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Westwood for Ireland?

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  • #52
    Death or Glory
    Closed Accounts Posts: 482 ✭✭Death or Glory


    Up until a couple of months ago Leeds were one of the worst footballing sides in L1...... non stop long ball hoofing, atrocious to watch. The last thing i think we've done is brought glamour!

    Sides like Swans, Donny, Forest and especially Hartlepool have played brilliant football, and the majority of it has been rewarded. They don't need Leeds to glamourise their league. The standard of football at times has been excellent, and the players are far superior to anything the EL has to offer


  • #53
    djpbarry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,104 ✭✭✭✭djpbarry


    Death or Glory wrote: »
    The standard of football at times has been excellent, and the players are far superior to anything the EL has to offer
    That's nonsense. Are you telling me that the likes of Paddy McCourt, Keith Fahey, John Paul Kelly, Faz Kudozovic, Eamonn Zayed, Joe Gamble, etc. couldn't cut it at League 1 level? Absolute nonsense.

    I feel a couple of clips are necessary to emphasise my point:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPv-OIpsI1s

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXllkCxvq8k&feature=related

    How NI can afford to leave McCourt out of their squad is beyond me.


  • #54
    Death or Glory
    Closed Accounts Posts: 482 ✭✭Death or Glory


    No, what I'm saying is the likes of Jermaine Beckford, Kris Commons, Jason Scotland, Kieran Westwood, Lee Bernard, Rui Marques, Andy Robinson, Junior Agogo et al are far far too good for EL


  • #55
    estebancambias
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,103 ✭✭✭estebancambias


    Death or Glory I suppose you're one of those who think Celtic and Rangers would struggle in the Championship.


    Why bother mentioning a bunch of random players in an attempt to illustrate that third tier english football is better than Eircom League?

    Let me ask do you watch much of the Eircom League?


  • #56
    OhNoYouDidn't
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭OhNoYouDidn't


    There are two seperate debates happening here.

    Is this guy good enough? Possibly. But at the moment we have an abundance of serious keepers playing at home, specifically the two Murphys at the big two Dublin clubs and Quigley at Derry. All with underage international big game experience. Third fourth and fifth chioces in my opinion.

    Secondly, the whole plastic paddy argument. McGeady and Kilbane are clearly Irish even if they happen to be born overseas. For this guy to talk about 'picking' Ireland and how he wasnt 'really Irish but it was ok because he was Catholic' to me fundamentally demeans the jersey and is a spit in the eye of all the hard work being done by the FAI to produce players.

    Its demeaning.


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


    mike65 wrote: »
    I'm just boggled some think EL beats League 1, EL = Conference.

    Mike.

    LOL and heres me thinking Pats would take any PL side bar Everton in the UEFA, one of us hasnt a ****ing a clue about football and actually watching it...on a pitch...as its happening....right there... not on tv ....with replays ...but right there......s it happens.

    bring on the city.



    kdjac


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