An Over Rated Irish 11

[Stuttgart88]

Isaakson was awful when it really counted.

[bennocelt]

Isaakson was awful when it really counted.

Thought he had a good world cup

[elroy]

Ricardo,

Ex Man U Ricardo? Saw him playing for Osasuna against Real last night, did well.

[backstothewall]

Anyone who has S. Hunt, A. McGeady or A. Reid as Irelands most overated left winger, has clearly fotgotton about Keith O'Neill

[rambler14]

Aiden McGeady has to be in this team there's no way around it.
I say a prayer of thanks everytime I see him for Celtic that I don't support them because if I had to watch him every week i'd go mental.

[Diarmo]

I'm going to go with this team:

Colgan

O'Halloran
Bennett
P. Murphy
O'Cearuil

Alan O'Brien
Liam Miller
Steven Gleeson
McPhail

Connolly
Daryl Murphy


The ones in bold I don't think merited an International Appearance whatsoever.

[tetsujin1979]

I think some people need to learn the difference between over-rated and just plain rubbish

[Diarmo]

I think some people need to learn the difference between over-rated and just plain rubbish

Let's not get too pedantic. I'd say over-rated in the sense that they should never have been near the squad in the first place, let alone getting a cap.

[yapster]

How Liam Miller is playing professional football beats the hell outta me....

[OwlsFan]

Anyone who has S. Hunt, A. McGeady or A. Reid as Irelands most overated left winger, has clearly fotgotton about Keith O'Neill

Keith O'Neill wasn't a bad player until he got a dose of the Stephen Reid's i.e. one injury after another than ruined his career.

[geysir]

I can only think of one who qualifies, Mark Kennedy.
One wonder goal for his club got him a big money transfer to Liverpool.
One wonder goal for us in a big game glossed over a very poor performance but had the country buzzing. Would have been included in the WC2002 squad, I'm open to correction but I never thought he was up to it.
When he found his playing level he was decent enough.

[tetsujin1979]

think he was included in the provisional squad, but he wasn't fully fit when it needed to be finalised
His spot went to Steven Reid

[Junior]

think he was included in the provisional squad, but he wasn't fully fit when it needed to be finalised
His spot went to Steven Reid

And from memory, it was to Kennedys credit that he stated he was not 100% and therefore shouldnt be included.


With regards to Colbert Report not giving James McCarthy a moment to adapt to the EPL. Its probably as well Fergie didnt have the same approach with the Worlds Current No1 Player or he would have been out on his ear after a season or two of stepovers, poor crosses, lost possession and general under performance. It was the latter half of his 6 year stint at Utd that Ronaldo really came in to his own (an extreme example I know but I think the point is still valid).

[Acornvilla]

How Liam Miller is playing professional football beats the hell outta me....

theres plenty of professional footballers in the BS premier im sure you could say the same about. the lad is finally playing regularly so give him the season to see how he fairs and judge him on that.. i dont think liam has ever said he was going to be the next pele? we all cant meet your high expectations.....

[Stuttgart88]

How Liam Miller is playing professional football beats the hell outta me....

Can I join in? (joke, kind of)

[yapster]

theres plenty of professional footballers in the BS premier im sure you could say the same about. the lad is finally playing regularly so give him the season to see how he fairs and judge him on that.. i dont think liam has ever said he was going to be the next pele? we all cant meet your high expectations.....

Millar has been given plenty of chances to prove himself.

[irishultra]

steven reid is the epitome of an overrated player and if you can't see that then the thread is piontless. irish people say english overrate their players yet they have players playing for the biggest european clubs, while steven reid goes on loan to queens park ranger

[Acornvilla]

Millar has been given plenty of chances to prove himself.

so what he wasnt good enough for man united and has had his fair share of injury problems give the guy a break this is the first time in his career a manager has put faith in him and hes doing as well as could be expected

[Junior]

so what he wasnt good enough for man united and has had his fair share of injury problems give the guy a break this is the first time in his career a manager has put faith in him and hes doing as well as could be expected

Off topic but that is not true - how do you think most of us know about Miller?, if it wasnt for O'Neill putting faith in him and trusting him to play in the CL for Celtic? Unfortunately for him (and us as Irish supporters), he then went on to believe the hype before he had strung 20 or so appearances together at the age of 23. It puts James McCarthys (at 18 years old) 100+ appearances for Hamilton in to context.

He saw the lights of Old Trafford and it all went downhill from there unfortunately.

[Acornvilla]

Off topic but that is not true - how do you think most of us know about Miller?, if it wasnt for O'Neill putting faith in him and trusting him to play in the CL for Celtic? Unfortunately for him (and us as Irish supporters), he then went on to believe the hype before he had strung 20 or so appearances together at the age of 23. It puts James McCarthys (at 18 years old) 100+ appearances for Hamilton in to context.

He saw the lights of Old Trafford and it all went downhill from there unfortunately.

sorry i phrased that afwully i more ment to say that its the first time that a manager has made him an integral part of the team and an ever constant in the team when fit.. look i know millar hasnt lived up to the lofty expectations but he dosent deserve all the abuse he gets on here.. things are finally looking up for him and all people can do is give out...