Stan calls up unknown 22 year old St Ledger

**bwagner** · 28/08/2006, 12:31 PM

guys i forget is he with us or against us ??
playin all the time for preston

**soccerc** · 28/08/2006, 6:14 PM

Republic of Ireland Senior International Manager, Stephen Staunton has been forced to make two changes to his squad ahead of the UEFA EURO 2008 Championship Qualifier v Germany on 2nd September in Stuttgart.

Paddy Kenny (thigh strain) and Stephen Kelly (calf strain) have both withdrawn from the squad while Nicky Colgan (Barnsley) and Sean St. Ledger (Preston) have both been called-up on International duty as they link up with the Republic of Ireland squad for their first training session in Malahide, on Wednesday morning.

**Soper** · 28/08/2006, 6:16 PM

Surely has something agaisnt Paddy Mac then

**DmanDmythDledge** · 28/08/2006, 6:20 PM

Originally Posted by Soper

Surely has something agaisnt Paddy Mac then

Kelly was a FB so we have to presume that this fella is as well.

**joema** · 28/08/2006, 6:25 PM

Seems he is a Cb but can also play full back

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_St_Ledger

**jbyrne** · 28/08/2006, 6:28 PM

Originally Posted by soccerc

... as they link up with the Republic of Ireland squad for their first training session in Malahide, on Wednesday morning.

why wait til wed morning to have the first session for a big match on sat? a lot of our fans will have started their pre match "preparations" before then!!

**Paddy Garcia** · 28/08/2006, 7:25 PM

Originally Posted by bwagner

guys i forget is he with us or against us ??
playin all the time for preston

........good timing.

Perhaps you could ask about a central midfielder next?

**NeilMcD** · 28/08/2006, 7:30 PM

Where is this sourced as I cannot find it anywhere. Its not on the RTE or FAI websites.

**Irish_Praha** · 28/08/2006, 7:32 PM

Would have went for Kevin Foley myself if it was a direct replacement for Kelly.
Maybe Shane Supple ahead of Colgan too but at least Clogan has some international experience. Who comes on if Given gets injured? Colgan or Henderson? Scary

**pete** · 28/08/2006, 7:32 PM

Originally Posted by NeilMcD

Where is this sourced as I cannot find it anywhere. Its not on the RTE or FAI websites.

I can't find anywhere either but soccerc might have inside sources.

Stan seems to be making it up as he goes along. No consistency & doesn't inspire confidence.

**Irish_Praha** · 28/08/2006, 7:34 PM

Originally Posted by pete

Stan seems to be making it up as he goes along. No consistency & doesn't inspire confidence.

Well at least he's not predictable like Kerr but maybe that can be bad too.

**NeilMcD** · 28/08/2006, 7:39 PM

Originally Posted by Irish_Praha

Would have went for Kevin Foley myself if it was a direct replacement for Kelly.
Maybe Shane Supple ahead of Colgan too but at least Clogan has some international experience. Who comes on if Given gets injured? Colgan or Henderson? Scary

To be fair there is not many countries that could deal with 2 of their first choice keepers injured England with a huge population and vast resources would not be in a good position if they lost their 1st and 2nd choice keepers. GIven is our most important player but I think we were very lucky when we had Bonner then Kelly then Given and Kielyl all overlapping with each other.

**NeilMcD** · 28/08/2006, 7:41 PM

Preston have completed the signing of Peterborough defender Sean St Ledger, for an initial fee of £225,000, which could eventually reach £350,000.

The 21-year-old has now agreed personal terms on a three-year contract at Deepdale, and passed a medical.

"Sean is a player who I have been monitoring for about 12 months," boss Paul Simpson told Preston's website.

"He can play centre-half or right-back, he's very athletic, very quick and comfortable in possession of the ball."

St Ledger recently had a spell training with Birmingham City, and played 45 minutes of a behind-closed-doors friendly at Northampton for City on Wednesday.

Simpson added: "When we found out Bitmingham were interested in doing a deal, we decided to act quicky and get in there before we lost him.

"He's a Birmingham lad, but it speaks volumes for the attitude he's got that he felt Preston was the right place for him to be."

**Paddy Garcia** · 28/08/2006, 8:18 PM

Originally Posted by pete

Stan seems to be making it up as he goes along. No consistency & doesn't inspire confidence.

...well he has been consistent in not selecting McCarthy.

**Scram** · 28/08/2006, 8:31 PM

WTF

If we are desparate for coverage at the back, he can play Doherty there but we are not desparate. We are desparate at midfield so why didn't he call Andy Reid in ?!!!

The poor aul stomach is just recovering from the Dubs being beaten and I fear that this weekend may bring more of the same...pass me the Rennie.

**soccerc** · 28/08/2006, 8:36 PM

Originally Posted by Scram

WTF

If we are desparate for coverage at the back, he can play Doherty there but we are not desparate. We are desparate at midfield so why didn't he call Andy Reid in ?!!!

The poor aul stomach is just recovering from the Dubs being beaten and I fear that this weekend may bring more of the same...pass me the Rennie.

Are you going to Stuttgart Scram?

**co. down green** · 28/08/2006, 8:42 PM

Originally Posted by pete

I can't find anywhere either but soccerc might have inside sources.

Stan seems to be making it up as he goes along. No consistency & doesn't inspire confidence.

full story below

http://www.ireland.com/sports/soccer...711978955.html

**ccfcman** · 28/08/2006, 9:06 PM

Shame he didnt go to the eL for a player if he needs some proven pedigree?

**NeilMcD** · 28/08/2006, 9:24 PM

Fair play to soccerc u were certainly on the ball

**loscherland** · 28/08/2006, 9:28 PM

Seems a little non-sensicle to throw 'whoever this is' into a full international squad having never even been called up to the squad -- even when half the team dropped out of the dutch squad.
- If stan knew about him then, why wasn't he drafted in? Even just to see him in training.
- Or is he english-irish & only just declared for us?
- Or was he injured
- Or is stan actually a magician & able to pull players out of a big black hat when it pleases him?