Sam Szmodics on representing Ireland and hoping to make debut
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- Sam Szmodics on representing Ireland and hoping to make debut
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Sam Szmodics on representing Ireland and hoping to make debut
Welcome aboard Sammy. I am really excited to see what you will bring to the team!
Proper striker at last, best since Robbie Keane, absolutely lethal in front of goal. Eligible is eligible in my book. Ray Houghton, John Aldridge, Tony Cascarino and many more did us proud in the past. Sammy follows in a proud tradition. Once he puts on the green shirt, he's one of us, as far as I'm concerned.
He's only done it at Championship level, be realistic.
That’s why he’s in the Championship..
Confident lad
Its crazy how the Irish rugby team can field a team almost exclusively of Irish players, including the bench and all of the 2nd and 3rd players while Irish Football, which has a far bigger playing pool as well as 10 or more professional football clubs and a much larger audience can't seem to put 11 Irish home grown players on the field. I find that astonishing. Absolutely no discredit to Sam whatsoever - or anyone who plays for Ireland that come from Irish ancestors but you have to ask the question: what is going on in Irish football that you can't develop and play your own home grown players like almost every other country. It's really strange.
It's the schools mate. Look at how serious the private schools (Blackrock, Michael's, Roscrea, etc) and a tonne more around Ireland like Pres in Cork take rugby. Football has none of that... it all falls on local clubs and then your higher men's divisions or LoI clubs to spot talent. That coupled with the fact the IRFU is a well-oiled organisation with positive revenue, whereas the FAI is only starting to recover from the corruption of the last three decades and still it's heavily in debt. Plus the soul-selling Premier League is no longer interested in developing Irish players, but fancy €50M+ Brazilians, Argentines and Spaniards
Ehh the Irish rugby team is full of players from new Zealand, South Africa, USA. Are you serious lol
Such rubbish - the Ireland rugby team has a bunch of mercenary players, that have barely lived here a few years or have any Irish blood.
Also, we may as well take advantage of players with Irish links like Szmodics, as with less emigration over the last few decades compared to before, that well will be drying up more and more.
Football doesn't have as big a pool as you'd think. Most lads go for GAA or Hurling, and now with the success of rugby, they go towards that. Irish football has been so dire for so long, it put a lot of kids off it
Over the moon to see Sammy involved. Think he is a brilliant striker and as someone said, best since Robbie Keane. To answer your question as to what is going on in Irish football that we can't develop our own players? Answer - coaching. Plain and simple. And the evidence: since Ireland began as a soccer nation (probably 100 years ago) we have only produced Don Givens, Frank Stapleton and Robbie Keane as those who could be described as international class strikers. With all the players who came through - only 3 strikers. With those odds you wouldn't even win the Lotto.
Another below par footballer taking Ireland as a last resort.
I think it's change my surname by deed poll. Horrible surname, sorry.
scraping the bottom of the barrel sad really
Who is scraping the barrel? You?
Ridiculous he’s head and shoulders above anyone else
One of the best players in Championship. Not exactly scrapping barrel.
@@emmetheneghan5661totally agree !!
Exactly, lads think we’ve landed a top striker, he plays in the Championship and hasn’t made the England squad, hence why he’s nearly 29 and about to make his debut.