I would take Hutton, McMannus and at a push McFadden into our starting line up, even though I prefer Doyle's attributes.
They can't pass the ball at all. Robson is a player I do have time for, he is a good solid player.
I would take Hutton, McMannus and at a push McFadden into our starting line up, even though I prefer Doyle's attributes.
They can't pass the ball at all. Robson is a player I do have time for, he is a good solid player.
it doesn't matter that we have players who wouldn't get into the england squad... lest i remind you that in 94 we had plenty of english born players, some who decided to play for us because they weren't going to get selected for england.... and we qualified and they didn't.... its a team game and from what i've seen of ireland under trap we are finally playing as a team again after the staunton and to a lesser extent kerr eras.
god i'd love it if the scots got beaten
yeah me too boovide. I'm not a fan of them tbh.
The common denominator between the poor football with Celtic and poor football with Scotland is Paul Hartley. Some difference in Scotland's play as soon as Hartley went off and Brown took up his position.
none of those were penalties either.
In an Ireland/Scotland team I'd have:
Given
Hutton Dunne McManus O'Shea
McGeady Reid Reid McFadden
Keane Doyle
We have much better players than them and I'm confident we'll qualify under Trap.
Last edited by niallsparky; 06/09/2008 at 2:49 PM.
right so Scotland are as good as out. Let's hope the boys in green don't make the same mistake!
yeah just saw that actually.
Norway drew with Iceland today. To be honest I could see Scotland or Norway being the side to finish second in their group and miss out on the play-offs. Unless that team comes from your group.
In any case Scotland aren't out of it yet and I think if you picked a joint XI it would be hard to choose in many of the positions because the players are pretty close in terms of level of ability.
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I think that you have been firmly put in your place. Ok, the defensive subs really are rubbish but its not the worst squad in last 30 years surely. Staunton's squads were worse.
Also, trap's system is very good so that he doesn't have to over rely on any one player. I am expecting a good campaign!
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