Would love to see him get to the Euros with us. So fingers crossed.
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Would love to see him get to the Euros with us. So fingers crossed.
Cox is right to want to move.
If Trap only picks 4 strikers then it will definitely be Keane, Doyle, Long and Walters. Then he has to hope Leon Best and Connor Sammon don't score goals. Not to mention Anthony Stokes is constantly beating his own drum, who is lucky that playing for such a big club (albeit in a poor league) is giving him so much exposure...not sure if that will count for anything in the end though.
I would be slightly worried that either Long's or Doyle's places could be in danger having regard to some of Trap's comments concering the pair of them, especially Doyle who doesn't seem to have fully recovered from his injury. Still a lot of water to go under the bridge yet before Euro 2012 and it's unlikely that all will be fit for the tournament so it may sort itself out.
Starts tonight against Spurs. Long misses out..
Long is not even on the bench, is he injured?
It would seem he is.
Not sure which game to watch West Brom or Wigan.
he is injured according to BBC.
The i-paper today says Cox lined up on the right of a three man midfield behind a lone striker on their formation image. Interesting.
6-3-1? Are you sure?Quote:
Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke
I think he means this 4-2-3-1 thingy. Like what we played a bit last year.
Yes, this is what I meant. Let the record show.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
great to see cox get a run but think he needs to look to new pastures if he wants to get his place on plane seat in June
I think he's accepted as much himself. I reckon he's probably got his agent on the move as we speak. The game yesterday will have been a bonus but I don't think he'll expect to have a chance of getting in the first team.
Hat trick for Cox today against Cardiff in the FA Cup.
Delighted with Cox's hat-trick. It's not as if they were playing a far lower league side and his goals were crucial. Hopefully he'll kick on for the rest of the season, but not necessarily to the detriment of the progress Long has made.
worth mentioning that Joe Mason got one for Cardiff today too.
It was in yesterdays times that Cox wants out of WBA as not getting game time he fears will ruin his chances of going to Poland. However, Hodgson has told him that he is going nowhere that he rates him and wants him in the squad.
I think the goals at the wkd were his first since that screamer he got away to Spurs last year.
Scored in the League Cup against Bournemouth in August: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Play...playerID=42170Quote:
Originally Posted by elroy
Keane, Doyle, Long, Cox, Walters: hard to see either Best or Stokes getting in ahead of any of those, injuries apart.
I think he'll bring Keogh as a utility backup and leave one of those 5 at home personally. Don't think it'd be Cox though as he sees him as the most like for like replacement for Keane. It'd most likely be either Long or Walters.
Best and Stokes have zero chance unless theres 2 or more injuries.
he'd want his head checked if he brought keogh instead of any of the 5 strikers, especially considering long doyle and walters can all play right wing as back up as well and in contrast to keogh can actually do it wellQuote:
Originally Posted by Murfinator
I know Walters can but Trap has never played him there before, if he doesn't in the friendlies it may not be something he'd be willing to do in a tournament. When has Doyle last played right wing?
watched doyle play RW for wolves for the second half a match a month or 2 ago, can't remember who it was against, but they started with him and fletcher up front as then pulled him out wide.
i'm not saying that doyler should be played on the wing, my main point is that keogh is crap especially on the wing
I'd say the striking positions are picked already. Keane Doyle, Long Cox Walters. Can't see anyone else getting in.
Keogh is almost certainly not ahead of Long or Walters. If that was the case, he would have started ahead of Walters against Estonia and he has had far less game time than Long in this campaign.Quote:
Originally Posted by Murfinator
I'm always been an advocate of Keogh in the squad but I think Walters has replaced him in Trap's mind, and he is a far better option there. I don't think Keogh will on the plane unless it's as a steward.
Starts today v Norwich. Long on the bench.
Very lively start for Cox, but not necessarily strong. Has has two chances that he has got pretty badly wrong, then on a counter attack which was basically 3 on 3 he took it down the right and just gave it away. To top it off took a Glenn Whelan free kick right to the fact a moment ago.
EDIT: Just got put clean through by a look Foster kick (very windy day at the Britannia) but scuffed his shot somewhat...should've scored.
He's starting on right wing for West Brom tonight and having an excellent game so far. Easy to see why Trap would like him, for a forward player, he tracks back and is very mobile and puts himself about. Set up two great chances for Odemwingie and Fortune which they both managed to miss.
Just played another quality ball in behind the Fulham defence to put Odemwingie through. Shame he fell over the ball before he had a chance to shoot.
Linked with a loan move to Brighton in the morning's papers
Nabbed an assist for the Baggies in their game against Bolton.
http://www.101greatgoals.com/gvideos...t-brom-2-motd/
Quite a decent assist. Not sure if he knew the player was there but it was a dangerous ball regardless of whether he did or not.
'Plastic Paddy jibe hurt us - Cox (Baggies ace states his passion for Ireland and wants full backing for Euro bid)' : http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/pl...x-3103397.html
Good interview with Aiden Fitzmaurice. I really like Cox's attitude. Rightly rubbishes what Ian Harte said the other day and speaks of his pride of playing for his country.
Nice comments from Cox referring to "my country." Interesting point regarding 17 of the 23 being born in Ireland. Further to that, I'm aware that Foley's first choice was always going to be Ireland and McGeady chose us from a young age too. Walter's connection is less than tenuous with an Irish mother. As regards Westwood, St. Ledger and Cox who rely on grandparents (like McGeady), they have always performed with great commitment.
From the 2002 World Cup squad, 11 out of 23 were English-born.
A squad of which Ian Harte was part, of course, yet he makes daft and insulting remarks about the current squad featuring too many players born outside of Ireland?
Did Cox not say ages back, around the time declared, that he didn't feel Irish as such but did feel acutely aware of his Irish roots? Stuff like his granny drinking whiskey and singing rebel songs at family gatherings.
I like Cox and have no issues with 2G Irish playing for us, though I prefer them to be in the minority as they are now, but "playing for my country" is quite a departure from what he said a couple of years ago.
Ian Harte went down in my underestimation after those comments.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
does anyone remember quinn and townsend during the 1998 world cup on rte when england went out and quinn laughing and loving it on the phone in, and townsend just looking on in shock and disgust at him?
For comparison 28 out of 30 of the Rugby world cup squad were brought up in Ireland, we've still a high rate of "granny rule" players compared to other squads in the same or different sports, its progressive from what we used to have though it's still not anything to trumpet about.Quote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
I would have sympathy for Harte although his comments while aimed at different people is obviously going to hurt the likes of Kilbane etc. To dismiss them as irrelevant given the higher rate of earlier retirements and withdrawals we have with foreign raised players would be incredibly naive. For every Kilbane that we're proud to have represent us there's an Andy O'Brien with questionable commitment.
Ha, I'm trying to decipher what that means exactly. Does it mean he went up in your estimation or went down even further than your already low opinion of him?Quote:
Originally Posted by shakermaker1982