Amongst all the furore surrounding James McCarthy not turning up for international duty, Marc Wilsons absence seems to have been glossed over. Wilson one of the Northern “Deserters” choose to play for Ireland rather than his “native” Northern Ireland. One of the many inaccuracies thrown at these players by Norn Iron fans is the notion that they are “glory hunters”. Indeed I recently spoke to a good friend, Scott, who’s studied in the area of Northern Catholics supporting Northern Ireland and he still maintained that the search for success was the driving factor. Surely Wilsons’ absence – interestingly at a time when he could have a picked up a medal – blows this argument out of the water. When Kyle Lafferty decides to throw his lot in with the Republic then I’ll believe this argument but currently it is all nationalist who are declaring.
