Zayed for Ireland

Oat23

Orando Broom wrote: »

Follow on, any other Irish or ex-LOI players in far flung places?

Cork?

I think George O'Callaghan plays in the S-League in Singapore.

Declan 'Fabio' O'Brien was playing in Malta for a while with Valetta. Back at Drogs now.

Former Bohemians player Dominic Foley plies his trade in Belgium.

Padraig Amond went to Portugal as far as I know.

Edit: Just found this with a quick Google search. Irish Players abroad (not including UK).
http://www.thecoachdiary.com/?p=1311

Dots1982

He's going to get lots of women in Iran after that. Roastings aplenty.

Nalz

Omackeral wrote: »

Padraig Amond went to Portugal as far as I know.

He's at Accrington Stanley now

Trilla

Trilla wrote: »

He's at Accrington Stanley now

Who are they?

ASOT

Omackeral wrote: »

Who are they?

Exactly!

Pinturicchio

tolosenc wrote: »

Correct. That's why McCarthy got about 80 seconds against Macedonia last March. Up till then, he could have chosen to play for Scotland. So if Zayed has played 4 times for Libya, but in no competitive matches (ACoN qualifiers/finals, WC qualifiers/finals) for them, then he is still elligible for Ireland.

Only because he was under 21 (I think).

Oat23

Persepolis play again Wednesday afternoon, maybe he'll get a chance to start this one.

Gavin "shels"

http://www.goal.com/en/news/2318/world-player-of-the-week/2012/02/06/2889499/world-player-of-the-week-eamon-zayed-persepolis

Guy:Incognito

Gavin shels wrote: »

http://www.goal.com/en/news/2318/world-player-of-the-week/2012/02/06/2889499/world-player-of-the-week-eamon-zayed-persepolis

Bit harsh on Van Persie. Hat trick and 2 (iirc) assists.

Gavin "shels"

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Bit harsh on Van Persie. Hat trick and 2 (iirc) assists.

That was against a crap side who were down to 10 men.

Zayeds hat-trick was scored in the biggest derby in Asia in the last 9 mins, where he came on as a sub (only his 2nd match) and his side were down to 10 men and losing 2-0.

Seaneh

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Gavin "shels" wrote: »

http://www.goal.com/en/news/2318/world-player-of-the-week/2012/02/06/2889499/world-player-of-the-week-eamon-zayed-persepolis

Bit harsh on Van Persie. Hat trick and 2 (iirc) assists.

But could he do it on a cold Febuary night in Tehran?

monkey9

Gavin shels wrote: »

That was against a crap side who were down to 10 men.

Zayeds hat-trick was scored in the biggest derby in Asia in the last 9 mins, where he came on as a sub (only his 2nd match) and his side were down to 10 men and losing 2-0.

You'd think it would have received bigger coverage in the Irish media. I'm not saying it hasn't been mentioned in other papers and websites, but i've only seen mention of the hat-trick her on Boards, foot.ie and extratime.ie, all LOI related sites!

EdenHazard

Irish media is crazy, but I'm suprised they didn't show it for 7 seconds on rte news

Guy:Incognito

Gavin shels wrote: »

That was against a crap side who were down to 10 men.

Zayeds hat-trick was scored in the biggest derby in Asia in the last 9 mins, where he came on as a sub (only his 2nd match) and his side were down to 10 men and losing 2-0.

So you reckon Zayed would be capable of a hattrick and a couple of assists against Blackburn?

Surely if it was that easy he'd be in England earning 70k a week?

EdenHazard

Relative strength/Importance/Drama make zayed deserve that very prestigious goal.com player of the week award, wouldnt put rvp really in running, just a nothing match

losthorizon

Seaneh wrote: »

But could he do it on a cold Febuary night in Tehran?

Hate to burst your bubble but it never gets above 10c in Teheran at this time of the Year. Other parts of Iran are colder.

Hoki

I read somewhere last week he's on a 5 month contract with Persopolis worth €100k. Not a bad deal for him!

bohsman

losthorizon wrote: »

Hate to burst your bubble but it never gets above 10c in Teheran at this time of the Year. Other parts of Iran are colder.

By listing the weather forecast are you arguing for or against Van Persie being able to do it on a cold Feb night in Tehran?

Oat23

Hasn't had many chances today. He started the game and they were 1-0 up at HT. Fajr have scored 3 goals from well outside the box. Two 30 yard efforts and a 25 yarder. The Persepolis keeper is sh*te!

Raskolnikov

Another hat-trick - http://www.extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/7655/

I say we call-up Zayed, Lee Trundle and Liam George

Pepe LeFrits

That's mad, he was in my class in school.

Guy:Incognito

Raskolnikov wrote: »

Another hat-trick - http://www.extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/7655/

I say we call-up Zayed, Lee Trundle and Liam George

If we're goign to start calling up players that are already playing for another country, would we not be aswell ringing Messi first?:)

dreamers75

Dont want come accross as a bitter LOI fan here but one thing is fcuking glaringly obvious to us Pats fans in that article (not racism hes cnut).

Asian Football Confederation Champions League

The result sees Persepolis climb to the top of Group D with four points after an opening day draw away to Al Hilal of Kazakhstan.

Seriously........What the the Fcuk!!!!!

Oat23

Bad journo is bad. Al-Hilal are from Saudi Arabia.

The second was lovely, nice flick off the back of his heel.

Thefirestarter

I always zayed he was class.

/get's coat.

Hard Worker

As dreamer said, he is one proper cnut.

losthorizon

bohsman wrote: »

By listing the weather forecast are you arguing for or against Van Persie being able to do it on a cold Feb night in Tehran?

Obviously my point went above your head.

Helix

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Bad journo is bad.

i liked the "fanatical fans" bit personally

dreamers75

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Bad journo is bad. Al-Hilal are from Saudi Arabia.

The second was lovely, nice flick off the back of his heel.

Phew.....just about to board my flight to AFC HQ to burn their fcuking christmas tree.