How Ireland Could Be One Of The Best Football Nations

[@finn4012]

I cry every time I see a video like this when I see what our team could’ve been

[@Kaijufied]

None of them would’ve played for Ireland though let’s be real

[@SalvationMATT1]

@@Kaijufied why play for ireland when you can play for england? Dont mean this in a rude way

[@Kaijufied]

@@SalvationMATT1yeah that was why Grealish and Rice switched, sad tbh

[@spursfan7134]

same

[@jaycartwright1170]

none of them would’ve ever played for ireland realistically. even grealish and rice, they’re like 10% irish, they were always going to play for england at the senior level

[@FTVTo10KSubs]

Ireland are the Benfica of national teams

[@spursfan7134]

THAT'S SO TRUE 😭🇮🇪

[@w_w_w135]

​@@Get_em_gone_888france players are usually born there or play for france youth team unlike in ireland where players switch

[@Kaijufied]

@@w_w_w135only two that switched were Grealish and Rice, rest had descendants who immigrated

[@fakhrianuar9264]

​@@Get_em_gone_888it's different situation as french African descent are sons of immigrants. Which means they are at least 1st or second generation that born in France. And still many of them choose to play for African national teams mainly because they can't get a spot on France

[@ibill4647]

True af

[@xFurashux]

This video could be titled "how to ruin a day of an Irish football fan"

[@stratisgeorgilis7703]

The Irish Guy punchin the air rn

[@NeilOCollins]

Dont make me be punching u lad

[@ashtonndlovu9470]

​@@NeilOCollinshis talking abt the football KZbin channel called Irish guy ,no disrespect was intended

[@Bestiewestie38]

I'm not punching air😮

[@IUnited-tk2il]

Ye I am

[@footballchannel12353]

​@@NeilOCollins scary guy😂

[@maestralmapping]

Crazy how the Irish National team was not a proud for Rice and Grealish but only a way to be able to play with a national team because England didn't want them😓

[@Fiago]

Yeah…

[@mnd7381]

​@@Fiagodid you even understand what's he sayin' cause I don't 😅

[@TwoPoachedEggs]

​@mnd7381 hes saying Grealish and Rice only played for Ireland so that they'd get noticed by England and then switch to England. Saying they didnt choose to play for Ireland due to Irish pride, but rather as a good career move for them

[@kareem_ali987]

@@mnd7381lol I think he is trying to say that Rice and Grealish may not have taken much pride in playing for Ireland (since England didn’t want them at the time) but instead they played for Ireland just so they could play on a national team

[@maestralmapping]

@@kareem_ali987 Yes, that's what i meant

[@paddyquinlan3329]

Fun fact: Alfredo Di Stefano is probably the greatest ever Irish eligible player, his grandmother was from Swinford, County Mayo.

[@elasticoeditzz5366]

Only in my dreams 😂

[@Kaijufied]

This man played for 3 national teams why couldn’t he make it 4

[@dropawpmanito9419]

To be fair Di Stefano could find a way to be eligible in almost every country

[@mohammedrabin1771]

No freaking way, didn't he already play for 3 countries?😂

[@bobknee4127]

George best has entered the chat

[@harrybarrylarry9695]

No one ever makes any videos about Ireland, so as an Irish person thank you Fiago❤️❤️🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@Moeggel3000]

Well, if the GAA were not as popular as it is, Soccer would probably a lot more popular with more promising talents playing it, insteqd of traditional Irish sports.

