FAI...June 2024 Friendlies v Hungary and Portugal

[Itchy]

The English media turning on Rice already. Supposedly tweeed up the Ra a few years ago.

He deserves everything he gets. Bursting with pride, little p***k.

[BennyCake]

Michael Keane quotes. A bit of a contradiction from him...

"You've got to go with where you feel like you belong," said Keane.

"I always thought I belonged with England and that's why I have always dreamed of playing for England.

"When I was at Ireland, I wasn't good enough to play for England at that time. I was only young and small and still developing. I had in the back of my head that hopefully one day I could play for England.

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Obviously it's not about whether you feel Irish or English, it's all about furthering your footballing career.

[Aaron Boone]

Rice might need a 3rd choice country to get that competitive cap.

[JPGJOHNNYG]

I hope he gets a warm reception from the no surrender crowd.

[imtommygunn]

It won't do wonders for his club career either. Can't see it going down well with west ham supporters.

[seafoid]

I hope he gets a warm reception from the no surrender crowd.

The irony of it is that he probably only said "up the ra" to fit in.
Social media can be lethal for public figures. 

[lurganblue]

Ah now that's the side to the English media we all love. Getting clean stuck into their own players.

[johnnycool]

I hope he gets a warm reception from the no surrender crowd.

The irony of it is that he probably only said "up the ra" to fit in.
Social media can be lethal for public figures.

Probably right. A lad 17 or 18 at the time of the quote, born in London with little interaction with Ireland other than through football probably hadn't much of a clue about "the Ra".

When in the public eye people will trawl to the ends of the earth on social media to get something on you.

[seafoid]

I hope he gets a warm reception from the no surrender crowd.

The irony of it is that he probably only said "up the ra" to fit in.
Social media can be lethal for public figures.

Probably right. A lad 17 or 18 at the time of the quote, born in London with little interaction with Ireland other than through football probably hadn't much of a clue about "the Ra".

When in the public eye people will trawl to the ends of the earth on social media to get something on you.

"Up the RA" is a real jewel as well for a new English player given the history
I suppose expecting the switch to be smooth was very optimistic.

According to the Daily Telegraph he is exactly the sort of midfielder England need -"A screening player who can pass constructively, tackle well and see the whole pitch"

[general]

The Official FAI Thread

Lads im seriously pi**Ed off - Delcan Rice - nothing to Ireland - quit talking about him

May aswell talk about demba ba - its just as relevant.

ANYWAY....

From the short interviews ive seen/read about - Josh Cullen looks to be proud as punch of his call up! Good luck to the lad - hopefully he can push on.

Josh Cullen
Michael Obafemi
Troy Parrot
Lee O'connor
Gavin Bazunu
ryan cassidy
jack byrne
adam idah

a group of youthful players we can hopefully push through to regular senior internationals in the coming years

[lurganblue]

What way do we fit Doherty and Coleman into the team?

[general]

Doherty on the Right, Coleman on the Left - I think he could play here comfortably - enough quality to play on his bad side

Enda Stephens isnt good enough IMO

[lurganblue]

Talk of playing 3-5-2 with Coleman on the right of the 3, Doherty right wing back and maybe Brady on the left.  Not sure about Coleman in that role tbh.

[general]

If hes going with that then Id like to see something positive like the below.  IMO McClean & Brady need to be accommodated as do Coleman & Doherty             

                     Randolph

            Coleman Duffy Egan
Doherty                               Brady

           Hourihane Hendrick Arter

                        McClean
                        Maguire

[bogball88]

Nonsense. Mick will play a flat back 4 with Coleman at right back. Doherty will likely play on right wing, if not he will play left back as he has previously played there