ah where's the fun in that ? :p ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by EalingGreen
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ah where's the fun in that ? :p ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by EalingGreen
If this is the case than surely he is to be admired even more?????:DQuote:
Originally Posted by geysir
TBH I cant see anything wrong with Ealing Greens post.
Meditation is good for relaxing.:)
I am so convinced.Quote:
Calm down. The point I was making was that the whole tour was unpromising from the start (hastily arranged, manager ambivalent, player withdrawals, superior opposition etc) and to cap it all, there was even a political demonstration when we got there! Yet despite all that, it proved a useful exercise. That's all.
If a story goes on long enough you might be able to throw in a reference to the American Civil War and justify it.
An event hardly the size of a insects backside, just happened to be an essential part of the story, by an irrelevant but polite bunch of archaic placard holders compared to the unmentioned fantastic 5***** reception laid on for the squad by the ever hospitable Chicago finest.
Is there a chance that the Ecuador and Bolivia games will be live on the net?
livefooty.doctor-serv.com this is a good site but they might not have international matches.
I wouldn't waste 2 hours of your life if I was youQuote:
Originally Posted by Torn-Ado
You got a problem with us?Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Just bought a $25 ticket for the Ireland end. With "extra" charges coming to another $13! What a rip off. By the way who was at the last Ireland game at Giants Stadium v South Africa. I can remember one Benni McCarthy running amok for the first 15 mins. Incredible stuff. Matt Hollands first game I think for Ireland and he played well. Kilbane was dire in that game. 2-1 to Ireland
Friend of mine living in Boston told me less than 20,000 tickets have been sold for the Bolivia game, could be a half empty stadium awaiting the boys in green in beantown
Would you pay to see this u21/B Team? I was going to fly out for this one but I'm not flushing $250 down the ****ter for that joke of a team...especially when with that money I'd be only $50 short of flying to Dublin to watch a (somewhat) better team play.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
????????????:confused:
O'Shea dropped out, Kilbane is in as captain
source?Quote:
Originally Posted by theworm2345
Entirely predictable given the squad, smart move JOSH.
FAI website have stated that joey lapira, the notre dame player who was subject of a previous post trained with the squad yesterday
Ecuador are currently 10/11 to win on Betfair. I don't think I can turn that down. At the same time it'd be impossible for me to cheer on the opposition. I think I'll back Ecuador, record the game, check the score on Thursday morning and that's where my betting interest ends so I can watch the match. :)
Yes, O’Shea is injured, presumably has to have some splinters removed from his arse. United physio told him he needs to rest niggling injuries, why didn't he have the decency to drop out when the squad was announced, at least he would have given Stan time to get someone useful in.
No mention of any of the other US-based players? Byrne was supposed to be called in to train with the squad as wellQuote:
Originally Posted by greendeiseboy
US College player gets a call up. Is that like Leinster Senior League level? :eek:
Its can be hard sometimes to find new ways to criticise Staunton but he certainly tries his best.
Any chance O'Shea could have told Staunton he was carrying an "injury" given he was named as squad captain?
I know Staunton more or less created this situation himself but anyone else think the senior players don't care about playing for their country anymore? There are plenty of players who have pulled out who have not played that many games this season...
:rolleyes:
As I said in the other thread, he hasn't called him up. He asked a few American based players to train with the squad.
There's certainly a disappointing number citing "personal of family commitments".Quote:
Originally Posted by pete
I'd love to know exactly what these are.
I think some of those who pulled out have failed to recognise two blindingly obvious things:
(1) their place is by no means safe so this is a chance to impress and at least, when there's any doubt, to benefit from the Kilbane-like "he deserves his place because of his attitude" effect, and
(2) it'll actually be to their benefit if players like Keogh, Murphy, Doyle or whoever emerge with credit from this tour, and by not being there they're minimising the chances of the rookies performing to their best. It's a very short term approach in my mind.
Would they have been so quick to pull out if it was a boozy session in La Manga?
Emmet Malone commented over the weekend on Mick McCarthy turning down being best man at his brother's wedding to play in a similar tournament.
you don't really believe this do you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
it is absolutely inconceivable that the next squad to be announced, and indeed the next starting xi, won't include given, finnan, dunne, keane etc. even the less established players who have chosen not to travel, like miller, ireland will be in the next squad. staunton patently wouldn't have the guts to drop them, and it would be sheer lunacy to do so anyway. his own lackadaisical attitude to the tour means he cannot read the riot act to anyone who, knowing their place is secure, couldn't be arsed travelling.
Those players didn't pull out of the squad though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burnsie
The 2 Quinn's, Miller, Ireland and Elliott are players that have pulled out but could have went. I'm sure there are others who wouldn't be "injured" if this was the world cup aswell.
He hasn't had any qualms about dropping Miller beforeQuote:
Originally Posted by Burnsie
Why is Staunton's attitude to the tour lackadaisical?Quote:
Originally Posted by Burnsie
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Originally Posted by Burnsie
Why will Miller be in the next squad? He wasn't in the last one.
As for the rest of the post, eirebhoy answered it perfectly for me.
Obviously those going out wont get straight into the team for next qualifier but a good performance can help them move up the ranking and defintely those that arent guaranteed a place in the team that passed up the chance to go on the tour arent doing their place in the squad any favours.
Yeah it's only really the squad places up for grabs but I don't see why they're not important. We're never going to have 11 fit first team players. The only player that can really earn a first team place from this is Hunt and he would have probably started the qualifiers anyway.
I forget the details but wasn't there a story when Mick McCarthy was called up to the team to play in China, he had no second thoughts, missed his own wedding :) or something.
I think we need to get T-shirts made up:
I PULLED OUT OF THE US TOUR
wear them to the games in the Autumn. :D
I don't get it Eirebhoy. Sure you can do the dastardly deed and back Ecuador:)Quote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
But in watching the game live how could your (modest) betting investment interfere with the might of national pride?
Is Ronnie O'Brien actually part of the squad?
Can he play?
Because I'm talking about putting a decent amount on it. Obviously I'll want to win my bet more than Ireland to win a friendly but I just couldn't watch Ireland play and hope they'll concede. :) I'd prefer to tape it considering the time it's at.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
If he had done that we would have received an unreal amount of abuse for playing for Man Utd afterwards.Quote:
Originally Posted by drummerboy
Yeah what was memorable in that game was so some tosser spending the whole game shouting abuse at the bench and McCarthy jumping up the wall to try and grab him at the final whistle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Noelys Guitar
KOH
Ecuador team if anyone cares:
Marcelo Elizaga; Jairo Montaño, Carlos Castro, Jairo Campos, Óscar Bagui; Luis Caicedo, Patricio Urrutia, David Quiroz, Walter Ayoví; Jaime Iván Kaviedes, Cristian Benítez.
According to the news bulletin on RTE 2, Kilbane and Potter will start in central midfield, and Colin Doyle will definitely earn his first cap, but didn't say if he'll start or not
No Edison Mendez? That should be a relief for the 12 year olds playing defense for us. Kaviedes is one to watch out for though.Quote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
Good to see Stan thinking ahead. I suppose it frees up Hunt on LHS but I'd like to see KK have a game at LB.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Don't rate Potter. That midfield looks exceptionally dodgy though I suppose Stan has the excuse of having a serious lack of resources so we'll let it go this time (he should have brought and played Garvan though who is a far, far better player than Potter so again he's not entirely blameless).Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979