Ireland v Germany & Poland

**IsMiseSean** · 18/09/2015, 1:10 PM

Just checked. You're right, Rooney joined the squad for the week of training but was released before the squad departed for Faro.
McShane, O'Kane, Pilkington & Pearce also joined up but were released.

**back of the net** · 19/09/2015, 1:16 PM

O'Shea dropped from Sunderlands starting 11 today against Bournemouth

**tetsujin1979** · 19/09/2015, 1:31 PM

Out with an illness according to various reports

**Closed Account** · 03/10/2015, 11:25 PM

O’Neill reduces squad for Germany and Poland games
Martin O'Neill has reduced his provisional 40-man squad to 27 for Ireland's UEFA Euro 2016 Group D qualifiers against Germany at the Aviva Stadium on Thursday, October 8, and Poland in Warsaw on Sunday, October 11.
4th Oct 2015
The revised squad includes two uncapped players, Eunan O’Kane and Alan Judge, while three players – Stephen Quinn (knee), Harry Arter (groin) and Ciaran Clark (quad) - have been ruled out because of injury.

The squad will assemble in Dublin on Sunday evening and train on Monday at the FAI’s National Training Centre on the National Sports Campus in Abbotstown. Marc Wilson will remain at Stoke City for treatment on a calf injury which will be reviewed by the Ireland medical staff early in the week.

Republic of Ireland Squad

Name-Club-Date Of Birth-Caps-Goals

David Forde (Millwall) 20/12/1979 23 0
Shay Given (Stoke City) 20/04/1976 132 0
Darren Randolph (West Ham United) 12/05/1987 2 0
Richard Keogh (Derby County) 11/08/1986 7 1
Seamus Coleman (Everton) 11/10/1988 29 0
Cyrus Christie (Derby County) 30/09/1992 2 1
John O'Shea (Sunderland) 30/04/1981 106 3
Alex Pearce (Derby County) 09/11/1988 6 2
Paul McShane (Reading) 06/01/1986 32 0

Stephen Ward (Burnley) 20/08/1985 29 2
Robbie Brady (Norwich City) 14/01/1992 16 3
Marc Wilson (Stoke City) 17/08/1987 23 1
James McCarthy (Everton) 12/11/1990 29 0
Jeff Hendrick (Derby County) 31/01/1992 15 0
Glenn Whelan (Stoke City) 13/01/1984 66 2
Aiden McGeady (Everton) 04/04/1986 77 5
James McClean (West Bromwich Albion) 22/04/1989 31 4
Alan Judge (Brentford) 11/11/1988 0 0
David Meyler (Hull City) 29/05/1989 13 0
Wes Hoolahan (Norwich City) 20/05/1982 21 2
Eunan O'Kane (Bournemouth) 10/07/1990 0 0

Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy) 08/07/1980 124 67
Shane Long (Southampton) 22/01/1987 56 13
Daryl Murphy (Ipswich Town) 15/03/1983 16 0
Jonathan Walters (Stoke City) 20/09/1983 35 7
Kevin Doyle (Colorado Rapids) 18/09/1983 61 14
David McGoldrick (Ipswich Town) 29/11/1987 2 0

**tetsujin1979** · 04/10/2015, 10:55 AM

Explains why Clark has been out of the villa team recently

**DeLorean** · 04/10/2015, 11:00 AM

Explains why he wasn't in the squad yesterday, but he's played a League Cup game for them since being dropped for Lescott.

**Olé Olé** · 04/10/2015, 11:41 AM

Really disappointed with Clark's injury- was hoping he'd be starting for these games having looked assured in the last two, albeit against weaker opposition.

Furthermore, it would have given us three centre-halves that I'd be relatively comfortable with against the two sides we're coming up against (Wilson, O'Shea and Clark). I don't like the prospect of Keogh, McShane or Pearce coming into the side in case of injury or fatigue to O'Shea or Wilson given the quality of our opposition.

The rest of the squad is as you were really but McClean and Whelan are two we could miss against Germany.

**IsMiseSean** · 04/10/2015, 11:58 AM

Coleman looks a big doubt. Would you risk him against Germany or save him for Poland?

**DeLorean** · 04/10/2015, 12:25 PM

He's not in the Everton squad at all today again so I'd say we'll be lucky if he makes either.

**DannyInvincible** · 04/10/2015, 5:33 PM

I know he hasn't played much of late, but is it a surprise that Gibson has been left out considering he is match fit again?

**Closed Account** · 04/10/2015, 6:00 PM

Originally Posted by DannyInvincible

I know he hasn't played much of late, but is it a surprise that Gibson has been left out considering he is match fit again?

MON must have read your post and had a change of heart
http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2015/...e-irish-squad/

**Yard of Pace** · 04/10/2015, 6:21 PM

Originally Posted by IsMiseSean

For the likes of Judge & Rooney who've been named a few times now and have yet to join a meet up, it must be very frustrating.
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And then you actually do make the squad....

**IsMiseSean** · 04/10/2015, 9:00 PM

Eventually....

**Stuttgart88** · 04/10/2015, 9:04 PM

...when your form deserves it.

**nigel-harps1954** · 04/10/2015, 9:05 PM

O'Neill must really have something against Keiren Westwood..

Also disappointed for Shane Duffy who's been performing well this season.

**zero** · 04/10/2015, 9:26 PM

strange one on westwood alright. particularly considering forde is in and out (mainly out) of a struggling league one team.

**Stuttgart88** · 04/10/2015, 9:49 PM

Has Westwood started last couple of games for SWFC?

**DeLorean** · 04/10/2015, 9:51 PM

So Coleman and Clark out and Wilson doubtful. We could be in all sorts of sh!t for these games. Absolute joke that those three goalkeepers are preferred to Westwood. Glass is half empty I'm afraid... just praying for a Poland win in Edinburgh at this stage.