Holden McGroin 5286 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Teamtalk Newcastle loanee Stephen Ireland has launched a blistering attack on Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier and revealed his disdain for his country. Ireland was rarely used by Houllier after he took charge from Martin O'Neill and the midfielder insists he was forced out of Villa by the Frenchman. "After 15 matches on the bench, Houllier told me to stay at home," said Ireland in an interview with French football magazine So Foot. "I trained during the week and on Fridays he told me, 'no point you coming, you are not in the team'. "Yet I was the best player in training. It was my team that won in every session. One of the few times he played me, we drew 0-0 at Chelsea and I ended up man of the match. "Apparently that didn't matter to him. I was stuck with being paid for doing nothing at all. I was left to myself. I had to pay out of my own pocket for medical treatment. Can you believe that?" Ireland also took exception at being asked to move to Birmingham from his home in Manchester. "Houllier asked me to come and live in Birmingham because it was taking me 75 minutes to come to training. But there were 15 players in the same position as me. Some came from London and took more than two hours, but he only asked me to move," he continued. "For a start, Birmingham is a c**p city and I wasn't going to make the effort, especially as I wasn't playing. Might as well be in Manchester if I had to stay home on match days. "I don't bear Houllier any grudges, it wasn't him who chose me after all." Ireland is hoping to make his debut for Newcastle this weekend, adding: "I just want to play and have a manager who really wants me for once. "I have no idea at the moment who I will be playing for next season. My future is unclear." Ireland retired from international football with his native Republic of Ireland four years ago, but he has no regrets and insists he feels nothing for his homeland, or even his hometown of Cork. "I don't give a damn for Ireland. Live in Cork? I'd rather shoot myself. I prefer Los Angeles," he said. And he admits he is not going to be playing for his country again in the future. "Even at youth level, it p****d me off to go there," he said. "Everyone came from Dublin. I was the only guy from Cork. I had to take the train on my own, pay for a taxi, there was no hotel, no grub. It was handled so amateurishly. "National teams don't interest me. I have more to do than go off for three days to play Andorra. And when you are Irish, you are well aware you'll never win the World Cup. "I feel nothing for the team. I absolutely don't feel guilty when they lose and, when they win, at no time do I think I could have been there. "Even if Ireland had qualified for the World Cup, I wouldn't have gone. People call for my return, but I have only played five times for them. The national team and me are ancient history." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Not a big fan of his hometown, his country or Birmingham then. I'm struggling to read that as anything other than 'anywhere I might be recognised' The lad's not got much of a brain. I just hope what little sense he has got he can put to good use here. If that comes from some misguided sense of proving everyone wrong then I'm not gonna argue as long as it yields results for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasepud 59 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Its all well and good cutting your ties but he obviously doesnt know Ashley if he thinks hes automatically going to get a move here. In a couple of months he could well be a Villa player again and facing the wrath of the fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Its all well and good cutting your ties but he obviously doesnt know Ashley if he thinks hes automatically going to get a move here. In a couple of months he could well be a Villa player again and facing the wrath of the fans. Potential knock-down price after that slagging of Brum/Houllier. Got to think like Ashley here, Pud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20429 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 jesus, what a wanker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Wonder if he'll actually play this season. His move has been Nacho-tastic so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaythesouthernmag 0 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Looking forward to seeing him play although he does come across as a bit of a twat, hope Joey and Nolan whip him into shape. No doubting he has talent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4026 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 jesus, what a wanker. This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 27488 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I have more to do than go off for three days to play Andorra Really? Like warming the bench at City and Villa? Funny, it wasn't that long ago he said he might return to international football in order to put himself in the shop window. What and odious little cunt he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeForce 0 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 What a complete prick. I have never heard a footballer whinging cos they didn't get any grub, its not like you can't afford your own douch-bag. Seems like he needs to learn a very quick lesson in life. I can see him retiring in a few years when he has decided he has enough money and doesn't give a shit anymore. If your manager teels you to jump you say how high, not no i refuse to do what you ask because you are not playing me. That ain't gonna help your situation bonny lad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 2956 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 The lad's not got much of a brain. You don't say?!?