Ireland team v Slovakia

[BonnieShels]

Long to come on for Keane after an hour then.

He's hardly out of tonight altogether?

[geysir]

Highly irresponsible to pick up an injury at this stage.

[jbyrne]

Highly irresponsible to pick up an injury at this stage.

unfair. sports injuries only manifest themselves sometimes a day or so after training / match. the team have to train in the build-up to matches and these things inevitably will happen

[Murfinator]

Maybe somebody showed trap a compilation video from 2004-2009 of shane long and he suddenly had a change of heart.

[paul_oshea]

I thought geysir was being sarcastic.

[Sullivinho]

if he was fine after training yesterday how did this happen??

Jumping for joy after Trap named the team.


He's hardly out of tonight altogether?

Looks like he is.. (http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/shane-long-out-of-tonightrsquos-match-after-calf-strain-in-training-2865148.html)

Just as well we've got options up front these days.

[John83]

Looks like he is.. (http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/shane-long-out-of-tonightrsquos-match-after-calf-strain-in-training-2865148.html)
rte.ie's report said it wasn't clear whether or not Long's fit enough to make the bench, so it's not clear-cut yet. I wonder if Trap's maybe fecking with the Slovakian manager's head? Long and Doyle offer relatively different threats to prepare his defence for.

[paul_oshea]

He said: "If the manager will give me permission, I'll watch the match in the pub near home instead - lemonade only, of course. But I'm gutted I'm not playing.

"Obviously I am very proud of the record. I feel thankful and proud that I have played so many games for my country and grateful that managers have continued to pick me."



Go on kilbane, im the first to complain about ye, but I love your attitude.

I think this Doyle/Long saga, could all be to put off the Slovakian manager....when did they name their team? He might also have had a rethink :)

[Sullivinho]

I wonder if Trap's maybe fecking with the Slovakian manager's head?

He's gotten plenty of practice in on us so he may as well try. ;)

I hope RTE have it right and Long's at least bench fit. I really fancied him to get a goal tonight, he has that aura about him right now.

[Duggie]

i was looking forward to Long's pace and the general horrid time he gives defences. damn it anyway!!!

[shakermaker1982]

I really hope Long wasn't playing with a guitar at 3am this morning....

[BonnieShels]

RTÉ reporting that he won't start tonight. Which says to me its precautionary. I wouldn't be at all concerned.

[Tipp Townie]

Feck, gutted about Long. Really fancied him to cause chaos with the Slovakian defence tonight. (of course, i ALWAYS fancy Shane Long :cool:).

But as mentioned above - we've a few strikers competing at the mo and Doyle starting is what most of us expected in the first place anyway. No worries here.

[DannyInvincible]

I stuck 'War' from the 'Rocky' soundtrack to these images to stir the passions:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaObeilEi0s

I think it works. Not that it was needed anyway. ;)

[geysir]

I can't watch it danny, have you been pirating again?

'This video contains content from SME, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.
Sorry about that.'

[eighties mullet]

Longers or Doylers either one will do a great job,
speaking of jobs Ive just started a new job I havent
told them yet i'll be leaving at 3 (from down the wesht) to go to the match.
I would gladly swap this job for 3 points!!

[DannyInvincible]

I can't watch it danny, have you been pirating again?

'This video contains content from SME, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.
Sorry about that.'

Bugger, just seeing it's blocked in the following countries:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Congo - Democratic Republic of, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Faroe Islands, Finland, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See (Vatican City State), Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia - Federated States of, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Korea, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, West Bank, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Or half the world in other words. Deprived, I tell you...

[paul_oshea]

i told them iwas leaving at 4.30....from london....

im leavingin an hour :) and even then its tight.

Ryanair you better not fcuk me over by being late this evening.

[paul_oshea]

Bugger, just seeing it's blocked in the following countries:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Congo - Democratic Republic of, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Faroe Islands, Finland, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See (Vatican City State), Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia - Federated States of, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Korea, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, West Bank, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Or half the world in other words. Deprived, I tell you...

Not England though :)

Why montserrat the second irish island.

[dr_peepee]

I dunno... Potentially costs two subs if Long comes on and has to go back off again.. Might have been better starting him if he's fit enough to make the bench in the first place!!

[Charlie Darwin]

Bugger, just seeing it's blocked in the following countries:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Congo - Democratic Republic of, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Faroe Islands, Finland, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See (Vatican City State), Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia - Federated States of, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Korea, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, West Bank, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Or half the world in other words. Deprived, I tell you...
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