Ted Hughes wrote:He's going to have his Irish games struck from the record then in a few years captain England.
you mean changing his name to Stephen England and claiming lifelong allegiance to England, in best Ryan Wilson fashion?
Ted Hughes wrote:He's going to have his Irish games struck from the record then in a few years captain England.
Slim wrote:I don't think we should be so happy or cavalier that he isn't playing for the national side. Having him play in a different system and under different coaching staff will help develop him as a player, they should remove the whole issue and just call it a clean slate. Stevie walks through the door and goes back to work, no need for a confrontation or resolution.
Ted Hughes wrote:He's going to have his Irish games struck from the record then in a few years captain England.
Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:He's going to have his Irish games struck from the record then in a few years captain England.
you mean changing his name to Stephen England and claiming lifelong allegiance to England, in best Ryan Wilson fashion?
Original Dub wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:He's going to have his Irish games struck from the record then in a few years captain England.
Wash your fucking mouth out Mr Hughes!
Trapp is doing what he has been doing since he took over - avoiding the 'problem' of Stevie coming back by putting the emphasis on the player everytime. Every other manager has said if they were in charge, they'd do everything in their power to get him into the side.
The fact is that trapp has his 'system' and that doesn't involve playmakers/CAMs. If he begs Ireland to come back and plays him, he'll have to change the system that could well get us to the world cup. If he begs Ireland to come back and doesn't play him, there'll be murder.
Its much easier for Trapp to let sleeping dogs lie.
Its not what I'd do, but hey ho, I'm not the boss of a team that will have over achieved if they do qualify for the WC.
Also, I agree with Slim in that I'd like to see him playing for his country because it certainly does help development and experience and that will be a benefit to City.
Ideally, I'd like to see us qualify and then get him back training and in friendlies for the tournament itself but that's highly unlikely.
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