Zatman Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Why is he getting so much abuse for this? He is English after all. Not that I'm over the moon about it - he'll get tapped up eventually no doubt.Think its mainly to do with fact Ireland have been shit in the last few years but the media has built Jack up as the next great hope of Irish football plus a lot of the same fans are idiots who criticize an Englishman playing for Ireland but have no problem ignoring their own league and supporting Man Utd or LiverpoolSure the media have already moved onto Dan Crowley as next big Irish hope since Bamford looks like not interested eitherHopefully this will be a wake up call to football in Ireland that we cant jsut keep raiding England for players and produce some of out own, we havent produced a good Irish born player in about 10 years though high hopes for young lad at City Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brumerican Posted September 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2015 Apparently Sol Campbell is livid that Jack snubbed all the African nations. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_eristic Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Tbh, were I in that situation, just the thought of playing under MON and Roy Keane would've had me steering clear of RoI from the start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Jack has made the right decision - now make sure your performances merit an international call up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisvilla4 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 (edited) Go on Jack. Give us a reason to enjoy watching England again. Edited September 28, 2015 by chrisvilla4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 (edited) If we don't have a disaster of a season, I can honestly see him making the squad for the Euros.He's totally unique in his style.Not a chance of much playing time though with Rooney a cert to start, probably in the position Jack excels in. Edited September 28, 2015 by Tomaszk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PongRiddims Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 The new Gazza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 I see this as more a failure of Englands youth recruitment policy. Villa players do feature in the younger levels of international football for England but how do you miss or lose Grealish. He was born in England has a right to play for them, has chosen to do so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJT123 Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 John Percy says that it is expected than he will be called up for the Spain friendly in November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 He'll be training with better players with England, which will benefit him.I feel sorry for Ireland to an extent but this is always going to be an issue when it comes to ancestral background enabling which nations you can play for. Ryan Giggs did exactly the same thing all those years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 29, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted September 29, 2015 (edited) Giggs was never eligible for England though. That's a myth. Edited September 29, 2015 by Stevo985 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Giggs was never eligible for England though. That's a myth.He just played for England youth teams for the fun of it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 29, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted September 29, 2015 Giggs was never eligible for England though. That's a myth.He just played for England youth teams for the fun of it?Schooboy teams are based purely on location at the time. As he'd moved to Manchester as a child he played for England.At full international level he was never eligible. There was a rule change in 2009 that meant he would have been eligible under the new rules. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Giggs was never eligible for England though. That's a myth.He just played for England youth teams for the fun of it?Because Giggs went to school in England he was allowed to play schoolboy football for England, he was never ever going to be able to play for England beyond that level as he never qualified to. He had to play competetive football for Wales as he was only ever eligable to play for them which is why after the age of 16 he played international games for Wales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Re giggs, if they found Irish heritage in Andy Townsend and Clinton Morrison they definitely could've find some English heritage for giggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 The new GazzaYou are Sir_gary_Cahill and I claim my £5.Hang on im confused now, SGC started this thread back in 2010, so are you SGC, is Grealish actually Gazza, or far more disturbing, did SGC actually get one of his bold predictions correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Re giggs, if they found Irish heritage in Andy Townsend and Clinton Morrison they definitely could've find some English heritage for giggs I think you just need a paperweight to prove you've been to the Guinness factory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 The new Gazza Trying to figure out if this is being said as a positive or negative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 So a few days ago he's worth over 60m. Now he needs to improve to get in the England team.Fwiw, I agree with your 2nd statement Tim, but stop contradicting yourself. You're making yourself look like a complete arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 The new GazzaMaybe he's got his drinking skills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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