Why they never made a really great footballer? Roy Keane? Just murderballer with great team behind. Robbie Keane? Just mene striker, was never something relevant in the career. Just reminder, North Ireland have George Best, Scotland make some good world cups and lot of players of late 70s and 80 in Liverpool team are Scots (in that time Scotland selection are far better than England), Wales have Giggs, Bayol, Ramsey and mened reached forth or third place in 16 euro. But Eire... Just managed to play in parking the bus.
What are the best of all the time Eire footballer?
>in that time Scotland selection are far better than England
Bentley Allen
You're totally underplaying Roy Keane's talent and you've also forgotten Paul McGrath who was a great player. But yeah, they've not produced many great players. Especially compared to >us (Scotland), who, despite having a similar culture and population to Ireland, have produced a lot of great players back in the day.
Bentley Martin
t. ignorant amerifat
We used to have squads full of European Cup winners and were playing at World Cups that England couldn't even qualify for.
Adam Torres
Roy Keane was world class for about 8 years. Paul McGrath would have been if not for the booze George Best is one of the goats.
Ryder Johnson
Best was from N.Ireland.
Austin Fisher
>What are the best of all the time Eire footballer?
Ethan King
They are all Irish.
Ryder Cox
>we
Daniel Gomez
Ireland play more sports then scotland Ireland isn't heavily subsidised by england like scotland Roy was a great player and great cunt (t. Arsenal supporter) Robbie was good, not great. He needed more help at inter and was wasted at tottenshit. Magrath was one of the most naturally talented physical players the whole isles has produced. And unlike scotland rugby is number 1 in ireland.
Does that answer all your questions?
Isaiah Long
Lad even the Brazilian OP made the distinction between Ireland and N.Ireland.
Blake Hernandez
There is no difference though.
Asher Sullivan
EXTREMELY small population
David Bennett
>Ireland play more sports then scotland
Robert Robinson
There is in the sense that they're different countries.
Parker Gomez
Football is only the 11th most popular sport in Ireland
(Behind Gaelic Football, Rugby, Hurling, Boxing, Shinty, Camogie, Roly Poly, shoving potatos up your bum, Hide and Seek and Tiddly Winks)
Dominic Parker
Not really though.
People can choose which one they play for.
Asher Barnes
Better at rugby Better at boxing and all combat sports Better at golf All the gaa shit The only thing scotland have them beat at by a margin is curling
David Price
This is all true
Wyatt Torres
>Better at boxing >Better at golf
Mason Ross
A thread of foreigners talking about shit they know nothing about.
Jaxon Cox
>too much ass
Alexander Williams
Not when Best was around. Also, people who identify as "Irish" on the island generally don't support NI
Ryder King
Liam Brady and John Giles bitch
Lincoln Taylor
Because it's a small country that plays some other sports more than they play football. It's really not that complicated but Sup Forums strikes again and massively overcomplicates things.
Christopher Anderson
Roy Keane was world class you twat. He was one of the players that made that great team actually great.
Liam Brady was quality as well and Paul McGrath was a fucking brilliant centre back. I saw him at the end of his career when he couldn't move because he had literally no knees left and he was still dominant then.
After that it's Johnny Giles and sort of tails off with Robbie Keane, Shay Given, Packie Bonner and lately they've not produced anyone noteworthy. So they've not had many but certainly 3 or 4 top players.
Matthew Peterson
>Better at rugby >Even after one of Scotland's worst ever eras Scotland still have an overall winning record v. Ireland
Mason Diaz
Tears in my eyes with everyone defending >us, but in all honesty, if you want to pursue sports professionally in Ireland, you play rugby or county, football just isn't well enough supported and the coaching isn't there at grass roots level
Michael Jackson
>And unlike scotland rugby is number 1 in ireland.
it's number three
Jacob Phillips
Gentle Reminder that if Roy Keane had never left in 2002, we would have beaten Spain. Gentle Reminder that we would have beaten South Korea in the next round and into the semi-finals, and we would rightfully be remembered as the GOATs we truly were.
Gentle Reminder that between 1998 and 2002, we beat The Netherlands, Croatia, Yugoslavia, drew twice against Portugal, and got draws against Germany and Spain. GENTLE Reminder that Robbie "Kino" Keano was the only player to score against Oliver Kahn at the 2002 World Cup apart from Ronaldo.
Brazil BTFO forever, 7-1.
Hunter Anderson
>if >would >never
Gabriel Wilson
>better at football >better at boxing
lol to both.
scotland is also better at darts, snooker, tennis, cycling, swimming and athletics than ireland
Levi King
And Curling.
Josiah Young
Damien Duff was Great
Isaac Nguyen
and giving gobbies to old men
Christopher Cooper
Callum o'dowda from Bristol is an up and coming Irish footballer, but in all fairness he was born and raised in England, just plays for Irish nat. Team
Justin Richardson
we wouldve been refballed super hard tho
Lucas Foster
>professionally in Ireland >play county
Angel Carter
Because footballs for faggots
Logan Lewis
Ronnie Whelan and John Aldridge.