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithJ 0 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 This is where I think Newcastle can do something here. Let us remember that Joey Barton came out with these kind of statements. I still remember the World Cup Book rant just before he joined the England squad for his first cap. Everything he has said appears him to be whining however he has a point. Who would wanna live in Brum? It is possible he got singled out by Houllier. All this has done is driven down the price of Ireland by quite a bit. He has no road to return to brum. He seems to have taken a shine to Pardew and if that helps him regain form then thats all the better for Newcastle. I am hoping Barton will take him aside. Let us remember Barton was a prick, a twat and been told he would never play for this club and now he is one of our best players! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 15306 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 He laid into Man City when he left there too. And no doubt he'll do the same when he leaves us. It might well be a "point of no return" ploy to burn his bridges at Villa and ensure a permanent move to us. But he does come ovver as a bit of a whinger to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeazesMag 0 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 jesus, what a wanker. This. agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Your Name Here Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 jesus, what a wanker. This. agreed Yup, the bloke is a grade A cock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano 0 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 He does have a point. Birmingham is a shit hole. Villa is a shit club. Houllier is french so could well of acted in that way. If i was irish and had his ability i wouldnt want to play against the likes of Andorra neither. I had a bad experience of ireland and Dublin so i can relate to his feelings for it. That all said, they way in which he comes across is of a total bi-polar depressive wanker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeForce 0 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 This is where I think Newcastle can do something here. Let us remember that Joey Barton came out with these kind of statements. I still remember the World Cup Book rant just before he joined the England squad for his first cap. Everything he has said appears him to be whining however he has a point. Who would wanna live in Brum? It is possible he got singled out by Houllier. All this has done is driven down the price of Ireland by quite a bit. He has no road to return to brum. He seems to have taken a shine to Pardew and if that helps him regain form then thats all the better for Newcastle. I am hoping Barton will take him aside. Let us remember Barton was a prick, a twat and been told he would never play for this club and now he is one of our best players! I disagree with Brum being a shit hole. He plays for Villa, you have places like Cannock and Tamworth not 15 miles from villa park which have some very nice parts to them. Birmingham has a lot off nice countryside on the outskirts unlike London but you have a large city to go in to. Every city has its bad parts but for me it wouldn't be a bad area to live in (apart from the accent of course) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Assilleekunt 1 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I'd heard rumours that he is severely intelligent - he is a current member of MENSA - and this interview seems to back that up. Jokes aside, he has a lot of ability and if he performs well for us I couldn't give a fuck about his lifestyle or character. I thought Barton, Carroll and Smith (amongst others) were a bunch of absolute cunts, but they came good on the pitch at times and even did enough to warrant a second opinion of them in other cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banfi 0 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Newcastle United's on-loan midfielder Stephen Ireland has moved to put the record straight on quotes attributed to him in Friday's newspapers regarding his parent club, Aston Villa, and his hometown in Ireland. In an interview with French football magazine So Foot it was suggested that the 24-year-old had made derogatory comments regarding Villa and the cities of Birmingham and Cork. However, having read the papers on Friday morning, Ireland was upset with the nature of the comments and felt the opinions that he aired during the interview were taken completely out of context. "I'm upset with what has been printed this morning because I feel like I've been portrayed in the wrong way," Ireland told skysports.com in a statement issued from his agent. Misquoted "I was misquoted and things have been blown way out of proportion. That is the reason why I feel like I needed to say something because the quotes are very unfair. "What I said during the interview has been twisted to sound particularly blunt and a lot of what was written about my hometown of Cork - which me and my family visit regularly - was just plain ridiculous. "The comments regarding Birmingham were also taken way out of context as I had only been at Villa a few months and didn't even live there so I have no idea what Birmingham is like to live in and everyone I have met from Birmingham has been nice, my girlfriend's father is from Birmingham so why would I say that, it's just crazy. "I can only apologise if anyone was offended, but the way the interview was written made me sound very harsh, and I am not that kind of person." What do you say that can be misquoted into that? :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 