Richard Dunne

[Noelys Guitar]

You cannot be 100% certain that a recipient has read a sent text. It can easily be deleted by mistake or overlooked.

[DannyInvincible]

Surely, in this day and age, they should be utilising Facebook chat; it even tells you when the recipient has seen your message now!

http://www.smashpixels.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/facebook-chat-seen.jpg

[Serb]

Pretty sure they're already doing that. Richard Dunne posted this on his Twitter feed.

https://img.skitch.com/20120807-fmjgutkwtea9hm4ef3jmkuye3r.png

[DannyInvincible]

According to Dan McDonnell, Trap is to visit Richard in Birmingham tomorrow to "clarify his situation": https://twitter.com/McDonnellDan/status/239010585843466240

Not sure if that's his injury situation or potential retirement situation...

[DannyInvincible]

Meanwhile, just came across this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2192238/Richard-Dunne-leave-Aston-Villa-Stoke.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Apparently, Stoke are interested in buying Richard off Villa.

[Murfinator]

With the way things are going this current campaign looks like a write off so is there any real point in using Dunne anymore? Or anyone else who won't be around for Euro 2016.

Why is Trap even here anymore managing a transitioning team that'll have to transition again in 2 years under a new manager.

[Charlie Darwin]

With Shay and Duff gone, I think we need all the leadership and experience we can get. I would have doubts about Dunne's continuing fitness though. Players like Whelan, Andrews and McGeady (yes, he's one of our most senior players now) are really going to have to step up.

[EastTerracer]

With the way things are going this current campaign looks like a write off so is there any real point in using Dunne anymore? Or anyone else who won't be around for Euro 2016.

Why is Trap even here anymore managing a transitioning team that'll have to transition again in 2 years under a new manager.

Congratulations on being the first person to write off a qualifying campaign before it's even started. It may not end well but give the team a chance at least.

[Murfinator]

Congratulations on being the first person to write off a qualifying campaign before it's even started. It may not end well but give the team a chance at least.

We'd have struggled at our best, without our best players why would we even be competitive?

[Charlie Darwin]

If it forces us to alter our style of play, then yes it could be beneficial. One of the mainstays of recent campaigns has been our reliance on our wingers to allow us to hold onto possession. With Duff gone, we only have McGeady because McClean, bless him, is not the man you want if you're trying to hang onto the ball. If that forces our midfielders to take more responsibility for the ball, we might find ourselves actually playing a bit of football for once.

[Murfinator]

If it forces us to alter our style of play, then yes it could be beneficial. One of the mainstays of recent campaigns has been our reliance on our wingers to allow us to hold onto possession. With Duff gone, we only have McGeady because McClean, bless him, is not the man you want if you're trying to hang onto the ball. If that forces our midfielders to take more responsibility for the ball, we might find ourselves actually playing a bit of football for once.

This would make sense if we had a new manager. This won't happen under Trap, it hasn't happened under any team Trap has ever had. If McClean can't be duff then he'll play Fahey or Coleman and we can revel in having a poor mans Duff for 2 years in the same system while we slug it out with Austria for 3rd. He won't change jack.
You've just said it right there we've lost literally the one and only player we had who was able to retain possession and that is and and continues to be our gigantic problem, there is no fixing that without dramatic system changes. Those won't happen, we'll play a broken system and hit lows we haven't seen in the Trap era.

[Charlie Darwin]

Trap did change things for the Serbia game and we looked better as a result, despite McClean's inability to keep the ball at his feet. And I didn't say Duff was the only one who can hang onto the ball - McGeady does too, and Robbie. McCarthy and Gibson are more than capable too.

[tricky_colour]

Meanwhile, just came across this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2192238/Richard-Dunne-leave-Aston-Villa-Stoke.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Apparently, Stoke are interested in buying Richard off Villa.


As I said on another thread about potential Irish transfers, I would not put to much belief in anything reported
in the Daily Mail, it seems the Daily Mail is the only major 'newspaper' reporting the story so It may be true
only in the imagination of the reporter.

[AlaskaFox]

Yeah, Trap is not only going to Villa to see Duff, he's watching a match too!
http://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/3942/ireland/2012/08/25/3329595/trapattoni-set-to-talk-with-richard-dunne-over-international

[tetsujin1979]

Yeah, Trap is not only going to Villa to see Duff, he's watching a match too!
http://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/3942/ireland/2012/08/25/3329595/trapattoni-set-to-talk-with-richard-dunne-over-international
err, Dunne, yeah?

