QuoteCunningham wants to be involved I think.
Originally Posted by TrapAPony
Decent shout re Aldo. Surprised he never got another chance after a decent run with Tranmere. I know it ended badly, but are football management careers like political careers in that respect. In any case where are they now?
Cunningham wants to be involved I think.
few calls ups before the friendly against Norway tonight in Waterford: http://www.fai.ie/ireland/match/5550...64?tab=preview
Amongst those brought in are Shamrock Rovers midfielder Brandon Miele, Cork City midfielder Kevin O’Connor, Liverpool defender Dan Cleary and Birmingham City defender Noe Baba while there are recalls for St Patrick’s Athletic defender Lee Desmond, Tottenham’s Kenny McEvoy, Manchester City's Ian Lawlor and Everton’s Sam Byrne.
Would be divisive like Doolin IMO. His personality suggests so..
"We lost because we didn't win"- Ronaldo
Really?
For me anyway...
"We lost because we didn't win"- Ronaldo
He does seem like a zero tolerance kind of guy, could be a good thing though.
They drew 0-0 btw
King names provisional U21 squad for Italy & Slovenia
http://www.extratime.ie/newsdesk/art...taly-slovenia/
Good to see Lenihan back. I think Hoban is still injured, so he might pull out. Slight disappointment that Browne and Byrne are in this squad instead of the senior squad to be named on Friday, but they're unlikely to go France anyway.
What's the story with Grego Cox
Hasn't had a sniff of the first team this season. Would want to get out on loan.
Big game for the younger lads this evening. A settled Irish XI against a well regarded Italian side with some Serie A experience.
Probable Irish Lineup
Rogers Long D.Lenihan Rea Connors Browne Cullen O'Dowda Byrne Connolly Wilkinson
They might go 4-1-4-1 like the last time they played the italians with Darragh Lenihan in front of the back 4 but I think the above gets more attackers in a game we need to win.
Browne injured unfortunately.
Lambo has been comparing Lenihan to Roy Keane.
Didn't know the game is on Setanta Ireland later: http://www.setanta.com/tv-listings
http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=2...145/index.html
1 Rogers(GK)
2 Lenihan
3 Connors
4 Rea
5 Keown
6 Lenihan(C)
7 Charsley
8 O'Connor
9 Wilkinson
10 J. Byrne
11 O'Dowda
Subs: Lawlor, Griffin, Hoare, Maguire, Miele, Long, Barrett.
Rogers B.Lenihan Keown Rea Connors D.Lenihan Charsley O'Connor Byrne O'Dowda Wilkinson
Last edited by Closed Account; 24/03/2016 at 4:27 PM.
This is about the best stream i've come across for this game though audio is weakish
http://ifirstrow.eu/watch/422155/3/w...taly,-u21.html
Ireland one up, but for how long?
Future does not look bright..
You've got no fans.
King is a garbage manager pure and simple. like Givens before him. Seems to have a job for life with the FAI. Results seem to get worse and worse with the 21's. Not expecting us to be world beaters or anything but we have decent players playing at a decent level and should be doing better.
Lads, we just got beaten by a team full of Serie A regulars.
They weren't actually that bad. They were over-powered in midfield (Browne was probably a very big loss in there) and Wilkinson was stranded up front. I'm not sure if Wilkinson will cut the mustard anyway.
Byrne showed some really great flashes of brilliance. Very good on the set-pieces and there was a stage there on about 75 minutes when he ran at the Italians and drew about 6 players before slipping the ball to a teammate.
The fourth goal was tragically unlucky for Lenihan and was against the run of play. Although, shortly afterwards the Italians forced a brilliant save from Danny Rogers. Rogers actually made a dash out towards the end when Italy seemed to have a 2v1 situation with the Irish defence. I like the look of him.
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