5286 Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 Lost in translation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasepud 59 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I wonder if hes living here? understandable that you wouldnt want to move the family lock, stock and barrel but I expect him to live here in a hotel or whatever with or without the missus and kids, not commute every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20429 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Newcastle United's on-loan midfielder Stephen Ireland has moved to put the record straight on quotes attributed to him in Friday's newspapers regarding his parent club, Aston Villa, and his hometown in Ireland. In an interview with French football magazine So Foot it was suggested that the 24-year-old had made derogatory comments regarding Villa and the cities of Birmingham and Cork. However, having read the papers on Friday morning, Ireland was upset with the nature of the comments and felt the opinions that he aired during the interview were taken completely out of context. "I'm upset with what has been printed this morning because I feel like I've been portrayed in the wrong way," Ireland told skysports.com in a statement issued from his agent. Misquoted "I was misquoted and things have been blown way out of proportion. That is the reason why I feel like I needed to say something because the quotes are very unfair. "What I said during the interview has been twisted to sound particularly blunt and a lot of what was written about my hometown of Cork - which me and my family visit regularly - was just plain ridiculous. "The comments regarding Birmingham were also taken way out of context as I had only been at Villa a few months and didn't even live there so I have no idea what Birmingham is like to live in and everyone I have met from Birmingham has been nice, my girlfriend's father is from Birmingham so why would I say that, it's just crazy. "I can only apologise if anyone was offended, but the way the interview was written made me sound very harsh, and I am not that kind of person." What do you say that can be misquoted into that? :S it's not like he speaks another language and can blame it being lost in translation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B&Wsy 0 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Teamtalk Newcastle loanee Stephen Ireland has launched a blistering attack on Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier and revealed his disdain for his country. Ireland was rarely used by Houllier after he took charge from Martin O'Neill and the midfielder insists he was forced out of Villa by the Frenchman. "After 15 matches on the bench, Houllier told me to stay at home," said Ireland in an interview with French football magazine So Foot. "I trained during the week and on Fridays he told me, 'no point you coming, you are not in the team'. "Yet I was the best player in training. It was my team that won in every session. One of the few times he played me, we drew 0-0 at Chelsea and I ended up man of the match. "Apparently that didn't matter to him. I was stuck with being paid for doing nothing at all. I was left to myself. I had to pay out of my own pocket for medical treatment. Can you believe that?" Ireland also took exception at being asked to move to Birmingham from his home in Manchester. "Houllier asked me to come and live in Birmingham because it was taking me 75 minutes to come to training. But there were 15 players in the same position as me. Some came from London and took more than two hours, but he only asked me to move," he continued. "For a start, Birmingham is a c**p city and I wasn't going to make the effort, especially as I wasn't playing. Might as well be in Manchester if I had to stay home on match days. "I don't bear Houllier any grudges, it wasn't him who chose me after all." Ireland is hoping to make his debut for Newcastle this weekend, adding: "I just want to play and have a manager who really wants me for once. "I have no idea at the moment who I will be playing for next season. My future is unclear." Ireland retired from international football with his native Republic of Ireland four years ago, but he has no regrets and insists he feels nothing for his homeland, or even his hometown of Cork. "I don't give a damn for Ireland. Live in Cork? I'd rather shoot myself. I prefer Los Angeles," he said. And he admits he is not going to be playing for his country again in the future. "Even at youth level, it p****d me off to go there," he said. "Everyone came from Dublin. I was the only guy from Cork. I had to take the train on my own, pay for a taxi, there was no hotel, no grub. It was handled so amateurishly. "National teams don't interest me. I have more to do than go off for three days to play Andorra. And when you are Irish, you are well aware you'll never win the World Cup. "I feel nothing for the team. I absolutely don't feel guilty when they lose and, when they win, at no time do I think I could have been there. "Even if Ireland had qualified for the World Cup, I wouldn't have gone. People call for my return, but I have only played five times for them. The national team and me are ancient history." Surprised the cunt hasn't changed his name by deed poll. Maybe this Grade A cock will feel more at home amongst this LA based team....apparently they recruit fresh blood on a regular basis!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NobbySol 1 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 SSN reckon he's out for a month with a thigh injury. Good stuff.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 He sounds like a very bitter man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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