Denmark vs Ireland - Match Thread

[shakermaker1982]

Who cares if its lightweight its a friendly. Carsley will be back for the other two games so give Potter another chance to impress.

if we get stuffed 3 or 4 nil I think it would affect the confidence within the team/squad.... which would in turn probably have a negative bearing on the two crucial games next month. If we get a positive result in Denmark I think the players themselves will believe they have a chance of nicking 4 points over in Eastern Europe. That's why I'd want our strongest starting 11 in this friendly so close to an important double header. No point messing round with the team now - Stan had that opportunity in the States.

Don't get me wrong I rate Potter and A Reid as players (especially Reidy) but think they would be better off with Carsley at their side.

That's why Stan will probably go with Douglas. I have to admit our options are limited until S Reid returns.

[youngirish]

Potter is pants. Nowhere near good enough against decent opposition. We need some decent holding midfielders to come through quickly.

[Closed Account]

Potter is pants
Connolly is utter pants
Murphy is absolute pants
Lee Trundle is pants
O'Brien should keep well away from Hibs and see if he can get a move to the Championship if there are seriously 5 clubs interested (which I doubt) though he's pants anyway
Caleb Folan is pants

Everyone is Pants

[geysir]

It's a good squad even if it's light in numbers at the back.
Luxury with 6 strikers and another busload of them not picked. Good to see Elliot back.
It's a squad for the next 2 qualifiers, future plans postponed and quite rightly.

[youngirish]

Everyone is Pants

Not everyone that's only a small proportion of all our players. Don't you agree many of them are pants though?

JOS is pants also and Andy O'Brien. McGeady is overrated pants too though he's still young enough to improve.

[IsMiseSean]

Douglas and O'Brien should not be in the squad!
How unfit is s.reid, will he be fit come sept?
Glad to see Murphy in there, i thought he done well in america!

[eirebhoy]

O'Brien should keep well away from Hibs and see if he can get a move to the Championship if there are seriously 5 clubs interested (which I doubt) though he's pants anyway

Why is that? I thought Hibs was by far and away the best move for O'Brien.

[geysir]

I guess "pants" isn't complementary?

[DmanDmythDledge]

Stan was at Dundalk-UCD tonight looking at Darren Quigley.

[Sligo Hornet]

can we all please stop using UK slang words like pants.

No probs Guv!

[Stuttgart88]

yer aving a larf aren't ya?

(hence my disdain at the "Thierry Henry..." chants from the Irish in Paris '04).

[shakermaker1982]

Easy Easy Easy!!!

[Wolfie]

yer aving a larf aren't ya?

(hence my disdain at the "Thierry Henry..." chants from the Irish in Paris '04).

One of the funniest chants I heard in Paris 04 was "Who'll knock the Frogs Out!" to the tune of Who let the Dogs Out.

Although it doesn't seem that funny any more .

Damn alcohol!

[geysir]

Stan gets in a bit of a dig at the press conference, only reported in the Examiner.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/irishex...121-qqqx=1.asp

“You were clamouring for Robbie not to be picked last season and then he ends up top goalscorer for Tottenham,”

“Robbie is a clever, inventive player that we haven’t got too many of. His influence around the squad is also invaluable, especially seeing as Shay’s not here. There’s only a handful of players with more than 10 caps in this squad and even someone like Kevin Doyle, who is now seen as a seasoned pro, has only nine. He’s still on a learning curve, like so many.”

[zenokelly]

You really think that playing against Chile got Breen a move to Wolves?
AFAIR he signed a few days before Mick took over there. What a happy coincidence that was....


And if Carsley gets injured, we'll only have Potter as experienced backup.


Hibs won the Scottish Legue Cup last season, and are in the UEFA Cup this season,


from http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=c...k=view&id=2280

you sure you did?
From http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....l?page_size=50
I could keep going.
BTW if anyone's wondering about the "hair" references, check out Stevie's new appearance: http://www.mcfc.co.uk/default.sps?syndicatorguid=&rmasiteinstanceguid=&p agegid={439A001B-9F18-408E-BD8E-8466AB3C97FD}&bioid=12809&siteid=502

If I knew how to quote individually I would so here it goes:

NO.1. It was widely talked about that the reason why Breen was in the starting line-up versus Chile was to put him in the shop-window as he had no club at the time. That doesn't mean I thought he got his move to Wolves because of it.

NO.2. Gretna also got into the Uefa Cup last year and who knocked them out? O ya some league of Ireland side - Derry City -Remember??

NO.3. I didn't see the article on the FAI website.

NO.4. I didn't say that Stevie Ireland was given all bad reviews on the City forum I said it was "mixed".
i.e. All quotes from the City website on comments on Ireland:

"4-4-2 tonight methinks with the same defence but Bojinov and Geo to replace Johnson and Ireland"

"Irelands problem is not lack of strength, that can be sorted with diet and weights, but his lack of pace gets him trampled and caught in possession.If Sven selects him we will not win tonight put your house on it. just like the 24 out of 27 Premiership games he has featured in the past."

"Ireland, like Mpenza looked good in Pearce's squad last season, however only time will tell whether they are upto playing in a team with the quality we now have. He needs to be playing his very best every single single game because we now have strong competition for places in the midfield and we also have a lot of very good youngsters like Johnson, Gelson Fernandez and academy boys who are all looking to take his place."

"In my honest opinion. Steven Ireland is not premiership material, I have already seen more from Johnson and he's been on the scene a lot less time than ireland has."

"He'll fit in at Oldham or somewhere, but NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE PREM!!!"

[Stuttgart88]

Tets, add Dean Brill to your list!

[paul_oshea]

staunton must have taken PR lessons, he is definately more forthcoming in interviews and seems to have more general "cop on" now also. He is definitely talking more sense than before. maybe it was extreme case of the nerves or something. I am talking in relation to the examiner and two previous recent interviews i read.

[paul_oshea]

Obviously, Shay, being the big player that he is, you always want him there but ask the other goalkeepers and they’re itching to get their chance. I think Wayne Henderson, apart from the mistake in San Marino, has done well. All three (Henderson, Colin Doyle and Nicky Colgan) did very well out in America and that’s why they’re still there. And there’s good competition behind them, including Dean Brill at Luton who we know is available and wants to play.

stutts that answers your question btw, in fairness to him, how else can he judge a player other than how he has seen them perform and how they have performed for US.

[DeNiro]

Tets, add Dean Brill to your list!

Who is this guy? I heard his name being mentioned in the interview last night. Where are Lewis Emanuel and Lee Frecklington these days?

[paul_oshea]

Who is this guy? I heard his name being mentioned in the interview last night. Where are Lewis Emanuel and Lee Frecklington these days?

according to good aul wiki -"make it up yourself/change it if you are the cia"-pedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Brill

he is an english* footballer born in luton and is 21

*not anymore