Some players are plain unlucky. In truth, Paul Green has hardly been much worse than Glenn Whelan since he got in the Ireland team but once the word gets out there that someone is useless, everyone hops aboard. If there was a tweet complimenting him for his Man of the Match performance against Austria (highly contested of course) we missed it. Here are the funniest/most vitriolic tweets.
#askGreen if u couldn't have been a mediocre soccer player, what would u have been??
— Ian Cleary (@iancleary1990) February 24, 2014
@Official_ITFC Who was picking up your dole money while you were at the Euros? #askGREEN
— Eóin Tracey (@eointracey) February 24, 2014
#askgreen Do u ever think "I'm an Irish international" and then just break down laughing because it's a complete joke? — Anthony Falvey (@left_outside) February 24, 2014
How do you feel you acting career suffered after the the end of Happy Days? #askgreen — Eoin Troy (@EoinyT) February 24, 2014
@Official_ITFC How many crisps packets did you have to collect to become a footballer? #askGREEN — Cian Mc Donagh (@mac_cian) February 24, 2014
#AskGreen what is the furthest you have "successfully" passed a ball? (i.e as in it reached its designated target)
— Colm Moloney (@Colm_Moloney) February 24, 2014
It could've been a Q & A with anyone but they picked you. This seems to happen a lot. How come? #askGreen
— Steven Fitzmaurice (@fitzmaurice14) February 24, 2014
@Official_ITFC @ballsdotie #askGREEN Do you ever feel sad that your taking an actual decent players spot in any team you play in??
— John Weldon (@Weldoninhio) February 24, 2014
#askGREEN do you still hold a grudge after being overlooked for the Ballon D'Or last year?
— Colm Ó Drisceoil (@CDrisceoil) February 24, 2014