There you go again Stutts, your glass is half empty :)
For our purposes, the issue is McGeady's not match fit, he would just be an ace sub option with 20 minutes to go.
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There you go again Stutts, your glass is half empty :)
For our purposes, the issue is McGeady's not match fit, he would just be an ace sub option with 20 minutes to go.
With 1 league game before the 1st leg, I'd play this eleven on current form and availability
Elliott
Christy
Keogh
Wilson
Brady
Coleman
Whelan
Mc Carthy
Mc Clean
Hoolahan
Long
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Originally Posted by Littlest Hobo
looking like Elliott could be out of play offs with a thigh injury picked up against Stoke on Saturday. Seemingly he was struggling before kick off and really should not have played .
I'd go with...
------------- Westwood -----------
Coleman - Wilson - Clark - Ward
------- McCarthy - Gibson --------
-- Hendrick - Hoolahan - Brady --
--------------- Long ----------------
I think O'Neill will go with Randolph, Keogh, Whelan and probably Murphy ahead of Westwood, Clark/Wilson, Gibson and Long though at the very least, and possibly Brady left back instead of Ward with McClean also starting.
I hope you're wrong on O'Neills picks - Daryl Murphy can't buy a goal at the moment and has no place in that squad never mind the team!
I don't see Wes starting the away game.
He doesn't have 2 games in him back to back.
I'd play Brady in his position for the away leg, and we should develop him in general for that role.
Wilson at full back.
He is so unlucky. Whenever he gets in to the Newcastle team, he picks up an injuryQuote:
Originally Posted by back of the net
It's unusual that a 'keeper would keep picking up injuries so regularly, or pretty much every time he plays. Is it a recurring one? Maybe he's just not cut out for competitive/more robust action.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
he's only played 16 times for the first team in the 4 years he has been at newcastle. he doesn't usually play for the reserves either, as he is currently 3rd choice.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
I can't understand a player who is happy doing that. Yes he might be getting a decent wage etc but surely your ambition as a professional footballer is to play on a regular basis?Quote:
Originally Posted by zero
Ciaran Clark starts tonight for Villa at Spurs, Remi Garde's first game in charge.
Edit: And badly at fault for Spurs' opener after only 2 minutes.
Further edit: And Kevin McDonald is in charge as caretaker I think.
Keogh would have got that header.
Bosnia and Herzegovina announce squad: http://www.nfsbih.ba/bih/vijest.php?id=11323
first call up for KrunicCode:Player Club
Asmir Begovic Chelsea F.C.
Ibrahim Šehic FC Qarabag
Jasmin Buric Lech Poznan
Mensur Mujdža SC Freiburg
Emir Spahic Hamburger SV
Toni Šunjic VfB Stuttgart
Ermin Bicakcic TsG Hoffenheim
Ognjen Vranješ FC Gaziantepspor
Sead Kolašinac FC Schalke
Edin Cocalic KV Mechelen
Ervin Zukanovic UC Sampdoria
Marin Anicic FC Astana
Muhamed Bešic Everton FC
Miralem Pjanic AS Roma
Srdan Grahovac SK Rapid Wien
Haris Medunjanin Deportivo La Coruna
Anel Hadžic SK Sturm Graz
Tino Sven Sušic HNK Hajduk Split
Senad Lulic SS Lazio
Sejad Salihovic Ghuizhou Rehne
Rade Krunic FC Empoli
Edin Višca Istanbul BB SK
Edin Džeko AS Roma
Milan Đuric AC Cesena
Vedad Ibiševic Hertha BSC
Ermin Zec Gabala
Armin Hodžic GNK Dinamo Zagreb
Izet Hajrovic SD Eibar
I wanted to be the one who gave you your 2000th thank. Reasonable looking squad that's why it's a 50/50 against us. Full strength as well !
Maybe he has a bad back from repeatedly bending to pick the ball out of the back of the net? :pQuote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
O'Shea looks like being available to Sunderland at the weekend which is good.
