How can anyone seriously support a team of "Plastic Paddies"?
Lee Trundle? If that lad cannot play for Wales, because he's not good enough, and is still playing for Swansea, let him stay where he is.
First Generation Irish, I can understand, but 2nd generation lads can play for their "own" country, which is definitely not Ireland.
McAteer, Townsend, Cascarino, Kiely etc would all have played for England, if picked and only played for us because there was an opportunity, not because of any patriotic act.
Martin Keown, formerly of Arsenal, is an example of an English footballer. He played for England because he was good enough, and he was English. His father was from Fermanagh and his mother, a Galway woman. Keown spent all his childhood summers in Ireland yet, when the choice presented itself, he chose his own country, not his parents.
We shoudn't accept cast-offs and shouldn't settle for being someone's 2nd choice.