Ireland V Sweden(A) 22 March & Austria(H) - 26 March 2013 - World Cup 2014 Qualifiers

[tetsujin1979]

starting XI announced: https://twitter.com/FAIreland/status...60767113134081

IRL team v Sweden: Forde, Wilson, Clark, O'Shea, Coleman, Green, Whelan, Brady (TBC), McClean, Keane, Long

[jbyrne]

team confirmed:

forde
coleman
o'shea
clark
wilson
brady (provisional!)
green
whelan
mcclean
keane
long

[paul_oshea]

While I don't doubt they would be a much better midfield, I'd be a bit wary of Indo hyperbole on the subject. A "flurry of one-touch passing" probably translates closer to "they could pass the ball a bit".

It said pretty much the same on joe.ie and the score yesterday. I assume its not the same journalist writing in all 3 places.

[tetsujin1979]

It said pretty much the same on joe.ie and the score yesterday. I assume its not the same journalist writing in all 3 places.

no, but they probably all read the same piece

[paul_oshea]

Why is brady provisional?

[Charlie Darwin]

No it would be different people but I wouldn't take Joe seriously, or the Score really, and the Indo writers' anti-Trap agenda is fairly well-established at this stage. I'm sure they passed the ball well but I would wager my house that they're exaggerating.

[KK77]

Why is brady provisional?

Wants to have another look at him in training.

[jbyrne]

Why is brady provisional?

apparently trap feels he may not be "psychologically" ready. feeling is he will play

[DannyInvincible]

Who'll start otherwise in place of Brady?

[paul_oshea]

Could be junior or stutts, i wouldn't be half surprised.

The fan favourite Cox, and probably switch mcclean.

[jbyrne]

Who'll start otherwise in place of Brady?

trap suggested it would be keogh

[Park_Lane]

Andy Keogh! Last time he started on the left in a qualifier he was subbed after what? 20 minutes?

[geysir]

Andy was on the right side in Italy when he was subbed.
HUGE difference, he's ace on the left.

[p2011]

team confirmed:

forde
coleman
o'shea
clark
wilson
brady (provisional!)
green
whelan
mcclean
keane
long

Green and Whelan, sweet lord. Why should we trust Trap when he obviously doesn't trust his squad of players and show it by picking a footballing midfield. Can someone remind us of the definition of madness which we have heard here a few times before? Doing the same thing and expecting a different result. If we get anything from this game, it won't be by design but by chance.

[Charlie Darwin]

Andy was on the right side in Italy when he was subbed.
HUGE difference, he's ace on the left.

If Keogh starts I'd have a score on him to get the winner. I'm still convinced he'll score a vital goal for us one day.

[Flexy]

Paul green in the team, trap hasnt a clue, and maybe bring in kehoe even more clueless. Whats wrong with mccarthy and mcgeady?

[jbyrne]

Paul green in the team, trap hasnt a clue, and maybe bring in kehoe even more clueless. Whats wrong with mccarthy and mcgeady?

injured quite a while now

[paul_oshea]

If Keogh starts I'd have a score on him to get the winner. I'm still convinced he'll score a vital goal for us one day.

Is that just one of those things where he is so useless but has made so many appearances that eventually he will get lucky and everyone will be saying "ha, good man keogh, never thought you had it"

[SwanVsDalton]

We'll just have to Green and bear it.

According to some live tweets to the presser Trap said he wanted to midfield to sit deep to combat Zlatan and free Coleman to go forward, suggested he couldn't ask McCarthy to do this.

Interesting he seems to have decided the Cox wing experiment was a failure but it could be worth taking another look at that renowned sideline hugger Andy Keogh. Meanwhile we definitely can't play Wes Hoolahan out-of-position on the wing (naturally).

[SwanVsDalton]

Is that just one of those things where he is so useless but has made so many appearances that eventually he will get lucky and everyone will be saying "ha, good man keogh, never thought you had it"

If we scrape the play-offs on goal difference we'll pop a cork for that consolation against Germany.