A Question for the 'older' Irish Gooners

gibbo · Post by **gibbo** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:26 pm

hi all
just logged on and read the posts

db10 nice story about your grandad !!!

its good to hear we have moved with the times and sure we can drink and have the crack together now

pity they arent many irish lads playing with the gunners these days

sure they must be some young lads good enough to make the grade
sure we have the biggest school boy league in europe here in dublin
and there is a big push on technical football at a young age as well in ireland now.
so hopefully in the next 4-5 years we will have a green gooner playing in the famous red and white kit.

up the gunners!!!!!

Post by **REB** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:31 pm

welcom gibbo,, our players at the moment not good enough 2 be a gooner,, pity cos when i stared supporting the arsenal was just before all the irish lads came thru in the 70s,, which always made us proud,, oh for a brady our o leary nowdays

gibbo · Post by **gibbo** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:48 pm

cheers rebel gunner
dont forget john devine man!!!!!the blond mop of hair(he work as a scout for man utd now)traitor!!

look at reading and sunderland, they must see something with the irish lads

doyle is some talent interesting to see how he will do this season
cause if he does well he wont be around reading next year!!!

Post by **REB** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:00 pm

gibbo wrote:cheers rebel gunner
dont forget john devine man!!!!!the blond mop of hair(he work as a scout for man utd now)traitor!!

look at reading and sunderland, they must see something with the irish lads

doyle is some talent interesting to see how he will do this season
cause if he does well he wont be around reading next year!!!

yes but there not the arsenal,, not many paddies in top 4 teams,, just a couple

gibbo · Post by **gibbo** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:10 pm

sad all the same no paddys in squad

only in the ladies

sure you never know

if i was wegner i would keep an eye on doyle
he has that ian wright thing about him right place right time.

and he holds up the ball well,and isnt afraid to get stuck in either(must be the gaa thing)

sure we can only dream!!!!!!!!!!

Post by **DB10GOONER** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:34 am

gibbo wrote:sad all the same no paddys in squad

only in the ladies

sure you never know

if i was wegner i would keep an eye on doyle
he has that ian wright thing about him right place right time.

and he holds up the ball well,and isnt afraid to get stuck in either(must be the gaa thing)

sure we can only dream!!!!!!!!!!

Good points about Doyle there Gibbo. He isn't the best technically but he does know when and where to run and he will put it in there old skool. I always look at players like him and wonder what they'd be like after a year or twos coaching by Wenger to improve the technical side of their game.

Le Boss must be the best man manager and technical coach in the game at the moment. Just look at all the "good" players he has moulded into "great" players... Vieira, Petit, Overmars, Henry, CashleyCrunt, Clichy, Toure, RVP, Pires, Ljunberg, Sol.

And the players he "improved" technically and who's careers he extended... Adams, Bouldy, Keown, DB10 (he didn't really improve DB10 but he extended his career), Parlour, Seamo (again like DB10).

Just working with the man day in day out must be amazing. Not forgetting Pat Rice. Although I think he needs a defensive coach in there to assist with our leaky defence...

RaM · Post by **RaM** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 8:07 am

I think Doyle is a great player.

He's in my EPL Fantasy Team.

And he is good for Ireland too.

I hoping he scores a heap on the way to helping the team qualify for Euro08.

Cus Geezer · Post by **Cus Geezer** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:11 am

The reasons why the Irish support the English sides are simple. I rather contentiously say that despite no longer being within a political union with Britain, the Republic of Ireland is culturally intertwinned with the rest of the union, for these reasons....

1) If you ask anyone who are the largest ethnic group in Britain you'd think of either the Afro-Caribbeans or Asians, when it is actually the Irish, who have never been subject to immigration restrictions in the UK, even after independence. This has lead to a high amount of intermarriage and offspring indistinguishable from the rest of the UK.

2) The most watched TV stations in Ireland is not RTE but ITV and BBC, hence the following of the English leagues.

It is considered that the Irish have a better relationship with the English than the Scots or Welsh, despite the bloodier history.