Jack Grenglish

We don't need people who don't want to play for Ireland. Kevin Kilbane has has this to say:
I grew up wanting to play for Ireland, I think that's well documented, I was called up for England at youth level, but I turned it down basically, I didn't want to play for England, so I'm very different from Jack in that respect.
I would have rather had one cap for Ireland, than 100 caps for England, that's what I felt at 17. Growing up, I was supporting Ireland at Euro 88 and Italia 90, that's where I was.

That's what you want!
 
A big meh from me.

If anything it's a massive bonus that we won't have to listen to his dad talking shite about stuff he's clearly not clever enough to talk about any more. The fecking eejit.
 
Was he born and raised in England or Ireland?
 
We don't need people who don't want to play for Ireland. Kevin Kilbane has has this to say:


That's what you want!


Kilbane is very different to Grealish, both his parents are from Ireland unlike Grealish. I think that is a big factor here, Grealish is also clearly a Brummie - makes absolute sense for him to represent England.
 
He's going to have to do well for himself to get into and stay in the England squad, we have a lot of attacking talent.
 
Kilbane is very different to Grealish, both his parents are from Ireland unlike Grealish. I think that is a big factor here, Grealish is also clearly a Brummie - makes absolute sense for him to represent England.

This is my point. I don't want him to play for Ireland if his heart isn't in it like Kilbane's was. He should play for England.
 
That's just so Irish

You're on fire in this thread.

This is such a non issue, nobody except the media gives a toss. As the poster above said the most notable thing about the lad is that he took ages to decide. He almost as big an attention seeker as his father.
 
I think Kevin Kilbane is one of the nicest men ever. Terribly frustrating footballer though.
 
I just feel for the lad who lost his place to Jack while he was parading as Irish in the under 21s.
 
I just feel for the lad who lost his place to Jack while he was parading as Irish in the under 21s.

I feel for all the lads who lost their places whilst countless players played for Northern Irish youth teams only to feck off to the Irish Republic.

Ah well....
 
I just feel for the lad who lost his place to Jack while he was parading as Irish in the under 21s.

We took him gladly, too late to be bitter now. He was great at underage and arguably improved the lads who played with him. Stop the drama.
 
So Jack Grealish wants England. Do England want Jack Grealish?

Current form would suggest not.
 
Am I supposed to care, Moses?

Well you whined and begged with dignity of a crack addict last time you were quality controlled, but who knows, you may have had some testicles surgically attached in the meantime.
 
An extremely valid point.

No point in complaining when it benefits you many a time.

I'm not complaining, I'm just sick of people holding 'convenient' and hypocritical opinions. You, like many are on the complete opposite side of the same argument depending on which way the player moves.
 
Well you whined and begged with dignity of a crack addict last time you were quality controlled, but who knows, you may have had some testicles surgically attached in the meantime.

Quality controlled :lol:

I was having a little bit of a joke, bit of craic with someone in this thread. What's the problem?!
 
I just feel for the lad who lost his place to Jack while he was parading as Irish in the under 21s.
Using that line of thinking, one could argue that the utility gained by each of his 10 teammates by playing with a superior player in combination exceeds the negativity utility of the one who lost his spot.thus the overall happiness of the group increased at the time.

Of course this isnt about the lad who lost his place. Playing for Ireland at youth team level shows that he does have some affinity for his Ireland, he might just prefer England more, for whatever reason.
 
We should just play him under a different name. I used to do it all the time with the local team. Just stick his brothers name on the team sheet. Nobody will know............
 
We should just play him under a different name. I used to do it all the time with the local team. Just stick his brothers name on the team sheet. Nobody will know............
They'll get suspicious when he spells his name Kevan and think he is some idiot who doesn't even know how to spell his own name.
 
They'll get suspicious when he spells his name Kevan and think he is some idiot who doesn't even know how to spell his own name.
Or it will take him ages to remember who is supposed to be when getting book. I'm eh.....Wayne Grealish.....
 
Would have been good for Ireland, not good enough for England though imo.