[@Kaijufied]

Football is a lot more popular now than it was, say 20 years ago

[@jmrs_]

The Irish guy is crying rn

[@orppzisbad5366]

I’m crying so it’s true😂

[@IrishGuyForfeitEnforcer]

Hahahahahah yh Irish guy is absolutely fuming

[@DNDN208]

Yea

[@davidvasquez08]

F for Micheal

[@Manunitedfanchannel512]

Yep

[@stevenholmes4963]

As a proud Irish man, I'm proud to see the talent that we can and have produced throughout the years, thank you Fiago for the video

[@bigt6665]

every single english player in here was produced IN england, born in england and either had a irish parent/ grandparent like most english people (including me) or picked ireland for game time to increase chances of being a pro

[@killiemucken]

@@bigt6665thats still being developed by the Irish

[@attackpatterndelta8949]

​@@killiemuckenno it isn't. That's Ireland taken advantage of the eligibility rules. If they pick two English lads who've come through the English academy system but can play for Ireland because of a grandparent, Ireland shouldn't be shocked if those players decide they are probably better off playing for England.

[@KarmaKraftttt]

@@bigt6665 😂😂😂How fake the English are No way close to actual Anglo Saxons

[@stevenholmes4963]

@@attackpatterndelta8949 you have a very good point there, but what I'd say in response is would an English player like Grealish or Rice or Kane etc, be worth as much as they are today if they chose Ireland, take Kevin Kilbane as an example, plus most countries take advantage of the eligibility rules, including England who tried to get a bunch of players in the mid 2000s

[@therandomperson9627]

The Irish guy must be sobbing right now

[@begune]

Me 😢

[@alterior8869]

@@beguneme too

[@SenanCoultry]

Our team could have been something great hopefully we get good again but for now we have to wait and pray come on you boys in green🇮🇪🙏

[@standard12th66]

As an Irish man this pains me. Football is the 3rd biggest sport, and could become 4th soon. The head of our football organisation was extremely corrupt for years (it is getting better now). Grealish and Rice using our system for themselves and preventing Irish players potential still hurts. However we have a young team full of potential, Evan Ferguson, Natan Collins,Dara O'Shea, Bazunu and Ogbene are all young and will play in the premier league next year. Unfortunately we have no funding to get a proper manager.

[@Kaijufied]

Kenny is literally the best we can have with the FAI, sad how government funding mainly goes to the GAA and barely any of it goes to the FAI

[@kingplatform2255]

are rugby and cricket 1st and 2nd biggest sport?

[@Kaijufied]

@@kingplatform2255Gaelic football and rugby I’m guessing

[@jaycartwright1170]

@@kingplatform2255 gaelic football and rugby probs in that order

[@edgarwong5652]

Ferguson is the real deal but Bazunu was not impressive this season

[@martinrivera6770]

Ireland: “you took all of our best talent!” England: “mate, you’ve got luck on your side!”

[@Neil072]

The luck of the Irish is the worst joke ever. Tell me a time that the Irish were lucky. A history of poverty and depression is all I see.

[@johnwick7583]

@@Neil072who had it worse the Scottish or Irish or welsh

[@Haaton-of-the-Basement]

​@@johnwick7583Irish people witness their golden era of players get fumbled and destroyed by a single hand of a french guy in 2009. Luck is not in Ireland.

[@WERTYUIO821]

​@@Neil072 Considering their history, they are lucky to stil be around... .

[@AntiFurry927]

@@Neil072yet they currently are one of the wealthiest nations currently and are prosperous. Miracles happen

[@ukevo]

An XI of people with an Irish grandparent.

[@thegoldenboy3799]

True it's ridiculous they aint irish

[@scythe7187]

*10 plus Ferguson

[@adrianbolton1]

i wish our irish lads could have this team

[@Nxxc.]

The thing is though is all these players are English, I meet the requirements to play for Ireland ( except for the footballing ability) but I’m English so if they really want to progress they should stop going after Englishmen with an Irish grandparent and focus on actual Irish lads with talent.

[@Kaijufied]

They’re focusing on that, we’ve got a lot of talent coming through

[@thegoldenboy3799]

​@@Kaijufied fine than but stop crying that English players chose England

[@scythe7187]

Not all of them. Evan Ferguson is Irish

[@rf6497]

​@@scythe7187yes because he was born in Ireland.

