McGrath : "As for gnu's suggestion that a defining characteristic of Irish players is thuggery, that's rubbish."

I agree. That IS rubbish. I never said it or even suggested it. I said I thought the Ruskies (Belarus) were deliberately out to injure the England players and Keane and Rooney would have given them back a taste of their own medicine... as I have seen both of them do in the past.

I called the Ruskies thugs. I call Keane and Rooney fine players who don't take no shit from no man.