No news on the injury but has signed another two year deal to keep him in Sheffield which I would read as indicating that the injury isn't too serious.
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No news on the injury but has signed another two year deal to keep him in Sheffield which I would read as indicating that the injury isn't too serious.
He's back in the team for the home game v Fulham. 3-1 up. Kavanagh on bench for Fulham.
I don't get why he's been dropped from the squad unless he's injured. On the 4 keepers, he's the only one playing regularly. Does he have history with O'Neill going back to Sunderland days? I did notice in one of the games recently at Lansdowne when the keepers were warming up, he didn't seem that enthusiastic.
He was given a start against England ahead of Forde and Randolph so if something has gone down I'd imagine it's since then, and not something dating back to O'Neill's Sunderland days.
I'd say that he is our best Goalkeeper. If I was him i would not be happy if I was not our number 1 goalkeeper.
I can't fathom it at all. He should be first choice (and should have been for quite some time), yet he somehow appears to be fourth if not fifth choice. It's odd and I hope someone in the media asks O'Neill to explain it. We could really do with Westwood starting for some extra security given the likelihood of Wilson, Clark and Coleman all being unavailable in defence. Whelan and McClean are strong defensive workers in midfield as well, so all a bit concerning that we don't appear to be using the best defensive resources we have available to us.
As much as I like Forde. I agree with Danny, Westwood should be our number 1.
Wasn't it the 6-1 defeat to Germany followed by the Faroes that resulted in Trap dropping him?
I can only remember him starting MONs first game against Latvia & the England game since.
I think it was more to do with his lack of first team football at Sunderland at the time. Kind of ironic that he can't get back in despite being our only goalkepper playing regular football now.
O'Neill said yesterday that club informed FAI he had injury issue (again)
Played against Hull and did well although one or two of his kicks were not of the usual standard. I was interested to see him make one save down low which came through a crowd of players.Quote:
Originally Posted by joe_denilson
Breaks his silence on his Ireland situation
http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/...wood-1-7631871
It is surprising that when he has at times(pretty consistently) been the form goalkeeper that he has not been given the nod. It did raise some eyebrows but the current success has lestened the eyebrow raising !Quote:
Originally Posted by TrapAPony
Same stuff on the Wednesday website http://www.swfc.co.uk/news/article/w...6-2856880.aspx
Off injured yesterday with concussion. Seems to be unfortunate with injuries.
Despite his concussion might be back this weekend http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/footb...oost-1-7728021
A few good saves for Westwood in this game but at 1.37 he has an assist from a kick out - none of the other Irish keepers (especially Given) can get the length of clearance he has. Nice goal from Hooper from the kick out (not unlike the Varardy one the Sky commentators had an orgasmic moment about). http://www.skysports.com/football/sh.../report/339901
In fairness, Vardy was practically out the wing when he struck his and it flew in much more spectacularly. Good goal from Hooper though, he's motoring well now whatever happened to him at Norwich.
named in the whoscored Championship Team of the Week: https://twitter.com/WhoScored/status/699541286471094273
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CbU-j2AWwAAmuBJ.jpg
http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/footb...land-1-7816975
The reason for him falling out of favour was his constant withdrawal from squads it would appear.
Is he basically saying that he's pulled out of squads for reasons other than injuries? Or is he just saying he's injured too often?