Entirely hilarious:
Shelbourne have no worries about playing against Vinnie Jones in a friendly.
Jones has agreed to play as a guest for Carlisle in Dublin.
"He's not a hard man, he's a pansy - and I would say that to his face," Shelbourne chief executive Ollie Byrne told Ananova.com.
"He's not a hard man. He played for Leeds in a friendly against us and he had to be taken off for his own protection. He could not look after himself.
"It's a much more physical game here, you don't get as much time on the ball."
And if Jones is thinking of putting the squeeze on Shelbourne's players, as he did against Paul Gascoigne, Byrne has a message for him: "He's going to need a bigger pair of hands if he wants to grab some of our players!"
Jones is playing as he is a close friend of Carlisle manager Roddy Collins. Curtis Fleming and former Manchester United defender Paul McGrath could also play for Carlisle.
The game is part of the deal that took Shelbourne's Richie Foran to Carlisle.
A percentage of the gate receipts are to be donated to former St Patrick's star Christie McElligott, who at 31 recently lost his legs in a road accident.
McElligot played in the same side as Foran at St Pats and is a close friend of United manager Roddy Collins and Middlesbrough's Curtis Fleming.
McGrath may not be able to play because of injury.
from http://football.guardian.co.uk
Shelbourne have no worries about playing against Vinnie Jones in a friendly.
Jones has agreed to play as a guest for Carlisle in Dublin.
"He's not a hard man, he's a pansy - and I would say that to his face," Shelbourne chief executive Ollie Byrne told Ananova.com.
"He's not a hard man. He played for Leeds in a friendly against us and he had to be taken off for his own protection. He could not look after himself.
"It's a much more physical game here, you don't get as much time on the ball."
And if Jones is thinking of putting the squeeze on Shelbourne's players, as he did against Paul Gascoigne, Byrne has a message for him: "He's going to need a bigger pair of hands if he wants to grab some of our players!"
Jones is playing as he is a close friend of Carlisle manager Roddy Collins. Curtis Fleming and former Manchester United defender Paul McGrath could also play for Carlisle.
The game is part of the deal that took Shelbourne's Richie Foran to Carlisle.
A percentage of the gate receipts are to be donated to former St Patrick's star Christie McElligott, who at 31 recently lost his legs in a road accident.
McElligot played in the same side as Foran at St Pats and is a close friend of United manager Roddy Collins and Middlesbrough's Curtis Fleming.
McGrath may not be able to play because of injury.
from http://football.guardian.co.uk