes of shearer neville sherringham and co
steken1
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Hardly the same.
I know just sawe fergusons 1000 games montage on sky and they were talking about giggs aswell, how if england had him he would of solved there left sided problems
Pretty sure Giggs was never eligable for England.
Wasn't he schoolboy captain for England ?
Edit: however I suspect I've read something that that makes no difference to the senior teams, please ignore me
Yeah, if my nephew moved to nigeria, he'd be eligable to represent nigerian schoolboys (as he'd be in a nigerian school) but not nigeria (assuming he wasn't a citizen).
It's the same with Giggs as a welshman at an enlglish school.
Librarian
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I like Sushi, but I'm Shyte at Karate.
electricblue
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Yes of course they are disappointed as the players in question represented them at under age levels.
The poster effectively accused them of betraying their 'homeland', which they didn't as they are now playing for their homeland. It's not the same as say a Welsh or Scottish player opting to play for England; identities are clearly defined in such cases. It's not the same in Ireland.
I totally accept your point but like I say when they see McClean play up to u-21 level then 'suddenly' realise that the republic is his 'homeland ' is something that going to make fans upset & emotional.
The lads are entitled to their duel nationality to be honest, there is a huge ethnic and cultural element to it i dont think people get.
Seems less complicated than the Scots winning the medals for team GB and the South Africans and Irish playing cricket for England.
Seems less complicated than the Scots winning the medals for team GB and the South Africans and Irish playing cricket for England.
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