Given, Meyler, Keogh (c), Pearce, Ward, Pilkington, Gibson, Quinn, Brady, Hoolahan, Doyle.
Richard Keogh CAPTAINS his country. Meyler right-full it seems.
GivenOriginally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Meyler Keogh(c) Pearce Ward
Pilkington Gibson Quinn Brady
Hoolahan
Doyle
Expect Meyler to do okay at RB, probably get caught out of position once or twice but el capitano should be there as cover. 3-0 win. Doyle, Brady, Long(sub)
From single-handedly being responsible for four of the goals shipped against Portugal to captain...
Well if he can't hack Oman then maybe MON will see sense, or we could find out the hard way.
Strange team overall all things considered.
Not one any of us would have picked but it is what it is!
Interesting front 6. Interesting back 5 too, but a different sort of interesting. One is interesting exciting, the other is interesting WTF.
Disgraceful decision! How has he earned the honour to lead Ireland?
Poor decision by the manager, but lets not forget this is the same manager that got rid of Gary Cahill to Bolton and then signed Curtis Davies for £10m.
Has he lost his mojo since Sunderland and without J Robbo by his side?
Clough was never the same when he split with Taylor, history repeating its self?
Lol @ Martin O'Neill trolling The Doc and TOWK with choice of captain. Clearly a foot.ie lurker.
Interesting team. What can you say, it has plenty of creative players in there who, hopefully, will be aching for the chance to put in a performance.
Ou-est le Centre George Pompidou?
He seems to be keeping all his frontline players wrapped up for Sunday. Of that side, I'd say only Given and Ward are likely to start that game. Maybe Brady too.
11 subs named
Forde
Elliot
Coleman O'Shea Wilson
McGeady Whelan
Keane Long
Murphy Stokes
(Therefore, the following are not involved Westwood, McClean, McCarthy, Walters)
Is this online anywhere? coolsport seems to be down...
Keogh captains his club, so it makes some sense in that respect
Jon Walters has an uncanny habit of missing friendlies. It's also amazing how literally every time an Ireland game comes along (particularly friendlies) he seems to sit out training sessions with various ailments that never affect him participating for Stoke.
IDK maybe I am just reading too much into it.
]Is this online anywhere? coolsport seems to be down...
http://soccertoall.net/index.php?channel=4 working for me
It makes plenty of sense, for sure. He's clearly ideally suited to the role of captain. His suitability for a role at centre half is less clear.
Bingo baby.
Ou-est le Centre George Pompidou?
Well, actually playing for a club is a good start, don't you think, doc? Hm?
Hello, hello? What's going on? What's all this shouting, we'll have no trouble here!
- E Tattsyrup.
That's a tasty midfield. The back four is ropey, but in fairness, they shouldn't be tested.
Having said that, the last time we played Oman, we failed to keep a clean sheet - despite the awesome presence of St. Ledger marshalling things at the back!
Ahem... well more advised it than predicted it. The defence that is. It makes a lot of sense really. Keogh obviously has leadership qualities to say he was made captain at Derby on day one practically. That doesn't mean he can defend at international level though but you have to be happy for the guy a little... right TOWK??... No??... Not even a teeney, tiny bit?
Oh wow. Is there even 5000 there?
Personally I haven't seen enough of Keogh to write him off completely. I'm willing to give him a chance. We may need him in the future, would be foolish to disregard him because of an end of season friendly.
This is my thoughts on it. Not too worried about it at all.
I want that front 6 to run amok though.
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
Why is Elliot getting a half? As a reward for showing up in June?
Given and Forde should get a half each.
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