Stick to looking after the sheep Dr Shephard- load of nonsense

Mick O Connell (None) - Posts: 1231 - 25/07/2009 09:50:20    361299

I think I am suffering from a severe case of deja vu.

paddywexman (Wexford) - Posts: 289 - 25/07/2009 09:59:51    361304

Lads that is a myth, however he did did play abit. The following passage is from the Uefa website.

Meanwhile, Liverpool FC's Spanish midfield player Xabi Alonso has revealed a love of the vaguely savage Irish sport of Gaelic football. Alonso spent time in the Irish town of Kells as a 15-year-old where he was exposed to the game. "I played Gaelic football with some of the local boys. It was very different, very physical," he recalled. "The players should wear crash helmets."

http://en.uefa.com/magazine/news/Kind=1024/newsId=309862.html

onthesquare (Cavan) - Posts: 76 - 25/07/2009 11:01:16    361345

When is that nonsense going to stop? It's old, boring and WRONG!!!

He came here to learn English as a teenager, like so many still do, and kicked a bit of ball with the locals. All of a sudden he has become captain of an All-Ireland senior football winning side!!

I tell ye but Chinese whispers would have nothing on some of the gossip mongers here!

Real Louth fan (Louth) - Posts: 3157 - 25/07/2009 11:19:25    361359

to true RLF,to true haha

Duffy89 (Wexford) - Posts: 3320 - 25/07/2009 13:12:43    361470

''the vaguely savage sport of Gaelic football''

Bit of an insult there from Uefa if ya ask me.
Also I think its fair to say Alonso wasnt doing much smashing on the forty round Kells, its very physical , should wear crash helmets.. .
The windy yella spanish --!

sam57 (Louth) - Posts: 1502 - 25/07/2009 15:15:40    361610