Republic of Ireland V Wales - Monday, 8th February 2011 - Carling Nations Cup

[Fixer82]

If McGeady was playing we would have been far more offensive in the first half. There was noone really who could beat a player by skill except Duffer and although Clarke did support him all the time, his distribution wasn't the best.

We just had to make do with lads that could cross the ball instead

[OwlsFan]

on paper?

Ireland: Shay Given; John O'Shea, Sean St Ledger, Richard Dunne, Ciarán Clark; Séamus Coleman, Glenn Whelan, Darron Gibson, Damien Duff; Jonathan Walters, Kevin Doyle. 10 PL players!

5 of whom spend most of the week warming their backsides on the bench, if even that far.

[shakermaker1982]

5 of whom spend most of the week warming their backsides on the bench, if even that far.

The only proper bench warmers in that team are Given, Whelan and Gibson. The rest get regular PL action (yep even Walters). I'd still take that over a team made up of lower level Championship players.

[tricky_colour]

Incidently Wales are ranked 116
Macadonia are 78
Armenia 62
Slovakia 20
Andorra 202

[Junior]

Sean St. Ledger: Solid shift beside Dunne, was it him who headed the ball on the ground in the first half?

I'm sure this has kept you awake over the last couple of nights but yes, yes it was St-Ledger who headed the ball on the ground!

[tetsujin1979]

I'm sure this has kept you awake over the last couple of nights but yes, yes it was St-Ledger who headed the ball on the ground!

It did, and thank you.

might have been all that crack I smoked as well, but I guess it was the identity of that player

[Stuttgart88]

You might have been jealous of my new relationship with Paul. You were his old room-mate...

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