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[moore_94]

56 minutes ago, Frances Dempsey said:

Went well I see!! Made no impact whatsoever. 2 losses from 2 games. No goals scored. Only opted to play for the Republic of Ireland to better his career. Knowing he’d never be good enough for an England call up! 😂😂

Almost sounds like jealousy…

[davieG]

What Irish media said about Kasey McAteer’s display as Leicester City summer target sinks Ireland
Wed 11 September 2024 10:00
Fraser Spinney
Leicester City winger Kasey McAteer was boosted by a call-up to the Ireland senior team for the first time this international break.

Having been eligible for England, Northern Ireland and Ireland, Kasey McAteer recently declared for Ireland and was rewarded with his first senior international call-up for the September fixtures.

Leicester City will be pleased to see McAteer gain international recognition with Steve Cooper bringing the 22-year-old on late in all three Premier League games so far.

It is a good sign for McAteer’s international prospects that he made new manager Heimir Hallgrímsson’s first squad and the Leicester winger made his debut off the bench in the 2-0 Nations League defeat to England at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.

He was again brought off the bench as Ireland lost by the same scoreline against Greece on Tuesday night but can hold his head high after making an impact.

Irish media impressed by Leicester City’s Kasey McAteer in Greece cameo
The defeat to Greece meant Ireland have won just two of their last 12 fixtures, with one of those victories coming against Gibraltar.

Despite the poor state of the national team, McAteer showed that there is some hope for the future after replacing Jason Knight in the 74th-minute in Dublin on Tuesday night.

Irish media were certainly left optimistic by McAteer’s showing, with both the Irish Mirror and sport outlet Balls rating his display a six out of ten despite playing just 16 minutes.

Balls commented on McAteer’s performance, saying: “Did well to engineer Will Smallbone’s guilt-edged chance near the end. A rare bright spark for Ireland in the closing phases.”

RTE went one better, scoring McAteer a seven, commenting: “Replaced Knight and took up station around the left wing as Ireland went in search of a much-needed equaliser.

“Lovely reverse pass played Brady in to set up Smallbone but the goal didn’t follow. Then helped set up Robinson’s 84th-minute chance.”

[ClaphamFox]

1 hour ago, Frances Dempsey said:

Went well I see!! Made no impact whatsoever. 2 losses from 2 games. No goals scored. Only opted to play for the Republic of Ireland to better his career. Knowing he’d never be good enough for an England call up! 😂😂

I'm struggling to understand this level of derision for one of our academy players simply because he wasn't able to single-handedly turn around the fortunes of a struggling international side via a couple of substitute appearances. 

[MrsJohnMurphy]

3 hours ago, Frances Dempsey said:

Went well I see!! Made no impact whatsoever. 2 losses from 2 games. No goals scored. Only opted to play for the Republic of Ireland to better his career. Knowing he’d never be good enough for an England call up! 😂😂

What a weird thing to post...

[LcFc_Smiv]

On 12/09/2024 at 14:01, MrsJohnMurphy said:

What a weird thing to post...

Goes in line with what a number of posters seem to post at the moment taking aim at anyone and everything connected with the club. The Leicester City element of this forum has become somewhat childish and the least enjoyable element of the site.