Mr. Brightside, on 12 February 2012 - 03:53, said:
Kind of ironic don't you think? You must be pleased to have passionate Irishmen such as Keiren Westwood, Sean St Ledger, Kevin Foley, Aiden McGeady, Darron Gibson, James McCarthy, Simon Cox and Jon Walters.
I'm not really pleased or unhappy considering I care about the Irish national team even less than I care about Scotland. I'll support Ireland in Euro 2012 (so I guess it's good that some of these guys are playing for Ireland) but I don't care hugely.
My point wasn't that I'm against Commons, Rhodes etc playing for Scotland, I was merely pointing out how stupid it is that people whine like bitches about McCarthy and McGeady when Scotland has so many players not from Scotland.
As far as I'm concerned nationality is up to the individual, as long as the person has a legitimate claim then it's up to them. The English "Scots" I mentioned, the English "Irishmen" you mention, even the Irish weegies like McGeady and McCarthy, good luck to all of them as far as I'm concerned.