[@scythe7187]

@@rf6497 Yeah I know. That's why I called him Irish

[@xaoc6084]

It is a weird one considering for example Rice was born and raised in England. So it seems obvious he would eventually play for England. I do get the point about him and Grealish starting out at Irelands team and then moving across

[@fakhrianuar9264]

Many of them actually are like that, they wouldn't get england called up out of nowhere. The same goes for African descents France national team

[@fakhrianuar9264]

But reverse

[@Antibot2025]

Rice is half English too though & he was born in England.

[@williamtoner8674]

Loads of people in Ireland have British family and vice versa , there’s just loads of mixing between these islands

[@suzannedonnelly5]

I'm from Ireland 🇮🇪 watch Gaelic it's so good

[@amavrilmurphy7]

Im Irish Fiago And Thanks For Making a video about my country! I wish all these guys played for us

[@Fiago]

Me too! But the upcoming Ireland generation is also great

[@amavrilmurphy7]

Yep, Ferguson And Collins Are 2 good talents

[@thegoldenboy3799]

​@@Fiagolol what a joke none of those players is Irish all born and raised in England and most parts of if their family is English aswell. Stop the banter . Gube back musiala hes more English than German. Leroy sane has a french dad dies that make him french ??

[@OmarMohamed95750]

Bro has the best football content❤❤❤😊

[@Fiago]

Thanks bro!

[@CallumPage]

The thing is that if this happened the best Irish players would all have English accents

[@HeatherGarcia-di9se]

N Irish blood except for black guy u can have him

[@olwethunqindi8488]

​@@HeatherGarcia-di9sethe black guys which make your team do well sidenge

[@Nathan-sp2si]

you'd find a lot of the good players actually have relatives who live there but were born in england, Kane, Bellingham, Rice Phillips simply dont have Irish accents and weren't born there

[@stelga]

Nice video. I actually find it sad for Ireland as they invested in some of those players while they were playing for their youth teams. I know sometimes it can be difficult for a player to choose which national team to play for, but anticipating decisions could be a measure to protect smaller nations in football

[@thegoldenboy3799]

What the fuck

[@derrickwalshe6108]

Thanks for talking about my country also you should see a Airtricity game. Galway united are looking very good

[@muhammadhamzazafar6903]

keep in mind most of these players only have irish descent and didnt actually grow up in ireland. it isnt fair to believe that they should play for ireland when they are english and spent their whole life there

[@antoinettecarney9482]

I am that Irish friend But if we had this line up we would be unstoppable 😭

[@Kaijufied]

We’ve got a young squad and I’m confident we can qualify for the 2026 World Cup since the Euro 2024 group is looking tough to qualify from

[@spursfan7134]

yeah cant believe we didn't get at least a point against france a few months ago

[@Kaijufied]

@@spursfan7134Maignan won them the game man

[@jaycartwright1170]

@@Kaijufied your nan did not win the game

[@spursfan7134]

@@Kaijufied yeah so true. that last header from nathan collins was bound to go in. what a header

[@wft15]

There is now 48 teams for the first time instead of 32 next WC, and I don’t know how the close the margin between being in or out of the WC has been for Ireland in the past, but it’s definitely possible. Best of luck.

[@spursfan7134]

appreciate the attention on Ireland 🇮🇪🇮🇪🔥

[@ImNotFromLEBANON]

HAHA U SUPPORT SPURS

[@spursfan7134]

@@ImNotFromLEBANON yessd coysss🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ImNotFromLEBANON]

@@spursfan7134 ireland trashhhh

[@Thomas_898]

Harry Kane owns a field beside my house and his grandparents live about ten mins away from me

[@sympa_is_misanthropic]

I think Maguire should’ve played for Ireland. That guy is one of them footballers like Lukaku that is just BEGGING everyone to HATE them.

[@caleeb9256]

Ethan Ampadu has actually now agreed to sign a deal with Leeds for £10m

[@skojuzija]

For some players seems a bit of a stretch bcs they only have 1 or 2 granparents from Ireland.

[@johnoreilly4408]

You only need one.

