Guest Roy the Irish Magpie Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Irish league as in the Airtricity league I am a Shampck Rovers season ticket holder and tbh the only reason I go is for the buzz and it's good when we play the other Dublin clubs I get to wind up a few m8s before the game and after if we do well. There was one season we were in the Europa but other than it's pure piss and nothing like International standard. The fact James McClean and Keith Fahey are the best players to come from the league in recent times says it all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 How is Croatia's league? Their national team has a lot of potential... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Irish league as in the Airtricity league I am a Shampck Rovers season ticket holder and tbh the only reason I go is for the buzz and it's good when we play the other Dublin clubs I get to wind up a few m8s before the game and after if we do well. There was one season we were in the Europa but other than it's pure piss and nothing like International standard. The fact James McClean and Keith Fahey are the best players to come from the league in recent times says it all. Shane Long and Seamus Coleman came from League of Ireland clubs albeit it at a young age and they're pretty good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roy the Irish Magpie Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 I am enjoying this friendly though. Great goal by Long but then Lampard came up and does what he does best. Can see it either finishing a draw or an England win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 How is Croatia's league? Their national team has a lot of potential... Pretty gash. Dinamo Zagreb sometimes reach the CL groups though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Can't imagine the Uruguayan league is any good considering the size of the country. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roy the Irish Magpie Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Irish league as in the Airtricity league I am a Shampck Rovers season ticket holder and tbh the only reason I go is for the buzz and it's good when we play the other Dublin clubs I get to wind up a few m8s before the game and after if we do well. There was one season we were in the Europa but other than it's pure piss and nothing like International standard. The fact James McClean and Keith Fahey are the best players to come from the league in recent times says it all. Shane Long and Seamus Coleman came from League of Ireland clubs albeit it at a young age and they're pretty good Before the other two though. McClean and Fahey are the two most recent. Though I may not be right about Fahey maybe someone is more recent than him I would check up but not botherd especially on mobile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Irish league as in the Airtricity league I am a Shampck Rovers season ticket holder and tbh the only reason I go is for the buzz and it's good when we play the other Dublin clubs I get to wind up a few m8s before the game and after if we do well. There was one season we were in the Europa but other than it's pure piss and nothing like International standard. The fact James McClean and Keith Fahey are the best players to come from the league in recent times says it all. Shane Long and Seamus Coleman came from League of Ireland clubs albeit it at a young age and they're pretty good Before the other two though. McClean and Fahey are the two most recent. Though I may not be right about Fahey maybe someone is more recent than him I would check up but not botherd especially on mobile. 2009 so about the same time as Coleman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Just looked up Nacional, the top Uruguayan club, and while they have a few players with a significant amount of caps, they're all 35+. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Ecuador are 10th in the rankings like, their league will be crap. Also Colombia Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Ecuador are 10th in the rankings like, their league will be crap. Also Colombia Both of those leagues are way stronger than the Irish league, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Ecuador are 10th in the rankings like, their league will be crap. Also Colombia Both of those leagues are way stronger than the Irish league, though. size of country tho Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Checked the rankings, it'll definitely be Ivory Coast. In the team that are top of the league, only three players have wikipedia pages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 This discussion is a ringing endorsement for the excitement of international friendlies btw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi_D Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Ecuador are 10th in the rankings like, their league will be crap. Also Colombia Both of those leagues are way stronger than the Irish league, though. size of country tho Presumably soccer is their national/main sport, also. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Wales would be about the same as Ireland, although Bale being from there would be like Messi being from the Vatican. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Do Ireland have the biggest disparity between their national team and the state of their league? Several nations in Africa have better international records than Ireland (probably at least 15 of them) and inferior leagues. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Checked the rankings, it'll definitely be Ivory Coast. In the team that are top of the league, only three players have wikipedia pages. Aye must be that I reckon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Checked the rankings, it'll definitely be Ivory Coast. In the team that are top of the league, only three players have wikipedia pages. ASEC have developed many world class players, tbf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Think it was the last World Cup where Ivory Coast were the only side without a player playing in their domestic league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Checked the rankings, it'll definitely be Ivory Coast. In the team that are top of the league, only three players have wikipedia pages. ASEC have developed many world class players, tbf. Yaya Touré? (wiki) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Checked the rankings, it'll definitely be Ivory Coast. In the team that are top of the league, only three players have wikipedia pages. ASEC have developed many world class players, tbf. Like who? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Howay Leighton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Think it was the last World Cup where Ivory Coast were the only side without a player playing in their domestic league. Nigeria and Cameroon as well. I think Ghana had a reserve keeper, but that was all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Checked the rankings, it'll definitely be Ivory Coast. In the team that are top of the league, only three players have wikipedia pages. ASEC have developed many world class players, tbf. Yaya Touré? (wiki) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASEC_Mimosas#Former_players Many came via that Belgian team that doesn't exist anymore. Remember reading an article about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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