by Guest » 58 minutes ago
Guest wrote: ↑Today, 13:13
Guest wrote: ↑Today, 10:29
I’ve always wondered how genuine Irish players (who haven’t and wouldn’t ever play for England lol) feel about players pledging themselves to Ireland because they’re not getting call ups to England.
On one hand, you know the more professional look at it, it’s better for Ireland to have more players make themselves available for call up for them. Helps them strengthen their squad and have better depth, which in turn helps them to be more successful.
But then on the other hand, the more personal sense, I think there’s a few issues with it. Irish players are pushed to the side and made alternates for players who didn’t even initially care about their Irish connections or want to play for Ireland. It makes Ireland seem like a backup nation, ‘good’ players often leave for better NT’s and ‘bad’ players deflect there because they can’t make a more competitive squad. Even just from an emotional sense, like I know Katie McCabe for example is very strongly Irish and a massive supporter of her country, so to play with someone who can change to it so fast because it fits their advantage and not because they genuinely feel like they want to play for Ireland? Bit weird. Idk.
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I’ve always wondered how genuine Irish players (who haven’t and wouldn’t ever play for England lol) feel about players pledging themselves to Ireland because they’re not getting call ups to England.
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On one hand, you know the more professional look at it, it’s better for Ireland to have more players make themselves available for call up for them. Helps them strengthen their squad and have better depth, which in turn helps them to be more successful.
But then on the other hand, the more personal sense, I think there’s a few issues with it. Irish players are pushed to the side and made alternates for players who didn’t even initially care about their Irish connections or want to play for Ireland. It makes Ireland seem like a backup nation, ‘good’ players often leave for better NT’s and ‘bad’ players deflect there because they can’t make a more competitive squad. Even just from an emotional sense, like I know Katie McCabe for example is very strongly Irish and a massive supporter of her country, so to play with someone who can change to it so fast because it fits their advantage and not because they genuinely feel like they want to play for Ireland? Bit weird. Idk.