Long isn't going to make the Southampton squad again which is bad!
but it comes with a free frogurt!Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
http://i.imgur.com/VZvfyr3.jpg
A view from Bosnia: http://pogmogoal.com/the-blog-reel/b...n-green/22496/
Quote:
Originally Posted by AngryBosnianFan
John O'Shea not in the sunderland squad for todays game at home to southampton
Yeah a quick check through the games - Hoolahan and Brady start for Norwich, Coleman and McCarthy start fot Everton, Gibson on the bench, McGeady not in squad. McClean starts at Old Trafford and turned Daley Blind upside down after a few seconds :) No Judge for Brentford, must be still injured.
Squad Watch
G
Rob Elliot Started Clean Sheet G David Forde Started G Keiren Westwood Started G Darren Randolph Unused Sub G Shay Given Not in Squad Injured D
Ciaran Clark Started
Clean Sheet D
Richard Keogh Started D Seamus Coleman Started D Cyrus Christie Started D Shane Duffy Started D
Stephen Ward Sub (77)
D Alex Pearce Unused Sub D Marc Wilson Unused Sub D John O'Shea Not in Squad Injured D Paul McShane Not in Squad Injured D Greg Cunningham Not in Squad Injured M David Meyler Started Assist M
Robbie Brady Started M James McCarthy Started M Paul Green Started M James McClean Started M Anthony Pilkington Started M Wes Hoolahan Started M Glenn Whelan Started M Harry Arter Started(78) M Jeff Hendrick Started(65) M Darron Gibson Unused Sub M Alan Judge Not in Squad Injured M Eunan O'Kane Not in Squad Out of Favour M Aiden McGeady Not in Squad Out of Favour F
Daryl Murphy Started Goals(3) F Adam Rooney Started Goal F Jonathan Walters Started F Simon Cox Unused Sub F Anthony Stokes Sunday 15:30 F Robbie Keane No Game F Kevin Doyle No Game F Shane Long Not in Squad Injured F David McGoldrick Not in Squad Injured
In-Form Moneyball First XI
Elliot; Coleman, Keogh, Clark, Ward; Brady, McCarthy, Meyler, McClean; Hoolahan; Murphy
McGeady needs a change of scenery.
Chaps, I heard on the radio yesterday that Guinness is filtered in part through a sheep's bladder and so there is a little sheep juice in every pint....so vegans won't drink it. So the company is making a non sheep bladder filtered version acceptable to vegans.
What i don't get is....are there that many vegans who are healthy lifestyle people but still drink alcohol, making it worth while to go through all the trouble? And isn't it kinda gross that it gets filtered through a dead sheep's bladder in the first place?
I think that explains clearly why McGeady has never been consistently able to deliver that final ball !Quote:
Originally Posted by Crosby87
Deulofeu's through ball for Lukaku's equaliser today was sublime actually. Easy to see why McGeady is struggling to get back in with Mirallas and Lennon having to settle for places on the bench themselves. Looks like he definitely needs a move.
Looks like O'Shea is out of the playoffs - failure to recover from injury
Close, but it's isinglass, a gelatin derived from fish bladders. http://www.irishtimes.com/business/a...ness-1.2415449Quote:
Originally Posted by Crosby87
I'm reliably informed that many beers taste like they've been filtered through a live sheep's bladder.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crosby87
Most beers use this in the fermentation process I'm led to believe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eminence Grise
Now back (somewhat) to the subject, I'd like to see McGeady start. i know he's not playing but I think he could do damage. McAteer couldb't buy a game for Blackburn when he scored V Holland. McGeady also created our only real chance V Poland. Something McClean failed to do during the whole game
Squad Reduced to 30, Given, Cunningham, Green, O’Kane, McGoldrick, Cox, Stokes, Pilkington and Rooney gone from the provisional squad.
