David Meyler

[irishfan86]

Bang on ofjames. While the idea of Meyler playing in the Euros is something most of us would like to see, I think the bigger picture is more important.

If he goes on a run to finish the season, by all means he should be considered for the finals, but ultimately it's about him becoming a key player for us in the years to come, not just this summer.

[Manblue]

Bang on ofjames. While the idea of Meyler playing in the Euros is something most of us would like to see, I think the bigger picture is more important.

If he goes on a run to finish the season, by all means he should be considered for the finals, but ultimately it's about him becoming a key player for us in the years to come, not just this summer.


you would like to see him playing in the Euros after 58mins game time this season?

And a handful last year.

I wouldnt

[irishfan86]

you would like to see him playing in the Euros after 58mins game time this season?

And a handful last year.

I wouldnt

In the second paragraph I clearly say "if he goes on a run," and even then I say "should be considered."

If you find reason to argue with a statement that is couched to that effect you'll probably find reason to find any statement questionable.

[youngirish]

What about you Manblue? Are you going to be back in the fold for the Euros or not? You don't put your foot in enough or have the workrate to make much impact at International level bar the occasional goal here and there against sub standard opposition imo. Bit too slow also.

[Crosby87]

What about you Manblue? Are you going to be back in the fold for the Euros or not? You don't put your foot in enough or have the workrate to make much impact at International level bar the occasional goal here and there against sub standard opposition imo. Bit too slow also.

The legendary YI crosses the line. :D

[Closed Account]

The legendary YI crosses the line. :DYI breaks the fourth wall! :eek: The Doc will be in to ref any debate.

[liamoo11]

starts today outstanding from the lad on here who predicted that well done. Best of luck to him

[Olé Olé]

Great to see Meyler get the start, wish him all the best. O'Neill dropping Campbell having scored two games on the trot shows astute squad rotation on his part.

I'll be interested to see how Sunderland set themselves up. On paper it looks like a 5 man midfield (Meyler in the middle with Colback and Gardner), with Sessegnon leading the line up front. However, Sessegnon is more of an attacking midfielder or second striker. Meyler's opposition will be Whelan and Delap.

[theworm2345]

The pitch is still sprinkled with snow and I assume pretty wet. Having played on a similar pitch (last week), I can say I don't think this is the best game for a guy with knee problems to be getting his first start. Your studs stick in the ground, the ball doesn't travel the same way so you're twisting and turning differently, etc.

[Charlie Darwin]

Luckily he's back on his feet after being minced by a Robert Huth lunge, resulting in a red card.

[Charlie Darwin]

Just got another nasty one from Fuller - studs high and over the ball - and not even a yellow card. Get this man off the field for his own safety!

[Colbert Report]

Sunderland are on more than just a new-manager good run of form. The way they're playing, they could be serious contenders for a Champions League spot next season.

[SkStu]

:) someone was watching EPL review this afternoon... :D

[Stuttgart88]

MoTD complying with Tony Pulis' line that Meyler's reaction was what earned the red. The same still they showed that highlighted Huth pulling out of the tackle showed Meyler's ankle getting whacked by Huth's shin.

Bone on bone. Both Shearer and Lawrenson know that hurts.

Dumb tackle, yellow card and a stern warning was probably the fair outcome but Meyler - just back from TWO career threatening injuries - also deserves some protection from the panel in light of Pulis' accusations.

[paul_oshea]

that proves how much they don't know especially lawrenson.I bet they don't have a clue about his last couple of years...

[Colbert Report]

:) someone was watching EPL review this afternoon... :D

?????

[paul_oshea]

English Pre-mear League

[SkStu]

?????

EPL Review on TSN... Craig Forrest and some other canuckian. Forrest said the exact same thing about 2 minutes into the show... dont pretend CR, just dont.

[Colbert Report]

Didn't see it. I did, however, see the form table, and it has been mentioned on many podcasts I listen to, including OTB on newstalk 106-108, football weekly with james richardson, and the ESPN soccernet podcast.

[geysir]

Here's one link, just shows repeats of the same viewing angle, doesn't show clear contact being made because a Stoke player is blocking the view,
however Meyler got to the ball first when Huth came lunging in, it looks like Huth caught Meyler's left foot.



