Republic of Ireland V Oman - Tuesday, 11th September 2012 - Friendly - Fulham

[Condex]

Cant be many Omanis in London, so wont expect many at this match..

Will go along hopefully see some of the players who will be playing for Ireland when Trap fups off..

[swinfordfc]

Westwood

O'Shea O'Dea St Ledger Wilson

McCarthy Andrews (if ban is over)

McGready Long McClean

Doyle

That should be the team

[Charlie Darwin]

Andrews hasn't been called up, has he? Even if his ban wasn't up, he wouldn't be banned for a friendly anyway. O'Dea is gone back to Toronto so it'll probably be O'Shea/St Ledger in the centre and Kelly perhaps on the right.

[TrapAPony]

Trapattoni's team :

Westwood

McShane O'Dea St. Ledger Ward

Keogh Whelan McCarthy Cox

Doyle Long

[EastTerracer]

Trapattoni's team :

Westwood

McShane O'Dea St. Ledger Ward

Keogh Whelan McCarthy Cox

Doyle Long

Keane, O'Dea, O'Shea, Whelan and Walters seem to have been excused from Tuesday's game so there will be a couple of changes from that team. I'm surprised that McGeady wasn't released as well.

Hopefully, McClean will be given a game after apologising to his team-mates today for that tweet.

I think the squad now looks like this:
Westwood, Forde, Randolph, Wilson, St Ledger, Ward, Kelly, McShane, Gibson, McCarthy, Coleman, O’Brien, McGeady, Keogh, McClean, Doyle, Long, Cox & Robbie Brady

[Charlie Darwin]

Westwood

Kelly McShane St Ledger Ward

Long McCarthy O'Brien McGeady

Walters Doyle

[IsMiseSean]

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I think the squad now looks like this:
Westwood, Forde, Randolph, Wilson, St Ledger, Ward, Kelly, McShane, Gibson, McCarthy, Coleman, O’Brien, McGeady, Keogh, McClean, Doyle, Long, Cox & Robbie Brady

What I'd like to see from that.
Westwood
Coleman, Kelly, St Ledger, Wilson
McGeady, McCarthy, Meyler, McClean
Doyle, Long

What we'll probably see...
Westwood
McShane, Kelly, St Ledger, Ward
Keogh, O'Brien, McCarthy, McGeady
Doyle, Cox

[IsMiseSean]

Alex Pearce was been called up now

[Diarmo]

Apparently, Robbie Keane, Darren O'Dea, John O'Shea, Jon Walters & Glenn Whelan have all been released, with Robbie Brady and Alex Pearce called up.

I'd hope:

Westwood
Kelly Pearce St. Ledger Wilson
Coleman McCarthy Meyler McClean
Doyle Long

With maybe McGeady behind Long or something such similar. But I imagine Cox will start.

[liamoo11]

is there any chance pilkington will be called up?

[SkStu]

Pearce will likely go straight in and be impossible to displace. Traps a bit weird like that.

[IsMiseSean]

is there any chance pilkington will be called up?

I get the feeling Pilkington isn't the most committed to the Irish cause.

[Charlie Darwin]

Pearce will likely go straight in and be impossible to displace. Traps a bit weird like that.

Depends on his international clearance I'd have thought? He can play on Tuesday because it's a friendly but getting his papers in order could take a bit longer. All it takes is one claim from the IFA...

[Diarmo]

Depends on his international clearance I'd have thought? He can play on Tuesday because it's a friendly but getting his papers in order could take a bit longer. All it takes is one claim from the IFA...

Clark, Pilkington and Hoolahan should be invited to train with the squad. London isn't far, and it would suit them better than dragging them to Astana with no chance of playing.

[backstothewall]

Keane, O'Dea, O'Shea, Whelan and Walters seem to have been excused from Tuesday's game so there will be a couple of changes from that team. I'm surprised that McGeady wasn't released as well.

Hopefully, McClean will be given a game after apologising to his team-mates today for that tweet.

I think the squad now looks like this:
Westwood, Forde, Randolph, Wilson, St Ledger, Ward, Kelly, McShane, Gibson, McCarthy, Coleman, O’Brien, McGeady, Keogh, McClean, Doyle, Long, Cox & Robbie Brady

I don't think Trap will ditch the new system that quickly, nor do i think he should. I can see personnel changes being made that will be carried through for Faroes though. Based on that squad I would like to see

------------------- Randolph -------------------

Coleman ----- Sledge ------- Pearce ----- Wilson

----------- McCarthy ----- O'Brien -------------

-------- Brady --- McClean --- McGeady --------

-------------------- Doyle ----------------------

though I suspect we are more likely to get westwood in place of Randolph, Kelly in place of Coleman and McShane in place of Pearce.

[pineapple stu]

Be interesting to see Brady get a run (though I doubt he will; he's just being promoted for the experience, which is fair enough).

But a bit disappointing that he's in ahead of the likes of Hoolahan in particular (assuming he's not injured)

[BonnieShels]

Re the Omani's: there was an Omani boat in Dún Laoghaire this week as part of MOD70 European Tour. Spied a few of the crew whilst having my break in the Royal Marine Hotel on Thursday.
Saw their boat down by the East Pier too.
Have a gander here...
http://afloat.ie/port-news/dun-laogh...-on-dublin-bay

I thought the coincidence was quite something.

[ArdeeBhoy]

I have never been less enthused about an Ireland game despite an offer of free tickets...

[Murfinator]

Given that we have a campaign defining week next month and have been playing very poorly recently shouldn't we be playing our first team for this with a view to getting them prepared for Germany rather than testing a bunch of fringe players who won't feature?

[tetsujin1979]

given the complaints about not bringing fringe players into the starting XI, isn't it better to give them a run in a friendly, rather than not having any other options against Germany?