Haha you aren't aware what he is on about either :)Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
He means the Russia v Ireland game...unless of course you live in lansdowne :D
Haha you aren't aware what he is on about either :)Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
He means the Russia v Ireland game...unless of course you live in lansdowne :D
Thanks for the clarity Paul. You're always here to help.
Seriously people, there's only one 'd' in Lansdowne!
I have a feeling we are going to lose both of these somehow and be looking for a new manager on Sept 7th.
http://www.latingringo.com/wp-conten...disturbing.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Crosby87
Russian bookings so far:
2 Anyukov (Ireland away, Macedonia away)
2 Ignashevich (Macedonia away, Armenia home)
1 Denisov (Ireland away)
1 A.Berezutski (Ireland away)
1 V.Berezutski (Armenia home)
1 Bilyaletdinov (Andorra away)
1 Zhirkov (Slovakia home)
1 Zyryanov (Macedonia away)
1 Shiskin (Armenia away)
If any of the 1s get a second against Macedonia in Moscow then they will be out for our game. I'm not sure about the 2s (would a 3rd yellow also mean another ban ?) Quite a few of them are defensive players and I think if Denisov or Zyryanov were out it could mean our midfield might be a bit less exposed out in Moscow.
john toshak's macedons will put up a feeble resistance i expect.
however i did read somewhere that it's a funny old game.
Nice one Chris. If either of those two were out, then it would be a godsend.Quote:
Originally Posted by cfdh_edmundo
i would agree with this - i'd be happy with duff up against whichever full back is the weaker of the two. mcgeady is going to be mcgeady whoever he's up against. the same applies to hunt.Quote:
Originally Posted by lionelhutz
duff has the nous to take advantatge of mistakes and create opening that our other wide players probably don't.
except keogh of course.
Darron Gibson may be an injury doubt according to this report.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...chester-united
Anyone else notice the time is off on Foot.ie?Quote:
Darron Gibson's proposed departure from Manchester United has been placed in doubt after he damaged ankle ligaments in training, an injury that could sideline him for at least four weeks.
I'm posting this at 22.57
Gibson injured, so McCarthy to be called up?
I can see Trap calling up Clifford instead, now that would be controversial...Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Yep, reckon so. Posted the same on the JMcC thread, without having noticed this.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
O'Shea return a Bruce Boost
Trap similarly boosted I would imagine.
A good run out for Josh this weekend will do!
Squad Watch
Code:Shay Given Started
David Forde Started
Keiren Westwood Bench
Stephen Ward Started
Richard Dunne Started
John O’Shea Started
Darren O’Dea Started
Kevin Kilbane Started
Kevin Foley Bench Used
Sean St. Ledger Bench
Stephen Kelly Bench
Keith Andrews Started Goal
Stephen Hunt Started
Damien Duff Started
Andy Keogh Started
Liam Lawrence Started
Keith Treacy Started
Darron Gibson Injured
Glenn Whelan Sunday
Keith Fahey Sunday
Aiden McGeady Sunday
Kevin Doyle Started
Robbie Keane ------
Shane Long Sunday
Simon Cox Sunday
Looking at those Slovak players, I recognise very few of them, and none of them have played that much football this year. Italian League strike could even be playing into our hands.Code:Ján Mucha (Everton) Bench
Marián Kello (Hearts) Sunday
Ľubomír Michalík(Carlisle United) Started
Kornel Saláta (FK Rostov) Started
Martin Škrtel (FC Liverpool) Bench Used Goal
Peter Pekarík (VfL Wolfsburg) - Not in Squad
Tomáš Hubočan (Zenit Petrohrad) Not in Squad
Ján Ďurica (Lokomotiv Moskva) Sunday
Marek Čech (West Bromwich Albion) Sunday
Róbert Jež (Polonia Warsaw) Started
Karim Guédé (Slovan Bratislava) Sunday
Igor Žofčák (Slovan Bratislava) Sunday
Miroslav Karhan (Spartak Trnava) Sunday
Vladimír Weiss (Manchester City) Not in Squad
Juraj Kucka (FC Genoa) Strike
Marek Hamšík (SSC Napoli) Strike
Miroslav Stoch (Fenerbahce Istanbul) 10/9
Erik Jendrišek (SC Freiburg) Started Goal
Filip Šebo (Slovan Bratislava) Sunday
Stanislav Šesták(MKE Ankaragücü) 10/9
