Hes had too many call ups already, a nothing playerOriginally Posted by Red&White Rover
Its really not that complicated!!!
Why did you tell him to pick him or are you hoping he saw the flag at the Rovers game???Anyway,i am sure Trapattoni will know about Brian Murphy after this game
Anyway Liam Lawrence is out................he fell over his dog!
LESS OF THE BULL NOW!
Why did you tell him to pick him or are you hoping he saw the flag at the Rovers game???
Anyway Liam Lawrence is out................he fell over his dog!
....and Rob Stiles immediately pointed to the spot!!
Tact is for people who are not witty enough to be sarcastic
..............and then Mike Riley sent-off the dog for dangerous play!....and Rob Stiles immediately pointed to the spot!!
LESS OF THE BULL NOW!
Many foot.ie(rs) going to this? Can tickets be bought at the ground?
'And Crouch must score'
i'll be there. wow so much money needed lately, in a way thank god i was sick for the bohs game on friday..... it was going to be some month ireland u-23 match, B match, vs cyprus(hopefully) as well as loi matches.
got lucky though, the lads at bohs were good to me.
Last edited by irishultra; 05/10/2008 at 8:13 PM.
********. He shouldn't be in our senior squad until he's playing at a high enough level, which he will likely be doing next season. Nothing to be learned from bringing him in for this game.
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
I will be there.
In Trap we trust
Hes had his chance playing at International level and wasnt anywhere near good enough. Doesnt matter what level he is playing at next season
Its really not that complicated!!!
Ah learn a new tune. You could say the very same thing about at least half a dozen of the lads in and around the squad and it alters not a jot the fact that we don't have either the depth or variety of talent in our pool to disregard their claims or Douglas'. He's been consistently doing the business at club level in the English league AND Championship.
This reminds me of the vilification of the likes of Carsley that was de riguer at one stage. Couple of years later the sky would have fallen in if we'd taken to the field without him.
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
injuries it seems....does that mean Noel will play, i was looking forward to seeing him play, but after saturdays concussion, thought it was just a matter of time before he withdrew.
http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=c...=view&id=3670w...
Well you could say the same of Keith Andrews actually.He was League 2 last season and only for Paul Ince moved to Blackburn Rovers and took his captain with him from MK Dons he wouldn't get a look in.He's not exactly getting much play time with Blackburn. Had he been at MK Dons still he wouldn't be picked.Thats not to say he's not a good player.I've seen him at MK Dons and he was pretty decent.Works very very hard and gets amongst the goals.
How much football is Anthony Stokes getting either?
Ack same aul story with selection.
Brendan
What has Doulgas ever done in an Irish shirt that makes u think he is up to the standard of International football?
In my opinion he will never be a regular in a Premiership team let alone good enough for international football. He have found his level and fair play to him he is making a decent career for himself. There are other Irish lads playing the the lower divisions of English football that while they are decent pros the arent all good enough to make the step up to the national team... Im my opinion Douglas is one of those
Its really not that complicated!!!
He has what? eight caps? the bulk of those earned under Stan. Shay, Killer and Carsley maybe aside I can scarcely think of an Irish player involved who came out of that tenure without a blotted copybook.
Hmmm ...you seem to be of the opinion that international football is a step up from top flight club football. Now in the ideal world it probably would be ...but day to day, I have my doubts.
have to disagree there again. He's a least a division below his ability and most Leeds suppporters will tell you, I reckon, that but for him relegation would've been signed and sealed some time earlier than it came to pass. No coincidence either he wasn't available for much of the slump that derailed Leeds attempt to get promoted first time of asking.
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
Is the match on the box?
That's all true. However, while he's plying his trade in League one I wouldn't have him in the squad, if and when Leeds go up to the Championship and if he plays as well at that level then he should be considered.
Hmmm ...you seem to be of the opinion that international football is a step up from top flight club football. Now in the ideal world it probably would be ...but day to day, I have my doubts.
have to disagree there again. He's a least a division below his ability and most Leeds suppporters will tell you, I reckon, that but for him relegation would've been signed and sealed some time earlier than it came to pass. No coincidence either he wasn't available for much of the slump that derailed Leeds attempt to get promoted first time of asking.
There is a proportion of the Leeds support that don't rate him as he does the unspectacular donkey work. The Carsley comparison is fair albeit he'd be a poor mans Carsley at this stage. But players like that are needed to let other more creative players play, look at how Everton have struggled in Carsley's absence this season. Douglas was left out of the Leeds team at the start of the season and had teh captaincy taken off him which led many to believe he was to be sold to Burnley who've been after him for a while. But he knuckled down, got his place back and has won over a lot of those at Leeds who reckoned he was crap. He's been superb since getting back in and is, once again, the first name on the team sheet every week. He was never in contention for this game though as Leeds have a game tonight and once on Saturday so no way would he have been released.
For the record, I don't think he was that bad when he's played for Ireland, he was solid against the Czechs and Wales (although playing himself and Carsley together was another bizarre selection by Stan) and never should have been brought on against the Slovaks. He certainly didn't look any worse then the rest of those involved in that dreadful campaign.
I said that in my first post on the issue. The rest of your post was sensible and fair to the guy too.
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
Wasn't contradicting you, just stating that as my opinion.
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