All-time Irish Team

Suffering from boredom.

Can include subs(5) as well.
Away you go!

As I said in the other thread...
Jesus not this again

Can someone make a rule that you have to have 50 posts to start a new thread

Given

Irwin McGrath Moran Staunton

Whelan Roy Keane Giles

Brady

Robbie Keane Stapleton

Subs:

Packie Bonner
David O'Leary
Damien Duff
Ray Houghton
Niall Quinn

Supreme feet - good team.

I would have Lawrenson in the squad, if not the first team.

The thread on an all-time all island team that I started and which Eirebhoy deleted , I thought would be interesting. It came about because I was talking to a NI supporter about it and we both remembered a programme RTE made some years ago that chose a team. Jim Beglin presented it, with Big Jack and Sammy McIlroy selecting the team. I can't for the life of me remember the team they chose. Can anyone on here remember seeing this programme or the team picked by them?

By the way, the NI supporter had (aside from the obvious two of Best and Jennings), Whiteside, Blanchflower and - wait for it - Healy and O'Neill in the first team. . ****!

Originally Posted by the fly

supreme feet - good team.

I would have lawrenson in the squad, if not the first team.

The thread on an all-time all island team that i started and which eirebhoy deleted , i thought would be interesting. It came about because i was talking to a ni supporter about it and we both remembered a programme rte made some years ago that chose a team. Jim beglin presented it, with big jack and sammy mcilroy selecting the team. I can't for the life of me remember the team they chose. Can anyone on here remember seeing this programme or the team picked by them?

By the way, the ni supporter had (aside from the obvious two of best and jennings), whiteside, blanchflower and - wait for it - healy and o'neill in the first team. . ****!

I assume he deleted it because there are already multiple other threads like it, just like there are this one...unless they've since been deleted or merged

Given


Irwin McGrath O'Leary Staunton


Brady Giles Keane Duff


Keane Quinn

Given


Irwin Lawrenson McGrath Whelan

Keane Giles


Heighway Keane Brady

Stapleton



Subs
Bonner
Hughton
O'Leary
Houghton
Sheedy
Aldridge
Duff

How about an all time best 11 from each county?? Being from Longford, I'll start with my own.

Zac Hackett, Sean Prunty ......emmm.....emmmm...give me some time, i'll come back to this.

Phil, We wouldn't get much soccer players of note down our way!

Jennings

Irwin McGrath Dunne Staunton

Whelan Keane Giles Whiteside

Best Stapleton

Originally Posted by third policeman

Given


Irwin Lawrenson McGrath Whelan

Keane Giles


Heighway Keane Brady

Stapleton



Subs
Bonner
Hughton
O'Leary
Houghton
Sheedy
Aldridge
Duff

Delighted to see Steve Heighway getting a pick as he really was a top class player and definetly one of liverpool and Irelands all time greats.

Originally Posted by third policeman

Given

Irwin Lawrenson McGrath Whelan

Keane Giles

Heighway Keane Brady

Stapleton

I agree, thats a fantastic team.

I would always have Heighway in there ahead of Houghton or anyone else and Lawrenson in ahead of Dunne or Moran.

Any selection like this will always favour the more recent players. Unfortunately, most people on here (including me) will never have seen the likes of Noel Cantwell, Jackie Carey, Paddy Moore or Liam Whelan; it's impossible to compare. Hence the preference for Houghton/Dunne instead of Heighway/Lawrenson.

I was born in late 1983

Given
Irwin-Dunne-McGrath-Staunton
Houghton-Keane-Townsend-Duff
Keane-Aldridge

Bonner
Kelly
Sheridan
Quinn
Keith Fahey

My first thoughts.Yes I do know thats more than 11

Given


Langan/Irwin-- McGrath/Lawrenson/Moran/Dunne/O'Leary/McCarthy--



--------------------------------------------Chris Hughton/Staunton



Giles-- Roy Keane-- Liam Brady


Robbie Keane-- Stapleton-- Steve Heighway



Some more possibliities
Ronnie Whelan
Ray Houghton
Niall Quinn
Bonner
Townsend
Sheedy

In an all Ireland team I would have Jennings/Best/Whiteside and Healys record at international level cannot be ignored.

Apologies to any legends that I have forgotten.

Originally Posted by theworm2345

As I said in the other thread...
Jesus not this again

Can someone make a rule that you have to have 50 posts to start a new thread

How about anyone who starts an oft repeat thread gets "Whacked", messageboard style (ah la youngirish, lord have mercy on him)... But cos we're First Team, we're like "Made Guys" and can't be touched.

Wasn't there a Fast Show sketch like this - the w*nker with the curly hair in the pub doing the England All Time 11?

He starts off with "All right, Banksy in goal..." and almost gets to the end before someone disagrees and he goes back to the beginning, but each time he goes back he says fewer names from his list before someone disagrees, until the tenth time he says "All right, Banksy in goal.." and someone says "What about Peter Shilton?" and the guy who says it gets beaten up and that's the end.

An utterly pointless exercise I would say.

Who's going to come up with the "All Time Worst Ireland Team" thread?

Given

Cantwell
Hurley
McGrath
Irwin

Giles
Brady
Roy Keane
Houghton

Robbie Keane
Quinn

Subs
Bonner
Moran
Stapleton
R. Whelan
L. Whelan
Lawerence
Cascarino