Trapattoni names his first Ireland squad of 28

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Trapattoni names his first Republic squad
Tuesday, 13 May 2008 15:09
Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni has named his first Irish squad when he announced a panel of 28 players for a training camp in Portugal, followed by friendlies with Serbia and Columbia.

Not one of the trio of Stephen Ireland, Steve Finnan and Andy O'Brien have been named in the panel after Trapattoni held talks with them about returning to the fold, but goalkeeper Dean Kiely returns to the Republic squad after previously retiring from international football in 2003.

Trapattoni insists the door is still open for Ireland, Finnan and O'Brien and said: 'It is now up to them to decide what to do.'

John O'Shea, Aiden McGeady, Darren O'Dea, Richard Dunne and Robbie Keane were all left out of the training squad due to their late season exertions, but will link up with the squad for the friendlies on 24 and 29 May.

Shay Given, Lee Carsley, Kevin Kilbane, Steven Reid, Darron Gibson and Joey O'Brien all miss out through injury.

Trapattoni told the official FAI website: 'Any player who is not in this squad is still in my thoughts. Some players who were not in the preliminary squad are in this squad because they have impressed and are playing in positions where we had vacancies.

'We will continue to monitor every Irish player from the start of next season and if they impress they will be brought into the squad.

'The next two weeks are important. It is my first opportunity to work with the players and I am looking forward to it. We will have two training games in Portugal and the games against Serbia and Colombia so I will get to see all the players playing.'

The kick-off time for the Serbian clash has been moved from 7.30 to 7.45pm.

Republic of Ireland squad:
Goalkeepers: Colin Doyle, Dean Kiely, Joe Murphu
Defenders: Alex Bruce, Damien Delaney, Richard Dunne, Kevin Foley, Stephen Kelly, Paul McShane, Darren O'Dea, John O'Shea
Midfielders: Damien Duff, Owen Garvan, Darron Gibson, Wes Hoolahan, Stephen Hunt, Aiden McGeady, Stephen McPhail, Liam Miller, Darren Potter, Andy Reid, Martin Rowlands, Sean Scannell, Glenn Whelan
Forwards: Kevin Doyle, Robbie Keane, Andy Keogh, Shane Long, Daryl Murphy

No Ireland, O'Brien or Finnan

good to see Wes Hoolahan in the squad deserves it after a great season with blackpool fair play mate:eek:

Gibson misses through injury but named in the squad?

Alex Bruce in ahead of St Ledger, total joke!

Still no Lawrence. Weird.

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Originally Posted by pateen

Taken From RTE.ie

Trapattoni names his first Republic squad
Tuesday, 13 May 2008 15:09
Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni has named his first Irish squad when he announced a panel of 28 players for a training camp in Portugal, followed by friendlies with Serbia and Columbia.

Not one of the trio of Stephen Ireland, Steve Finnan and Andy O'Brien have been named in the panel after Trapattoni held talks with them about returning to the fold, but goalkeeper Dean Kiely returns to the Republic squad after previously retiring from international football in 2003.

Trapattoni insists the door is still open for Ireland, Finnan and O'Brien and said: 'It is now up to them to decide what to do.'

John O'Shea, Aiden McGeady, Darren O'Dea, Richard Dunne and Robbie Keane were all left out of the training squad due to their late season exertions, but will link up with the squad for the friendlies on 24 and 29 May.

Shay Given, Lee Carsley, Kevin Kilbane, Steven Reid, Darron Gibson and Joey O'Brien all miss out through injury.

Trapattoni told the official FAI website: 'Any player who is not in this squad is still in my thoughts. Some players who were not in the preliminary squad are in this squad because they have impressed and are playing in positions where we had vacancies.

'We will continue to monitor every Irish player from the start of next season and if they impress they will be brought into the squad.

'The next two weeks are important. It is my first opportunity to work with the players and I am looking forward to it. We will have two training games in Portugal and the games against Serbia and Colombia so I will get to see all the players playing.'

The kick-off time for the Serbian clash has been moved from 7.30 to 7.45pm.

Republic of Ireland squad:
Goalkeepers: Colin Doyle, Dean Kiely, Joe Murphu
Defenders: Alex Bruce, Damien Delaney, Richard Dunne, Kevin Foley, Stephen Kelly, Paul McShane, Darren O'Dea, John O'Shea
Midfielders: Damien Duff, Owen Garvan, Darron Gibson, Wes Hoolahan, Stephen Hunt, Aiden McGeady, Stephen McPhail, Liam Miller, Darren Potter, Andy Reid, Martin Rowlands, Sean Scannell, Glenn Whelan
Forwards: Kevin Doyle, Robbie Keane, Andy Keogh, Shane Long, Daryl Murphy

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Ya it's a pity Liam Lawrence wasn't one of them. Does he know he qualifies for us, I do wonder!

