Squad for Poland game

Irish Eyes are Smiling

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R's duo Martin Rowlands and Damien Delaney have been named in the Republic of Ireland's preliminary squad for a forthcoming international fixture against Poland at Croke Park Stadium.
Scheduled for Wednesday 19th November, the call-up means both will train with the squad in a bid to convince Manager Giovanni Trapattoni to hand them their fourth and third caps respectively for the friendly in Dublin.

Midfielder Rowlands made his international debut back in 2004, but Delaney is relatively new to the international fold, making his bow in May of this year.
Trapattoni's final squad will be announced on November 10th.

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Seems a preliminary squad has been named, I would expect an official statement later today.

is that a picture of Caleb Folan playing golf?

Echoing thirdpoliceman ...what does Morrisson have to do to get a recall?

Banging them in for Coventry.

"Scheduled for Wednesday 19th November, the call-up means both will train with the squad in a bid to convince Manager Giovanni Trapattoni to hand them their fourth and third caps respectively for the friendly in Dublin."

I don't think that's true. As far as I know Trap always names a big preliminary squad and doesn't announce it publicly.

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Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie

Echoing thirdpoliceman ...what does Morrisson have to do to get a recall?

Banging them in for Coventry.

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clinton morrison has 3 goals in 15 games for coventry, at championship level. thats not the sort of thing that warrants a recall in my opinion, he shouldve been in for the B game last month though

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Originally Posted by richieos

clinton morrison has 3 goals in 15 games for coventry, at championship level. thats not the sort of thing that warrants a recall in my opinion, he shouldve been in for the B game last month though

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Scannell hasn't scored all season
Shane Long only has one goal to his name this season
Andy Keogh has two
All can expect to be the preliminary squad
At the very least, he's in form, and deserves a look

full squad to be announced on monday, according to Sky Sports

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Originally Posted by citizenerased

24 man squad


Given, Kiely, Doyle

Finnan, J' O'Brien, Dunne, O'Shea, Delaney, McShane, Kilbane


S Hunt, McGeady, McCarthy, Whelan, Delap, Duff, A Reid, Gibson, Lawrence


Keane, Doyle, N.Hunt, Murphy, Folan


And id start

................Kiely

McShane....Dunne.....O'Shea......Kilbane


McGeady....Whelan...Gibson...Duff


Hunt....Doyle

give delap 45 ins,,and give mccarthy 45 mins

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Are you insane, the centre midfield is sh*te, if thats the engine room i am ripping up my tickets now, honestly not just saying this i have seen better partnership at an amateur level ffs. Nooooooooooooo please TRAP don't please.

If Shane Long gets in ahead of Noel Hunt for this game then something strange is going on. I often have doubts that the Irish management are aware of who on the periphery of the squad is playing well, but if a guy who is scoring & looking really sharp forhis club is left out for a guy who is only on the bench in the same position then it's just daft.

Doyle is really on top of his game at the moment. I know Wenger has his principles but Doyle does a better job than Bendtner at what he does. He could be a smart buy for Wenger. I don't think he'd touch Adebayor or Van Persie but he could complement either. Just a biased thought after watching the Arsenal game on Saturday.

From FAI Website:
Republic of Ireland Squad v Poland:
Goalkeepers
Shay Given Newcastle United 20/04/1976
Dean Kiely West Brom 10/10/1970
Joe Murphy Scunthorpe United 21/08/1981

Defenders
Paul McShane (Hull City)
John O'Shea (Manchester United)
Richard Dunne (Manchester City)
Kevin Kilbane (Wigan Athletic)
Alex Bruce (Ipswich Town)
Damien Delaney (QPR)
Kevin Foley (Wolves)

Midfielders
Aiden McGeady (Glasgow Celtic)
Keith Andrews (Blackburn Rovers)
Darron Gibson (Manchester United)
Glenn Whelan (Stoke City)
Damien Duff (Newcastle United)
Stephen Hunt (Reading)
Liam Miller (Sunderland)
Andy Keogh (Wolves)

Forwards
Robbie Keane (Liverpool)
Kevin Doyle (Reading)
Anthony Stokes (Sheffield United)
Caleb Folan (Hull City)
Shane Long (Reading)

No Noel Hunt or James McCarthy or Eoin Garvan.

Now that squad selection is just f'ckin lazy... Very disappointed.

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Originally Posted by dr_peepee

Now that squad selection is just f'ckin lazy... Very disappointed.

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No Blooding James McCarthy - Disgrace!!!

Just noticed no Andy Reid. Is he injured? Surely this was the game he should have gotten a chance in?

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Originally Posted by passinginterest

Just noticed no Andy Reid. Is he injured? Surely this was the game he should have gotten a chance in?

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Just noticed that too? Baffled.

No Noel Hunt.
No James McCarthy
No Garvan/McCann/O'Toole

It's actually bizarre. I mean what does Noel Hunt have to do to get picked? He's been brilliant for Reading by all accounts, while Long has got a few minutes here and there and done very little. Has Folan even played for Hull in the last few weeks? Liam Miller still picked ahead of various young midfielders playing every week? Even if he thinks Miller is good enough why not give someone else a go in this squad?

At this stage I genuinely think we'd be going mad if it was any other manager, but if the results keep going in the right direction I'll keep being baffled but happy!

Alex Bruce, Shane Long, Liam Miller and Anthony Stokes should not be in that squad...

I generally try to be reserved in statements that would infer I know more that Profesional Managers.... But I know more than trapp about the playing options for his squads. It's re-god-damn-diculous..

We've no depth in centre half, left fulls and Centre mid, yet where's the net being thrown to rein players...

I bet he's alienated Reid to the extent that he's retired...

its pathetic and Brady should take flak over this big time, Noel Hunt must be raging ..Shane Long are you joking me Keogh , Miller , Stokes ...this is a farce

Ya and no Keith Fahy. What a joke

what about the lil **** Joey O Brien?