He had best not mention Portugal though ;)
"I didn't see that match".
However I have said before that is is fairly common for a team which wins by a big margin in it's last game to
lose by a big margin in it's next.
The other side of that coin is that the next team Ireland faces is likely to get annihilated.
Poor old Poland.
I think you need to check the fixture list.
I have a very short memory.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Yes I did. but I read it the wrong way up. I did think at the time October is a blood long time to waitQuote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
for the next fixture, didn't notice it was October 2015.
So it will be Oman who get a good hammering,.
Portugal left their best behind in the Giants Stadium, peaked a week too early####Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
or however that's expressed in twitterdom.
Our Millwall, Reading (x2), Derby and Brighton/Wolves defence lulled them into a false sense of security.
Btw, O'Neill's talk of it'd be nice to have 15 EPL players to choose from is annoying me. If his point was it'd be nice to have 5 CL players to choose from I'd be more understanding.
Coleman, O'Shea, Delaney, Clark, Wilson, Whelan, Walters, Long, Meyler, Quinn, Hoolahan, Piilkington, McCarthy, Gibson, Brady and Quinn are all regulars or near enough at EPL level (that's 16). McShane, Stokes, McClean, McGeady and Westwood have all played EPL or CL and acquitted themselves well enough. Andy Reid is still an outstanding Championship player as is Dunne, who is still a cut above half of the CBs in the EPL.
Our worst fringe players are very good players at Championship level. There's a guy from Cobh at Stoke who is well regarded at EPL level and my guess is he'll be playing for is.
Is Keane going back playing?!
Why do ye think si will be back.
interesting debate on jon obi mikel
Anyone any idea who the couple of new recruits might be?!
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Originally Posted by geysir
Portugal next face the USA going my theory of alternating form the USA could get hammered by Portugal.
I figure Portugal let the Ireland result go to their heads and became complacent, the USA might also be
looking at their drubbing by Germany and begin to think Portugal are overrated, they could be in for a
shock!!
In fairness Di Canio is full crap! It was O'Shea, Brown and Cattermole who were chosen by the squad to represent them. Interesting point, MON appointed O'Shea as captain at SAFC.
That's clutching at straws. Luxembourg drew with Italy, so Luxembourg are just as good as Italy. We were poor over the last four games. Time to move and hope MON can inject some new life into the squad. We looked a bit jaded and disjointed.
I disagree. I thought we were pretty good against Italy. Against Serbia and Turkey we could have won and certainly should have scored more goals. Portugal was poor but, in context, it was the last game of season for our lads and their last game before the World CupQuote:
Originally Posted by GypsyBlackCat
I'd say David McGoldrick of Ipswich is one.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
And maybe Ryan McLaughlin:)
And wrt the Cobh bloke, I just think he'll be back, dunno why.
Did McLaughlin not feature for NI out in South America?
Started one game, finished the other, looked good in both. Probably our greatest threat of a goal.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
As Herr Stuttgart was hinting, this probably reduces the threat of him transferring, although you never know. I mean, at the end of last season a lot of us had basically given up on him ever playing for NI :rolleyes:
To be fair NI fans would have a right to be properly p1ssed off if McLaughlin switched after playing a full international for them. Cant see it happening though
In accordance with the rules, representing them in a friendly would not constitute any indication or expression of commitment. Sure, Alex Bruce represented us in two senior friendly fixtures before representing them in full internationals. The IFA were more than eager to get him on board. If McLaughlin was to switch, although I don't see it happening myself either, they'd have little right to be making any issue of it.
I dont normally wade into eligibility discussions, but I would have to say that even though by all the rules he still has the right to switch I still think that NI would have the right to be annoyed about it. If for example McCarthy had switched to Scotland after playing a friendly or 2 with us Id be sick about it
The rule exists to protect players' interests from what might be perceived as the power of unscrupulous or happy/carrot-capping associations. If an association are really serious about a player, they can play him in a competitive fixture; if a player is really serious about an association, he can represent them in a competitive fixture.
If it wasn't for the allowance to switch association once, for example, Tim Cahill would still be cap-tied to Samoa after having represented them in a 1994 OFC Under-20 Championship fixture at the age of 14. In fact, it was the reason Mick McCarthy was unable to call him up for us in 2002. Of course, when the rule to switch was first relaxed in 2004, Cahill opted to switch to Australia instead.
In the interests of consistency though, why no anger for the IFA and Alex Bruce?Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
Cos hes crap :DQuote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Look Im all for getting players under the Granny Rule and Im more than happy to take players from the North if they would prefer to play for us. I think we need to take advantage off all the rules in order to get the strongest 11 on the pitch, every country does it. My point just is that with McLaughin he has had plenty opportunity to declare for us but now that he has played for the North I could under stand why they would be annoyed if he changed his mind.... Lets just say its my version of Stutts gut test!!!