What the Irish get up to on International Duty...

[@denissingleton325]

As an Irish person I will always be grateful to Shane long for his goal vs Germany at the aviva and this was an incredible episode and loved the hurling talk too

[@dajo8723]

Shane is a great lad. Started football later than most professionals. According to Glen Little, he couldn't make a 10 yard pass when he got to Reading at 18, yet he went on to play in the Premier League for years. He might not have been the most gifted footballer, but he worked his arse off to make the most of what he did have.

[@dazzer273]

He’s back at the hurling now I see

[@christycrosbie5303]

One very honest player always turned up such a gent 😂😂😂😂

[@GH-vq7ig]

at one stage in his career, a run of four goals consecutively scored came under 4 different managers

[@mc-jl2be]

Has to be some record!?

[@EoinJones]

I remember coming across the Irish lads a few times at the Country Club in Portmarnock. Andy Reid playing the guitar if I remember correctly. The locals left them alone by and large.

[@francolive5718]

Shane was in the good era of Southampton mid 2010s, great side.

[@OkapiFN]

Destroying sarsfield in junior thats what he does after retirement

[@itsajenny5249]

Fact lad

[@barry4649]

The Tipp Junior B Dessie Hutchinson

[@M.1C4H5]

Love Ben from SA

[@marleyclark3209]

Shane Long is a cool guy man, rate him

[@Peadar_]

The goat up tipp

[@brendanclarke8393]

What a player

[@dazzer273]

My nanny’s uncle moved to England and settled in Stratford upon Avon. I remember coming down to Wilmcote to visit my cousins (his son and kids). My cousins said, oh you better come with us to collect your cousin (their daughter) as she does ballet with Ben Foster’s daughter and he sometimes picks her up. I was an 18 year old goalkeeper from Ireland and playing for Myerscough at the time, a big fan of Ben who I believe was playing for WBA. I went to ballet probably the only time I ever did but unfortunately Ben wasn’t on daddy duty that time 😅

[@brendanclarke8393]

Love shane ❤

[@robbieomahony5741]

As an Irishman, I’m desperate for us to have a team like the ones Shane Long was a part of. Our national team is the worst in the countries history atm. Yet when we had those teams we still gave out.

[@oisinmorris147]

You should get Jon Walters on aswell great Lad

[@me_meyou_youus_us]

Sure just look at the coverage Jack Gealiah gets when he has a drink. Oh ya he is .........

[@tomflynn8007]

No one is winning if the coronas show up. Jeeeezzz.

[@christycrosbie5303]

The present irish are an embarrassing team to watch just so bad 😢😢😢

[@Aedelas23]

It’s the FAI’s fault but we are investing in the youth and some players look promising but it will be ugly for some time. Hopefully Evan Ferguson keeps injury free now and gets game time.

[@Cullen1983]

He was some gaa player (hurler) by all accounts

[@ericbyrne7621]

Do anything but win any football games for us

[@nialldiamond3536]

Germany

[@TheLastAngryMan01]

Scored a great header against England back in 2013.

[@ericbyrne7621]

@@TheLastAngryMan01 2013 that’s embarrassing we have to go back to that

[@ericbyrne7621]

@@nialldiamond3536 still get shivers when I see that Shane long goal

[@AlanForde-zu7re]

English big boys givin it the big one in the comments. Yeah we're shit but at least we realise it. Yer great at whipping Macedonia, Lichtenstein and Andorra in qualifying and shitting yerselves when its put up to ya in the tournaments.🇪🇸

[@thinkofitthisway7804]

No point in criticizing England, Alan. We (Ireland) are shit as you quite rightly point out, but England are light years ahead of us. Do you remember 6 or 7 years back when England were nothing to write home about? Well, they learned from their mistakes, changed their game around, and are now a match for any team in world football. We on the other hand haven't learned a damn thing and are stuck in a time warp as far as football ability.

[@DINKL8ERG]

Defo not putting their all into the shirt

[@tansley3]

Clearly fuck all... If its not Gibraltar we're not winning. I genuinely support other nations when watching international football. Its embarrassing to be an Irish football fan. We're a mockery..

[@PvtVallen]

It must be having pints cause its definitely not working on winning football matches.

[@IrishArizona]

Yeah because enjoy urself effects how u play ffs grow up

[@maxthrust88888]

I can tell you what they dont do....win!

[@FujiRoku]

they deffo don't do training, Irish team is so bad now for years.

[@walshknwsbest]

Professional footballers don’t train ? What are you on about. We don’t have the players of high quality any more it doesn’t mean they aren’t training ffs

[@thinkofitthisway7804]

@@walshknwsbest Talking about training - I coached a team of kids not so long ago to play out from the back, pass the ball and keep it away from the opposition while finding space away from their markers, with a goal of creating a goalscoring chance or two. The team had very little know how to begin with, so it was quite satisfying to see them achieve that small feat after four or five days. The point I'm making is, if I (or anyone else for that matter) can take the time to teach such basic football traits to kids on the training ground, why can't a squad of experienced professionals do the same thing? Does this Irish team consider it beneath them to have to do the basics on the training ground? Maybe they do, but the evidence is there for all to see - this Irish team cannot even get the basics right against whatever international opposition they face.

[@FujiRoku]

@@walshknwsbest I mean they are absolutely shite at football so it doesn't look like they are doing training. Woeful, terrible players.

[@StephenG-kw1lp]

A whole lot of feck all.

[@westynufc90]

England's feeder club

[@paulgorman3001]

You've had two yes 2 players who played for Ireland then England, I think you'll find a lot more english born players played for Ireland. And guess what we even beat you in our first world cup game, so stick that in your pipe and smoke it

[@TheLastAngryMan01]

He’s born and bred in Ireland ya plank.

[@owensen_10]

Bit racist with the thumbnail.

[@Joseph13163]

Still two groups of people that have never mixed yes quite alot of norse/viking heritage in ireland but thats from norway not sweden.The norwegian vikings would have brought many irish slaves over to norway and today that genetic signature can be found in coastal areas of norway.

[@stockholmsyndrome411]

Yea Guinness is racist.. how sad are you 🤦🏻‍♂️😂

[@TiarnanGuinee]

From an Irish person no it isn’t.

[@seansean3659]

Real irish people don't get offended(I'm irish)

[@owensen_10]

@@seansean3659 😂😂 it is racist. (i'm Irish)

[@craigwatson6368]

Irish and Swedish aren’t a race!

[@mrigoe3079]

OK I'll bite,,,,,,,,,,,,, how?

[@craigwatson6368]

@@mrigoe3079 are you serious? They are nationalities. Black/white they are a race. Let me know when you need more education - which unfortunately- sounds like a lot.

[@craigwatson6368]

@@laidback9364 ‘could be’ is what makes your argument invalid. The countries you mentioned are all white - historically - until governments have decided on open borders. But nationality and religion are not races. So get your facts and arguments straight. Morons.

[@craigwatson6368]

@@laidback9364 hmmmm, that’s still not race.

[@harshbutfair8993]

Biologically speaking there are no races, we're all too genetically similar apparently. Looking at it from the evidence of your own eyes, there's Caucasians, East Asians, Africans, Amerindians, Australoids. Irish like Swedes are obviously Caucasians. You put 10 White Irish together and 10 White Swedes together, you could easily tell the difference, but yeah, still not really a different race, just different blend of Caucasian I guess you could say.