Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakaatuhia e tetahi whakaahua te nui o te wharanga o Stephen Ireland, i waiho ai te kaitakawaenga e hiahia ana ki te '12-13 nga tuitui' i muri i te wero whakamataku a Maynor Figueroa i waiho i te toru inihi i roto i tana kuao. I tangohia te kaitākaro o Stoke City i te haurua, ā, ko te matapae o te whara kino ka kore ia e whai wāhi atu mō te toru wiki. Kaore pea a Figueroa e whiua ki te aukati me tetahi mahi a muri ake nei e pa ana ki te kaitautoko a Neil Swarbrick me te matapae a ana apiha mo te hunga i kite i te wero. E mōhiotia ana ko tētahi o rātau i kite i te tūtukitanga. Ko te wharanga i te waewae o Stephen Ireland whai muri i te wero a Maynor Figueroa i hiahia ia ki te tekau nga tuitui. Kei te whara te kaitakawaenga o Stoke City (matau) i muri i te tukinga whakamataku mai i te ao o Honduras. Na te kaupapa i riri ai tana kaiwhakahaere a Mark Hughes i muri o te keemu i kii ko te ao o Honduras ka mutu pea te mahi a Ireland. Ka mea ia: <unk>Stephen Ireland kua i runga i te mutunga o te tackle whakamataku, tetahi e <unk>should've kite i te whero tika. 'Ka taea e te tackle te whakaoti i tana mahi. He aha i kore ai te kaitautoko e hoatu he whero tika, kāore au i te mōhio. I horo a Figueroa i te pōro, ā, ka whai ake ki te whakaeke i ōna pū ki raro i te waewae o Ireland. Ka taea e ia te mawhiti i te mahi a te FA nā te mea kua whakapumautia e ngā rangatira i kite rātou i te tūtukitanga. I tēnei wā ka ngaro a Ireland i ngā wiki e toru e whai ake nei o te tau i muri i tana whara kino. 'I haere mai a Ireland i te haurua me te huri i tana hu, he whara e hiahia ana ki te 12-13 nga tuitui. Kua tirohia e au te riipene ataata, he mea whakamataku. E pouri ana mātou. Me pai ake ta ratou mahi.' Ehara i te mea hou te taiwhanga o Britannia ki ngā wharanga whakamataku, i te wā i whati ai te waewae o Aaron Ramsey whai muri i te tukinga a Ryan Shawcross i te tau 2010. Ahakoa te wharanga ohorere ki a Ireland, i eke te kapa Potters ki te toa whakamutunga na Peter Crouch hei awhina i te rongo mo tana korenga e tatari ana.
WHAKAARO - He ihirangi whakaahua. Kua kitea e tētahi whakaahua te nui o te whara o Stephen Ireland. Ko te kaitakawaenga te patunga o tētahi tukinga whakamataku mai i a Maynor Figueroa. Kāore he mahi a te kaitautoko, nā te mea i kite ngā rangatira i te tūtukitanga. Pānuihia: E hiahia ana te Pirimia League ki ngā whakaari ataata hei āwhina i ā mātou kaiwāhi. Pāwhiritia ki konei mō ngā rongo hou katoa o Stoke City.