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Goalkeeping options for Ireland

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  • #52
    Jivin Turkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,966 ✭✭✭Jivin Turkey


    finnpark wrote:
    Errr....we only have one player and hes injured. Name them. Please don't say Kevil Kilbane :o
    Given, Duff, Keane, Finnan, Dunne are all more than good enough for international football.

    I fail to see what's funny about the Eircom League not being good enough for international football and the rest of the squad not being either. When it comes down to it, they are closer to being there than the majority in the Eircom League.
    finnpark wrote:
    Players go there to retire. You forgot to mention Ritchie Baker who played for New England - can't make Shels team right now.
    What I do find funny though is people passing judgements on leagues that they know very little about.

    It wouldn't be like an Eircom League fan to do that now would it ;)


  • #53
    MrJoeSoap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,117 ✭✭✭✭MrJoeSoap


    finnpark wrote:
    Players go there to retire. You forgot to mention Ritchie Baker who played for New England - can't make Shels team right now.

    Didn't watch the Derry game on Monday no? Pretty sure he played (badly). He didn't make much of an impact over in the states.

    Do you, in all honesty, think the Eircom League is of a better standard than the MLS?
    Jivin Turkey wrote:
    What I do find funny though is people passing judgements on leagues that they know very little about.

    It wouldn't be like an Eircom League fan to do that now would it ;)
    Don't generalize.


  • #54
    Xavi6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,908 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    finnpark wrote:
    Players go there to retire. You forgot to mention Ritchie Baker who played for New England - can't make Shels team right now.

    I seem to remember Curtis Fleming, an Irish international, coming to Shels before retiring so it happens in any league.

    If you bothered to look into any of the MLS players or teams you would know that everything about the set up over there is significantly higher than what we have over here.

    Also, a large proportion of the USA national team comes from their own league, how many eL players were in the Irish squad that didn't qualify for the World Cup? Therefore logically the standard of MLS players is of World Cup standard whereas eL players can't even make a poor squad.


  • #55
    Jivin Turkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,966 ✭✭✭Jivin Turkey


    MrJoeSoap wrote:
    Don't generalize.
    I'm not, in fact I'm doing the complete opposite.


  • #56
    MrJoeSoap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,117 ✭✭✭✭MrJoeSoap


    Jivin Turkey wrote:
    I'm not, in fact I'm doing the complete opposite.

    Ah right, think my sarcasm detector is broken and picking up signals from the wrong places now! :)


  • #57
    KdjaCL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,346 ✭✭✭✭KdjaCL


    Umm i lived in US for 18 months and made a point of visiting my local franchise in MLS land, its ****ing shocking, the fact you mention all these good players makes it even worse.

    General MLS game involves bad centre backs humping it forward and super fit players battling for the ball untilit comes to a european or mexican who can actualy play and he then does something which creates a goal chance.

    USA are a solid well organised team which is how the MLS is, far from entertaining and far from decent football, would expect any decent EL team to thrash any MLS side, you would have to sit tru a few games to understand why jesus its bloody awful, fact they well paid players makes it borderline SPL but at least SPL has fans going for it.


    OT Ryan best keeper in EL league, not better than Kenny or Kiely better than the rest tho, irrelevant to national team Colgan be in goal assuming previous 2 out.


    kdjac


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