Anything can be achieved if you have faith (and I don't mean the barmaid!)Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
But you said SSL wouldn't be back until Koln!
Anything can be achieved if you have faith (and I don't mean the barmaid!)
The latter, yes, the other lot, no thanks...
Trap. before he chooses his squad...
squad announced
from https://twitter.com/FAIreland/status/371638680382738432
from https://twitter.com/FAIreland/status/371639142737666050Provisional 29 man squad: Forde, Westwood, Randolph, O'Shea, O'Brien, St Ledger, Wilson, Coleman, Kelly, O'Dea, Clark, Dunne, McShane..contd
Forde, St Ledger, Clark, McGeady and Pilkington included despite current injuries
O'Brien back in the squad
The doc is fit!
With Wilson starting in midfield for Stoke and O'Brien paying LB for West Ham there are another couple of selection options opening up.
I read in a Sunday paper today that both Westwood and O'Shea played well yesterday.
Chances are neither option will be considered by Trap, no matter how viable they are. Wilson in the middle of the park has been long coming given that it's his natural position and he's just turned 26.
With Pilkington injured I'd be more than doubtful he'll present himself, on the basis of his priors, particularly given the added strength of the Norwich squad and pressure that has put upon his starting spot.
Stutts - O'Shea got a belter on the nose yesterday. He wasn't happy, did look deliberate by the Southampton player. O'Shea however did give the free kick away that resulted in the goal & Di Canio mentioned it after the game....bet John got a bollocking.
Westwood made some good saves. Should do him the world of good getting the nod ahead of the ex Arsenal keeper.
Was O'Brien left out of the squad for the Wales friendly or was he unavailable?
Happy to see O'Brien reinstated in squad as we are not blessed with defenders playing regularly in EPL. From snippets I heard on radio tonight, there's the usual negative spin from eejits looking for an out of sorts League One "striker" to be included...
Is there no love for Delaney? defender playing at epl level.
I'd be happy for Delaney to be included, but it's a marginal one. Nice if he's in, no biggy if he's out. He has more of the Kevin Moran about him than Darren O'Dea, but if the Germany game is to be used as a stick to beat O'Dea with, I think I could just as easily visualise Delaney getting taken to the cleaners that night too.
McShane, Richard Keogh, Delaney: all similar enough in style and ability but only a need for one of them with the others fit.
Last edited by Stuttgart88; 25/08/2013 at 9:16 PM.
I wonder if Kevin Doyle is sad.
No Somos muchos pero estamos locos.
We're as well-stocked with centre halves as we've been for probably 15 years. We're faced with the ludicrous situation where Dunne and the Doc are our only Championship defenders, and we can replace any of them with a Premier League player if required.
How has Alex Pearce been doing this season?
Is Andrews now another forgotten man? He's back from injury, isn't he?
And any word on Fahey finding a new club or what's the story with him at present?
Andrews have dropped out of the reckoning since Meyler got promoted but he's also injured again. Fahey is still looking for a club, surprisingly.
I'd have been gobsmacked had Di Canio gone with Mannone as his number one. Actually, maybe not, but that's just because he's Di Canio. Mannone was always well down the pecking order at Arsenal, even when they were experiencing chronic keeper problems.
Can't see Andrews, Fahey, Lawrence having any meaningful involvement with national team again. The team has just moved on... all three did well to amass the number of caps they did relatively late in their careers.
Lawrence could be playing Champions League football this season if all goes to plan for PAOK on Tuesday night. A 0-0 draw or home victory will see them through.
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