Ireland Coming Through His Difficult Times
This article may be a bit belated given the well documented events of Stephen Ireland's sudden and somewhat bizarre exit from Eire's national team squad a couple of weeks ago, but lest we all forget, he deserves some praise and respect for playing through what is obviously a difficult time.
Those people who have experienced such a personal trauma will understand the affect it has on the individuals concerned and close family.
That Stephen has been able to carry on playing and been able to maintain anything approaching his best form is not only a testament to him personally but also to the Club and management team for supporting him and showing trust in his ability and professionalism. He had a decent game yesterday against Newcastle and was unlucky not to have scored had it not been for a trademark point-blank save from Shay Given.
Stephen has taken a fair bit of flak in some of the papers and fan sites over this episode, but if those individuals concerned had been through what Stephen and his partner have been through they probably wouldn't have been quite so critical.
6 comments:
Nice one.....we're all a bit to quick to point the finger these days. Ireland did ok yesterday setting up the first goal and nearly scoring himself. He'll emerge a stronger person after all this.
Agreed. I can totally understand how he and his partner ended up in a position where they felt the need to tell a white lie to get some privacy - Stephen's only going to get better as a player in a side that's now brimming with talent. CTID.
Hi Ireland has talent & I hope his personal troubles are over, but I have a couple of comments on his general play - when his team do not have the ball he appears to switch off & his workrate is not up to the level of his midfield team mates eg elano also if when he does get the ball through interception or vey rarely through a tackle he seems to stand around waiting for applause. His creative play when others get the ball for him is great but he needs to speed up his legs to match his brain.
Yeah, I know what you're saying, but cut the poor lad some slack - he's still only a young lad whereas the likes of Petrov & Elano have loads more experience.
Well said...but unfortunately the media are always to ready to slate someone at the least opportunity.
I think the comments about his workrate are a little harsh and as for the speed in his legs are you sure you are not getting him mixed up with Johnson ???
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