Vassel called up for NI squad ......

[BramleyMiller58]

……. that's his rest and recovery session gone !

[rolymiller]

...and then arguably he could do with 90 mins under his belt as well.

[mikemiller]

...and then arguably he could do with 90 mins under his belt as well.

He looked fitter than the rest of our team on Saturday! Might only be on the bench for N. Ireland .

[great_fire]

I thought he was a relative of England's Darius Vassell?

What's the NI connection?

[flourbasher]

From wiki

He qualifies for Northern Ireland by virtue of his grandfather being from County Fermanagh.
Commenting on his call up, Vassell said: "I'm over the moon, it has been a while coming, I'm grateful that my opportunity has come and it's my first ever call-up, so I'm really excited. Hopefully I might get a full game rather than the 30 minutes the Norwich fan usually gives me.

[pip_y]

Have we ever had this many involved in International squads at the same time?

[Hazza Has A Gazza]

Have we ever had this many involved in International squads at the same time?

I don't think so. We've also got Robertson who has international aspirations with Scotland too, when he's fit.

[mikemiller]

N. Ireland and Nigeria both play on Friday (like England)
Rep. Ireland, Slovakia play Saturday

[gm_gm]

No injuries ...please

[Brin]

Good luck to him, sounds like he's deserved the call up.