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Delighted for Connolly - but Rosenior says he isn't fit and can't play for more than 30 mins. Rosenior is going to be a very good one (he has produced in every coaching job he has done) - I suspect that he will be high on the list when eventually RDZ gets poached by someone.

The reality with any diaspora is that they tend to become more identified with their country of origin when they emigrate. The Irish diaspora in England are a case in point - they tend to identify more with Irish nationalism, (drinking in Irish pubs), attending Irish heritage and cultural...

Yea - a goal today - hopefully it is the start of good things for him. He probably couldn't be in a better spot at the moment.

Cool - love it when I see people taking an active interest in studying history.

Well - you must remember that Ireland has 700 years of colonial history - indeed, depending on your political perspective, it still suffers from imperial domination (something that I agree with - and I am not an Irish republican). So you cannot research and understand and write about class...

Predominantly 19th and 20th century labour history - but no field of history can be isolated from everything else that was / is happening around it. One of the things on my to-do list is a history of the class origins of soccer in Ireland and how it developed under a new Irish state that...

Don't have a massive chip on any shoulder - way too old to waste my time having a chip held anywhere - time is far too precious. Analysing and understanding the nature of capitalism and its impact on working class people and the mass of the poor (my main area of research) - that is an important...

And you are suggesting that I have a lack a knowledge of geopolitical history (for clarification - I hold a PhD in history). Suriname was a colony of the Netherlands, conquered and subjugated - it's native people and the African slaves forced to work and die on plantations in a political entity...

I'll argue with you about Klose - he is from Upper Silesia, historically part of Poland. Yes Klose's father was part of the Aussiedler who remained in Silesia after WW2 - but his mother was Polish and was a Polish handball international. His father left Poland in 1978 to play football in France...

If you put Grealish and Rice into the current Irish team then they would be going to every major tournament with Ireland (and competing). Midfield is the one weak part of the current Irish team. Bazunu Coleman Egan Collins Omobamidele O'Shea Cullen Rice Grealish Ferguson Cannon That is a...

Well - let's see - and one of my long and detailed posts Jack Grealish - from an Irish family born in Birmingham - played gaelic football as a kid in Birmingham and spent a lot of time in Ireland growing up. In 2011 he was selected for the English U-15 squad and he rejected the invitation...

Don't think Liam has any Irish connections - his dad played for Sierra Leone - and his mother's side were from Yorkshire I think (remember seeing the name Mills). I think that Liam Rosenior is going to make a big impact as a manager (I think he was the real brains behind Derby when Rooney was...

Interestingly - Rosenior has a relationship with the FAI - he was approached about getting involved with the Irish underage set-up when he working with the Brighton U-23s. Since then he has had contact with both the FAI and the IFA over coaching education. Rumour is he is on the short-list with...

The PL (and football in general these days) is like a mincing machine - chewing up kids and spitting them out. There are thousands of kids just as talented as players in the PL who don't even play the game after their experiences in youth set-ups and academies with clubs all over the world. For...

Can't see there having been much of a fee - he only signed a one-year deal with Hull

He is still behind Adam Idah, Ogbene, Parrott and Obafemi and probably Sinclair Armstrong at this stage - (and Cannon if the FA with the help of his agent don't go poaching him) - hell, even Afolabi has scored 7 goals in the last 6 games for Bohemians in the LOI. He is still only 23 and some...

Ferguson is a completely different kettle of fish - the kid has a maturity way beyond his years (something that Connolly never had). There is no comparison between the two. I would argue that Ferguson is already a better player than Connolly - and is only going to improve.

This is the actual interview that the article is based on -

Article on Connolly from RTE website https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2022/0726/1312411-connolly-its-vital-i-got-away-from-circle-in-england/

Former Irish international David Connolly talking about AC - https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2022/0531/1302228-david-connolly-aaron-has-a-bit-of-work-to-do/ As an aside - Evan Ferguson came on as a sub for about 30mins in the Ireland U21 game tonight - I haven't seen him play in a while and...