A lot of interesting stuff in this article. Trapatonni saying at least one player is playing for his place against Germany (the reporter picks one of three from Coleman, Brady or Wilson.) Ciaran Clark wondering aloud through ESPN why he has been neglected. Paul La Guen kind of suggesting he would have been interested in the Ireland job when Trap got it. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...323845792.html
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Originally Posted by tricky_colour
With our luck they will dominate only further confusing the situation.
There is no confusion at all! Trap will revert to the same old starting 11 for the next qualifier. IMO, the team he has named for tonight's game is probably to ease some growing tension in the squad about selection. The Germans are probably laughing as they will not have to do too much research into our game plan and personnel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crosby87
Paul La Guen saying god ya id love 2m quid a year to do an international job, who wouldnt!!?Quote:
Originally Posted by Noelys Guitar
hmm, i'd imagine mccarthy is at the head of that queue to replace whelan/andrews.Quote:
Originally Posted by Noelys Guitar
i suppose it's possible to might want to drop ward though.
Daily Mail were giving away tickets for this game tonight, looking forward to it!
Bizarre.
And will Le Guen get 'booed'?
He shouldn't be, for what it's worth...
Apologies if this has been addressed already but what station is showing this and what time is kick-off?
7.30pm setanta irelandQuote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
The only thing a German ever laughs at are people who dont like David Hasselhoff.Quote:
Originally Posted by gastric
Is RTE showing highlights?Quote:
Originally Posted by jbyrne
What highlights...
Just checked the Sky epg - doesn't look like it. :(
Kevin Doyle burying the Duff to return story this morning. We know Clark is 'being followed' so that is going to rule him out for the foreseeable future. Also, worrying return of the McCarthy 'shyness' this morning in Traps comments. Trap did mention the German full backs ability to get up and down the pitch for an entire match suggesting Coleman could do that and get in 10 crosses as well. So Coleman won't be replacing JOS any time soon. He made no mention of Wilson whatsoever so that might be the change. Wilson for Ward with Andrews coming back in for McCarthy would be my guess for the Germany game.
Most critical of all - will we be in the White Jersey or the Green.
I think we count as the "Home" team so should be green. Unless, of course, we wear the Glory years "Carling Cup Champions" Black one????
No RTE highlights. Setanta Ireland will show a repeat of the game at 11am on Wednesday morning.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Fly
www.goal.com seemed to be offering live online coverage in the UK and Australia (for a fee) alongside the Kazakhstan and Faroes matches - details are here.
Oman play in red (home) and white (away), so I'd say green could be likely either way.
Anyone old enough to remember "Microprose Soccer" on the Commodore 64???? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by AlaskaFox
Oman were the handy team to get. They were regularly on the wrong end of double figure defeats.
I was watching the tennis last night and kept thinking that Novak Djokovic was a kind of stretched / elongated version of Shane Long. Or if Long was standing in front of one of those funny mirrors he'd look like Djokovic. That pic of Long kind of does that thought justice. In my mind anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by EastTerracer
thanks ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by jbyrne
Not too sure about that, on the other hand it could burst a few peopleQuote:
Originally Posted by Crosby87
bubbles about the alternatives we have available, we will just have to wait and see,
They are fifa ranked 93.
Yes I used to play that for hours in the late 80's , where you looked at the players from above and only saw the tops of their heads and their feet and you could do a 100m slide tackle when the pitch was wet :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Wolfie
Guys, anyone know if this is going to be viewable anywhere tomorrow. Not sure i can handle staying up till 4:30am for a friendly, but really want to watch all the new lads in action. Anyone planning to record it?
Are you sure that wasn't Kick-Off/Kick-Off 2?Quote:
Originally Posted by Irish_Praha
The bookies had us at 1/4 to win this morning, now I see they have us at 1/2. Have our lads been shot full of tranquillizer?
St Ledger back in for McShane who has a stomach bug
McShane is out of the team with a stomach bug. St Ledger plays in his place.
You're quick!Quote:
Originally Posted by EastTerracer
I was just coming in to post it. Very happy with this.
TrapAPony was even quicker than me - I'm blaming the delay in my internet link from Setanta to New York :pQuote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
Trapattoni should have started Alex Pearce for McShane. What is he going to learn by watching St Ledger yet again...
Setanta stream here for anyone in need: http://www.coolsport.tv/stream13.php
Very small crowd.
What the **** is going on with the anthems?
Ah, Kick-Off. I dread to think how many hours I spent playing that game - and yet I don't regret a single one of them.
How on earth can this be viable financially? There can't be much more than a thousand people there. Playing in Oman would have been better than thisQuote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Chaotic defending there, cleary lacking the assurance of Paul McShane's calming presence.
My understanding is that Kentaro take the financial risk - the FAI and Oman get paid an appearance fee and the agent takes the risk on the crowd and how much they can make from TV rights.Quote:
Originally Posted by backtowalsall
Whoop!!!
1-0, that'll do. Park the bus for the next 83 minutes so.
Think we look very good on the attack. Shaky at the back though. I imagine this will be a classic good result in another ****ing friendly. 4-0 Denmark, 3-0 Sweden, 3-0 Algeria. We never turn it on in the big games.
These lads are woeful