[Murfinator]

As I said on another thread about potential Irish transfers, I would not put to much belief in anything reported
in the Daily Mail, it seems the Daily Mail is the only major 'newspaper' reporting the story so It may be true
only in the imagination of the reporter.

Unlike the other Daily Mail Irish "rumours" that are carried this week the Dunne to Stoke one is something mentioned from a lot of sources.

[EastTerracer]

Good news - big Richie is going to continue his international career
http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/international/2012/0825/334952-dunne-to-extend-international-career-with-ireland/

[Charlie Darwin]

If the Duff situation is anything to go by, this means he's definitely going to retire.

[AlaskaFox]

err, Dunne, yeah?

Of course. Doh!

[geysir]

Though, he didn't emphatically rule out retirement in the new year .

[tricky_colour]

Great news, every game he plays is a bonus, of the three, Duff and Given, he will be hardest to replace, and the more time we have the better.

[SwanVsDalton]

Aston Villa apologise for slandering FAI medical staff. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2197495/Aston-Villa-apologise-Ireland-Richard-Dunne-injury.html?ito=feeds-newsxml)

Was fairly evident they were spouting guff.

[Charlie Darwin]

What a bizarre statement. And why did it take a month to make it?

[tetsujin1979]

full statement on Villa's site: http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2906292,00.html
pretty much the same as above, but I'll be damned if I contribute to the mail's pagecount

[mark12345]

full statement on Villa's site: http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2906292,00.html
pretty much the same as above, but I'll be damned if I contribute to the mail's pagecount

Nothing to do with Dunne and Villa, I know. But I couldn't help looking at the name of one Michael Parkhurst who was selected in the US team to play Jamaica (World Cup qualifier) this weekend. Parkhurst's father is from Monaghan. He is a fine defender (positionally better than Sledge I would say, if not as strong in the air) and is obviously regarded highly by US coach Jurgen Klinsman. He has a few to choose from mind you.

I interviewed Michael a few years back and he indicated that he would love to play for Ireland. I contacted the FAI, but what followed was what I have typically found..........a long silence followed by nothing.

In any event, at a time when we are looking around for defenders, Parkhurst would have been a nice option to have.

[DannyInvincible]

I think the ambition was always to make it with the US first for Parkhurst: http://www.boston.com/sports/articles/2005/04/08/the_future_is_now/


The Parkhursts might have left their Irish roots behind them, but not their European Union passports. Ireland citizenship could allow Michael to perform for a European club as an EU citizen and, possibly, have a chance with the Football Association of Ireland (FAI), which has gone to such great lengths to pursue talent it was nicknamed Find Any Irishman.

"It is good to have [dual citizenship] if I want to pursue something overseas," Parkhurst said. "I want to play for the US in the future, but if it doesn't work out, I would look at playing for the Republic."

[mark12345]

I think the ambition was always to make it with the US first for Parkhurst: http://www.boston.com/sports/articles/2005/04/08/the_future_is_now/

Actually, he was well up for playing for us a few years ago, before the US call came. That article doesn't tell half the story.

[tetsujin1979]

Staunton was interested in bringing him into the squad according to reports, but he was injured at the time, and went on to be capped by the States

[theworm2345]

I think the ambition was always to make it with the US first for Parkhurst: http://www.boston.com/sports/articles/2005/04/08/the_future_is_now/
What a crippling loss :rolleyes:

[gastric]

Am now worried. He is so needed and we are vulnerable if he doesn't play. I can't imagine Lambert releasing Dunne unless he is 100% fit and time is certainly running out before the Germany game.

http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/soccer/2012/0921/1224324263590.html

[tetsujin1979]

Also Dunne's birthday today, happy 33rd lad!

[Crosby87]

There were a ton of famous birthdays today. I noticed that when i did the crossword during a meeting. Larry Hagman from Dallas, for example. And Ricky Lake. And Rob Morrow, from Tets's favorite movie, Quiz Show. I could go on. Cheryl Hines, from Curb Your Enthusiasm. There were a lot more, that I forget.