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[seanfhear]

Meyler did very well to get out of the way and considering his injury problems Pulis should have laid off Meyler.

The more I look at it the more its a tackle that should not have been attempted.

Pulis is like a lot of the other managers in that if the tackle was against his player he would say that the player should have been sent off and if its his player tackling then the player should not be sent off.

I kid you not with the above statement !

That is how infantile the nonsense that is coming out of the managers mouths today is !

This is one of the reasons that the Sin Bin (while still retaining the straight red card for very serious offences)should have been introduced.

A fifteen minute Sin Binning should have been introduced by Fifa back when they wanted to take some of the nasty tackles out of football.

But when did Fifa ever do the sensible thing ! ! ! ! !

[Irwin3]

Reckless challenge. Thankfully Meyler managed to just avoid it with not too much contact, and even then he had a bit of an awkward fall as well. Pulis is a *****.

You can tell a lot from the players' reactions. Huth is making sure Meyler is ok because he knew he had made a dangerous challenge.

[gastric]

This may give Meyler a good opportunity to get regular first team football.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/oneill-counts-cost-of-cattermole-ban-7537667.html

[Carrigaline]

It really is a shame that Meyler has struggled with injuries so much. When I have seen him play, he certainly seems to have something about him, more so than McCarthy I would even say.

[seanfhear]

This may give Meyler a good opportunity to get regular first team football.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/oneill-counts-cost-of-cattermole-ban-7537667.html
Its certainly an opportunity and I hope he gets it and that he has recovered well enough from his injury to perform to the best of his ability.

Cattermole can't have a lot going on between the ears to get himself sent off from mouthing at the referee after the match had finished.

Fair dues to the ref for giving him the straight red. Its a pity more refs would'nt dish out the red card for players mouthing off.

[Manblue]

May get a start today

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/football/view/248219/David-Meyler-s-Cat-call/

[Charlie Darwin]

On the bench. O'Shea and McClean start.

[Stuttgart88]

Did O'Shea play LB yesterday? That's how it looked the way the newspaper printed the teamsheet.

[Olé Olé]

O'Neill to assess Meyler options
http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/sport/oneill-to-assess-meyler-options-3104168.html

The article seems suggestive of a loan move in order to gain some experience. It seems like the only way he can force his way into the starting line-up on a regular basis, unless O'Neill goes with him from the off in August on the back of an immense pre-season.

[Yard of Pace]

As Gibson has showed us, and what we all probably suspected, a midfielder needs games. He'd be a seriously attractive loan option for most teams, seeing as he has been (I'm presuming) good enough in training to consistently make the bench since coming back from injury.

[Predator]

Will it be to a lower league?

[Olé Olé]

Very conceivable it could be a championship club. Not sure what Premier League sides would take him on given he'll be 23 years old with 22 Premier League appearances made sporadically over the past 3 years. Perhaps one of the promoted sides would take him on. McDermott at Reading seems to like working with Irish players, although they have a war-chest this summer courtesy of new owners. All in all, my guess is he'll spend the first half (or 3 months) of the season on loan at a strong championship club.

[dr_peepee]

I'd say Bruce will go back for him when he gets his next job, wherever it is....

[tetsujin1979]

Meyler completed 90 minutes for Sunderland today in a 1-0 loss to Seongnam in the Peace Cup in South Korea: http://www.safc.com/news/20120719/live-text-seongnam-v-sunderland_2256213_2853565
John Egan was an unused substitute, and may see some gametime at the weekend in their remaining game

[Junior]

Great stuff. Hope this lad can stay injury free this year and get some game time under his belt. Only feels like yesterday there were many posts on here really hoping he got a shot in a friendly and seeing him as a real option for that combative/energetic midfielder to replace Whelan/Andrews/Green whoever at the time.

Now I think people are looking for perhaps a Gibson/McCarthy pairing (obviously not everyone) but it would be good to see if this lad can get back to knocking on the door for a squad place. I expect he has a fair bit of ground to recover before that is the case though.

