Ireland Team of The Decade?

[IsMiseSean]

After watching the 02WC game against Spain yesterday on ESPN Classic, it got me thinking about how good we were during the qualifying and in the WC itself.
With everything that's happen since from Brian Kerr's reign, the Stan fiasco, Steven what's his name, Trap's appointment and the Paris incident. So just for some fun lads who would you consider to be in your team of the decade?

[peadar1987]

Given
Carr....Cunningham....Dunne....Staunton
Ireland....Keane....Holland....Duff
Keane....Quinn

[Dodge]

Any team that doesn't contain Kieth Fahey and Kevin nolan isn't worth discussing IMO. Terry Dixon too

[dr_peepee]

Given
Carr....Cunningham....Dunne....Staunton
Ireland....Keane....Holland....Duff
Keane....Quinn

Ha!! Jayzuz.... Kilbane plays every game of the decade and ye can't find room for him.

[Kingdom]

-----------------------Given-----------------------
Carr-------Cunningham-----Dunne----------Killer

McAteer---Roy Keane------Kinsella----------Duff

----------Kevin Doyle----Robbie Keane----------

[The Fly]

Any team that doesn't contain Kieth Fahey and Kevin nolan isn't worth discussing IMO. Terry Dixon too

...with Joseph Lapira as super-sub!

[Junior]

Out of interest how many games did Roy play in that decade? - Undoubtedly one of the greatest players to wear the green but in the decade how much did he feature, likewise with Kinsella, McAteer etc...

[WexCar]

Out of interest how many games did Roy play in that decade? - Undoubtedly one of the greatest players to wear the green but in the decade how much did he feature, likewise with Kinsella, McAteer etc...

Well Keane did get us to the 2002 WC, imo the part he played in qualifying merits inclusion in the team of the decade, especially considering the closest we've come to qualifying since was the French game last year.

Edit: Roy played 10 games in that campaign & joint top scorer with Harte with 4 goals.

http://www.soccer-ireland.com/irish-...ppearances.htm

[ArdeeBhoy]

Any team that doesn't contain Kieth Fahey and Kevin nolan isn't worth discussing IMO. Terry Dixon too

Why Fahey???
And Dixon?

Finally, Nolan was eligible....I blame the parents!

[Colbert Report]

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[Sullivinho]

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[AlaskaFox]

-----------------------Given-----------------------
Finnan------Cunningham-----Dunne----------Harte

Duff---------Carsley------Holland----------Kilbane

-------------Doyle-------Keane----------

[tetsujin1979]

You're dreaming.

we all are

[backstothewall]

-----------------------Given-----------------------

Finnan----------O'Shea-------Dunne----------Harte

McAteer---------Keane-------Kilbane----------Duff

---------------Quinn----------Keane--------------

[geysir]

Apart from Josh who was too young, all those players were on the pitch against Holland 2001.

[seanfhear]

Did Mick McCarthy fall out with Denis Irwin. I have never been fully satisfied with why Denis stopped playing for Ireland. I am not sure if he had played during that period but he should have been playing (Why not ? ? ?)

There is a bit of a similiarity between Steve Finnan and Denis Irwin's Irish careers. I don't believe that we got the best out of their abilities for whatever reasons. Finnans later years were blighted somewhat by injuries but did we get enough out of Denis Irwin considering the player he was for utd. Just my own musings ! Feel free to give me both barrels if posters dis-agree. I ain't scared to be wrong but am not afraid of debate either.

[DannyInvincible]

Irwin stopped playing for us in 1999, when he would have been 33/34. Was he a first-team regular for United between then and until he moved to Wolves? He did play with us at the 1994 World Cup in the US as well, of course. Not that I'm necessarily disagreeing with you, seanfhear, because a tally of 56 caps in the nine years he spent playing for us seems rather light for such a good player in comparison to the likes of Kenny Cunningham who won 72 in the nine years he played for us between 1996 and 2005.

[Hibs4Ever]

Given

Finnan - Cunningham - Dunne - Staunton

Duff - Keane - Holland - Kilbane

Keane - Quinn


SUBS:
Alan Kelly
Gary Breen
Gary Kelly
Ian Harte
Mark Kinsella
Jason McAteer
Kevin Doyle

[Sullivinho]

Did Mick McCarthy fall out with Denis Irwin. I have never been fully satisfied with why Denis stopped playing for Ireland. I am not sure if he had played during that period but he should have been playing (Why not ? ? ?)

They fell out alright. Denis perceived a comment from Mick as derogatory but the latter claimed it was all a misunderstanding. Here's a memorable exchange between the two superheroes:

"McCarthy asked me to go out and prove myself on the pitch. After being a professional footballer all my life I didn't take to that too kindly."

"I never said that," he says. "If I told him to go and prove me wrong that is a very different thing than telling him to go out and prove himself. I think that is quite OK."

And for a lil' light relief, this peach of an edit from Denis' Wikipedia page:

"The 22 September edition of The Irish Independent named Dennis Irwin as Ireland's 3rd best footballer ever behind Roy Keane and Caleb Folan"

There is a bit of a similiarity between Steve Finnan and Denis Irwin's Irish careers. I don't believe that we got the best out of their abilities for whatever reasons. Finnans later years were blighted somewhat by injuries but did we get enough out of Denis Irwin considering the player he was for utd. Just my own musings ! Feel free to give me both barrels if posters dis-agree. I ain't scared to be wrong but am not afraid of debate either.

You could add Carr to that list too, unfortunately.

[paul_oshea]

Funny that our only top 4 performer over the whole decade is oshea, and he is only in 1 posters team of the decade!! Are we really that good?!