He gets racial/sectarian abuse and nothing is ever said or done about it
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when you pretend to give your kids an Irish history lesson in a balaclava all bets are off 
A man youâd fight and die for.
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Brady is a story of wasted talent for whatever reasons.
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id agree with all that but there is no way he can be in that category, absolutely no way,
He had been consistently awful for his entire footballing career bar a reasonable cameo at WBA, in an Irish shirt bar two maybe crucial goals v Austria and Wales and a hoofed cross for Didsyâs equaliser v Denmark he has been at best frustrating to at worst a national embarrassmentâŚ
again, an incredibly decent man, but as a footballer, jesus, no way
He was very good at Sunderland when he broke onto the scene in 2011-12 as well. There was a lot of hype about taking him, Coleman and McCarthy to Euro 2012 as our up and coming young players. McClean was probably our most influential player in the 2018 World Cup qualification campaign and although heâs been poor of late I canât think of too many players in the current set up whoâve achieved as much for their country. Two winners in Vienna and Cardiff in big games were iconic. He must be 32/33 now though and definitely isnât the future.
Martin OâNeill would never go into battle without him.
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Got vital goals against Moldova did he not, IIRC
- James McClean
- Aidan McGeady
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James was probably born about 25-30 years too late. He would have been a great man to have in the âput 'em under pressureâ era.
Same as Martin OâNeill would have been a managerial great had he been managing in the First Division in the early to mid 80s.
James reminds me of one of Roy Raceâs game, limited but utterly trusted Melchester Rovers team mates, the sort of lad who loved a tough FA Cup tie battle away from home and would rally the team with a speech just before going out for the second half, after the team had had their half time oranges, and thereâs nothing more James loves than devouring anything orange.
Then again maybe James was born in the right era for him because his game is based on being in tip-top physical condition, and had he been around in the 1980s, he probably wouldnât been, he seems the personality type who would have been a mainstay of the Tuesday or Wednesday post-training drinking clubs and the card schools. A James McClean 2016 magically transplanted to 1986 would have been a minor superstar though.
What James definitely has is what Jack Charlton described as the type of personality which appeals to the Irish psyche - âthe Irish like to see from their international players something like what theyâd see from their own Gaelic playersâ.
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the tackle on a polish player too
Apparently back in the day He turned up to Derry City training while home form England âŚRoddy Collins son was training with Derry âŚanyway some words were exchanged and McLean went to give it the big âun and got sparked by Collins jnr.
I cant believe thatâs so close
Nathan Collins on his way to the premiership, Burnley have had their 12 million offer accepted more good news this week.
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Never mind, got people mixed up
Could mean Tarkowski is off elsewhere.
Nothing is going to stop the Irish juggernaut that is coming.
Who the fuck was I thinking of.
Would want to be a very good offer for Tarkowski or he wants to go himself. I doubt Dyche wants rid anyway.
Thatâll be 3 Irish cbâs at Burnley now, no? Long, Dunne and Collins?
Is this good news? Dyche has destroyed any Irish footballer heâs got his hands on.
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