[paul_oshea]

I watched him about 4 times, and each time i thought he was really good. Aggressive, good getting forward, could pass the ball and also a good tackler, whether he has lost too much vital development time at this stage in his career only time will tell.

[Irish_Praha]

Let's hope if he is liked by O'neill that he is not knackered by Christmas.
I was talking to an Aston Villa fan the other week who pointed out that O'Neill is a great coach with one big flaw and that is that he's not into squad rotation.
He has his favourite 11 and gets them to run themselves into the ground with highly commited displays. Normally his teams do really well for the first half of the season and then fade away because he won't give any of his best 11 a break.
This was for sure the case in his last season at Villa and we saw it again after his great start with Sunderland but I'm not sure if he has been just at clubs with no strenght in depth where the difference in quality between his first 11 and the subs was so great that is was better to stick with them even if they were worn out.
Any Celtic fans with an opinion on this?

[Diarmo]

This was for sure the case in his last season at Villa and we saw it again after his great start with Sunderland but I'm not sure if he has been just at clubs with no strenght in depth where the difference in quality between his first 11 and the subs was so great that is was better to stick with them even if they were worn out.
Any Celtic fans with an opinion on this?

Definitely. Threw away two league titles in 03 and 05 due to not rotating. Infuriating at times.

[Murfinator]

Now I think people are looking for perhaps a Gibson/McCarthy pairing (obviously not everyone)

There are people who still want to play 4-4-2? News to me.

[Junior]

Fair point but I think you know where I'm coming from!!

[SkStu]

On for the last 12 minutes.

[Charlie Darwin]

He looked very good when he came on, putting a lot of pressure on the Arsenal defenders and forcing some sloppy passes. Also won the ball excellently on the edge of the box, and started off another attack that McClean squandered with a poor touch.

[Noelys Guitar]

Excellent cameo from Meyler. Very comfortable on the ball and won an excellent free kick for his side. Great to see him back.

[tetsujin1979]

James McClean just posted this on twitter: https://twitter.com/JMcC_23/statuses/241855524650487808

delighted for my pal @DavidMeyler (https://twitter.com/DavidMeyler) on his call up.. well deserved bud #coybig (https://twitter.com/search/?q=%23coybig&src=hash)
no indication what the "call up" is for though

<EDIT>

Robert Reid (journalist at the sun) posted this: https://twitter.com/RobertReid64/statuses/241861313322680320

David Meyler replaces Darron Gibson in Ireland squad #fai (https://twitter.com/search/?q=%23fai&src=hash) #ireland (https://twitter.com/search/?q=%23ireland&src=hash)

(https://twitter.com/RobertReid64/statuses/241861313322680320#)
and in reply to https://twitter.com/ciaran69/status/241861453768966144

@RobertReid64 (https://twitter.com/RobertReid64) is Gibson injured
answered https://twitter.com/RobertReid64/statuses/241862300032700416

@ciaran69 (https://twitter.com/ciaran69) No. Trap said he "doesn’t feel ready to ready to return to the squad for this fixture after the disappointment of Euro 2012" #fai (https://twitter.com/search/?q=%23fai&src=hash)

[geysir]

Meyler gets his call up to the Irish squad, well done, may it be the first of many.
Unfortunately not in the best of circumstances with Gibson withdrawing from the squad(post Euro blues).

[Sullivinho]

Delighted for Meyler. This guy has had a lot of bad luck with injuries and seen teammates McClean and O'Shea heading off on Ireland duty. Still putting in more hours on Twitter than on the pitch, mind.

[Supreme feet]

Great to see Meyler in, hope he keeps his place from now on. Seems like the kind of player Trap would like - big, strong, runs around a lot, harries and gets stuck in. Decent passer too, does the simple thing. Meyler + McCarthy would be a nicely balanced midfield, hope it happens against Oman.

[Charlie Darwin]

I've always thought that once Meyler gets in the squad once, he'll be in every squad, injury permitting. Trap will be a huge fan.

[Supreme feet]

David 'Mailer' just came on for Sunderland against Swansea, Cattermole off with a dead leg.

[Charlie Darwin]

Let's hope he delivers.