Mothball said:Be a Championship player before long.Think the illness scare last year affected him badly
WNRH said:Was a big fan of Ireland, always supported him til the end.
But he made his bed the day he signed for Villa and now he has to lie in it.
Neither wish him well or wish him bad luck, he is just meh now.
auction294 said:Mothball said:Be a Championship player before long.Think the illness scare last year affected him badly
....and you still believe that? Personally, at the time I thought he was faking and certainly a scan in hospital revealed nothing. Step forward Stephen McKeith Ireland.
Whilst I take no delight in his career stalling I cannot help but think it the the fault of nobody else except this talented, but complicated young man who appears not to apply himself in his work. Would the real Stephen Ireland, the one that we knew as Superman please stand up.
Careful.chesterbells said:auction294 said:....and you still believe that? Personally, at the time I thought he was faking and certainly a scan in hospital revealed nothing. Step forward Stephen McKeith Ireland.
Whilst I take no delight in his career stalling I cannot help but think it the the fault of nobody else except this talented, but complicated young man who appears not to apply himself in his work. Would the real Stephen Ireland, the one that we knew as Superman please stand up.
Well, you thought he was faking, I thought and think the exact opposite. I think he did have serious medical problems.
I also thought the way he transformed from a slightly-built semi-promising graduate of the youth academy around the margins of the first team squad into a miraculous box-to-box muscled centre-mid dynamo was rather, erm, surprising. I'm sure the two things were unrelated though, eh?
chesterbells said:auction294 said:....and you still believe that? Personally, at the time I thought he was faking and certainly a scan in hospital revealed nothing. Step forward Stephen McKeith Ireland.
Whilst I take no delight in his career stalling I cannot help but think it the the fault of nobody else except this talented, but complicated young man who appears not to apply himself in his work. Would the real Stephen Ireland, the one that we knew as Superman please stand up.
Well, you thought he was faking, I thought and think the exact opposite. I think he did have serious medical problems.
I also thought the way he transformed from a slightly-built semi-promising graduate of the youth academy around the margins of the first team squad into a miraculous box-to-box muscled centre-mid dynamo was rather, erm, surprising. I'm sure the two things were unrelated though, eh?
clubfoot said:Houllier has slaughtered him in public today. Some quotes:
"He doesn’t defend, he doesn’t run back, he loses too many balls in crucial areas."
"He needs to work harder. We support him 100%, but he needs to work harder."
gooney said:lol isnt it as simple as he was a one season wonder? I used to laugh how some people used to say Fergie and Wenger will come in for him and we will regret selling him....he's just a meh player
I think Bale is overrated right now, but he wont go the Ireland way, he has his speed that will always make him a threat and tbh he seem to have much better attitude than Irelandsouthern muppet said:gooney said:lol isnt it as simple as he was a one season wonder? I used to laugh how some people used to say Fergie and Wenger will come in for him and we will regret selling him....he's just a meh player
Pretty much this, to be honest. And Gareth Bale is this year's Stephen Ireland.