The squad is being named tomorrow.
The squad is being named tomorrow.
A couple of surprise 2nd gens to be grandfathered into the squad and this'll be TOWK tomorrow, after he's composed and posted the Ulysses of diatribes of course.
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Barring that, can't see there being any surprises in the squad, really need 6 from 6 out of these two games or else that's game over.
Yeah events elsewhere are probably more important this time around, assuming we don't completely finish ourselves off.
I'm surprised there isn't a bit of a hullabaloo about he who must decide... is it not D-Day on that front, if he is called up? I know he's currently injured but I don't think that's too serious.
I would like to see a few younger names included. Especially Duffy & Cunningham perhaps even Mason, Williams etc.
But I expect the likes of Ward, Pearce, Green & Stokes to be named...
has to be 6 points though can never be sure. the georgia game will be hard going i expect.
i assume this will be the huge 35 man squad that will then be 'whittled down'.
on a personal note i'll be in brooklyn for both of these. i'm sure there's a thread on this somewhere but i couldn't find one - any tips on where to watch it?
I want to see new faces in this squad as they are the perfect games to introduce them especially v Gibraltar. However, I will be shocked if there is even one newcomer & I expect the same old same old. :(
http://www.pne-online.net/forum/show...-early-review&Quote:
Originally Posted by IsMiseSean
Cunningham getting more rave reviews after Saturday there. One person even stated he's the best left back he's seen at Preston. Given the dearth of options in his position (I don't think Brady is the long term solution, too effective further forward) then it'd be a shame if he weren't selected. Or maybe I'm reading too much into a couple of games back at Championship.
Eunan O'Kane makes his first Premier League start tonight for Bournemouth away to Liverpool. Will it be enough to see him named? I'm assuming it'll be the usual process; preliminary squad before a refined final squad?
O'Kane put in a fantastic shift......covered so much ground and was one of the better performers in a very good Bournemouth Team performanceQuote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Didnt look out of place at Anfield at all tonight...really good game for him
Squad to be announced at 3pm
http://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/o%E2%...-georgia-games
O'Kane has done enough last night. Rooney and Judge also included. Nice to see Greg Cunningham in there too.
O'Kane is in the provisional 37-man squad along with Alan Judge and Adam Rooney to make up the uncapped contingent. Greg Cunningham in also. Grealish is absent.
Full squad here: http://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/o%E2%...-georgia-games
It'll be whittled down on the 30th of August.Quote:
Originally Posted by FAI
Forde, Given, Westwood, Randolph
Keogh, Wilson, O'Shea, Coleman, Pearce, Clark, McShane, Ward
McCarthy, Hendrick, Whelan, O'Kane, McGeady, McClean, Brady, Meyler, Hoolahan,
Keane, Long, Doyle, Walters, Murphy
Can't see going any lower than a 26 man squad and that'll be the squad, far as I can see. Pity he didn't take the token gesture of the likes of Richie Towell in there at least as part of the provisional squad.
Was hoping there would be a real surprise or two but I suppose I should learn my lesson & never get too excited where the FAI are concerned. Same old same old lazy squad effort.
Forde Given Westwood
Randolph Elliot Coleman Keogh Wilson Ward Christie O'Shea Pearce Cunningham
Clark McShane McGeady McCarthy
Hendrick McClean
Pilkington Arter Whelan Brady Judge O'Kane Quinn Hoolahan
Meyler
Keane Long
Murphy Walters
Doyle Stokes McGoldrick Rooney Cox
I'd go with this 23, I don't think anyone else deserves a crack
There is an update of sorts from John Fallon in the Irish Independent on a major ongoing talking point.Quote:
Originally Posted by TrapAPony
Ya, the player in question is still humming & hawing about who to play for. He had more than enough time to make a decision & at this stage I think he is really taking the mickey.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Grealish? And another Derryman.
Questions, questions, questions.
O'Neill said in the press conference a decision will be made "shortly"/"soon" and is "worth waiting for" after having had "fruitful" discussions with the pair. I dunno how soon that means, but if it's not by the end of September, I don't think I can defend someone going back on their stated word.
hendrick was taken off injured just before half time in derby's home draw with middlesborough.
I don't understand why Shane Duffy isn't in there. Every Irishman with a pulse gets a call up, apart from him.
