Bit of a surprise to me anyway Kev. Wouldnāt think heās any better than our current wingers anyway.
Fucking hell! Thatās gas. Canāt see him getting a game though. Weāve about a million wingers at the moment.
Thats true, he is in good form though in fairness to him, his work rate is unreal these days.
Anyway iād take Duff on form anyday even if i did want the cunt playing with us.
Wolves midfielder Jamie OāHara has signalled his intent to fight for senior international recognition with England rather than the Republic of Ireland.
The 24-year-old has represented England all the way up to Under-21 level, but found himself at the centre of speculation that he could opt to try his luck with Ireland, for whom he also qualifies, after failing to make it into Fabio Capelloās plans.
However, having seen team-mate Matt Jarvis win an England cap against Ghana last season, OāHara is now hoping to prove himself worthy of a chance.
OāHara, who completed a Ā£5million move to Molineux last month, told the clubās official website, www.wolves.co.uk: 'I have decided I want to play for England.
'Itās always been my ambition as a young player. I played in all the age groups through the years and now Iām looking to get off to a flying start.
'Iām looking to be a key figure for Wolves this season, and getting into the England squad is something I really want to do.
'I had a good end to last season and, coming into the new season, I want to have a cracking start and get into the England reckoning.
āI think it has been proved with this England manager that if you play regularly in the Premier League and do well, you have got a chance of getting in the squad.ā
Apart from when you courted Ireland apparently.
I have no problem with that. If he ever changes his mind then he can prove his credentials by getting a relevant tattoo or posting a video of himself singing Irish rebels songs on You Tube or something.
Iād say he looked at the likes of Meyler, McCarthy, Clifford and Paul Green and thought āI donāt have a fucking hope hereā. Lucky for him he had the fall-back of England to try and realise his international ambitions.
Just look at Simon Cox; learned Amhran na bhFiann on You Tube. Thatās the type of commitment required.
Could this lad put out anymore begging statements to Club England?
OāHara decides heās not Irish after all
Wolves winger Jamie OāHara has announced that he wants to try and play for England, meaning he no longer feels like representing Ireland.
Back in February OāHara said: āAll my family are Republic of Ireland,ā he said. "In Wicklow, Iāve got a big Irish family and theyāre always phoning me up saying, ācome and play for Irelandā, but through the young stages Iāve always played for England, so I wouldnāt want to be disrespectful and say Iād play for Ireland when Iām not 100pc.
āBut now, if the opportunity was to come, Iām 24, Iām playing Premier League football hopefully on a regular basis, so if I get the phone call, itās something Iād look at.ā
There was no great clamour from anybody other than his family over here to get OāHara in and in fairness to him he was never banging on Giovanni Trapattoniās door for a call-up anyway but he has decided to try and make it into the England team.
āI want to play for England,ā he said this weekend. āItās always been my aim to play for England since I was a kid. Iāve played for England at all levels. And it would be unfair to play for Ireland. I love all my Irish family. I speak to them all the time. They would love me to play for Ireland. But it would be unfair on the Irish players.ā
Would have been a good option but maybe no more than that. Saw him play centrally against Liverpool recently. He made Charlie Adam seem mobile.
Glad OāHaraās not going to play for us. Iāve no issue with English born players representing Ireland, but he always seemed like a horrible cunt with shit dress sense.
Wolves defender Richard Stearman could be available to Republic of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni next season.
Press Association Sport have reported that the FAI is in the process of completing the paperwork which will make the former England Under-21 international eligible for selection.
Stearman, who qualifies through his maternal grandparents, has previously spoken of his hope of winning senior international recognition with Ireland.
The 25-year-old told the East Anglian Daily Times in February: "Itās in the process at the moment. I am gaining a passport and citizenship and hopefully that will be not far around the corner.
āAll my family on my motherās side are Irish and I am looking to get on the international scene.ā
Trapattoni has cast the net wide in recent seasons in an attempt to increase the pool of players from which he can select.
Richard Dunne, John OāShea, Sean St Ledger and Darren OāDea have been his central defensive mainstays in recent seasons, but he is keen to blood younger players and Everton full-back Seamus Coleman and Wigan midfielder James McCarthy established themselves as regulars last season.
Stearmanās club future is currently uncertain with Ipswich boss Mick McCarthy, who took him on loan from Wolves in January keen to make the reunion permanent after a successful spell at Portman Road.
However, the Black Country club are understood to have placed a Ā£1million price-tag on the man they signed from Leicester in June 2008 with new manager Kenny Jackett attempting to convince him to remain at Molineux, where he has a year of his existing deal to run.
Great news. A League 1 defender.
Mark Noble and Curtis Davies are being touted in the media as two players that will be sounded out by OāNeill for call ups to the Ireland squad.
I heard that this morning. They can fuck right off. Noble is fucking Eastenders Landaner and it would be like listening to Totti and Tosspotty after a game about how they mugged off Lithuania with a last minute winner in a qualifier. Can he even get into the West Ham team these days?
Once thereās Irish blood there, theyāre welcome and entitled to don the Irish shirt. Unlike these residency cunts in the Rugby or the sham fuckers who represent Ireland in cricket because theyāre married an Irish moth.
Embarrassing.
OāPoppy and Queen trying to further their British stamp on the team.
Quelle surprise.
Farcical.
[quote=āRudi, post: 869214, member: 1052ā]OāPoppy and Queen trying to further their British stamp on the team.
Quelle surprise.[/quote]
Almost as ridiculous as Trapattoni picking an Argentinian with an Italian great grandfather for the Azzurri?