Dave Kitson for Ireland?

dcarroll

PORNAPSTER wrote:

Is this the same Gary Doherty that I am thinking of? You know, the one that has ginger hair and the control, pace and turn of a ship?

Did Norwich fans not have a Make Doherty History campaign earlier in the season?

On the Irish squad, does anyone know where Theo Walcott's grandparents are from

MrJoeSoap

dcarroll wrote:

On the Irish squad, does anyone know where Theo Walcott's grandparents are from

Doesn't really matter, he's not in any way Irish and will be in the England squad in a year or two.

kensutz

They did until he proved most of the fans wrong. Now he's loved at Carrow Road

PHB

I remember Doherty against United last season, and he was utterly destroyed, and was the cause of all the goals. Maybe he can hack it at Championship level, but an international defender he is not.
I would choose any of the following ahead of him

O'Shea
Dunne
O'Shea
O'Brien

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I think the real searching for Irish talent shouldn't be in England, but in the USA

MrJoeSoap

PHB wrote:

I think the real searching for Irish talent shouldn't be in England, but in the USA

Other than O'Brien I don't think there are any other Irish players (of notable standard) in the MLS.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foreign_MLS_players#Ireland

eirebhoy

Kitson's last words:

"Since the change of management there's been talk about this again.

"First time around I practically set in stone that I was not interested, as flattered as I was.

"It's a little frustrating that journalists can ask a question, then six months later they can ask again and think the answer will change. It's the same people asking me again, looking for a story that does not exist, I'm afraid.

"I'm flattered to be considered good enough to play for them, but I reiterate what I said first time around. To me, my family is not Irish. I've only ever had English family around me, my parents were born in north London, so was I, and as far as I'm concerned I'm English.

"But that in no way means I'm only holding out to play for England. I'm not naive enough to think I'm good enough, so it's really not for that purpose.

"This is purely because of my principles. I don't agree that you should be eligible because of your grandparents. Where do you draw the line? What about great-grandparents or great-great grandparents? For me it's just about parents or where you were born and brought up.

"This is just my own little stand against a rule. It might get headlines but it won't really make any difference and in two weeks it'll be forgotten. I just don't want to compromise my principles.

"I've only ever heard a few rumours about an Irish call up. I felt this way before I even considered Ireland though. I've always supported England.

"All this has come to my attention even more now that we've got Kevin Doyle, Shane Long and Stephen Hunt here. Let's say I play and therefore stand in the way of someone like them, who is 100% Irish and would give anything to play for their country. I would feel a hyprocrite and be denying them a chance they deserve."

"It's something I have had to think about, it's surreal to even think that us playing together for Ireland could happen but I stand by my beliefs.

"I won't be a player that denies any emerging Irish talent a chance to play in a World Cup or European Championships.

"This is definitely the right decision for me. Lots of people can't understand it but I'm not asking them to. I've not made this decision to affect people or gain respect.

"It's annoying that some people in the game look at this from a financial point of view. They say I could play and up my value and up my wages but that disappoints me so much, it really does.

"People with no morals have been telling me what to do, and to tell me to do it for financial gain is just so disappointing. I don't need to be told by anyone."

Kingp35

Fair play to him!

tetsujin1979

From today's Indo, hopefully this will be the end of it
http://www.unison.ie/sportsdesk/stories.php3?ca=12&si=1552200

However, Reading striker Dave Kitson reiterated that under no circumstances will he be playing for Ireland in the future.

"I'm flattered to be considered good enough to play for them," he said. "But I reiterate what I said first time around. To me, my family is not Irish.

"I've only ever had English family around me, my parents were born in north London, so was I, and as far as I'm concerned I'm English."

Xavi6

So looks like Kitson is about to get a call up for England. He's come along way since these Irish rumours -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/gossip_and_transfers/7211587.stm

Reading striker Dave Kitson will be the shock new name when coach Fabio Capello announces his first England squad this week. (News of the World & The Sunday Times)

Quite the surprise name to be getting a call up

Unearthly

Xavi6 wrote: »

So looks like Kitson is about to get a call up for Ireland. He's come along way since these Irish rumours -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/gossip_and_transfers/7211587.stm



Quite the surprise name to be getting a call up

We bloody wish Capello was our manager;)

Xavi6

Unearthly wrote: »

We bloody wish Capello was our manager;)

Ah sh1te. Swift edit required!