Italy to bring strong squad

According to reports I've read. Del Piero is expected to get his first callup in 11 months. The likes of Buffon, Vieri, etc. will also be in the squad. I was expecting a reserve squad mainly because an Italian on this site said they wouldn't be bringing any first teamers but now I'm excited. :)

Italian Schedule:
Sunday - Squad announced.
Monday - team gathers at Coverciano, Lippi press conference, afternoon training session.
Tuesday - morning training session, players press conference, travel to Dublin in late afternoon, evening training session at Lansdowne Stadium, Lippi press conference.
Wednesday - Match.

they dont really play a lot of stars these days have a lot of palermo players in it the likes of luca toni etc.
a good starstudded line up though would be
buffon
nesta cannavaro maldini
zambrotta gattuso pirlo camoronesi
totti
vieri cassano

wont happen though obviously !

who ever they play we should still win. we put everything into meaningless friendlies.. i hope so see some good football though. i take it TV3 are doing delayed coverage?

I think we will lose 2 or 3-0. The wheels are starting to come off and I don't think Kerr will be the manager come January.

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Originally Posted by vega007

I think we will lose 2 or 3-0. The wheels are starting to come off and I don't think Kerr will be the manager come January.

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What an idiotic post, you may have noticed this is a forum for Ireland fans not ill informed detractors. I 'll bet you were one of the many who predicted we would get hammered by Italy in 94 (if you are old enough) Go sell crazy some place else

in fairness to vega he is entitled to his opinion however extremist and wayward it may be!

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Originally Posted by Cowboy

What an idiotic post, you may have noticed this is a forum for Ireland fans not ill informed detractors. I 'll bet you were one of the many who predicted we would get hammered by Italy in 94 (if you are old enough) Go sell crazy some place else

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He's perfectly entitled to those opinions, Cowboy, just as you are to yours. Just because Vega007's glass is half-empty makes his opinions no less valid. It's worth remembering that the next time you post in response.

:ball: PP

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Originally Posted by vega007

I think we will lose 2 or 3-0. The wheels are starting to come off and I don't think Kerr will be the manager come January.

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since when have we ever lost 2-0 or 3-0 at home ?? I cant see it happening... last time it was when Mick was about :p . We had always problems scoring goals but never letting a lot in.

A draw or a win for us. The usual story. Still I would rather see us lplay fringe players - lose but learn something

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Originally Posted by thejollyrodger

since when have we ever lost 2-0 or 3-0 at home ?? I cant see it happening... last time it was when Mick was about :p . We had always problems scoring goals but never letting a lot in.

A draw or a win for us. The usual story. Still I would rather see us lplay fringe players - lose but learn something

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Last time we lost 0-2 in Dublin was in 1998 to Argentina.
Last time a visiting team scored three goals in Dublin was in 1995, 1-3 to Austria.
Last time we lost by three goals in Dublin was in 1985, 1-4 to Denmark.

I'm sure that we'll get a good result, maybe a draw, but I'm sure the lads will put everything to get a win. We'll not lose against azzurri. I'll can go wrong, but at the moment, I'm sure about that :)

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Originally Posted by thejollyrodger

A draw or a win for us. The usual story. Still I would rather see us lplay fringe players - lose but learn something

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We have to play full strength. There's no need to experiment at this stage in the campaign.

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Originally Posted by Plastic Paddy

He's perfectly entitled to those opinions, Cowboy, just as you are to yours. Just because Vega007's glass is half-empty makes his opinions no less valid. It's worth remembering that the next time you post in response.

:ball: PP

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Then he should be clear about his position IE a supporter or not? Supporters support they dont knock their own team with disparaging remarks especially with little or no evidence to back it up. I'm sorry you felt you had reason to comment on my post but i'm a passionate Ireland supporter and will apologise to no one for that.

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Originally Posted by gustavo

in fairness to vega he is entitled to his opinion however extremist and wayward it may be!

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Of course he is as I'm entitled to defend my team with equal force.

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Originally Posted by Superhoops

Last time we lost 0-2 in Dublin was in 1998 to Argentina.
Last time a visiting team scored three goals in Dublin was in 1995, 1-3 to Austria.
Last time we lost by three goals in Dublin was in 1985, 1-4 to Denmark.

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There you go, 7 years ago. that quite a while. I cant see us losing against italy, a draw is probably the likey outcome.

I suppose it is too close to the France game so Kerr wont try anything new bar replacing people to cover injuries.

I can see it been a dull 0-0 draw :(, but I'm still going though :)

Luca Toni plays for Fiorentina. Italy don't like travellinh, don't have a great record.

Italy are top of a pretty weak group, they lost away to Slovenia 0-1 and beat Moldova away 1-0. Failed to impress at home against Belarus & Scotland, on their recent record we should get a win or a draw but I would prefer to get through the game without injuries. Hopefuly Robbie and Duffer will only be used as subs.

26-Mar-05 ITA:SCO 2:0
13-Oct-04 ITA:BLR 4:3
09-Oct-04 SVN:ITA 1:0
08-Sep-04 MDA:ITA 0:1
04-Sep-04 ITA:NOR 2:1

Italy are using this game as preperation for their qualifier against scotland. cheeky buggars. We are hardly scotland. I hope italy lose and lose bad

Italian squad for Wednesday's match with Ireland:
Goalkeepers: G Buffon (Juventus), M De Sanctis (Udinese), F Roma (Monaco).

Defenders: A Barzagli (Palermo), F Cannavaro (Juventus), F Grosso (Palermo), M Materazzi (Inter Milan), A Nesta (AC Milan), C Zaccardo (Palermo), G Zambrotta (Juventus).

Midfielders: S Barone (Palermo), M Camoranesi (Juventus), D De Rossi (AS Roma), A Diana (Sampdoria), G Gattuso (AC Milan), G Mesto (Reggina), A Pirlo (AC Milan).

Forwards: A Del Piero (Juventus), A Gilardino (AC Milan), V Iaquinta (Udinese), L Toni (Fiorentina), F Totti (AS Roma), C Vieri (AC Milan).

A lot of big names in this squad... should be interesting

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Originally Posted by thejollyrodger

Italy are using this game as preperation for their qualifier against scotland. cheeky buggars. We are hardly scotland. I hope italy lose and lose bad

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