Play competitive for one then switch and play competitive for the other means switch is used (same situation as Michael Keane).Originally Posted by backtowalsall
Don't play competitive for one then switch (not considered switch by FIFA) and play competitive for another means you still have a switch to use so can switch back.
In this case, Duffy played a spate of games for NI underage and, subsequently, a spate of games for Ireland underage. Some of the games, for both sides, were competitive. Consequently, switch has been used and Duffy is tied, whether he likes it or not (but he clearly does).
His time will come. No rush with Duffy. Sure even if he looked at the NI side he'd note that Cathcart, Evans and McAuley are bound to be ahead of him. Then there's Baird and McNair. 23 is young enough for a defender. I look forward to his gradual, organic progression.
Big time. He's had his rest now he can tune up his match fitness this weekend because if he doesn't start then he ought to pack his bags.
The question was actually put to Stephen Hunt about (his good pal, as per Hunt) O'Shea moving on if he doesn't get back into the team before window's end. Hunt said O'Shea is too loyal and wouldn't push for that.
Anyway, he was excellent against the Scots.
boll0x. I want him and John Egan to stage a meteoric rise. None of this gradual BS!
Squad Watch
Darren Randolph Started Clean Sheet
David Forde Sub Shay Given Sub Rob Elliot Not in Squad Keiren Westwood Injured Seamus Coleman Started Richard Keogh Started John O'Shea Started Ciaran Clark Started Paul McShane Started Marc Wilson Sub(62) Alex Pearce Sub Stephen Ward Sub Cyrus Christie Not in Squad Greg Cunningham Injured Anthony Pilkington Started(90) Assist James McCarthy Started Jeff Hendrick Started Glenn Whelan Started Eunan O'Kane Started Alan Judge Started Stephen Quinn Started David Meyler Started Robbie Brady Started James McClean Started(62) Wes Hoolahan Started(31) Aiden McGeady Not in Squad Harry Arter Injured Kevin Doyle Started Goal Adam Rooney Started(76) Goal Robbie Keane Started David McGoldrick Sub(45) Goal Anthony Stokes Sub Simon Cox Sub Shane Long Sub Jon Walters Not in Squad Daryl Murphy Injured
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Squad reduced to 28:
David Forde (Millwall) 20/12/1979 - 23 - 0
Shay Given (Stoke City) 20/04/1976 - 130 - 0
Darren Randolph (West Ham United) 12/05/1987 - 2 - 0
Seamus Coleman (Everton) 11/10/1988 - 28 - 0
Cyrus Christie (Derby County) 30/09/1992 - 1 - 0
John O’Shea (Sunderland) 30/04/1981 - 104 - 3
Marc Wilson (Stoke City) 17/08/1987 - 23 - 1
Richard Keogh (Derby County) 11/08/1986 - 7 - 1
Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa) 26/09/1989 – 11 - 1
Stephen Ward (Burnley) 20/08/1985 - 29 - 2
Robbie Brady (Norwich City) 14/01/1992 - 14 - 3
Alex Pearce (Derby County) 09/11/1988 - 6 - 2
Paul McShane (Reading) 06/01/1986 – 32 - 0
Jon Walters (Stoke City) 20/09/1983 - 33 - 6
Aiden McGeady (Everton) 04/04/1986 - 76 - 5
Glenn Whelan (Stoke City) 13/01/1984 - 64 - 2
James McCarthy (Everton) 12/11/1990 - 27 - 0
Jeff Hendrick (Derby County) 31/01/1992 - 13 - 0
Eunan O’Kane (Bournemouth) 10/07/1990 – 0 - 0
Wes Hoolahan (Norwich City) 20/05/1982 - 19 - 2
Stephen Quinn (Reading) 04/04/1986 - 12 - 0
David Meyler (Hull City) 29/05/1989 - 13 - 0
James McClean (West Bromwich Albion) 22/04/1989 - 30 - 4
Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) 06/06/1988 - 8 - 1
Shane Long (Southampton) 22/01/1987 - 54 - 12
Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy) 08/07/1980 - 140 - 65
Adam Rooney (Aberdeen) 21/04/1988 - 0 - 0
Kevin Doyle (Colorado Rapids) 18/09/1983 - 61 - 14
STAND-BY
Alan Judge (Brentford) 11/11/1988 - 0 - 0
Simon Cox (Reading) 28/04/1987 - 30 - 4
Rob Elliot (Newcastle United) 30/04/1986 - 3 - 0
Anthony Stokes (Celtic FC) 25/07/1988 - 9 - 0
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
Will there be another reduction or is that the final squad now?