Who were these players he was talking about anyway? Bruce and who else?

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Originally Posted by blobbyblob

Still no Lawrence. Weird.

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Agreed.

Congrats to Damien Delaney......another ex Cork City star. :cool:

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Originally Posted by blobbyblob

Gibson misses through injury but named in the squad?

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I noticed that too but if you count the amount in the squad it adds up to 29. So obviously Gibson is out.

It's great to see so many new names in the squad. It's nice to see Kiely and McPhail back as well.

Disapointed not to see a slot for the Clint, obviously more of viable present striking option than the Longs of the world. Feel that from hearing him interviewed re: wanting to get back into squad, having Trap watch him at Stoke etc. that he would have definitely took his chance and performed if he was selected. Palace have a slight chance of th e play-off final but seeing as Scannell has been named, I'm at a loss...:confused:

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Originally Posted by Speakthetruth

Disapointed not to see a slot for the Clint, obviously more of viable present striking option than the Longs of the world. Feel that from hearing him interviewed re: wanting to get back into squad, having Trap watch him at Stoke etc. that he would have definitely took his chance and performed if he was selected. Palace have a slight chance of th e play-off final but seeing as Scannell has been named, I'm at a loss...:confused:

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Long has scored 3 goals in 5 games for Ireland.

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Originally Posted by rambler14

I noticed that too but if you count the amount in the squad it adds up to 29. So obviously Gibson is out.

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I think we're allowed to have 28 normal players and one wind up the northerners token player!

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Originally Posted by colster

Long has scored 3 goals in 5 games for Ireland.

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granted, but hardly important goals eh? Bolivia in the US (I seem to remember Dominic Foley scoring all round him there a few years ago for us and he never materialised as an International player), could have managed a double against Denmark myself, they were woeful. Morrison, unlike most of our striking options include keane, has scored important goals in COMPETITIVE away games. Long looks decent but not a reliable current option at this level IMO, Im not saying Morrison is world class but in competitive games, he has more experience, has scored goals and would get my shout..;)

omission of Clint, St. Ledger, Lawrence and Kenny are disappointments but it is great to see him cast the net wider than his illustrious predecessor...

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Originally Posted by cavan_fan

I think we're allowed to have 28 normal players and one wind up the northerners token player!

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alex bruce has already filled that position ;)

Is Ste Reid injured? RTE website said 'Trapattoni's choices were further limited by injuries to Shay Given, Lee Carsley, Kevin Kilbane, Darron Gibson and Joey O'Brien' no mention of Reid.
Martin Rowlands has had a good season with QPR picked up player of the year awards. Good to see him and Hoolahan get in.

Seen both Delaney and Rowlands over at QPR this year. I must say I was very impressed with Rowlands he was excellent. Delaney was good also but I think he just lacks a yard of pace. Great news for QPR...:D

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Originally Posted by Ciaran

And I'll say what we're all thinking, where the hell is david connolly?

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no i believe most of us are thinking "where the hell is Ciarans defence of Stephen Ireland?"

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Originally Posted by SkStu

no i believe most of us are thinking "where the hell is Ciarans defence of Stephen Ireland?"

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Or the fact that there is a dozen or so players from the championship!

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Originally Posted by blobbyblob

Still no Lawrence. Weird.

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I'm no longer surprised.

Where's Steven Reid? Is he injured?

Good to see Kiely back. It will be good to have two Premiership goalkeepers in the squad.

Probably the most underrated keeper in England over the past decade.

I'm happy to have Andy Keogh in that squad and without Keane I reckon he could start. I'm not sure do people on this site actually watch the players they comment on? I thought it was widely known that Kee-oh was more a maker of goals than a scorer of goals, while having a decent strike rate. As for being stuck on the right hand side for Ireland forget that it was a miscarriage of justice on the kid!

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Originally Posted by Kingdom

I'm happy to have Andy Keogh in that squad and without Keane I reckon he could start.

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I think Keane will be there for the friendly, its just the training camp he's missing out on. I'd actually like to see a Keane/Keogh combination tried at some stage...

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Originally Posted by blobbyblob

Still no Lawrence. Weird.

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He's injured

Interesting listening to newstalk last night, about nine ish they went thru a good bit of his press conference. Apparently Trap more or less said that Finnan has agreed to come back and that he expects O'Brien to do so as well. He also said that he wanted to speak to the squad about SI's return.

Anyone any ideas why S Reid isnt included thou?

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Originally Posted by elroy

He also said that he wanted to speak to the squad about SI's return.

