Was playing FIFA as a manager of an english football club and got this message from one of my irish players…..

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  1. So unrealistic.

    We all know the shortsightedness of upcoming Irish footballers with England being the only destination.

    Similar to the vast majority of young people who want to emigrate for a “better quality of life”. All English speaking countries, which limits them to about 5 options.

  2. In other words he is struggling to get a decent pint and nowhere does parsley sauce with their bacon and cabbage.

  3. I have had that conversation with myself many times, still here 12 years later. Moving is a lot of work.

  4. V realistic – he could’ve been some player IRL but was one of those guys who publicly said he “hated football” and felt trapped by it as a profession etc.

    Had one unbelievable season with Partick Thistle in the SPL then packed it in, basically.

  5. When Arsenal were trying to persuade Liam Brady not to move to Italy, one of their directors in desperation said to him “but Liam, you’ll be living in a foreign country.”

    “I already live in a foreign country” replied Brady.

  6. Fairly common in real life I’d say when you look at the number of young players who don’t last a full year over there.

  7. Realism in games is going beyond expectations, fair play 2 an Irish lad sayin, fuck u, 2 a brit… lmfao

  8. Haha, it’s funny to read it…. but honestly once you live it then it’s a little bit less so. When you’re living abroad, it’s mad how small tiny things start to creep in. At the start its all new and exciting, and especially when you’re working you don’t have much time to actually think about things as much.

    But over time, like I said small things start invading your mind. You’ll be sitting eating dinner, suddenly think to yourself “These chips are a bit manky… not a patch on the chipper I used to go to at home.” Or be out walking in December, and suddenly find yourself remembering walking in town at Christmas and the hustle and bustle there. Or be sitting in a cinema full of people chatting away and think “They’d be murdered if they acted like that in a cinema back home.” Small things. And over time, those small things get a little bit bigger. And they start happening a bit more often.

    Before you know it, you’re sitting in a darkened room listening to old Planxty albums, bawling your head off, ignoring your foreign wife banging on the door in terror, and looking at a can of “imported” Guinness in disgust while wondering where it all went wrong… 🤣

  9. me to my mum and dad at 12 after watching spiderman and deciding I need to move to new york to live in a loft to become a photographer

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