Róbert Vittek (MKE Ankaragücü) 10/9
Filip Hološko (Besiktas Istanbul) 10/9
Russian analysis reveals next to nothing.Code:Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow) Sunday
Vyacheslav Malafeev (Zenit St.Petersburg) Sunday
Yuri ZhIrkov (Anzhi) Started
Alexander Anyukov (Zenit St.Petersburg) Sunday
Alexei Bberezutski (CSKA Moscow) Sunday
Vasiliy Berezutski (CSKA Moscow) Sunday
Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow) Sunday
Roman Shishik (Lokomotiv Moscow) Sunday
Igor Denisov (Zenit St.Petersburg) Started
Roman Shirokov (Zenit St.Petersburg) Started
Konstantin Zyryanov (Zenit St.Petersburg) Started
Igor Semshov (Dinamo Moscow) Started
Diniyar Belyaletdinov (Everton) Bench Used
Denis Glushakov (Lokomotiv Moscow) Sunday
Dmitry Torbinskiy (Lokomotiv Moscow) Sunday
Alan Dzagoyev (CSKA Moscow) Sunday
Alexander Kerzhakov (Zenit St.Petersburg) Started
Pavel Pogrebnyak (Stuttgart) Bench Used
Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal) Sunday
Roman Pavlyuchenko (Tottenham) Sunday
Nice job Joe.
Too bad Sledge didn't get a run out.
T˛ (Trap and Tardelli) are at the West Brom vs Stoke game today.
Long nearly scored I hear, thwarted by a great save from Begovic.
Igor Akinfeev was taken off with a knee injury earlier. Should be out for them.
Fahey has pulled out of the squad with a groin problem: http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2011/...ia_russia.html
Quote:
Birmingham midfielder Keith Fahey has withdrawn from the Republic of Ireland squad for the Euro 2012 qualifiers against Slovakia and Russia through injury.
Fahey, an unused substitute in his club's 2-2 npower Championship draw at Watford, has been ruled out with a groin problem.
Increases likelihood of McCarthy being recalled? Hoolahan maybe?
Gone past the Edit timeframe on the last post so will just leave this here.
Code:Shay Given Started
David Forde Started
Keiren Westwood Bench
Stephen Ward Started
Richard Dunne Started
John O’Shea Started
Darren O’Dea Started
Kevin Kilbane Started
Kevin Foley Bench Used
Sean St. Ledger Bench
Stephen Kelly Bench
Keith Andrews Started Goal
Stephen Hunt Started
Glenn Whelan Started
Damien Duff Started
Andy Keogh Started
Liam Lawrence Started
Keith Treacy Started
Aiden McGeady Bench Used
Keith Fahey Bench
Darron Gibson Injured
Kevin Doyle Started
Shane Long Started
Simon Cox Bench
Robbie Keane ------
Code:Marián Kello (Hearts) Started
Ján Mucha (Everton) Bench
Ľubomír Michalík(Carlisle United) Started
Kornel Saláta (FK Rostov) Started
Ján Ďurica (Lokomotiv Moskva) Started
Martin Škrtel (FC Liverpool) Bench Used Goal
Peter Pekarík (VfL Wolfsburg) - Not in Squad
Tomáš Hubočan (Zenit Petrohrad) Not in Squad
Marek Čech (West Bromwich Albion) Not in Squad
Miroslav Karhan (Spartak Trnava) Started Goal
Róbert Jež (Polonia Warsaw) Started
Karim Guédé (Slovan Bratislava) Started
Igor Žofčák (Slovan Bratislava) Started
Vladimír Weiss (Manchester City) Not in Squad
Juraj Kucka (FC Genoa) Strike
Marek Hamšík (SSC Napoli) Strike
Miroslav Stoch (Fenerbahce Istanbul) 10/9
Erik Jendrišek (SC Freiburg) Started Goal
Filip Šebo (Slovan Bratislava) Bench Used
Stanislav Šesták(MKE Ankaragücü) 10/9
Róbert Vittek (MKE Ankaragücü) 10/9
Filip Hološko (Besiktas Istanbul) 10/9
Kerzhakov hat trick.Code:Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow) Started
Vyacheslav Malafeev (Zenit St.Petersburg) Started
Yuri Zhirkov (Anzhi) Started
Alexander Anyukov (Zenit St.Petersburg) Started
Alexei Bberezutski (CSKA Moscow) Started
Vasiliy Berezutski (CSKA Moscow) Started
Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow) Started
Roman Shishik (Lokomotiv Moscow) Started
Roman Shirokov (Zenit St.Petersburg) Started Goal
Igor Semshov (Dinamo Moscow) Started Goal
Denis Glushakov (Lokomotiv Moscow) Started
Igor Denisov (Zenit St.Petersburg) Started
Konstantin Zyryanov (Zenit St.Petersburg) Started
Alan Dzagoyev (CSKA Moscow) Started
Diniyar Belyaletdinov (Everton) Bench Used
Dmitry Torbinskiy (Lokomotiv Moscow) Bench
Alexander Kerzhakov (Zenit St.Petersburg) Started Goals(3)
Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal) Started
Pavel Pogrebnyak (Stuttgart) Bench Used
Roman Pavlyuchenko (Tottenham) Bench
And a token post, so the advertising doesn't affect the alignment.
