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What’s the news though? A ‘muscle injury’ is all’s we’ve heard. Can anyone expand?

Both Everton and Ireland are different teams with this man on the pitch.

Silva is a spoofer.

Hoping those reports aren’t true, James has no luck.

Three points of 7th... talk about aspirations. I suppose we can embarrass ourselves in the Europa again next season if we finish 7th!!

Of course I’m an Everton fan, but let’s be honest, we’re off to a shocker this season. We won’t be anywhere near where we should be, and once the 40 point mark is achieved what follows will be dead rubber. Ireland on the other hand are on the brink of a first World Cup in years - while it’s the...

If someone asks you on your holiday where you are from, you wouldn’t reply “I’m from the 26 County Republic”, you’d just say Ireland. But that’s irrelevant to this thread. What is relevant is the fact that a fit Jimmy Mac in midfield is a good thing for Ireland and a bad thing for Denmark, who...

And if you asked Shane Duffy or James McClean what country they play football for... They would reply “Ireland”, the lads wouldn’t bother sprouting out “the 26 county Republic”.

Well I’m assuming that Everton will pull points out of the bag now that Koemans gone - although you never know. So if we got ourselves safe well then there won’t be much more to play for this season - games against the top six will of course be savored, but games against the mid table and...

As I mentioned earlier on, it’s unlikely James will play in both games, if any. He’s far more likely to start the away game - I can’t see him starting the second leg regardless of the result in the first leg.

Most English people and players might rate club over country, but I can assure you that the majority of Irish players, including those born in the UK care more about playing at a World Cup finals, than they do about milling about in Stoke in the League Cup on a Tuesday night. What do you...

As an Everton-Irish fan, I’d put our World Cup play-off against Denmark ahead of Evertons bore dead rubber games against Huddersfield, Bournemouth and Brighton... As I said already, if he can get game time in the next three club fixtures, then he’ll surely be fit to play some part in Ireland’s...

I’m well aware of it. If McCarthy was fit to play for Everton yesterday, and racks up a few minutes in the three games before the play-off, then what’s the problem? If he manages to take part in those games, then he is fit to play for Ireland - and let’s be honest, he might as well do his best...

What’s the problem? A fit player called up for his country ahead of their biggest game in years - what a shocker that is. He clearly wants to play for Ireland.

I understand that in England things have gone sour between the fans and the national team, but in Ireland our players definitely give everything for their country and the fans respect that. Generally speaking Irish players play better on the international stage than they do for their club, I...