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There is some garbled chat on the Tornips board that McCloskey refused to be on the player stand by list for SA and buggered off to watch international fitba in Europe. Anyone know anything about this that is more than just rumour?
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If he did you can't really blame him in the circumstances of his omission from the squad.
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What circumstances? Other than just not getting picked. Turned out that Marshall and Olding were good choices.Cracker wrote:If he did you can't really blame him in the circumstances of his omission from the squad.
If it's true he has probably queered his pitch for future caps.
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Was anybody actually called up?
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His omission was on the basis that he would "benefit from a full pre-season", which usually tends to be the case for players short on game time or just back from injury. It was a nonsensical reason for him not to travel, especially given some players who were initially named in the squad to travel had played about two games in the build up to the tour. Not only that but Olding travelled despite being behind him in the pecking order with us. Now, logic of course is that Olding offers a utility option but nevertheless it must have hurt to be behind him in the national reckoning.Spiffsson wrote:What circumstances? Other than just not getting picked. Turned out that Marshall and Olding were good choices.Cracker wrote:If he did you can't really blame him in the circumstances of his omission from the squad.
If it's true he has probably queered his pitch for future caps.
Honestly? Can't blame him for taking the hump. I probably would have been quite angry too.
That said, if true, this reeks of unprofessionalism and doesn't sit well with me. I would sincerely like to hope it isn't true.
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I would be staggered and disappointed if it comes out that this is the case.
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Just read Ruckie's wide words. Essentially Schmidt gave him the summer off. Of course being a liar, FerBrains would probably deny it.Snipe Watson wrote:I would be staggered and disappointed if it comes out that this is the case.
Anyway, why are we discussing what some said.
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A-ha I hadn't spotted Spiffy's Turnipstan connection. Stand down the dogs of war.BaggyTrousers wrote:Just read Ruckie's wide words. Essentially Schmidt gave him the summer off. Of course being a liar, FerBrains would probably deny it.Snipe Watson wrote:I would be staggered and disappointed if it comes out that this is the case.
Anyway, why are we discussing what some said.
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I seen small p at the Euros maybe it was him that told Ireland to stick their stand-by list...
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Maybe he was offered the slot when my blind, one-legged granny with emphysema cried off?Cockatrice wrote:I seen small p at the Euros maybe it was him that told Ireland to stick their stand-by list...
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Can she play 6?Spiffsson wrote:Maybe he was offered the slot when my blind, one-legged granny with emphysema cried off?Cockatrice wrote:I seen small p at the Euros maybe it was him that told Ireland to stick their stand-by list...
I have my own tv channel, what have you got?
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Dan Tuohy (who we were once told can play 6) was at the Euros with McGoldrick
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Did Trimble not answer the number 6 question during the first test?
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But he wasn't at the eurosSnipe Watson wrote:Did Trimble not answer the number 6 question during the first test?