Six months according to my research:Quote:
Originally Posted by eekers
http://greenscene.me/2011/08/russian...-moscow-derby/
McCarthy's the obvious one, think he's impossible to ignore in this situation. I don't think Hoolahan would work in a flat four central midfield, the way we play. Wilson might've came into contention but I hear he was taken off injured today so not sure if he'll be available.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Trap certainly needs to call up somebody, we've no natural central midfield cover except stop-gap's like Liam Lawrence or Kevin Foley.
and Stephen Ward. Remember, he finished the Croatia game in central midfieldQuote:
Originally Posted by SwanVsDalton
Trap has had Foley in the middle too on at least one occasion. I really can't believe Ward will start over Kilbane, Trap just doesn't work that way. (Then again, could be Ward at left back and Kilbane returning to central midfield, you never know).Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
The poundings Arshavin and Pavlyuchenko took could help us I suppose as their confidences must be low.
All I know is that being outdone tactically against Russia, trap blamed the formation and said he'd look at it for the next time we play them. I would imagine this means dropping Keano back just to add numbers/close space.
As mentioned elsewhere we could be down to Andrews as the sole recognised central midfielder, as McCarthy and Hoolahan both play the advanced role for their clubs. Foley would be cover, as would Wilson if he was called up, but even Wilson is a push considering he's played left back mostly for Stoke. Worrying.
I think Trap's presence at the Wolves game yesterday means he's giving it some serious thought.Quote:
Originally Posted by theworm2345
True Ward could play there, so could Killer I suppose, but I'd really rather not be looking at these guys when McCarthy is available to travel.
I think Foley could be a last resort option in CM, but with Gibson & Fahey out it would be prudent to call up a guy who can play CM as his natural position, i.e., McCarthy.
I expect Ward to start as LB on Friday btw.
Funny thing is, a few (lot?) of us, including me, were heavily critical of Givens' neglect of the U21s under the excuse of it being only important to develop some players for the senior team. Personally, I think that it's better to build a successful U21 team, a bunch of players that actually gets used to winning together. Our U21s have the likes of Clifford, McCarthy & Brady, and I think it makes sense to blood these guys as a unit. Just another angle to the "McCarthy must be called up" debate.
Did he play in Dublin? If so, he's no loss for them. I thought he was very average.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlaskaFox
I'm almost certain I heard trap say on TV after the Croatia game that Ward would start the next game, or something to that effect.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
He gifted the Slovaks their winning goal too. Maybe it's a blessing in disguise for Russia.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Excellent news, fantastic keeper.Quote:
Originally Posted by eekers
The Sunday times yday was indicating that McCarthy will definitely join up with the U21s this week. He apparently has a very good relationship with Noel King, in contrast to that with Trap. Now the times may well be just putting two and two together to get eight there......Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Haven't read the article, but how many times would McCarthy and King have been involved with each other? King only took over the 21's last year (at the end) and was with the women before that. I call bullsh9t
An excellent keeper who has been terrible in this group.Quote:
Originally Posted by Murfinator
I'd much rather a relatively inexperienced (at least competitively) goalkeeper than Akinfeev though.
Are the Squads meeting up today? It will be interesting to see does Trap call up anyone to the Seniors after Gibson and Fahey pulled out.
Unfortunately for us Malafeev is quite good too.