Republic of Ireland V Gibraltar(A) 4th Sept & Georgia(H) 7th Sept 2015 - Euro 2016 Q

**SwanVsDalton** · 03/09/2015, 1:30 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

I'll still be glued to the telly for both games though.

Wow - things really *are* bad when even POS isn't going.

**Crosby87** · 03/09/2015, 1:34 PM

Female Pro Footballette: Me believe Irish players must find own style. And me not mean in shoes or ties. Me mean on pitch.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-31496712.html

**Crosby87** · 03/09/2015, 1:47 PM

Tarted fans confident ahead of the massive clash vs Georgia

http://tartanarmyboard.co.uk/forum/i...showtopic=6021

**nigel-harps1954** · 03/09/2015, 1:48 PM

Originally Posted by Crosby87

Female Indo writer: Me believe Irish players must find own style. And me not mean in shoes or ties. Me mean on pitch.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-31496712.html

Female Professional Footballer.

**Crosby87** · 03/09/2015, 1:58 PM

Is that the girl that plays in Texas?

Injured Henderson: Me getting angry over Irish cold shoulder.
http://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/3942/...reland-contact

**Acornvilla** · 03/09/2015, 2:15 PM

Plays for Sunderland now afaik.

**tetsujin1979** · 03/09/2015, 2:16 PM

Originally Posted by Crosby87

Female Pro Footballette: Me believe Irish players must find own style. And me not mean in shoes or ties. Me mean on pitch.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-31496712.html

Originally Posted by Crosby87

Is that the girl that plays in Texas?

Injured Henderson: Me getting angry over Irish cold shoulder.
http://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/3942/...reland-contact

Crosby you're not seven, stop posting like you are. It was funny for about 23 seconds six months ago.

**tetsujin1979** · 03/09/2015, 2:18 PM

Originally Posted by SwanVsDalton

Wow - things really *are* bad when even POS isn't going.

He doesn't need to, he already knows the lineups, major incidents and result

**Crosby87** · 03/09/2015, 3:05 PM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

Crosby you're not seven, stop posting like you are. It was funny for about 23 seconds six months ago.

I wasnt trying to be funny, Adam. If I were trying to be funny I would say Horse walks into a bar, bartender says Why the long face?
You guys said there Is no buzz on here and sometimes my links lead to conversation.

**tetsujin1979** · 03/09/2015, 3:30 PM

Originally Posted by Crosby87

I wasnt trying to be funny, Adam. If I were trying to be funny I would say Horse walks into a bar, bartender says Why the long face?
You guys said there Is no buzz on here and sometimes my links lead to conversation.

I'm not adam. I didn't say stop posting links, I said stop posting like you're seven.

**TrapAPony** · 03/09/2015, 5:09 PM

O'Kane, Pilkington, Rooney, Pearce and McShane (injured) have been cut.

**Closed Account** · 03/09/2015, 5:12 PM

Squad reduced to 23

Darren Randolph	Started	Clean Sheet
David Forde	Sub
Shay Given	Sub

Seamus Coleman	Started
Richard Keogh	Started
John O'Shea	Started
Ciaran Clark	Started
Marc Wilson	Sub(62)
Stephen Ward	Sub
Cyrus Christie	Not in Squad

James McCarthy	Started
Jeff Hendrick	Started
Glenn Whelan	Started
Stephen Quinn	Started
David Meyler	Started
Robbie Brady	Started
James McClean	Started(62)
Wes Hoolahan	Started(31)
Aiden McGeady	Not in Squad

Kevin Doyle	Started	Goal
Robbie Keane	Started
Shane Long	Sub
Jon Walters	Not in Squad

		Given
		Forde
		Randolph
Coleman	O'Shea		Wilson	Brady
Christie	Keogh		Clark	Ward

McGeady	McCarthy		Whelan	Hoolahan
Hendrick	Meyler		Quinn	McClean

	Keane		Doyle
	Long		Walters

**Crosby87** · 03/09/2015, 5:53 PM

Roy post training remarks, some of the comments under are kinda funny. Well to me anyway.

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2015/...braltar-clash/

**nigel-harps1954** · 03/09/2015, 6:56 PM

Actually very disappointed O'Kane has been cut. Thought he'd get a run out against Gibraltar.

**back of the net** · 03/09/2015, 7:14 PM

See MoN and Robbie Keane press conference below
http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2015/...eland-presser/

**Stuttgart88** · 03/09/2015, 8:55 PM

Do we have a better CM than O'Kane at the moment? I despair at this management team's judgment.

Edit: I read a comment elsewhere that O'Kane, Pilkington and Rooney will return for Georgia game. Good, but strange.

**SwanVsDalton** · 03/09/2015, 9:36 PM

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

Do we have a better CM than O'Kane at the moment? I despair at this management team's judgment.

I think every CM retained apart from maybe Meyler is better than O'Kane - I'd be happy to keep him in the squad but not too exercised about him being left behind after three decent EPL performances.

Originally Posted by Crosby87

I wasnt trying to be funny, Adam. If I were trying to be funny I would say Horse walks into a bar, bartender says Why the long face?
You guys said there Is no buzz on here and sometimes my links lead to conversation.

You're alright with me Cros, I even enjoyed 'female pro footballette' for some reason.

**DeLorean** · 03/09/2015, 9:49 PM

Yeah I'm don't necessarily agree that most of the ones retained are better, but I do think it's too early to tell. It's all well and good wanting to use these games to learn about guys we know little about, but it's probably fairer to use them to give game time to those who are in every squad but see very little game time. There's something to be said for having a happy camp too. If O'Kane keeps performing well in the PL, he'll get his chance soon enough.

**SwanVsDalton** · 04/09/2015, 10:38 AM

Just read we have five players on yellow cards (Coleman, Whelan, McCarthy, McClean, Wilson) - anyone think O'Neill will leave them out to make sure they're available for Georgia?

Catch 22 in a way, chances are if they play on Monday, they'll miss Germany. I think he'll probably just play them.

**DannyInvincible** · 04/09/2015, 12:24 PM

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

Do we have a better CM than O'Kane at the moment? I despair at this management team's judgment.

Edit: I read a comment elsewhere that O'Kane, Pilkington and Rooney will return for Georgia game. Good, but strange.

That is strange alright. Surely they'd be even less likely to feature against the superior Georgia. Was there no room for them on the flight to Faro or something?