[@killianosuilleabhain1640]

Rice and gealish are the only ones that hurt as they actually played for us

[@MaxsMusicFootballWWEChannel]

as an Irishman its true, so heartbreaking and sad.

[@Thomas_898]

Best team ever❤🇮🇪

[@sudiptomajumdar4210]

This makes me think of the movie “ wind that shakes the Barley”, Irelands struggle for independence form the British. Growing up it was one of my favourites…

[@Fiago]

I know this one…such an important topic

[@thegoldenboy3799]

Without engkand Ireland twam would be even worse

[@thegoldenboy3799]

​@@Fiago learn your own history first what you did in ww2 Dont forget that all the players you named are born and raised in england . Talk about Germany stealing jamal musiala

[@TheJonesdude]

@@thegoldenboy3799 calm down

[@thegoldenboy3799]

@@TheJonesdude His video is just nonsense . Not even one of this players was born and raised in Ireland

[@nickschannel6043]

When I am a footballer I will play for Ireland since I am quarter Irish

[@jaironcooney1600]

as an irish i wish everyone that couldve played did play

[@Irish_Human]

As an irish person it's really disappointing seeing all the amazing players that could've played for us, what a team we would have had. It's a shame

[@yoloswaggins7121]

Tbf most of these guys are just not Irish. Kane for example could hardly be described as Irish and he probably doesn't feel much of a connection with the country

[@ASMR-hp4no]

You’d really want half having English accents and just playing for Ireland because of a grandparent? It would be weird

[@andrewleah1983]

Maybe invest in a proper system and make football a priority instead of those fucking things you call sport in hurling and Gaelic football.

[@walshmabob2]

There are more people with irish grandparents in the UK than there are in Ireland

[@moodyyuhoody]

Yeh , it’s like something happened and they had to move to the country they sing songs about hating

[@randomuruk7230]

​@@moodyyuhoody Imagine brutally oppressing an isolated people then bragging about when they move. Beyond brain-dead.

[@randomuruk7230]

​@@moodyyuhoody Imagine brutally oppressing an isolated people for centuries then brag when they move as if it's some sort of gotcha moment.

[@moodyyuhoody]

@@randomuruk7230 Iv no sympathy for rebel Irish who move to England or anywhere in the commonwealth. Also , youse did the laundries all on your own. The Irish state took no care of its citizens and actually preferred them leaving. Gotcha Mo chara

[@plndball]

As an irish i can confirm that we are already good in rugby

[@RosTheXD]

Respect to people choosing their country of origin❤❤

[@chotspot2023]

John Nellis crying in his sleep right now😂😂

[@cathalnaughton4675]

Fiago said 'Galway' which made my day as im a galwegian myself.🎉 🇱🇻

[@dawidszkudi3213]

I'm also from galway

[@Upthewattys123]

hahahah galwegian is that an official term I’m from Ireland btw

[@dawidszkudi3213]

@@Upthewattys123 yes people from galway sometimes say that

[@Upthewattys123]

@@dawidszkudi3213 ohhh cool you can probably tell I’m not from galway

[@Galwaybhoy]

He actually pronounced it correctly

[@lawrenceporter8389]

Ultimately, if you’re lamenting ringers who didn’t sign up it means you’re not producing good enough players domestically. Premier League clubs’ academies barely give a toss about developing English players. They care even less about developing English players with Irish grannies

[@Footy7EdItZ]

I’m from Ireland 🇮🇪 and I’m only just after finding out Bellingham could’ve played for Ireland 🇮🇪

[@MehmetEfe-nf3th]

Africa enters the chat:

[@manningismystepdad4997]

Why

[@MehmetEfe-nf3th]

@@manningismystepdad4997 Only France have a lot of African players

[@MehmetEfe-nf3th]

Then think about the whole Europe

[@sdeepj]

@@MehmetEfe-nf3ththey’re French not African

[@thegoldenboy3799]

​@@MehmetEfe-nf3ththeyre all birn and raised in European countries stop that racism

