Hull City's Stephen Quinn targets first Ireland cap
STEPHEN Quinn hopes his move to Hull City can help him realise his long-standing ambition of winning a first cap for the Republic of Ireland.
While Quinn was able to toast a debut goal in the Tigers' 3-1 win over Bolton last weekend, he has since enviously watched City team-mate Paul McShane join up with Giovanni Trapattoni's squad for their World Cup qualifier in Kazakhstan this evening.
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Stephen Quinn
Quinn was once a regular for Ireland's under-21s, winning nine caps up to 2007, but his patient wait for senior honours is yet to be rewarded.
After leaving behind Sheffield United and League One to join City's promotion bid in the Championship, Quinn believes his hopes for international football will be given a boost.
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"It's very much an ambition of mine," Quinn told the Mail.
"Obviously, Paul McShane has gone off to meet up with the Ireland squad and it's a life-long ambition to play for my country.
"I got a lot of under-21 caps and hopefully I can still make that step-up to the main international level.
"That's one thing that's eluded me in my career so far but if I can perform to the best of my ability here, then hopefully I can get the call some time.
"You really need to be at the top end of the Championship to get noticed. Hopefully, the manager recognises you and takes a chance on you."
Quinn's hopes of attracting Trapattoni's eye were lifted when his City career enjoyed the perfect first chapter last weekend.
Thrown into a three-man central midfield alongside Seyi Olofinjana and Robert Koren, Quinn made one and scored another to sink Bolton at the KC Stadium.
The 26-year-old's second half strike was only the 18th goal in 275 club appearances but he wants a central role, rather than on the left of midfield, to help him find his best form.
"To be honest I'd rather make goals than score them, and that's probably been my downfall a little bit over the last few years," he explained.
"I'm hopeful of bringing that here and add a bit of guile to what we've already got in a very good team.
"Over the years I'd played a lot out on the left and it wasn't really my preferred role, but as I got older, the managers that played me inside realised that it's probably my best position."
With Paul McKenna suspended for a further two matches following his red card at Doncaster, and Tom Cairney facing three months out with a knee injury, Quinn will hope to make a starting position his own when the Tigers return to Championship duty against Millwall next weekend.
"The three in the midfield against Bolton worked out," he added. "Big Olly was there to sit and let me and Robbie Koren get on the ball. It really suited me down to the ground."
Comments
by NAMDOG
Monday, September 10 2012, 7:10PM
“by Namdog
SnothillBaz&GarethC2010 Dont you think "The Yorkshire Pink" was the equel of "The Green Mail.
It had all the Yorkshire games,football and both rugby codes.
What memories just started the first pint in" Half Way" Hessle Road and the paper man would
arrive calling out "Yorkshire Pink".Those were great Saturday nights never to be forgotten.”
by merlin_
Monday, September 10 2012, 2:28PM
“CAPTION:
Back in a mo ref.
I knew I should'nt have had that vindaloo last night!”
by merlin_
Monday, September 10 2012, 2:09PM
“I just noticed 'Arold.
They've taken that old league table down
Ahh yes faver. They 'as taken it down.
I was about to write a letter to the editor - if only we had any paper in the ahhse!
Fings aint what they used to be Arold (scowling)
I remember the green mail (wistfully)
You allus knew where you were with the green mail.
Ah yes pater. I remember the green mail.
You used to cut it up into squares and 'ang it in the khasi ahtside.
You are right. We always knew where we were wiv the green mail !”
by merlin_
Saturday, September 08 2012, 10:24AM
“You can understand the dearth of news as its the international weekend. Given that the players are all good lads and there's no scandal, it must be diffiult for the reporteres to fill the column inches. Our criticisms about on-line content have not prompted them to have another byte at the cherry. Fine
But the old league table still on view is well out of order - especially as we are in a more pleasing perpendicular position. `”
by YorkshireMike
Saturday, September 08 2012, 6:47AM
“If only the Hull Daily Mail would take on the feedback they get from their customers - non stories, nothing about breaking stories elsewhere in the press such as Campbell being allowed on loan or Josh King wanting to play football regularly, that league table has still not been updated and as someone else wrote on this site there could be profiles on the new player signed over the summer.
It all smacks of lazy journalism - very lazy.”
by GarethC2010
Friday, September 07 2012, 5:16PM
“Snothillbaz... the green sportsmail was even more of a miracle. Delivered on your doorstep less than 2 hours after the game had finished with the ink still a little bit tacky.... I'm not sure HDM have improved things with the technology available other than try and grab every last penny through annoying advertising.”
by normski2412
Friday, September 07 2012, 3:31PM
“Yes this is very old news. Obviously nothing new coming out the Tigers camp. I can not wait for the Millwall game,we had better tie down our seats in the North stand because when we beat them they will try and tear up the place.UTT!!!!!!!!”
by valencian
Friday, September 07 2012, 2:54PM
“Isn´t this last weekends news? Quinn said all these things after the Bolton match and here we are nearly a week later with the same news. I know there is not much out there at the moment with the international break but Jack Hobbs continues to recover from his injury how is he? What is his training regime? We signed 6 young pros during the summer we could have a feature on one of them each day for a week. Anything other than old news which by definition cannot be news any longer.”
by SnothillBaz
Friday, September 07 2012, 2:23PM
“Ah, Gareth..... I remember the days when the HDM was the '4 hour miracle', first City edition produced and printed locally by local labour instead of in cheap sub-continent sweatshops and on the streets at noon and packed with up-to-date news, customers queuing at the street vendors, another four editions during the day to keep the news current.
Times have changed with the technology, but there are even less excuses now for not having current news available via the internet.”
by GarethC2010
Friday, September 07 2012, 1:23PM
“Snothillbaz. You are right about the PL news. I'm not that bothered about it being there but once again it quite often is out of date. It was playing an article yesterday about Michael Owen still waiting for his PL clearnance which was two days out of date.
The automated videos on this site are the main reason I hardly venture onto the site anymore as they are so flippin' annoying.
Regarding the league table being out of date, it is a joke. We live in a 21st century internet age and this league table is so out of date I could have flown to and from Australia 5 times since these figures were relevent.
If HDM have no control over the content then they need to kick the ar5e of the company responsible. After all HDM wouldn't stand in the street today selling last Saturday' paper would they.”