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Trap : Now boys. Ireland coming. Now not to be making the laughing. Seriously - not the laughing.
Hunt : Whats he talkin' about bioy?
Trap : The hair and the mama. Not the laughin. You do the laugh and he go.
Dunne : Right Gaffer. What about the jeep?
Trap : What with the jeep?

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Originally Posted by elroy

Interesting listening to newstalk last night, about nine ish they went thru a good bit of his press conference. Apparently Trap more or less said that Finnan has agreed to come back and that he expects O'Brien to do so as well. He also said that he wanted to speak to the squad about SI's return.

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I recorded the press conference here: http://media.putfile.com/Squad-Annou...a-and-Colombia
Pretty much everything, except the actual announcement of the squad, and a question about Stephen Ireland, the stream cleared up after that and I could record it

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Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

I recorded the press conference here: http://media.putfile.com/Squad-Annou...a-and-Colombia
Pretty much everything, except the actual announcement of the squad, and a question about Stephen Ireland, the stream cleared up after that and I could record it

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His English is excellent. Far better than Capello's.

Impressed by the stance taken, I think its the right squad to pick.

Steven Reid is useless and its about time some Irish manager noticed this.

Wayne Henderson is useless.

We can do without Stehen Ireland. He would only unsettle the side. Those players who think that they are great would only unsettle the side.

Also, great to see 5 or 6 ex league of ireland players in the squad, they really are showing that the league of ireland is producing top quality players. Im really excited about seeing Hoolahan especially. I don't think this team will qualify but fair play to the management bacause I think they made all the right decisions.

Theres a massive chance of them going with a 4-4-2 I think and with the wingers we have (Hunt and McGeady) its the right thing to do. :)

With a 4-4-2:

------------------------------- Doyle

Kelly ---------------- Dunne -------- O'Shea ------------- Kilbane

McGeady ------------- A Reid --------- Gibson ------------ Hunt

--------------------------- Doyle -------- Keane

I would like to see as many young players as possible being brought through :)

Gibson's injured. Quite disappointed that Steven Reid and Gibson are both out, I think central midfield is an area that Trap badly needs to address. Hopefully Garvan will get a run-out - he looks the part. I don't think Hoolahan or Whelan will give us a whole lot (both skilful and tidy, but too small, not dominant enough), and McPhail has had enough chances in the past and I can't see him really breaking through - but hopefully I'll be wrong.

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Originally Posted by finnpark

Impressed by the stance taken, I think its the right squad to pick.

Steven Reid is useless and its about time some Irish manager noticed this.

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Tell me you're trying to wind people up here. Stephen Reid is a vital part of a team that came 7th in the premiership. Is there any other Irish players you could say that about in the top 8 of the premier league? Carsley perhaps.

He's an excellent reader of the game, good tackler, has a great engine and always seems to pick the right pass. Ya we don't need him at all.............

And you put Gibson in to your starting line up, you're hilarious

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Originally Posted by elroy

Interesting listening to newstalk last night, about nine ish they went thru a good bit of his press conference. Apparently Trap more or less said that Finnan has agreed to come back and that he expects O'Brien to do so as well. He also said that he wanted to speak to the squad about SI's return.

Anyone any ideas why S Reid isnt included thou?

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He's probably been given some time off to rest after recovering from his injury. Precautionary measure

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Originally Posted by lionelhutz

He's probably been given some time off to rest after recovering from his injury. Precautionary measure

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Says in the Star today that Reid is having a knee operation, hope its not another serious injury

lawrence is having groin surgery and will be out til August, but no-where was it mentioned that this was the reason he wasnt called up.

reid is also out injured, as the previous post stated.

Trap stated that he would use the time to get to know the younger players, and i think this is why scannell is in over clint, ive often thought that Rowlands should be on fringes, especially if Gibson & Douglas have been...

Lawerence is no loss...

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Originally Posted by Razors left peg

Says in the Star today that Reid is having a knee operation, hope its not another serious injury

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Thats a disappointment. Says on the Blackburn Rovers website that Reid will have an operation to check the progress of his earlier cruciate ligament injury.

It also says he is expected to be fit for the start of pre season in July

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Originally Posted by lionelhutz

Thats a disappointment. Says on the Blackburn Rovers website that Reid will have an operation to check the progress of his earlier cruciate ligament injury.

It also says he is expected to be fit for the start of pre season in July

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Thats great news, was terrified that he was gonna be out again for long period, think he is gonna be vital for us in the qualifiers

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Originally Posted by Shedender81

Lawerence is no loss...

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Yes he is.

I must confess I'm not entirely sure where you are coming from! Though your point is well made:rolleyes: