Good man Stephen Ireland... (2 Viewers)

[7 - No tomorrow]

My mate wrote that in. LOL

Haha.

Bogus?

 

[Franco]

Haha.

Bogus?

He's standing by it.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/magpies-snap-up-ireland-491639.html

"His arrival comes just hours after reports emerged that the deal had fallen through because he had failed a medical."

good man franco's mate.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/magpies-snap-up-ireland-491639.html

"His arrival comes just hours after reports emerged that the deal had fallen through because he had failed a medical."

good man franco's mate.

The bould Karl.

 

[Cormcolash]

He didn't fail the medical, it was the psychoanalysis that set the alarm bells going off the richter scale

 

[nofriendo]

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_6793423,00.html

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_6793423,00.html


Newcastle United loan man Stephen Ireland has launched a scathing attack on Gerard Houllier.

Speaking in an interview with French football magazine So Foot, Ireland is very critical of Aston Villa boss Houllier.

The midfielder was rarely used by Houllier after he took charge from Martin O'Neill and he insists he was forced out of Villa by the Frenchman.

"After 15 matches on the bench Houllier told me to stay at home," said Ireland, who is hoping to make his Newcastle debut against Evertonthis weekend.

"I trained during the week and on Fridays he told me, 'no point you coming, you are not in the team'.

"Yet I was the best player in training. It was my team that won in every session. One of the few times he played me, we drew 0-0 at Chelseaand I ended up man of the match.

"Apparently that didn't matter to him. I was stuck with being paid for doing nothing at all. I was left to myself. I had to pay out of my own pocket for medical treatment. Can you believe that?"

Ireland also took exception at being asked to move to Birmingham from his home in Manchester.

"Houllier asked me to come and live in Birmingham because it was taking me 75 minutes to come to training. But there were 15 players in the same position as me. Some came from London and took more than two hours, but he only asked me to move," he continued.

Dislike for Birmingham

"For a start, Birmingham is a c**p city and I wasn't going to make the effort, especially as I wasn't playing. Might as well be in Manchester if I had to stay home on match days.

"I don't bear Houllier any grudges, it wasn't him who chose me after all."

Ireland is desperate to play this weekend, adding: "I just want to play and have a manager who really wants me for once.

"I have no idea at the moment who I will be playing for next season. My future is unclear."

Ireland retired from international football with his native Republic of Ireland four years ago, but he has no regrets and insists he feels nothing for his homeland, or even his hometown of Cork.

"I don't give a damn for Ireland. Live in Cork? I'd rather shoot myself. I prefer Los Angeles," he said.

No Irish action
And he admits he is not going to be playing for his country again in the future.

"Even at youth level, it p****d me off to go there," he said.

"Everyone came from Dublin. I was the only guy from Cork. I had to take the train on my own, pay for a taxi, there was no hotel, no grub. It was handled so amateurishly.

"National teams don't interest me. I have more to do than go off for three days to play Andorra. And when you are Irish, you are well aware you'll never win the World Cup.
"I feel nothing for the team. I absolutely don't feel guilty when they lose and, when they win, at no time do I think I could have been there.

"Even if Ireland had qualified for the World Cup, I wouldn't have gone. People call for my return, but I have only played five times for them. The national team and me are ancient history."

I'm crying, reading this.

 

[nofriendo]

"And when you are Irish, you are well aware you'll never win the World Cup" says the man who recently moved to villa and then newcastle......

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

there's maybe ten teams in the world that have a chance of winning the world cup,does that mean every other national association should pack it in?it's been said before and no doubt will be said again but still - FUCK STEPHEN IRELAND.

 

[Pedronimus]

If I was offered the chance to leave my wage slave existence to lead the life of a gifted premiership footballer but it meant having half my brain removed and being left as thick as Stephen Ireland, I think I'd say no.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

the pink cars wouldn't sway you?

 

[Pedronimus]

the pink cars wouldn't sway you?

Definitely not. Shark tank under the kitchen floor? Hand me a saw and a spoon.

 

[nofriendo]

it gets better

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_6794112,00.html

"I was misquoted and things have been blown way out of proportion. That is the reason why I feel like I needed to say something because the quotes are very unfair.

"What I said during the interview has been twisted to sound particularly blunt and a lot of what was written about my hometown of Cork - which me and my family visit regularly - was just plain ridiculous.
"The comments regarding Birmingham were also taken way out of context as I had only been at Villa a few months and didn't even live there so I have no idea what Birmingham is like to live in and everyone I have met from Birmingham has been nice, my girlfriend's father is from Birmingham so why would I say that, it's just crazy.

"I can only apologise if anyone was offended, but the way the interview was written made me sound very harsh, and I am not that kind of person."


How exactly was "I don't give a damn for Ireland. Live in Cork? I'd rather shoot myself. I prefer Los Angeles," misquoted ?

 

[rettucs]

I'd like it stated on record that I prefer Los Angeles to Cork as well.

 

[Richie]

Jesus, I don't think any PR guru could fix up his image at this stage. Still living off a good six months in 2008-09, you'd think he'd want to lie low for a while until he's at least played a couple of games with Newcastle.

 

[CinnamonBoy]

How interested are French football fans in reading about a Villa reserve/Newcastle crock anyway??
Anyway, I'd say Ireland, the dope, probably thought that he could say what he wanted to a French mag because we'd never hear about it over here. Like the way when foreign lads at Blackburn or Wigan or somewhere give interviews to journalists from their own country saying how foul looking the women are there and how shite the food is and how there's nothing to do, stupidly forgetting that it's not too difficult for the entire world to find out about it.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Still living off a good six months in 2008-09,

And £50k a week, whether he laces up or not.

But yeah.

 

[jcdonaggio]

http://media.newstalk.ie/podcast/22934/

 

[Cormcolash]

it gets better

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_6794112,00.html

"I was misquoted and things have been blown way out of proportion. That is the reason why I feel like I needed to say something because the quotes are very unfair.

"What I said during the interview has been twisted to sound particularly blunt and a lot of what was written about my hometown of Cork - which me and my family visit regularly - was just plain ridiculous.
"The comments regarding Birmingham were also taken way out of context as I had only been at Villa a few months and didn't even live there so I have no idea what Birmingham is like to live in and everyone I have met from Birmingham has been nice, my girlfriend's father is from Birmingham so why would I say that, it's just crazy.

"I can only apologise if anyone was offended, but the way the interview was written made me sound very harsh, and I am not that kind of person."


How exactly was "I don't give a damn for Ireland. Live in Cork? I'd rather shoot myself. I prefer Los Angeles," misquoted ?

The plot Dickens

 

[washingcattle]

FUCK OFF TO LOS FUCKING ANGELES THEN YOU FUCKING CUNT.