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Kevin Doyle named in Ireland senior squad

Illkillya · 2005-09-27 22:12:52

I'm glad to see him there and I think he well deserves to be there... just I can't help feel a bit sickened by the thought that if he were still with Cork City, he would not even get called up for a friendly game, let alone for a crucial World Cup qualifier. The usual argument: "playing in Eircom league you don't have the…

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I'm glad to see him there and I think he well deserves to be there... just I can't help feel a bit sickened by the thought that if he were still with Cork City, he would not even get called up for a friendly game, let alone for a crucial World Cup qualifier.

The usual argument: "playing in Eircom league you don't have the same quality of opposition etc. you need people who are tested in a better league" which is usually valid, in my opinion that excuse doesn't really apply here because of the timing... because Doyle went from a professional club in Cork City playing in Uefa Cup to a professional club at a slightly higher level who were not playing anything at all, it being summertime. He has only had a handful of games with Reading.

It reminds me of the time a few years ago when David Connolly was playing for Excelsior - the Dutch nobody feeder team for Feyenoord afaik, but thats good enough for the Irish management. As long as its not lowly Ireland.

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#2 27-09-2005 10:33pm

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yeah, it seems kerr has forgotten where he came from. how much could he have improved in 2 months? he played consistently well against better teams in europe than championship clubs...(nantes, nijmagen, malmo)

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#3 27-09-2005 10:45pm

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If he was still eligible for the U21 squad Givens is building and Morrison wasn't suspended he might not have gotten a callup anyway. Kerr just can't win though.

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#4 27-09-2005 10:58pm

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This is already being discussed here .
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