G
Rob Elliot Started Clean Sheet G David Forde Started G Keiren Westwood Started G Darren Randolph Unused Sub D
Ciaran Clark Started
Clean Sheet D
Richard Keogh Started D Seamus Coleman Started D Cyrus Christie Started D Shane Duffy Started D
Stephen Ward Sub (77)
D Alex Pearce Unused Sub D Marc Wilson Unused Sub D John O'Shea Not in Squad Injured D Paul McShane Not in Squad Injured M David Meyler Started Assist M
Robbie Brady Started M James McCarthy Started M James McClean Started M Wes Hoolahan Started M Glenn Whelan Started M Harry Arter Started(78) M Jeff Hendrick Started(65) M Darron Gibson Unused Sub M Alan Judge Not in Squad Injured M Aiden McGeady Not in Squad Out of Favour F
Daryl Murphy Started Goals(3) F Jonathan Walters Started F Robbie Keane No Game F Kevin Doyle No Game F Shane Long Not in Squad Injured
In-Form Moneyball First XI
Elliot; Coleman, Keogh, Clark, Ward; Brady, McCarthy, Meyler, McClean; Hoolahan; Murphy
Elliot, O'Shea, McShane, Judge and Long all being assessed by their clubs before joining up.
Do you think Shane is a Long shot?
McCLaren wants Elliott out of Irish squad.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...-play-off.html
How did the Bosnian squad do this weekend: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...16945871453389
Very gloomy for a wet Monday morning but I can't seem to get a 2-0 defeat out of my head for Friday. The good news is I think I'm wrong far more often than I'm right with these things.
so it could be 3-0 then? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
cant help feeling that without oshea, walters and probably long out it could be quite a difficult night Friday. am clinging to the hope that first legs are generally cagey tight affairs and that will be to our benefit
Haha it could yeah. I'd say whether it's 2-0 or 3-0 we're as good as out either way though. I'm normally more optimistic but then again I'm normally disappointed!
Anyone else think Doyle should start this one upfront by himself?
didn't see much of his season in the US but if his form was anyway decent id say he would be our best option up front alone. MON will probably go with murphy though. his hat-trick at the weekend has come at just the right time for usQuote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
yeah i expect it to be murphy. MON seems to rate him. worrying lack of pace in the side... i'm thinkingQuote:
Originally Posted by jbyrne
randolph
coleman keogh clark wilson
mccarthy whelan
hendrick hoolahan brady
muprhy
Maybe he would be lonely(Only kidding) I Long for Long. So Long as its not So Long !Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
I presume the loan striker option is the way to go? Just thinking that we had a hell of a run playing 4-4-2 away from home for some reason. As daft and regressive as it probably sounds, would it be worth a considering given our options? I just think with the loan striker, very little is likely to stick and we'll be inviting pressure back onto ourselves constantly. There's the obvious problem of getting overrun in midfield playing 4-4-2, where they seem to have some quality, but obviously Murphy would be expected to help out defensively and it would come naturally to Hendrick who wouldn't be your more orthodox wide player.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
--------------Goalkeeper---------------
--Coleman - Keogh - Clark - Wilson--
Hendrick - McCarthy - Whelan - Brady
-----------Murphy-Keane---------------
I'm kind of assuming he'll start Whelan over Gibson and that Long won't be fit enough to start. It would be brilliant if he could give us twenty minutes from the bench though and McClean could carry out the Stephen Hunt role. Save Wessi for the home leg I think or if we really need a goal late on (i.e. we're losing 2-0 or worse).
It's very hard to know what Doyle would offer at this stage. If we do go with the loan striker obviously he's a better option than Keane. I'm not a massive Murphy fan (for us) but it's easier to gauge the level he's at right now, and it's probably a higher level than Doyle on all known evidence. Unquestionably Doyle was a better player at his pomp but that seems a long time ago now, albeit he's still marginally younger than Murphy!