taly Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 My Fellow Northern Neighbors, The Canadian men’s national team and its supporters should not feel alone about the pain of not qualifying for the World Cup. Northern Ireland has shared a lot of similar frustrations and scenarios. A) Both teams have not qualified for the World Cup since 1986. Both have a large, vocal, and entertaining supporter’s group (Green & White Army and Voyageurs) that have grown this past decade. C) Both have 1 true home stadium (BMO Field and Windsor Park) with strong passion. D) Both have a roster with players from high caliber leagues. Signed, Yank who wanted Canada in WC 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time_for_2014 Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 thanks! I'm so disappointed...I'll have to change my user ID for time_for_2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 You probably had a few people reaching for an atlas. Your post left me wondering who is the Canadian David Healey right now and who is Canada's Alan McDonald? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youllneverwalkalone Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 The Canadian David Healy is, obviously, Ali Gerba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Think the last to come close would be Tomasz Radzinski but he wasn't playing for the national team at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Is Healy really playing at such a high club level... not starting for Sunderland? I think Gerba is a good comparison for a guy who is a journeyman for club and an over-achiever for country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Get a grip. Last season Healy was playing with Fulham, while Gerba was with FC Ingolstadt 04 and was very close to signing with the Montreal Impact after that by all accounts. There is a big difference between being a Premiership player and a League One/Regionalliga Sud player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
U-Bolt Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Nice to know others feel bad too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trident Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 hmm, i wouldnt say that canada meets all of those points, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashton Gate Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Uncanny... Nigel Worthington is coach of Northern Ireland, when Nigel was coach/manager at Norwich he stubbornly refused to give Jim Brennan much playing time in the Premier league and Jim only rarely got on the pitch!! Bit like the current Canadian coach Dale Mitchell..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 quote:Originally posted by Ashton Gate Uncanny... Nigel Worthington is coach of Northern Ireland, when Nigel was coach/manager at Norwich he stubbornly refused to give Jim Brennan much playing time in the Premier league and Jim only rarely got on the pitch!! Bit like the current Canadian coach Dale Mitchell..... Thought JB started or was subbed in for 18 matches in Norwich's last cup-of-coffee visit to the EPL. Less than half their matches true, but not by much. (Worth looking up, but JB got a decent amount of time. Not great, not regular, but fairly decent considering he was also hobbled that season which also was a part in the amount of pitch time JB got). Worthington is a famously prickly character. But I'll give him this, there is never any doubt who the Alpha Male in the locker room is when he's around whether he's truly deserving of that right or no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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