Need to test new players in games if Trapattoni is serious about shaking things up. Could be a good workout for players on the fringes.
Appears to be going ahead though nothing confirmed on the FAI Website as yet.
Plenty of talk on it on YBIG and http://www.muscatdaily.com/Archive/S...in-London-1lhz (Though I am not sure how reliable that link is).
If it was 1st April I would have my doubts but 9-11 I dont know what to make of it!!!
I thought you were off the drink Ronnie?
"No, I drink to help me mind my own business....can I get you one? (c) Ronnie Drew
Need to test new players in games if Trapattoni is serious about shaking things up. Could be a good workout for players on the fringes.
11/9 is a Tuesday...
oman, how many omens will there be?
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
Is Ken going to play us by himself?
This was played a few times when i had FIFA 95/96. Should be very easy with plenty of identical goals from halfway.
I hope we play Qatar too. Similar result and performance expected.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
Apart from the goalkeeper Ali-Habiabasi, I don't know much about these fellas, Bill.
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
Have we ever played Oman before? Peculiar choice of opponent.
They're ranked 96th in the world, four below Bulgaria, one above Georgia and six above Northern Ireland. They're managed by Paul Le Guen, and recent results have seen them lose by two and three goal margins to Australia and Japan.
I don't know if that gives us an idea of relative strength, but it looks like this team should be weak enough, giving us a good opportunity to experiment and hopefully bring back that winning feeling, even if it is in a friendly.
Last edited by Serb; 03/08/2012 at 9:38 AM.
I hope we treat it like a B International. With the timing and location, I get the feeling it'll be second string regardless.
Ou-est le Centre George Pompidou?
Supposedly James McCarthy can't make it, He's washing his hair that day.
No Somos muchos pero estamos locos.
Why the cynicism? He's had a recurring threat of injury in the past and his father was diagnosed with cancer a few months ago. The former was a valid reason to pull out of the friendly games he missed whilst the latter was certainly a valid reason to pull out of the squad for a major finals. There has been no indication whatsoever that James will have any issue with joining up with the squad for the Serbia game. If Trap doubted his commitment, he wouldn't have so much time and respect for the lad. I say, give James a break. He went through a lot of sectarian-related stuff in Scotland after declaring for us and still stuck with us in spite of it. He's now cap-tied to us. He's obviously very proud of his Irish heritage. It's annoying that his commitment continues to come under question and that he actually felt the need to explicitly re-state it in the letter explaining why he was set to miss the Euros as a result of the hysterical cynicism the media and some fans still stir up with regard to his every inclusion and supposedly-impending pulling out.
Last edited by DannyInvincible; 05/08/2012 at 7:39 AM.
It'll mean extra money for the FAI coffers, so why not.
I don't like the omens for our opening match against Kazakhstan. Possibly missing both first choice central defenders and the team coming off the back of a very poor Euros. And this friendly reeks of the old days. It serves no footballing purpose playing Oman with Germany as our October 11th opponents.
Why is it abroad? Why can't we use the tallaght stadium or some such for these smaller games or B internationals.
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