Euro 2012 Squad Discussion

**DannyInvincible** · 06/05/2012, 10:46 PM

A piece on Hunt: http://www.joe.ie/euro-2012/euro-201...uros-0024381-1

Confirms he's not the "mystery player" but also features this bit of info:

Sean St. Ledger added to the intrigue earlier this week by deviously suggesting that the mystery player was a midfielder, but whoever it is, it�s certainly not Stephen Hunt.

Was this on Twitter or what? i suppose we've kind of assumed it's a midfield player anyway considering it's been implied McClean will be the replacement.

**tricky_colour** · 07/05/2012, 1:28 AM

Originally Posted by Irish_Praha

What about Andy Reid? Maybe he's the player who has the personal problems and will miss out?

I think you are confusing personality problems with eating disorders.

**Charlie Darwin** · 07/05/2012, 1:32 AM

Have you got the stats to back that up?

**tricky_colour** · 07/05/2012, 1:40 AM

No but I have a McDonald's bill.

**geysir** · 07/05/2012, 8:53 AM

Originally Posted by DannyInvincible

i suppose we've kind of assumed it's a midfield player anyway considering it's been implied McClean will be the replacement.

There's a deal of support for Walters being the player in question.
However, it doesn't have to be a family health issue. There's an outside bet that some player booked the family holiday for the first weeks of June or it could be a child birth incident, we have had a few examples of players with bad timing re building a family.
I'd guess it's a player taking a delayed decision to have an operation and planning to be fit for the start of the next season.

**paul_oshea** · 07/05/2012, 9:07 AM

surely they'd cancel a family holiday....
the Gibson one makes sense too,given previous and the fact that he realises more than likely he will only be a bit part player for euros and wants to be fully right for nxt season.

I know its been posted before but is there a webcast for outside Ireland at 3?!

**ifk101** · 07/05/2012, 9:13 AM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

I know its been posted before but is there a webcast for outside Ireland at 3?!

Yes. 3:30.

**geysir** · 07/05/2012, 9:58 AM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

surely they'd cancel a family holiday....

Seriously?

**backstothewall** · 07/05/2012, 10:21 AM

I'm not even going to try to guess who the mystery player is, if there is one at all. But excluding that I reckon Trap will pick

Given
Westwood
Forde

Ward
St. Ledger
Dunne
O'Shea
O'Dea
Kelly
Foley

Whelan
Andrews
Gibson
Fahey
McGeady
Duff
McClean
Hunt

Keane
Doyle
Walters
Cox
Long

With Henderson, Coleman, McCarthy and Best placed on standby. Obviously if there is a midfielder going to pull out McCarthy could get picked, or if it is one of the more defensive guys Paul green could get the nod.

**AlaskaFox** · 07/05/2012, 11:18 AM

I'd have that same squad, but expect Delaney to make the standby list, with Green, McCarthy, and Keogh.

**DannyInvincible** · 07/05/2012, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by geysir

Seriously?

Ha, I'm not sure if your initial suggestion was completely serious but the overall tone of your post suggests it may have been. Would an established squad member really book a family holiday for the middle weeks of June? :/

**DannyInvincible** · 07/05/2012, 12:18 PM

From Enda Brady on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/SkyEnda/statu...71709580038144

Statement imminent from the Ireland player who has to miss the Euros due to family reasons. Some things bigger than football.

Not injury-related then, it seems.

**paul_oshea** · 07/05/2012, 12:27 PM

Yes of course i was serious. If you were messing then you didn't put that across clearly. If a player books a holiday before we qualify then its not very professional or committed. If he books one after then he is certainly not committed.

Family reasons as assumed, if history is anything to go by it has to be Gibson or Walters then. If a midfielder, then surely it must be gibson, unless of course its the good news before the bad news and its Paul Green.

**DannyInvincible** · 07/05/2012, 12:34 PM

Maybe it's been uncovered Green's grandfather wasn't actually born in Ireland? #whatdreamsaremadeof

**paul_oshea** · 07/05/2012, 12:38 PM

carslberg dont do dreams...

**backstothewall** · 07/05/2012, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

Yes of course i was serious. If you were messing then you didn't put that across clearly. If a player books a holiday before we qualify then its not very professional or committed. If he books one after then he is certainly not committed.

Family reasons as assumed, if history is anything to go by it has to be Gibson or Walters then. If a midfielder, then surely it must be gibson, unless of course its the good news before the bad news and its Paul Green.

It's not going to be a family holiday. It's a ridiculous suggestion.

Given what we have heard, and the fact that people in their late 20's and early 30's tend to have young children and parent entering their later years, it seems likely a parent/wife/child is ill. History is nothing to go by here either. Unfortunately that fate could have befallen any one of the squad, and if that is what it is then no one should attach any blame to whoever it is. It will be a difficult enough for them whoever it is, and to throw around names of people who have pulled out of a friendly with a less than convincing tight hamstring is completely irrelevant.

**geysir** · 07/05/2012, 1:07 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

Yes of course i was serious. If you were messing then you didn't put that across clearly. If a player books a holiday before we qualify then its not very professional or committed. If he books one after then he is certainly not committed.

Why am I not surprised you took that seriously

A player who books a holiday clashing with the Euro finals and who has a hard time wondering if he should cancel?

**ChrisRed** · 07/05/2012, 1:08 PM

Sky's Enda Brady confirms its not Duff or Keane, announcement will be made by the player prior to Traps conference, think it will be Walters as its a family matters (assuming its in regards to his daughter)