Elijah Smith
...
Gavin Bennett
>county what sport is this?
Jaxon Gutierrez
probably gaelic football.
Parker Rivera
JUST
Jonathan Price
Giles, Brady, McGrath and the Keanes were all great. - Giles was the brains of the great Leeds team under Revie youtube.com/watch?v=hW_0A1PrMOg - Brady is still a legend at Arsenal and Juventus youtube.com/watch?v=v5hdtAaJOz8 - McGrath was possibly the greatest centre back of his era, definitely the best in England at the time, despite being crippled with alcoholism and unable to train between matches youtube.com/watch?v=Li_hf1Tz2Ww - If you weren't a total idiot, you'd know Roy Keane was far more than just his aggression and dragged United to the 1999 Champions League final and FA Cup youtube.com/watch?v=t2RVQx8J2Sk - Despite lacking height and pace, Robbie Keane is the 13th highest scorer in Premiership history and scored 68 goals for an Irish team that was shit for a lot of his time playing youtube.com/watch?v=BLoR1_cNPxg
Given football is the third most popular sport in a country of 4.5 million and faces strong competition from rugby for third spot, that's not bad.
Especially when you consider that until the 1970s there was a strict ban on members of the GAA (easily the most popular sporting organisation) of all ages from attending soccer matches, let alone playing the sport. Imagine any kid in Brazil with an interest in playing soccer was banned from playing other sports. How would that affect your other national teams?
Wyatt Ramirez
>Given football is the third most popular sport in a country of 4.5 million
it's actually the most played team sport, and i'd bet going by weekly EPL viewing figures defintely the most watched
Christian Morales
>Even after one of Scotland's worst ever eras >after Oh, you got more than one win in the Six Nations so you're a top tier team again?
Isaac Wilson
Seamus Coleman is (was) a great defender
Zachary Nguyen
That's only because Gaelic football isn't on every week. It's a summer sport at intercounty level and the All-Ireland finals blow everything except Ireland's biggest games at major soccer tournaments out of the water. More people watched Galway v Kilkenny in the hurling in 2015 than saw Ireland beat Germany and both of them were on the same channel free-to-air. What's more, you get more spectators at a Junior B county final than you do at your average League of Ireland game.
There's absolutely no way it's the most-played team sport anywhere outside Dublin unless they counted every 5-a-side after work. Any fat cunt who took that survey and didn't want to sound lazy probably just said they play soccer. Every fucking bog and backroad in the countryside has a GAA club and pitch, while kids generally have to amalgamate three or four villages to make up a teenage soccer team. My cousin's team had to join two counties together to compete against one of the Dublin teams.
Carson Long
>we would have beaten Spain This is unironically true. Dominated them on the wings, Quinn was destroying them in the air, but much as I like Holland, he wasn't really up to it in the middle. Kilbane still should've fucking scored that rebound though.
We probably would've just been refballed like Italy and Spain were though. If you think we're salty about Henry, you never would've heard the end of that.
Keane was pure class from 1991-2005, and then let his temper get the best of him and sabotaged his legacy. Great career though, am fond of the mad cunt.
Jason Gonzalez
He'll be alright again, he has that retard strength.
Isaiah Young
I hope he does, Everton and RoI needs him
Brayden Ross
Nice wee reminder that Northern Ireland are currently the most impressive nation in the British Isles due to their extremely small population that is also hampered due to the Republic taking Northern Irish talent.
>World Class boxer in Frampton >World Class Golfer in Rory Mcilroy >Currently 22nd in the FIFA World Rankings. >Johnny Rea is p good. Should've moved to Moto GP though. >The best ever player from the British Isles is a Northern Irish man (Georgie Best) >Joey Dunlop the GOAT road racer.
Our Wee Country.
John Taylor
Frampton is as Irish as they come
Justin Green
They do indeed. He's the only one who cares enough to make a difference. 60 grand 60 grand
Blake Bell
Robbie Keane
Samuel Howard
>The Republic trying to claim more Northern Irish athletes just like previously trying to claim Best previously in this thread.
Not really needed, is it lad? The Republic have had some great athletes over the years and have singlehandedly made an awful piece of shit sport like mandrama for 16 year olds relevant just by inserting Conor McGregor.
Also in Northern Ireland's favour again I just want to post this as another feat that shows their footballing prowess despite their small population. In the 1958 FIFA World Cup Northern Ireland became the least populous country to have qualified for the World Cup, a record that stood until Trinidad & Tobago qualified for the 2006 World Cup (Qualified from the fucking CONCACAF, the easiest shit group to qualify out of). Northern Ireland remains, however, the least populous country to have qualified for more than one World Cup finals tournament, to win a World Cup finals match, to have scored at a World Cup finals, and to have progressed from the first round of the World Cup finals.