Republic of Ireland V Colombia - Thursday, 29th May 2008 - Friendly - Craven Cottage

[finnpark]

I would be thinking our best team at the mo would be

Given

Finnan Dunne A Brien/O Shea Delaney


S Reid

Duff Garvan A Reid Mc Geady


Keane

Kilbane must be better than Delaney. Played very well for a decent Wigan side at lb

[drinkfeckarse]

I'd liked to have seen O'Dea get 90 minutes alongside Dunne. He's probably a better long term option than McShane as our other centre half IMO.

[dr_peepee]

This could be our new first choice back four???

O'Brien and Finnan aren't confirmed yet..

[Ash]

is this game live on tv and if so what bat time what bat channel?

RTE2 @ 7.30pm I think

[seanog2001]

Dont understand why mcshane is still playin centre back kelly should have stayed RB with o'shea coming in CB, McShane is absolutely brutal and i am sure he has no chance of a starting place once finnan and o'brien come back

[Kingdom]

I forgot, never say anything bad about a Celtic player amongst Irish fans

Like I said, I don't follow Celtic at all, but when he has played for Ireland, out of position or not, he has sucked, can you deny it? I didn't say I have disregarded him for the rest of his career, but I wouldn't have him right now.



I think Duff has been **** for 2-3 years now as well. I wouldn't argue potential in this debate, a 17 year old just starting his career against a 22 year old with 17 caps who hasn't done well at international level. From what I hear he does very well in Scotland...so did Anthony Stokes. If we're going on talent right now, who would you have, Hunt or McGeady? I don't see Duff going anywhere at the moment on the other side

Then for now we are ****ed. I do remember one match last year where he was decent, but no more than that (Denmark??)

I think you're talking trash. On one hand you dismiss McGeady's performances for Celtic on the basis of his performance in an Irish Jersey, yet below you dismiss Duff for club performances yet he's been outstanding for us. Its either one or the other lad. McGeady has come in on in leaps and bounds for us. His Ireland development I'd say is similar to his Celtic development of a season and a half ago. In time if he starts to replicate the season gone Celtic performances for us, then I'll be very happy.

[Emmet]

I'd be happier seeing O'Shea play in midfield - maybe as a sort of anchorman in front of the defence. I still see him as a liability anywhere in the backfour. Some of the players mentioned so far in this thread I have not yet seen play so hopefully they'll get a run out tonight.

[geysir]

He should have been loaned out to Millwall way back.
Can O'Shea make a tackle without apologizing for it afterwards? Trap should send him to some clinic to increase his levels of testosterone. We could use a madder badder Josh.

[drummerboy]

I really like of Keogh. Have seen him play for Wolves and his workrate is tremendous. Stan played him out of position on the wing and his confidence suffered. Hope he gets a run again tomorrow night.

[Dr. Ogba]

Kilbane must be better than Delaney. Played very well for a decent Wigan side at lb

no he's not. He has absolutely no positional sense as a full back.

hope Delaney gets a fair crack of the whip as he's a far better option than Kilbane...

[paul_oshea]

I often wonder how so many people have such informed opinions about young players playing outside of the premiership....

[drummerboy]

I often wonder how so many people have such informed opinions about young players playing outside of the premiership....

TV has been a wonderful invention, haven't you heard

[Duggie]

I really like of Keogh. Have seen him play for Wolves and his workrate is tremendous. Stan played him out of position on the wing and his confidence suffered. Hope he gets a run again tomorrow night.

he will defo come on - wonder why trap hasnt started him. scored in all of his games so far. pity but i trust the trap.

[Kingdom]

he will defo come on - wonder why trap hasnt started him. scored in all of his games so far. pity but i trust the trap.

I just hope this is the mantra that the rest of the fans keep up because its exactly what I've been saying. I just get the sense that everything he does is for a reason.
Look at it this way. Andy Keogh is held in a negative sense of esteem by the majority of fans. Why? Because of his poor performance in a position he had no experience of under staunton. He has played extremely well for both of his clubs (scunthorpe & Wolves) as a supplier of goals for the primary striker. But how many of our fans would realise that and offer some patience. Few I would imagine.
We as a body of fans need to be patient in this campaign, above all else. Because if it does take a season of trying to knot players together, I'm sure trap will do it as well as anybody can.

[Denis The Red]

I'm sure trap will do it as well as anybody can.

Agreed, too early to make any comment on his plans and he has achieved so much in his career to make a mess of it now. That said, making a silk purse out of a sow's ear comes to mind.
On the Columbia match, I would have liked to see Keogh and Long start, McPhail in the middle instead of Miller and hopfully see Scannell at some stage. But I'm sure Giovanni knows what he's doing.