[Olé Olé]

There were a ton of famous birthdays today. I noticed that when i did the crossword during a meeting. Larry Hagman from Dallas, for example. And Ricky Lake. And Rob Morrow, from Tets's favorite movie, Quiz Show. I could go on. Cheryl Hines, from Curb Your Enthusiasm. There were a lot more, that I forget.

Cheryl Hines is the only one that matters though. My favourite comedy show, but it loses credibility when it infers that Larry David was sleeping with that goddess.

[The Fly]

Cheryl Hines is the only one that matters though. My favourite comedy show, but it loses credibility when it infers that Larry David was sleeping with that goddess.

Goddess!? A horse-faced one perhaps.

Any time I've seen her I've thought of carrots and lumps of sugar.

[tetsujin1979]

And Rob Morrow, from Tets's favorite movie, Quiz Show.never seen Quiz Show actually

[SkStu]

Goddess!? A horse-faced one perhaps.

Any time I've seen her I've thought of carrots and lumps of sugar.

She's great! But a total guilty pleasure...

[Crosby87]

She's old.

Tets thats a great film. Martin Scorsese even acts in it!

[Colbert Report]

Larry's wife is smoking hot. If Dunne is out, we're in big trouble. O'Dea is terrible, I can see McShane making an appearance in the middle and we all know that is a recipe for disaster.

[Charlie Darwin]

O'Dea is not terrible and McShane is not going to play unless there are a few more injuries. He is way down the queue.

[Crosby87]

Colbert told me a few weeks ago that I "would be dead wrong" to think there was going to be an NHL lockout.

[Colbert Report]

You are dead wrong. They won't miss a single regular season game.

[Colbert Report]

O'Dea is not terrible and McShane is not going to play unless there are a few more injuries. He is way down the queue.

Do you watch him play at club level? I don't miss a game he plays in and let me tell you something. He's the worst player on the worst team in the league, and by a wide margin too. I've no idea how he keeps his place in the Toronto team.

[Charlie Darwin]

Probably because the manager knows better than you.

[Colbert Report]

Fair point, but the guy is really really poor from what I've seen, and I've seen most of his matches since he's moved here from England. McShane would be a definite upgrade in my opinion, and that's saying something.

[AlaskaFox]

You are dead wrong. They won't miss a single regular season game.

Why have the likes of Ovechkin and Malkin gone to the KHL so?

[Colbert Report]

Never thought I'd be debating NHL with a Wexford man. Check out a guy named Bob McKenzie on tsn.ca, he's the most well informed and universally respected ice hockey journalist around. There's simply too much money at stake, the owners aren't losing any money save maybe for the franchise in Phoenix, and they are having their losses subsidized by the city of Glendale to the tune of $25 a year. The seven Canadian teams are major money makers and they are all against the lockout, as are the franchises in all the major US cities. Bettman is a greedy guy who fits the stereotype of a Jewish lawyer like a glove, but he's dealing with Donald Fehr this time.

If the owners really were losing the kind of money they claim, they'd be settling in for a year long lockout like they did back in September 2004. The players shouldn't have to give up anything this time in my opinion, and they won't have to, Fehr will make sure of that. Just look at the contracts being handed out by "small market" Minnesota this past summer.

To answer your question, many of the Russians have signed temporary contracts in the KHL that will allow them to return to the NHL as soon the lockout is over because they don't want to be a step behind when the season starts up without a pre-season to get in shape. Smart move on their opinion. When established Canadian players like Iginla, Spezza, Brodeur start going across to Europe then we'll have something to worry about.

[pineapple stu]

I don't miss a game he plays in and let me tell you something. He's the worst player on the worst team in the league, and by a wide margin too. I've no idea how he keeps his place in the Toronto team.
You think Aiden McGeady's current form for Ireland is as good as Duff in his prime. I think I'll take your player analysis with a pinch of salt, if that's ok with you.

[Colbert Report]

That's not what I wrote at all. What I typed was that McGeady's trickery in the Kazakh match reminded me of Duff in his prime, the way he used to dance around full backs.

[pineapple stu]

Seems the same to me. Either way, it's casts doubt on your player analysis.

[tricky_colour]

That's not what I wrote at all. What I typed was that McGeady's trickery in the Kazakh match reminded me of Duff in his prime, the way he used to dance around full backs.


To be fair Duff was doing the Hokey-cokey* past a slightly better grade of dancer!!

(insert your own choice of dance here!!)