Declan Rice

[ToffeeTim]

Really don't care.

But Martin O Neill is the person who should be taking the flak. He could have capped the lad and put an end to all this but preferred players like Glenn Whelan instead.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Prefer curryan rice

 

[ilikecheese]

Basmati all day long.

 

[COYBL25]

INCREDIBLY overrated, the next Jack Wilshere.


I have never seen him play.

Much like most of the names mentioned in the transfer threads tbh

 

[irishblue11]

Really don't care.

But Martin O Neill is the person who should be taking the flak. He could have capped the lad and put an end to all this but preferred players like Glenn Whelan instead.

i'm glad he didn't cap him, i'd rather have players who actually want to play for ireland even if they are players of a lower standard.

 

[roydo]

i'm glad he didn't cap him, i'd rather have players who actually want to play for ireland even if they are players of a lower standard.

Money aint it? Lets be honest, if he wasnt on Englands radar he would still be an Irish player. But the wages, the transfer fees, the sponsorships, attached to being an England player trump those on offer to an Ireland international. With a few obvious exceptions.

 

[KaiserEFC]

Much like most of the names mentioned in the transfer threads tbh

The drooling over Dutch children in there is too much for me if I’m honest

 

[COYBL25]

The drooling over Dutch children in there is too much for me if I’m honest

lol

 

[Stav1985]

He apologised for his initial tweet, so if he does it again obviously hasn't learnt from it. Dont think he will comment again though.

He shouldn’t have had to apologise in the first place

 

[Redstarrob]

He shouldn’t have had to apologise in the first place

Why not

 

[Moomin]

Why not

Is it a bird??? Is it a plane???? No, its Sash Gordon the hero of the Orange lodge

 

[Saint Domingo]

Weird how that football dinosaur saw something in him and put him in the team regularly. The same dinosaur who bought John Stones. Crazy. Almost as if that tag is a load of utter nonsense.

 

[BlueIsTheColour]

He sounds pretty English to me....a kid who was born and bred in South London cant really 'do the dirty' on Ireland...a place he's never even lived. If his name was Harry instead of a very Irish Declan no one would even mention it

"Rice was born and raised in Kingston upon Thames, London.[4] His paternal grandparents were from Douglas, County Cork.[5] He grew up in Kingston upon Thames and joined the academy of Chelsea in 2006, as a seven-year-old.[6][7] In 2014, after his release at the age of 14, he joined the academy of West Ham United.[8][9]"

 

[heatmeiser]

He sounds pretty English to me....a kid who was born and bred in South London cant really 'do the dirty' on Ireland...a place he's never even lived. If his name was Harry instead of a very Irish Declan no one would even mention it

"Rice was born and raised in Kingston upon Thames, London.[4] His paternal grandparents were from Douglas, County Cork.[5] He grew up in Kingston upon Thames and joined the academy of Chelsea in 2006, as a seven-year-old.[6][7] In 2014, after his release at the age of 14, he joined the academy of West Ham United.[8][9]"

And if it was the other way around nobody would bat an eyelid.

BUT BREXIT INGERLAND WAH WAH WAH

 

[Lanolin]

i'm glad he didn't cap him, i'd rather have players who actually want to play for ireland even if they are players of a lower standard.

How many of them really do want to play for Ireland though? Off the top of my head the likes of Walters, Clark, Arter, Westwood and Christie must have about 200 caps between them but none of them were born or raised in Ireland, and I bet they'd all have chosen to play for England if they could. I don't mean that to be disrespectful, I just mean it's pretty pointless to make a big deal out of the one player who had a choice to make when half his teammates would probably have done the same.