Its always good to see one of your own do well, so watching this evening’s epic encounter (tongue firmly in cheek) between the FAI and the IFA, I mean the Republic and North of Ireland, it put a smile one my face seeing Stephen Ward make his full international debut. To see him score on his debut made that smile even bigger. An ex-Bohs man scoring on his full international debut, I feel strangely proud.
This year has seen LOI exports take on granny rule imports for places in the Ireland squad, with Ward, Keith Fahey and Seamus Coleman who plied their trade in our league until recently making the breakthrough on an international level alongside the likes of Lawrence, Cox and Folan. Its just a pity that it seems to take that trip across the water in order to get an international call up. Glenn Crowe, will we see your likes again?
(Apologies for the big “Sportsfile” scrawled across Stephen’s face… It was the only decent pic I could find… Any opinions on who is doing better? The imports or the exports?)
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There is no way in hell Fahey wasn’t up to scratch when he was here. The way he played at European level showed that. The same applies to Coleman and Ward.
Totally agree mate…
Agree re Fahey, Coleman and Ward . Much that it pains me Glen Crowe got a bum deal and should have won more caps.
It will be interesting to see if Pádraig Amond gets a call up at some stage.
From last nights game you can see Alan Mannus is head and shoulders above Blaney.
i got this from another site……….
From the current pool of players:
GK’s
Kieron Westwood – Manchester
Joe Murphy – Dublin
David Forde – Galway
Shay Given – Donegal
Darren Randolph – Wicklow
DEF’s
Damien Delaney – Cork
Kevin Foley – Luton
Stephen Kelly – Dublin
Paul McShane – Wicklow
Darren O’Dea – Dublin
Sean St Ledger – Birmingham
Stephen Ward – Dublin
Richard Dunne – Dublin
Greg Cunningham – Galway
Marc Wilson – Antrim
MID’s
Keith Andrews – Dublin
Seamus Coleman – Donegal
Stephen Hunt – Laois
Liam Lawrence – Mansfield
Keith Treacy – Dublin
Glenn Whelan – Dublin
James McCarthy – Glasgow
Damien Duff – Dublin
Aiden McGeady – Glasgow
Paul Green – Pontefract
Darron Gibson – Derry
Keith Fahey – Dublin
FWD’s
Simon Cox – Reading
Robbie Keane – Dublin
Andy Keogh – Dublin
Jonathan Walters – Liverpool
Leon Best – Nottingham
Kevin Doyle – Wexford
Cillian Sheridan – Cavan
Shane Long – Tipperary
Noel Hunt – Laois