Republic of Ireland V Bosnia and Herzegovina - Saturday, 26th May 2012 - Friendly

**SwanVsDalton** · 23/05/2012, 3:34 PM

McShane's in for Saturday. Presume he'll play if they've gone to the trouble of fetching him. Would rather any knocks were rested anyhow.

Outstanding picture above btw, particularly the Hollywood hair.

**BonnieShels** · 23/05/2012, 3:53 PM

Beaten by the freaking turn.

**Predator** · 23/05/2012, 6:45 PM

Where will McShane play? Where was he playing for Crystal Palace when he got a game?

**BonnieShels** · 23/05/2012, 10:24 PM

This is what I read...

**Colbert Report** · 24/05/2012, 3:16 AM

Best quote from the comments in that link:

The Mayan Apocalypse 2012 begins..

**AlaskaFox** · 24/05/2012, 2:21 PM

A little Bosnia preview I did:
http://greenscene.me/2012/05/bosnia-...-team-preview/

**Closed Account** · 24/05/2012, 2:57 PM

On Saturday, we will play 1 of 7 UEFA nations that we've never played before.
Can you name the other 6?

**SwanVsDalton** · 24/05/2012, 3:11 PM

Total punt:

Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova, Finland, Ukraine.

**Closed Account** · 24/05/2012, 3:18 PM

Originally Posted by SwanVsDalton

Total punt:

Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova, Finland, Ukraine.

5 out of 6. We've played Finland 5 times, most recently in 02 after the World Cup
http://www.soccerscene.ie/sssenior/m...ils.php?id=381

**AlaskaFox** · 24/05/2012, 3:25 PM

Slovenia

**Colbert Report** · 25/05/2012, 5:41 AM

What's the lineup looking like? From what I've read out entire back five might be out. Is St. Ledger fit? Given, O'Shea and Dunne out for sure? What about Ward?

**geysir** · 25/05/2012, 11:20 AM

Trap was asked if McClean will start, he answered "No, but yes," "a great possibility."

I take that as, will not start but plan to use him as a sub. Or is there any other meaning possible? Is there a meaning at all?

**jbyrne** · 25/05/2012, 11:21 AM

Originally Posted by geysir

Trap was asked if McClean will start, he answered "No, but yes," "a great possibility."

I take that as, will not start but plan to use him as a sub. Or is there any other meaning possible? Is there a meaning at all?

given we are missing 4 of our back 5 its unlikely trap will start mcclean

**geysir** · 25/05/2012, 11:23 AM

Is it easier to understand what a woman is supposed to be thinking than the mind of Trap?

**Crosby87** · 25/05/2012, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by geysir

Is it easier to understand what a woman is supposed to be thinking than the mind of Trap?

If a woman says no, but yes what do you do?

**paul_oshea** · 25/05/2012, 11:45 AM

I used to burn money, the wife was a perfect match.

Sorry for hijacking:

A group of girlfriends is on vacation when they see a 5-story hotel with a sign that reads: "For Women Only." Since they are without their boyfriends and husbands, they decide to go in.

The bouncer, a very attractive guy, explains to them how it works. "We have 5 floors. Go up floor by floor, and once you find what you are looking for, you can stay there. It's easy to decide since each floor has a sign telling you what's inside."

So they start going up and on the first floor the sign reads: "All the men on this floor are short and plain." The friends laugh and without hesitation move on to the next floor.

The sign on the second floor reads: "All the men here are short and handsome." Still, this isn't good enough, so the friends continue on up.

They reach the third floor and the sign reads: "All the men here are tall and plain."

They still want to do better, and so, knowing there are still two floors left, they continued on up.

On the fourth floor, the sign is perfect: "All the men here are tall and handsome." The women get all excited and are going in when they realize that there is still one floor left. Wondering what they are missing, they head on up to the fifth floor.

There they find a sign that reads: "There are no men here. This floor was built only to prove that there is no way to please a woman."

**paul_oshea** · 25/05/2012, 11:47 AM

If Mcshane goes as a sub i wonder who does he room with? Does he get a room by himself? It kinda ruins his summer holidays if he goes all the way to Hungary and then bye bye!

**geysir** · 25/05/2012, 12:47 PM

Was it a very pessimistic move by McShane to book his holiday to start before the squad even departed for the Finals?
The standby option (the Cork lad?) for the 2002 Finals squad was just on way to his holiday destination on the day of the deadline for filing in the squad.