Folan, Hunt start for Hull (Kilbane not on bench)
O'Dea starts for Celtic
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Folan, Hunt start for Hull (Kilbane not on bench)
O'Dea starts for Celtic
Hull are playing a 4-5-1 with Folan as the lone striker. I can't imagine him playing very many matches once Hull bring in that new lad from Spain for twelve million. Let's home he can do something today.
Hunt vs. Cech. I can't wait for the first through ball to be played down the left wing.
Nice tackle by Hunt in the first minute :D
Hunt scores on his debut! Chelsea supporters must be sick.
Ha ha delighted for the lad, was getting awful abuse!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Colbert Report
McGeady scores for Celtic
hunt for hull - good goal?
No, an easy tap-in off a deflected shot. Well taken though, kept his head and tapped it into an empty goal from five yards out.
O'Dea is captaining Celtic and a 1st half double for McGeady
Took it well, had to volley it in as opposed to a standard tap in. Playing well in fairness, one of Hulls best players, other than the goal anything of note going forward for Hull has been down the left and he put in a couple of good crosses as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colbert Report
second season in a row the opening Irish scorer of the Premier League season plays for Hull!
Congrats Stephen Hunt
Who did it last year?Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Caleb Folan?
Yes, I should have known. :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Colbert Report
Given, Dunne and Ireland all start today for Manchester City away to Blackburn.
Keith Andrews starts for Blackburn.
So far so good for the Irish! may it continue!
Ward and Foley both start as the 2 full backs for Wolves, Keogh up top too
They're not starting, but I think both Shane Duffy and Séamus Coleman are on the bench for Everton versus Arsenal. So's that imposter James Wallace, but we now know he's not Irish at all!
I thought Folan was decent. Won nearly every header against Terry, unfortunately for Hull they didn't have many going forward to support. Hunt needs to take his time when on the ball. Full of energy but needs to calm it down a little when in possession.
Wilson starts for Portsmouth today, home to Fulham.
He's at centre half, instead of right full.Quote:
Originally Posted by stiffler
Richard Dunne looks very out of shape.
Not a bad opening day lineup.......Code:Given
Foley Wilson Dunne Ward
Lawrence Andrews McCann Hunt
Folan Keogh
Subs:Ireland Delap
On the actual Subs Bench
http://i32.tinypic.com/2dlt44l.jpgCode:O'Brien Kelly Whelan
Looks like Whelan has lost his place at Stoke to new signing Whitehead.
Stephen Ireland scored today in Man City's 2-0 win at Blackburn.
That's a huge concern.Quote:
Originally Posted by elroy
Whealan wasn't a starter at the start of last season, with Olifinjana keeping him out of the team, but he fought his way back in. Id wait a few weeks before getting concerned about that one
Fahey and Carr start at Old Trafford. Think Fahey is part of a 3 man midfield but not too sure. Oh and Carsley. And O'Shea.
O'Shea captaining Man U against Birmingham today according to BBC, great stuff if true since Fletcher, Scholes and Rooney are playing too. Fair play John. Gibson on the bench.
Carr, Carsley and Fahey all playing for Brum, new signing O'Shea on the bench.
Clinton Morrison continued his rich vein of form yesterday, himself and Best both scored for Coventry. Why is Morrison not getting picked anymore, he has a pretty good record for us!
Don't forget Franck Queudrue :p
Shane Long, Jay Tabb started for Reading, Noel Hunt came on
St. Ledger started for PNE, (Eddie Nolan didn't)
Colin Healy, Damien Delaney & Jon Walters started for Ipswich, Owen Garvan came on
Leon Best & Clinton Morrison started for Coventry
Jon Macken for Barnsley
Stephen McPhail started for Cardiff
No action then for Kilbane, Nolan, Whelan, James McCarthy...
Duff either,due to signing for new club
Gibson on bench at Manu
Whelan came on in the 76th minuteQuote:
Originally Posted by olegunnar
Westwood in for Coventry
Joe Murphy & Clifford Byrne in for Scunthorpe
Delap and Lawrence started for Stoke. Lawrence set up the first goal with a great cross from a free kick, and the second was an own goal forced by a Rory Delap throw.
I think we need Rory Delap in the Irish team. He's a better midfielder than Whelan or Andrews, and obviously there's the throw as well.
We have Folan as an obvious target for a delap throw, Doyle is good in air, Robbie can sniff out an opening... Gibbo well able to strike a second ball as is whelo...
We'd have at least as much joy with it as stoke??
Probably not as much joy as Stoke, we have some monsters in the side, Shawcross is 6'6" I think, Faye is big, so are Lawrence, Beattie, Fuller and Sidibe. Still, it beats the normal Irish throw in tactic of "short throw to the full-back, who hammers it into the first man".Quote:
Originally Posted by olegunnar
Has to be seen as a positive start to the Premier League season from an Irish point of view. By my count there were 20 Irish players involved in games this weekend despite Doyle being injured and Duff not signing for Fulham in time to play.
I make it something like 44 Irish players listed in 1st team squads at Premier League clubs, which must be the most in a long time, and a lot are young guys coming through. Every Premiership team other than Liverpool, Chelsea, West Ham (no sign of Terry Dixon) and Arsenal have Irish players and all 24 Championship clubs have Irish players on their books also.
On the down side Kilbane didn't even make the bench for Hull and there wasn't an Irish player to be found on the Sunderland team or bench, despite there still being a large number at the club.
Robbie Keane subbed off at 66 minutes against Liverpool. He seemed to be limping off.