Given, Meyler, Keogh (c), Pearce, Ward, Pilkington, Gibson, Quinn, Brady, Hoolahan, Doyle.
Richard Keogh CAPTAINS his country. Meyler right-full it seems.
Given, Meyler, Keogh (c), Pearce, Ward, Pilkington, Gibson, Quinn, Brady, Hoolahan, Doyle.
Richard Keogh CAPTAINS his country. Meyler right-full it seems.
GivenQuote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Meyler Keogh(c) Pearce Ward
Pilkington Gibson Quinn Brady
Hoolahan
Doyle
Expect Meyler to do okay at RB, probably get caught out of position once or twice but el capitano should be there as cover. 3-0 win. Doyle, Brady, Long(sub)
From single-handedly being responsible for four of the goals shipped against Portugal to captain...
Well if he can't hack Oman then maybe MON will see sense, or we could find out the hard way.
Strange team overall all things considered.
Not one any of us would have picked but it is what it is!
Interesting front 6. Interesting back 5 too, but a different sort of interesting. One is interesting exciting, the other is interesting WTF.
Disgraceful decision! How has he earned the honour to lead Ireland?Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Poor decision by the manager, but lets not forget this is the same manager that got rid of Gary Cahill to Bolton and then signed Curtis Davies for £10m.
Has he lost his mojo since Sunderland and without J Robbo by his side?
Clough was never the same when he split with Taylor, history repeating its self?
Lol @ Martin O'Neill trolling The Doc and TOWK with choice of captain. Clearly a foot.ie lurker.
Interesting team. What can you say, it has plenty of creative players in there who, hopefully, will be aching for the chance to put in a performance.
He seems to be keeping all his frontline players wrapped up for Sunday. Of that side, I'd say only Given and Ward are likely to start that game. Maybe Brady too.
11 subs named
Forde
Elliot
Coleman O'Shea Wilson
McGeady Whelan
Keane Long
Murphy Stokes
(Therefore, the following are not involved Westwood, McClean, McCarthy, Walters)
Is this online anywhere? coolsport seems to be down... :confused:
Keogh captains his club, so it makes some sense in that respect
Jon Walters has an uncanny habit of missing friendlies. It's also amazing how literally every time an Ireland game comes along (particularly friendlies) he seems to sit out training sessions with various ailments that never affect him participating for Stoke.
IDK maybe I am just reading too much into it.
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Originally Posted by texidub
http://soccertoall.net/index.php?channel=4 working for me
It makes plenty of sense, for sure. He's clearly ideally suited to the role of captain. His suitability for a role at centre half is less clear.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Bingo baby.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheOneWhoKnocks
Well, actually playing for a club is a good start, don't you think, doc? Hm?Quote:
Originally Posted by the doc
That's a tasty midfield. The back four is ropey, but in fairness, they shouldn't be tested.
Having said that, the last time we played Oman, we failed to keep a clean sheet - despite the awesome presence of St. Ledger marshalling things at the back!
Ahem... well more advised it than predicted it. The defence that is. It makes a lot of sense really. Keogh obviously has leadership qualities to say he was made captain at Derby on day one practically. That doesn't mean he can defend at international level though but you have to be happy for the guy a little... right TOWK??... No??... Not even a teeney, tiny bit?Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Oh wow. Is there even 5000 there?
Personally I haven't seen enough of Keogh to write him off completely. I'm willing to give him a chance. We may need him in the future, would be foolish to disregard him because of an end of season friendly.
This is my thoughts on it. Not too worried about it at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Supreme feet
I want that front 6 to run amok though.
Why is Elliot getting a half? As a reward for showing up in June?
Given and Forde should get a half each.
I like Richard Keogh, seems like a top lad, but he hasn't earned the right to captain his country. Hoolahan, Doyle, Gibson....there's a fair few in that first 11 ahead of him as captain for me
The Oman anthem is the shortest anthem I've ever heard
Gibson definitely hasn't earned the right.
He has more than Keogh.
Why do they finish the anthems and start blaring out the 'Fields of Athenry'?? cringy
That's because it has the shortest country name, you are allowed 5 seconds for each letter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
At The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia games the anthem goes on till half-time.
"Oh man we are being out played"
26 Given
12 Meyler 04 Keogh(c) 24 Pearce 17 Ward
13 Pilkington19 Gibson 18 Quinn 25 Brady
20 Hoolahan
22 Doyle
Substitutes
- 01 Forde 02 Coleman 03 Wilson 05 O'Shea 06 Whelan 07 McGeady 09 Long
- 10 Keane 15 Stokes 21 Murphy 23 Elliot
Aviva is rocking in fairness also...JesusJesus
That'll do
1-0 Doyle, classic Doyle header.
19:36 Goal scored Goal! Goal! Republic of Ireland 1, Oman 0. Kevin Doyle (Republic of Ireland) header from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Robbie Brady with a cross following a corner.
If Gibson had Keogh's attitude he'd have 50 caps plus I suspect.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
FFS.. defenders at sea.
Ohhhhh Meyler!
Fantastic technique by Meyler. Impressive so far.
Trademark Gibson effort. It probably landed in The Herbert Park Hotel.
I see Oman are playing the 11 Oman brothers again :p
Was thinking the same, we were passing it nicely and Gibson whacks it into the stand, but maybe that is the plan.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheOneWhoKnocks
That seemed to fly by, can't believe it's half time already,
Georgia are technically on a different planet to this lot. Oman's sole offensive tactic is to take pot shots from outside the box. They haven't offered any threat but I think it's more down to how bad they are then how good we are. Pretty average performance but it is a weakened team.
Should give Stokes at least 30 minutes. No need to bring Keane on if he's starting on Sunday and we know what Murphy can and can't do.
Oman are ranked just one place below Ireland!!