Madness that this man is not in the squad for the Austria match.
I watched the highlights. Delaney wasn't at fault for any of the goals, but Tomkins and Dann most certainly were.
I wonder why some Crystal Palace fans are picking on Delaney and not them? Hmmm......
In fairness, Delaney should never have got involved. I watched another video of the incident and Delaney ran towards the fan and stood his ground while the fan roared abuse at him while hiding behind a steward.
Madness that this man is not in the squad for the Austria match.
Didn't Delaney retire from international football? As far as I understand, his absence is self-imposed because he "disagree[d] with certain aspects" of what O'Neill is doing and, therefore, seemingly didn't want to be selected.
The guys who actually want to be there have done fine for the most part and exceptionally well when the stakes have been highest, e.g. Germany, Bosnia & Herzigovina, Italy, Austria, Wales, etc. Who in their right mind would have predicted five clean sheets from those matches?
I think it was CD who said recently that all of our players are going to make mistakes and there are examples of those with Clark against Belgium and Duffy's are starting to accumulate to be fair, but it's not as if Delaney would have fared too much better than what's there overall.
Keogh, Duffy and Clark all have mistakes in them. Clark had a good Thursday by virtue of not being on the pitch yesterday.
I think Keogh and Duffy's foibles show the importance of O'Shea playing Sunday week.
I'd be tempted to just continue with Keogh and O'Shea for continuity's sake, as Duffy might still be rusty.
I can't complain about Delaney's absence after the defensive performances in the aforementioned games.
Though his first season in the Premier League was excellent, so there were understandable complaints at the time.
It looks like he's going to be released this summer anyway.
* were or was?
Hardly. They guy had a purple patch of club form and fair play to him but it wasn't anything more than that. He isn't head and shoulders above whats ahead of him, they are broadly comparable, many of our CB options.
Why roll the dice on the spirit and togetherness of this group for a guy who didn't really fancy it ? When the spirit and togetherness are such a huge component of what we are achieving.
He'd fit in well judging by James McClean's comments.
Despite both of us being positive on Randolph I think he could be added to that list too. Richard Dunne was about 53 before we could stop saying that about him.
I heard a joke about the secret to a long marriage being neither party wanting to get divorced at the same time. I think we can live with our defenders all being liable to make a mistake. The real worry is more than one of them making a mistake in the same game.
I assumed he was too, but Sam is tight lipped:
https://www.londonnewsonline.co.uk/2...ct-extensions/
Originally Posted by Fat Sam
Just thinking about it though, is Duffy living a bit of a charmed life in terms of the criticism he's not really receiving, and I include myself in that? It's being pointed out and discussed alright but not really being highlighted as a major worry. If Keogh, McShane or even O'Shea had a string of really poor, basic defensive howlers like he has I think the knives would be out a lot more.
Costly mistakes too, okay the Dutch one was a friendly but it prevented us from winning the match, the France game, the Moldova goal and last night. Quite a list in what, six or seven starts? If it was Egan I suspect we'd be saying he's either not ready or maybe even not cut out for international football.
Highly speculative I know and maybe a tad harsh because he's had very good games too.
Do you still talk to Taylor Swift at all Doc?
It seems that Frank de Boer's relationship with Delaney was a factor in the former's sacking: http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/41229891
More on it here: http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/f...-a7941376.htmlOriginally Posted by BBC Sport
Originally Posted by Ed Malyon
I have nothing against Delaney but I'd say he hasn't a lot left at Premier league Level .
He has had a good career and came back up the leagues but I am guessing his goose is cooked at this level.
I hope he has a great season , wins player of the year and lifts the premier league trophy
Gareth McAuley is a couple years older and one of the most consistent defenders in the league.
Delaney hasn't done much to warrant dropping from the squad IMO.
http://www.101greatgoals.com/news/fr...rystal-palace/
De Boer fell out with Delaney, an influential member of the squad, and it may have contributed to him losing the faith of the squad.
I personally had a feeling something happened between them.
Why did you have that feeling?
Delaney was given a new one year deal right before De Boer was given the job.
I surmised that De Boer didn't figure Delaney was in his plans.
I thought the fact Delaney wasn't making squads, even in the cup, quite strange.
Admittedly, my natural pessimism over the fate of Irish players played a part.
I reckon he could play a part, however small, under Hodgson.
They have a hard set of games coming up. Could conceivably lose their first eight.
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