I read the article yesterday too & thought exactly the same. What a top bloke.
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I read the article yesterday too & thought exactly the same. What a top bloke.
wud rather see delaney play..kilbane has given his service 2 dis country and a very good service at that i jus thinki its delaneys chance
Check this out!!!!! Sure its only a fractured cheek bone - I'm grand!!
http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=c...k=view&id=3506
Hard as a coffin nail, take that John Terry!
Gotta agree...Zinedine has given sterling service down the years. He might never set the world alight, but he'll always stand up and be counted. Hopefully they can give him a mask like Gary Mabbutt had a few years back when fash the bash tried to rearrange his face for him. If he plays it'll be something like his 1,057th consecutive competitive international for the boysingreen...that is something to be proud of.
Any idea what's happening re. tickets yet?
Bring Delaney in instead of Kilbane and leave O'Shea where he is. As much as I agree with shakermaker regarding the merits or lack thereof of the inclusion of JOS the sad fact of the matter is that we have nobody better in the current squad to replace him at centre back. An unfit Paul McShane lacking any sharpness having played no football this season is the stuff of horror movies.
I want Kilbane to play. You know what you get, good solid performance. I would have to reach for the valium if McShane is playing.
RTE report that KK is expected to be fit.
I'll blame O'Shea all day and all night for that goal. He passed the ball back to the Czechs, the turned his back on the free kick taker. McShane was still out of position, and Henderson had no time to organise a wall. One quickly taken free kick later (with O'Shea still not facing the ball) and Carew was one on one with McShane.
McShane and Henderson made mistakes, but it was still O'Shea's fault.
Your reference to Carew being involved sums up why your memory is not the best as to what happened..the real culprits were McShane firstly because he didn't close down Koller (Carew) and Colgan who demonstrated in that moment why he's never had a career at top level by getting his angles all wrong.
look at the team we put out against the Czech's in that home game (ps who's Colgan Calcio?!):
Republic of Ireland 4-4-1-1 Henderson; Kelly, McShane, O'Shea, Finnan; Carsley·, Douglas·, Kilbane· (Alan O'Brien, 79), Duff; A Reid (Quinn, 71); Keane.
only 4 (in bold) look like they will play in the double header.
Given, Finnan, Dunne, O'Shea, Kilbane, McGeady, S Reid, Whelan, Hunt, Keane and Doyle looks a lot stronger on paper.