Stephen Ward also out (sent his injury update via WhatsApp Audio clip)
Harry Arter is included in the Ireland squad
No Declan Rice
Richie Towell gets his first call-up
O’Neill remains ‘hopeful’ that Declan Rice will opt for Ireland. Says he has spoken with the family and player himself and he wants more time to consider his future. Should know before year is out.
Martin O’Neill says Harry Arter and Roy Keane had a conversation and Harry is happy with the outcome.
He was badge kissing only a few months back and doesn’t have the gumption to put the whole thing to bed by just making a statement of his intention to switch allegiance. He can enjoy his maximum 10 caps with England we don’t need cowardly cunts like him.
We need any semi competent professional footballer who can kick a ball to a team mate 10 yards away . We don’t have many of these and Rice has these attributes .
Irrelevant, you should never have to make a decision on wanting to play for one nation or another this is not club football it’s part of your own identity.
we need to produce footballers capable of passing the ball 10 yards as opposed to fucking waiting like a cur at the end of a table for Englands youth system failures to “choose” us.
O’Neill is some fucking mug. Jumped through hoops for Grealish and now this Rice prick. Will only give games then to LOI lads after they’ve moved to the UK. Was Seanie Maguire any better a month after he went to Preston, than he was at Cork?
This cunt needs getting rid of. Get in Stephen Kenny
This says a lot. Modern and progressive Irish rugby has people immigrating to here to play while the ROI soccer team are throwing tantrums over losing out on the emigrants.