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Squad Announcement - Norway v Republic of Ireland
Date: Tuesday, 12 August 2008
Section: FAI News
Today, Tuesday, August 12th at 4:00pm Irish Time, Giovanni Trapattoni will announce his squad for the Senior International friendly against Norway at the Ullevaal Stadium, in Oslo on August 20th at 9:00pm, local time.
This squad announcment will be broadcast live on FAI.ie at 4:00pm. A copy of the broadcast will also be added as a podcast for those who missed it.
Crazy, do the FAI departments not talk to one another?Quote:
Originally Posted by NeilMcD
There was a scheduled FAI Cup reception to promote the competition ahead of this weekends games in Dublin City centre. The time 2pm.
Generally it's the same journalists and photographers who cover the game here and surely someone could see there was a clash in the two media events.
Any bets on surprise inclusions?
Darren O'Dea isn't in the U-21 squad, Scannell, Garvan, McCarthy, Treacy and Judge are in it though.
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Originally Posted by soccerc
Surely the squad is just being posted on FAI website, is there an actual press conference??
Darren O'Dea would barely make the Finn Harps squad.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Ya there always is............Quote:
Originally Posted by Greenforever
The most interesting thing to discover is if any of the three are named, other than that, I'd say there aren't going to be any massive talking points.
What three?
I have been very impressed with him any time I saw themQuote:
Originally Posted by finnpark
Well its delayed till 5pm now.
Trap is stuck in traffic on the m50
He was poor against Middlesbrough, but so were the rest of the Celtic side. Supposed to have improved in later games. Still started the season on the bench thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by NeilMcD
S Ireland :D ???Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Anyone listening to the live feed on fai.ie? A load of lads talking about going out boozing for the night.
I can't see the bolded guys getting near the squad to be honest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ciaran
Live feed gone here. Back now!
O Brien not returning, Finnan back, Ireland not ready to make himself availble for this squad "may still in future"!
For ****s sake Stephen Ireland!
Now as your chance, wipe the slate clean and get back on board. Instead, you turn your nose up at it.
Disgrace.
GOALKEEPERS
Name Club Caps Goals
Shay Given Newcastle United 86 0
Dean Kiely West Bromwich Albion 10 0
DEFENDERS
Name Club Caps Goals
Alex Bruce Ipswich Town 1 0
Damien Delaney Queen’s Park Rangers 2 0
Richard Dunne Manchester City 42 5
Steve Finnan Liverpool 50 2
Kevin Foley Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 0
Kevin Kilbane Wigan Athletic 87 7
Joey O’Brien Bolton Wanderers 3 0
John O’Shea Manchester United 45 1
MIDFIELDERS
Name Club Caps Goals
Damien Duff Newcastle United 68 7
Stephen Hunt Reading 11 0
Aiden McGeady Celtic 18 0
Liam Miller Sunderland 18 1
Andy Reid Sunderland 27 4
Steven Reid Blackburn Rovers 20 2
Glenn Whelan Stoke City 2 0
FORWARDS
Name Club Caps Goals
Kevin Doyle Reading 18 5
Robbie Keane Liverpool 81 33
Andy Keogh Wolverhampton Wanderers 7 1
Shane Long Reading 8 3
Daryl Murphy Sunderland 8 0
Can this be the end of the SI crap.
The only big surprise for me is that Glenn Whelan is in the squad.
Other than that, you can't really argue with Trap on his squad selection.
Oh, it doesn't sound like Andy O'Brien will ever play for Ireland again.
Not too happy with the midfield selection- no natural right winger is a bad choice as you might want to change things round if you are looking for a goal.
Team pretty much picks itself.
Given
Finnan Dunne O'Shea Kilbane/Delaney
Duff Reid Reid McGeady
Keane Doyle/Keogh