Dunne Out Of French Game!

[Peadar]

Richard Dunne has been ruled out of Ireland's clash with France as he returned Manchester today for treatment on a calf injury.
If he's better by Sunday he'll join the squad again for the game on Wednesday.
I honestly think Kerr would have considered him for the French game due to our lack of pace at the back with our regular centre-half pairing.

[ccfcman]

Dunne is no speed merchant either but I agree that he may have been chosen as he was always put in for the big matches against Holland and Portugal and he handled their pace quite well IMO.

[gspain]

The honey monster is very deceptive. He is very quick over 10 yards are short sprints are key for a footballer.

[Stuttgart88]

Dunne is in fine form at the moment and I'm sure he & O'Brien will form a good partnership in the future. However, I think there's no way he'd have been considered as a starter in Paris IMO.

[eirebhoy]

Dunne is no speed merchant either
He actually is.

Its easy enough to go changing your front two for a big match but I don't think any manager would ever change their back 2 in competitition if they're aren't tried and tested (unless forced of course).

[tetsujin1979]

Definately not, I expect Kerr will keep his changes to a minimum, dropping his captain or his best partner for Dunne would be seismic! Even if he's fit, I cant' see him starting against the Faroes, but he's a sure bet to come on