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The provisional squad of 28 to face England, Georgia, Faroe Islands and Spain is Forde, Westwood, Randolph, O’Shea, St Ledger, Delaney, Richard Keogh, Wilson, Coleman, Kelly, O’Dea, McShane, Whelan, McCarthy, Green, Hendrick, McGeady, Pilkington, McClean, Brady, Meyler, Andy Keogh, Keane, Long, Sammon, Walters, Cox and Hoolahan. The squad will be shortened late next week to accommodate injuries etc.
think Clark is still injured? No other glaring omissions
And Dunne...Leon Best too?
Also even Caleb Folan is better than Sammon, surely?
Sammon stinking up that list like a bad fish.
Windup? Bet? Test from God? What's the real reason, Trap.
Or like a 'fish out of water', 'out of his depth' etc.
Andy Keogh is barely much better...
You're surprised he left out a player who hasn't played in a year and another who's barely played since recovering from an anterior cruciate ligament injury?Quote:
Originally Posted by ArdeeBhoy
It seems RTE believe an idiot abroad is a good recruit for us! I am sure Anthony will be happy.
Bugger they just changed Pilkington name from Karl to Anthony after initially listing him as Karl.
http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/irish-...ireland-squad/
No, I'm not surprised. Did I say I was?Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
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And Doyle, mediocre that he now is, better than Sammon/A.Keogh.
Trap's picking the rugby team now? Jeez, Schmidt didn't last long!Quote:
Originally Posted by gastric
Doyle and Clark are injured and won't make the games according to Trap. Whelan said he'll be ok, hence his inclusion. Trap mentioned Dunne during the presser, reportedly said something about him not being fit and needing to play a game or two before being considered.
Also said he wants to start Pilkington against England, but probably needs permission from the future Mrs Pilkington.
I'm sure the fact that we have two very glamourous friendlies and a crucial qualifier will mean that there will be fewer withdrawals than usual. It is a predictable squad, even if I am disappointed fellas like Sammon are there, I might as well get used to him being there for the rest of Trap's tenure. All in all though, I am happy with it. It would be nice to see the likes of Richard Keogh, Hendrick, Meyler and Brady feature prominently against Georgia and Spain and I would like to think that Pilkington could possibly force his way into the starting line up for September's matches.
I actually think that the England game will be very competitive. Even though, we might consider England bigger rivals than they might us, the English lads will put in a far bigger shift than they might if they were playing most international teams. It will be a very good test for the difficult games to come in the Autumn. I'd like to see more of the peripheral players get a run out against Georgia and then a full strength team against Faroes. The Spanish game will probably be a weird one with our lads looking to get one over them for Euro 2012 and in some cases put themselves in the shop window and their lads probably knackered from the end of their season and just wanting to be lying on a beach.
Christ! This big "DOYLE OUT" headline on BBC website.... ra, ra, ra, it's a travesty blah blah mularky:rolleyes:
I despise these kind of headlines.... give me simply "Trapattoni names squad" and leave it at that please!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22512577
It's certainly as good a squad as is available at the minute. And for the first time in quite some time, I'm in agreement with a large part of the squad. There are no glaringly obviously exclusions as such.
The only talking points to come, is who gets left out of the final squad.
Bizarre. At least two journos at the conference reported Doyle was left out due to injury.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grafter
doyle and clark both need ops hence their exclusionQuote:
Originally Posted by SwanVsDalton
You said they were notable omissions which implies some element of unexpectedness.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArdeeBhoy
Spectacular misreading there...
Stick to evolution old chap.
I've been very critical of Sammon's selection and performance vs Austria but his inclusion is totally expected and I can't believe anyone thinks otherwise. If Trap was disappointed in him he'd have taken him off in the last game.
I just hope he's not seen as a starter in any of these games and if Trap's plan to outwit the Faroes is to play hoofball then I'll despair.
I hope he picks Walters as a forward (if at all) and any two of McClean, Pilkington, McGeady and Brady out wide would make more sense to me than picking Walters there again.
Glad to see Hendrick, Meyler and Brady there and fair play to Richard Keogh.
Why are they notable omissions then?Quote:
Originally Posted by ArdeeBhoy