God he's loyal or extremely stubborn. At the very least O'Shea & Whelan should have been dropped.
God he's loyal or extremely stubborn. At the very least O'Shea & Whelan should have been dropped.
Some lads will have to retire for Trap to change the team. And even then he still might pick them.
Lol ..Quote:
Originally Posted by Maroon 7
Trap: "Same again."
Extremely disheartening. What are the likes of Gibson and Long thinking?
Trap doesnt need a squad
Duff captain. Is this his 100th cap? That'd explain it.
Duff deserves it, 100 caps great achievement It may be his last game too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
He's both loyal and stubborn. Even if Trap was never going to select Given or Whelan again, he would still play them in this game.Quote:
Originally Posted by shakermaker1982
Maybe he also believes in redemption against all odds, for this team.
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Originally Posted by geysir
If we unearthed an Irish Messi he wouldn't get into a Trapp team,he wouldn't fit in with Trapps idea of how to play the game.
There were lots of hugely talented players in his Italian team when he managed there. This argument about Trap doesn't stand up.Quote:
Originally Posted by the 12 th man
And there was Cassano...
He's gone very conservative in his old age.Quote:
Originally Posted by dong
I'll watch the match. But to be honest this **** just isn't worth watching any more.
I'd go along with that, just now. The one bit of redemption available here was to see him be willing to change it, the one silver lining available was Westwood, Gibson, Long and McClean hinting at a brighter future Vs an Italy who need a result.Quote:
Originally Posted by brine3
Even should this selection go out and win tomorrow it will only breed even more frustration with the earlier results, Croatia in particular.
Gibson will hopefully be thinking "I shouldn't have done SFA in my other 19 caps", Gibson was on the fringe of not even making this squad!Quote:
Originally Posted by Irwin3
and perhaps Long will reflect on his 7 goals in 26 appearances and wonder why people are claiming he doesn't get a chance.
Because he refuses to pick a player who doesn't exist?Quote:
Originally Posted by the 12 th man
Trap's comments in the press conference were worrying. It almost sounds like he's given up and is just playing this team as a thank you for qualifying.
And how many of those 26 appearances were 90 minutes do you think?
Or maybe he wants Italy to go through? And nobody can accuse him of fixing it if he plays his "strongest XI"...Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
I don't get it to be honest, he goes on about respect and loyalty to those who qualified after they've shipped seven goals in 180 minutes.
Yet he has no problems dropping Foley from the squad at the last minute to bring in McShane.
The man's open to criticism but I think he's far more honest than that. That's a cheap dig.Quote:
Originally Posted by brine3