[@cgman3435]

Irish have great patriotism

[@attackpatterndelta8949]

"Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious." - Oscar Wilde, Irish author and playwright

[@freedomfighter369]

lol, just like Americans

[@geribenkougeki]

Bit of a misrepresentation. Theyre english, born raised, trained, and have english parents. To suggest theyre irish is ridiculous they chose the irish youth teams as a way to get international game time until they were good enough for england

[@mt27398]

With Harry they can do anything Maguire=🐐

[@zacas3840]

HOW COULD I HAVE AN IRISH FRIEND WHEN I DON'T HAVE FRIENDS FROM MY COUNTRY!?

[@theofficial_best_goats]

Mac allister could of aswell

[@thegoldenboy3799]

Scottish not Irish

[@dickdiver9614]

​@@thegoldenboy3799Nope. His cousins in Dublin were cheering him on in the WC final.

[@thegoldenboy3799]

@@dickdiver9614 Scottish name though

[@bananaman843]

I wish we really had this team, but players like Sinclair Armstrong and Sam Curtis from the u21s give us hope that an amazing senior team is on the way.

[@ForRealTheBoi]

Harry Maguire can single-handedly win the trophy lol, but in all seriousness tho he's a good defende

[@herv7539]

Firstly none were born in Ireland, they would have been called up to England when England felt they were ready. Ireland have a history of taking naive young English talent with small percentages of Irish ancestry before England call them up because they know these young kids don’t say no. Ireland a few years ago had over 6 English born players among Scottish.

[@clubvillian15]

actually it works out better for the players Declan rice plan was to go to Ireland to get into the english team because he didn't think he would get signed up for England.

[@herv7539]

Lionel Messi has 3% Italian, that means he’s not Argentine. Grealish, Rice have a small amount of Irish ancestry, born in England, but suddenly they aren’t English. I wouldn’t see you calling a black English born player not English because he has African ancestry.

[@Burner-td4cu]

Small percent? Have you not seen their last names?😂😂 they’re genetically Irish. Not British. And ironic because all the non native Irish players like Michael obefemi get heavily criticised because they have African genetics. Yet they were born and raised in Ireland and have Irish accents. So it’s okay for British players to be non native but not french or Irish? All the great British sportsman are Irish genetically. Owen Farrell Tyson fury Harry Kane Not a single Anglo saxon name 😂😂 all Gaelic. It’s always one rule for the Brits and another for everyone else. No genetic Brits on the team 😂😂 Football isn’t a big sport in Ireland though. They mostly play their own sports. But even at rugby they’re the best in the world. I know they didn’t win the World Cup, but they beat the winners and have lost 1 game in 17 games or something crazy.

[@caolumgavin1595]

Not many people talk about Ireland or know about the country so being from Ireland and seeing this video makes me happy

[@peterburry2014]

Everyone knows about Ireland. There are millions around the world of Irish decent and their have even been US presidents that had Irish heritage... Stop being so insecure

[@Mr.Parasaur]

As an Irish I am litterly dying knowing this could of been our team

[@herv7539]

For every dumb and ignorant person in the comments, there’s a lot. None of these players are Irish, and they certainly aren’t of Irish origin. From your logic, if you have a tiny percentage of Irish, that makes you Irish. You could be born in a country, parents born in the country, yet you’re still not English? 🤣 that means Lionel Messi isn’t Argentine because he’s got 3% Italian.

[@djwaxe]

So your logic is your logic but most UK players played for Ireland true their parents or grandparents not 3% of any decent you choose your country not where your from

[@djwaxe]

Like me saying I could play for Wales n Poland but I was born in Dublin Ireland

[@omessiasdogol]

I'll send this video to my older brother living in Dublin 🇮🇪 Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷

[@willdawes209]

Trai Hume as a fullback is a solid player as is, one of the best defemders in the championship on his day, play 4 at the back and keep hume in!

