McCarthy to jump ship again?

[stewarty 2,060]

He has one senior cap for Ireland in a friendly. However, new rules are that you can jump ship as long as you haven't played a competitive match. Case in point would be Jermaine Jones, US-Born German who played 3 tiems for Germany in friendlies but has now jumped ship to play for the US.

 

I stand corrected, good sir!

[Totti 0]

This is what the eloquent Trapattoni had to say about the subject of McCarthy yesterday -

 

"James no. James know our position. James know how he like us, and he's 21 old. And I was players, Marco was players. In 21 olds, we was man. We take the decision. I don't wait my agent to tell me what to do. He can decide, free. He can decide. I like Scotland, he know."

 

“I like Ireland, he know. He has the possibility. 21. Many many players wait his agent. You decide, the agent. You decide! You decide. That is... he know what we think."

 

Now Trapattoni has introduced the unsettling idea that the player's agent might be making the decisions for him. Again, would the best way to establish clear communication with the player not be, well, to communicate with him directly?

 

"I already answer you. Two years ago, I spoke, I was in Manchester, I tried with another players. Yeah yeah, the player was like this, look down. We speak about... spoke more... his manager, his agent, yeah yeah the players. In fact this players, no coming with us."

 

"Or another, I already said you, play in other country. He said, oh yeah, maybe, he wants insurance, he come, he play, play sure. Is no international player."

 

 

That was Trapattoni speaking from his cloud-top anti-gravity geodesic dome on Pluto via skype's superluminal pro package.

At least Trapattoni has clearly learned how to speak fluent Irish.

 

Btw, playing people with limited ties to Scotland is one thing. Playing Scottish players with questionable interest of playing for us is another.

 

You should be proud to play for the nation you were born in.

 

And do we even need him? He wouldn't get a game. We have plenty creative midfielders at the moment. If it was a player of Barry Ferguson level I would push the boat out but don't see the point selling ourselves out for a player unlikely to be significant.

Edited February 10, 2011 by Totti

[Zappa 0]

At least Trapattoni has clearly learned how to speak fluent Irish..

 

You've got to wonder how some of these foreign managers get their instructions across to players properly never mind have a chat with them. Do they all use translators? So just giving out an instruction goes manager>translator>assistant coach>player ??