He's played a full 90 in all three of Blackburn's games so far this season. Indeed, no reason why he shouldn't be there. Gibraltar would have been a perfect outing for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by backtowalsall
No call-up for Brian Lenihan either; his form of late obviously not as good as it was on that flight to England. Is Andy Reid fit or what's the story there? And is Joey O'Brien re-available or is it fair to assume he's virtually retired from international?
Heard SSL was in line for a return, maybe when he returns to play in the Championship in October?
Too busy becoming bigger in Denver than Peyton Manning.
Where did you hear that?Quote:
Originally Posted by the doc
In his own head.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Who's the other Derryman you're referencing Wolf? Duffy?Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfman
Just a dead leg. Derby don't seem to have much luck with injuries to midfielders, their young converted midfielder, Hanson, went off with concussion as well, to add to Hughes (cruciate) and Bryson from the opening day.Quote:
Originally Posted by zero
Seems he's still a couple of weeks ago going by the recent info on his own thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Why does MON bother with these massive squads?
It's going to be cut to 24/25 at the end of August, why not just make that final squad public?
Do any of the neighbours do this?
O'Kane.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
Duffy wouldn't get a run even if he was in the squad. It'll be the same at the back injury and suspension permitting until the end of the campaign. We're coming down with centre halves of a similar stature, so I'm not totally concerned about him not being there. His time will come.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Reid played a friendly for Forest U21s a couple of days ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
I'd like to get him tied down to us all the same, especially with the north on the verge of qualifying. Gibraltar is a change to look at fringe players and put competitive caps on players at the fringes who have other options.Quote:
Originally Posted by SwanVsDalton
Duffy really isn't on the verge of flipping, ever, regardless of how Northern Ireland do - he's spoken multiple times about how it's his dream to play for the Republic, his da's from Donegal etc etc etc. It ain't going to happen short of a massive blow-up with the FAI/management. And while hardly unheard of, it seems unlikely.Quote:
Originally Posted by backtowalsall
As for Gibraltar, I wouldn't chance too much bar our attacking shape. We should be looking to gel a team together for the last four games particularly since we've played with no cohesion or consistency at all.
You say that like a massive blow up with the FAI/management has never happened before! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by SwanVsDalton
I just like to have these things all officially tied up where possible. I have no doubt that he is a very patriotic Irishman, but strange things happen in football.
At the end of the day he has been around the squad for 5 years now, and has managed to pick up 1 cap in a friendly. If the chance to play in a major tournament is presented to him on a plate, there is no doubt in my mind that he would be faced with an agent and club manager (for their own selfish reasons) urging him that he can't wait around forever on the Republic, and that he should jump at the chance to play in the Euro's with the North.
We will have to make changes at the back anyway. O'Shea isn't getting a game at Sunderland, and we will need to pick a new goalkeeper with Given on the bench for Stoke. There is no getting round it.Quote:
Originally Posted by SwanVsDalton
I'd assume Clark will come in. I don't think anyone, including O'Neill, knows who will be in goal.
Don't fret. Shane is irrevocably tied to us as he has already played for us competitively after having also represented the IFA at under-age level competitively. Same story with Eunan O'Kane, to the best of my knowledge. Even if Shane wasn't tied, I don't think he'd be keen on going anywhere else. He's Ireland through and through.Quote:
Originally Posted by backtowalsall
What Danny said backtowalsall :)Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
The lack of game time for those two doesn't mean much. O'Shea whether he's getting a game or not is the experienced head on the centre of defence - he'll be playing. Wilson, different story. Clark might come in for him but the changes will be enforced from the established centre halves we have rather than giving a game to Duffy or someone else.Quote:
Originally Posted by backtowalsall
Likewise, Given got his first start with us off the back of a couple of FA Cup games and subseqently became Villa's number one for three months where he didn't even play that well. If O'Neill deemed him good enough then, not an awful lot has changed. Think he's staying as number one until this campaign's over, though I'd be happy to be wrong.
I expect O'Shea to come back into the Sunderland team this weekend. Surely Big Dick has the cop on to drop Kaboul this week??Quote:
Originally Posted by backtowalsall
o'shea will be one of oneill's first names on the teamsheet no matter how he is getting on at sunderlandQuote:
Originally Posted by IsMiseSean
Duffy only has one senior cap that he got in a friendly against Costa Rica played in America. Does something he did at underage level tie him down? I didn't think that countedQuote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Match report here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27383445