[@FPSLORE]

Since Harry Kane is on that team I don’t think they will win a trophy…

[@fergie4246]

Almost all of these are so distanced from Ireland, its almost untrue. You could say the same about Africa

[@amn.kobain]

I'm not Irish but could imagine what they feeling after watch this 💔

[@R7BY-0]

I’m irish and I feel like crying everytime I see something like this lol

[@Antibot2025]

​@@R7BY-0Mate don't be. They only have like 1 or 2 Irish Grandparents. Most of them have English descent & were born in England. Even Bellingham has English descent. Bellingham's Grandmother is Irish but his Grandfather is English.

[@thegoldenboy3799]

​@@R7BY-0they aint Irish accept it

[@holly9494]

The whole video I thought they actually could win a trophy but then came Harry Kane

[@Partiallygore]

Watching this while thinking of the Irish Guy. I'm sorry for your loss Michael

[@Gamirca]

I agree, that would make them one of the best 100 nations on Earth

[@patrickshatro9630]

you should do this with an african all star team

[@DonnachasRubixTube]

Bro I am Irish I wish all of them played for us😢

[@GamecraftplayzFC]

Ireland winning everything, they got the goat, Bellingham, Kane, deccy rice and super Jacky g

[@Diarmuid756]

As an Irish football fan u gotta see where I’m coming from when I say I hate these players

[@richiescully6307]

I’m IRISH and I wish this team would come true

[@superslayerguy]

Pretty funny that all these players picked England so they'd have a better chance at winning a trophy even though England hasn't won a trophy since 66

[@peterburry2014]

Ranked number 3 in the world and looking good... Besides, they're English

[@zedleppilen3737]

Would love to see a video about the upcoming Irish people playing in various leagues some great talent out there

[@idk-jj8zr]

i am so happy that we actully have good players

[@thegreatfinn159]

I’m Irish and I’ve seen this video 3 times and it’s so sad to think we could have had all them we would be in every World Cup but now we probably won’t be for another 20 or so years

[@kingkenny1239]

I am Irish and we will win if they all came back

[@adamhanna511]

Much love from Ireland ❤

[@Dereklikesthenba]

Nobody: signs with the spurs Basketball mind: activated

[@Grookey4Smash]

As an Irishman this hurts quite a bit 😅

[@kevthekiwi]

Fiago knowing what Galway is both confused and impressed me

[@FoxyCS_]

They could win and their greatest enemy would be Harry Maguire

[@pistoff33]

Only Big Jack could convince those big name players with duel citizenship to play for Ireland. Thank you big Jack 🙏

[@queenzoroark]

Irish Guy cries in a corner by seeing this team.

[@user-fx9gu7de2w]

This team is mad

[@Six-nationalities-edits]

Maguire carrying this team 💀

[@mohamedbandiaye7764]

Bro same with a lot of African countries, they prefer going to Europeans nations

[@ashishjyoti8177]

That explains grealish's Trophy Celebrations

[@Paul-eb4jp]

Ireland did well when Englishman Jack Charlton filled his team with English players.

[@thegoldenboy3799]

Nake a video who could llay for England you would find kevin de bruyne (English mum) amd Erling haaland (born in England) same goes for most olayers who play for wales ,scottland ,Ireland ,canada , Australia and even the US

[@creanero]

Basically, that was the Irish team of the late 1980s and early 1990s. A lot of guys with somewhat tenuous connections to Ireland. In 1993 they were at number 6 on the FIFA world rankings.

[@ashconbeats8414]

Obviously most players have more than 1 nationality if your including grandparents and all that lol.

[@majed-alsultan]

Me watching this video while I’m on Ireland on vacation

[@MrBluebirds22]

Maybe one day Ireland will have another good player who's actually from Ireland!

[@Egg7O]

i think kelleher would be a better option for gk

[@catalgg.8630]

As an irish person i fell very good about this😊

[@elliebellieboo]

you should do a Northern Ireland version

[@sabaodyfootball1316]

Amazing Editing