Wait a minute - by my reckoning all the players cut from the squad are either injured or were placed on the standby list...except for one - and I'm not sure whether leaving David McGoldrick out is a good idea, given that he's got three goals in his last four games and that he got two assists on his debut for us. Surely, if there was a chance to experiment against Georgia and particularly Gibraltar, it would have been a good idea to give him some more game time with the other players, so that if we were in a situation where we had to go all-out in attack in later games, we could call on him to provide some extra speed and link play up front.
No way should Georgia be seen as an opportunity to experiment!
Interesting to see Pilkington retained. Rooney and Doyle too. O'Kane has played himself into the squad on merit. As DeLorean said, maybe it's a good thing Murphy is injured as it'll take any idea of starting him over Long away from O'Neill's thoughts.
28 is still large though.
i hope he does start long in both games but i would be surprised if he did. given mcgeady's form is there a case for playing long out wide? i'd prefer him up front but o'neill has in effect stated that he doesn't score enough.
i don't really like the idea of experimentation at this stage, even against gibraltar so i'd like to see basically the same team in both games, one or two changes max. i can't see MON suddenly hitting on some great new selection / formation, i'd rather a settled team going into the last two games.
McGoldrick rules out through injury also
http://www.skysports.com/football/ne...-due-to-injury
Of course he is...so much for my brilliant plan to put three up front for the last thirty against Gibraltar so that if we desperately need a late goal against Poland or Germany we could try it again in the knowledge that it won't be completely new.
Decent number of starters there compared to what we often see going into these games.
Just a heads up for anyone else going to Electric Picnic this Friday, they will not be showing the qualifier at the festival - https://twitter.com/EPfestival/statu...04874548043776 - but they will be showing the hurling final on Sunday
I'm actually a little surprised, Three are a big sponsor of the festival this year, and will have their own area on site
Didn't Bono call the Irish football team their best supporting act at Slane in 2001, after we beat the Netherlands! I had a ticket for that if I wanted it, but chose not to go as I was afraid I'd miss the match.
Where did you see that they are showing the hurling? I was planning a walk as far as the town for that.
On twitter: https://twitter.com/briano93/status/637987186357485568
Also, they're not showing the football replay on Saturday: https://twitter.com/ColmOMara/status/638296608053047297
Great stuff. Thanks!
Not implying he's the long-term solution to our striking problems because I don't think he is (nor Daryl Murphy either), but what of Rooney for a start against Gibraltar? It's going to be warm which could tire the players likely to be involved in the Georgia game and he's got a good record in the SPL which is a good few levels above the Gibraltar defenders so he's likely to score and it won't do his confidence any harm either.
Interesting side note I haven't seen picked up on, I actually googled the Gib squad there to see had they any defenders at all playing outside of the domestic league. Jamie Bosio plays with Ashford United (well down the ladder in England) and, according to his Wiki page, he was born in Dublin, Ireland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Bosio. He confirms it himself here: https://www.facebook.com/Footballout...46546705556493
Doyle and Keane to start for me, with Doyle & Long to partner each other at some stage with an eye on Georgia. I know its only Gibraltar but I wouldn't be giving Rooney a start. I'm never happy against these sides until we have a two goal lead.
Worth noting we struggled badly in the home game once Keane and Hoolahan were subbed off.
Granted, we were 7-0 up at the stage, but Long and Doyle had half an hour to impress and didn't. I think Keane and Hoolahan are still key.
No point taking liberties in this one. Keane has proven himself time and again to be lethal against the minnows.
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