I really want more British and Irish talent here. But...then you look at the talent pools. Scotland James Forrest Steven Fletcher John Fleck England Theo Walcott Adam Lallana Henri Lansbury Wales Joe Ledley Neal Eardley Neil Taylor Northern Ireland Chris Brunt Steven Davis Johnny Evans (eww) Republic of Ireland Shane Long James McCarthy Séamus Coleman They don't exactly create a sense of optimism.
Don't worry Gazz, I still love you. I don't like it when he and Luiz play together. At least one of the CBs needs to be a leader and neither are. Luiz is a passionate loose cannon, and Gazz is the typical restrained stiff uppper lip Pommie.
The city council of Belfast voted for Union Jack to be flown only for 15 days a year. The Union flag is seen as a very British thing and a lot of Irish nationalists believe that it is a symbol of English imperialism. But of course in Belfast there are a lot of Unionists and they are angered by the ban because they think it marginalises them. Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom whereas the Republic of Ireland is independant of the UK. It all started about 100 or so years ago when the English occupied Ireland. For a while the Irish were pissed off but some started thinking that being apart of the UK was a good thing and so The Trouble began and Irish people started killing eachother over whether or not they are British.
Easily the most talented team on the bottom end of things. I feel kind of peeved because I claimed that Sunderland were going to a have a great season.
Riots started a few days ago over the right to fly the Union Jack in Northern Ireland. The Unionists feel like they are losing their identity. But of course it goes much deeper than that. Unemployment rates are rising and everything that has happened in the last century, is still felt strongly. http://news.sky.com/story/1023877/belfast-riots-about-much-more-than-flags
We still have four competitions that can be won. Premier League FA Cup Europa League League Cup And you know why we deserve to sing "We are the Champions of Europe"? Because Chelsea won in the fucking Champions League final.