Players for B game?

**bwagner** · 16/10/2006, 2:49 PM

Trundle got his 100th league goal this weekend any takers?
luke Varney of crewe is very highly rated...any ties to us??
Maybe Norris of Plymouth ?

Eircom players for me Gamble , Heary , O flynn and Gavin.

Some of the burley O'connors

**cavan_fan** · 16/10/2006, 2:58 PM

Has anyone involved explained what the point of the B Team is yet?

Is it a glorified U-21 Team
or an Eircom League eleven
or our 12-22 ranked players
or uncapped players over 21 (hard to think there are 11 of those really!)

**Kingdom** · 16/10/2006, 3:06 PM

There are quite a few players I'd like to see in them. A combination of Douglas, Gamble, Deery, and McPhail (to see if the hype is worth it) in midfield over a couple of games.
McCarthy of Leicester I'd like to see. McShane has been elevated, so St Ledger could do with a run out. I'm sure someone of the eL brigade could point us in the direction of a few defenders worthy of a place in the team, let alone the squad.

McGeady could do with a run out, as could the likes of Long, and Stokes.

**Dodge** · 16/10/2006, 3:15 PM

Bwagner, didn't you slag the mod Plastic paddy as a wannabe irish and now you want Trundle and randomers in the team? Seek help my friend...

Anyway the EL teams will be less than happy to give up their players 3 days before the last game of the season so if some are called up, expect them to withdraw. Typical FAI

**Dr. Ogba** · 16/10/2006, 4:18 PM

Originally Posted by bwagner

Trundle got his 100th league goal this weekend any takers?luke Varney of crewe is very highly rated...any ties to us??
Maybe Norris of Plymouth ?

Eircom players for me Gamble , Heary , O flynn and Gavin.

Some of the burley O'connors

No chance....

Lee Trundle just is not good enough and is the wrong side of 30....end of story. Can you honestly say that he is a better player/prospect than Elliott/Murphy/Clarke/Andy Keogh/ (dare I say it) David Connolly??????

**livehead1** · 16/10/2006, 4:26 PM

Originally Posted by Dr. Ogba

No chance....

Lee Trundle just is not good enough and is the wrong side of 30....end of story. Can you honestly say that he is a better player/prospect than Elliott/Murphy/Clarke/Andy Keogh/ (dare I say it) David Connolly??????

more experienced than clarke and probably more consistant than connolly. Keogh on the other hand looked superb for scumthorpe when they beat forest 4-0. very dangerous all game

**adamcarr** · 16/10/2006, 4:35 PM

Originally Posted by bwagner

Trundle got his 100th league goal this weekend any takers?
luke Varney of crewe is very highly rated...any ties to us??
Maybe Norris of Plymouth ?

Eircom players for me Gamble , Heary , O flynn and Gavin.

Some of the burley O'connors

The guy is so injury prone it is unreal. CCFC would not release him for an Irish B game.

**livehead1** · 16/10/2006, 4:52 PM

Originally Posted by adamcarr

The guy is so injury prone it is unreal. CCFC would not release him for an Irish B game.

Of course they would, lets be realistic, any publicity they get, for example one of their players representing their country at any level is likely to be snatched with both hands..... cork city wouldn't release him, that makes me laugh, in that case i can't see ANY of the english sides releasing their players either.

**adamcarr** · 16/10/2006, 4:59 PM

Originally Posted by livehead1

Of course they would, lets be realistic, any publicity they get, for example one of their players representing their country at any level is likely to be snatched with both hands..... cork city wouldn't release him, that makes me laugh, in that case i can't see ANY of the english sides releasing their players either.

We're lucky if we have the guy fit for two games in a row and that is no exagerration. I couldnt see City releasing him unless there was some kind of compo package drawn up as he is the highest paid player at the club.

**Dodge** · 16/10/2006, 5:30 PM

Originally Posted by livehead1

Of course they would, lets be realistic, any publicity they get, for example one of their players representing their country at any level is likely to be snatched with both hands..... cork city wouldn't release him, that makes me laugh, in that case i can't see ANY of the english sides releasing their players either.

Well the english clubs don't have a probably very important final game of the season 3 days later.

**eirebhoy** · 16/10/2006, 7:48 PM

GK:
Mick Devine
Colin Doyle
Shane Supple
Conrad Logan
Graham Stack
Darren Randolph

Anyone care to list the options for the other positions from the players in this thread and EL players?

http://foot.ie/showthread.php?t=41499

**DmanDmythDledge** · 16/10/2006, 9:15 PM

Originally Posted by eirebhoy

GK:
Mick Devine
Colin Doyle
Shane Supple
Conrad Logan
Graham Stack
Darren Randolph

Barry Ryan would be included in that list, with him and Devine making up no.1/no.2 imo. Darren Quigley would be there as well, and you might as well not count Doyle or Randolph as they are behind Quigley in the U-21 pecking order.

**theworm2345** · 16/10/2006, 9:48 PM

Originally Posted by Dr. Ogba

No chance....

Lee Trundle just is not good enough and is the wrong side of 30....end of story. Can you honestly say that he is a better player/prospect than Elliott/Murphy/Clarke/Andy Keogh/ (dare I say it) David Connolly??????

Elliott, Murphy, and Connolly all played well in the EPL when they got the chance, Trundle is still in League 1. He still has not even declared I dont hink

**eirebhoy** · 16/10/2006, 10:38 PM

Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge

Barry Ryan would be included in that list, with him and Devine making up no.1/no.2 imo. Darren Quigley would be there as well, and you might as well not count Doyle or Randolph as they are behind Quigley in the U-21 pecking order.

Doyle played in the last game. I'm not sure if Quigley was injured. The reason he's not in the current squad is because he won't be eligible for the next set of qualifiers. He'll almost certainly be in the B squad.

He still has not even declared I dont hink

You said this earlier and I replied to it. He has declared for us 100 times.

**tetsujin1979** · 16/10/2006, 11:19 PM

According to the program from the Czech game, the players expecting to be vying for contention are:

GK: Graham Stack, Shane Supple, Conrad Logan, Colin Doyle, Michael Devine, Dan Connor, Darren Quigley, Joe Murphy.
DF: Kevin Foley, Paul McShane, Stephen Kelly, Joey O'Brien, Sean St Ledger, Paddy McCarthy
MF: Kevin Deery, Joe Gamble, Stephen Ireland, Jay Tabb, Willo Flood, Gary Dempsey, Michael Doyle, Stephen McPhail
FW: Andy Keogh, Jason Byrne, Richie Foran, Shane Long, Stephen Ward

McShane, Kelly, Ireland, and possibly McPhail should be in the senior squad for the San Marino game, but the rest are definite candidates. I'd add Stephen Hunt, Glen Whelan and Daryl Murphy (if fit) to that list.

**Dodge** · 16/10/2006, 11:26 PM

Whelan's a bit old for a B team, no?

**livehead1** · 17/10/2006, 1:10 AM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Whelan's a bit old for a B team, no?

sorry, can you explain to me what age has to do with it??

**Dr. Ogba** · 17/10/2006, 8:46 AM

Originally Posted by thew0rm2345

Elliott, Murphy, and Connolly all played well in the EPL when they got the chance, Trundle is still in League 1. He still has not even declared I dont hink

Had a feeling you'd pick up on it if Connolly's name was mentioned!

**Dodge** · 17/10/2006, 9:32 AM

Originally Posted by livehead1

sorry, can you explain to me what age has to do with it??

I think we should use this B team as a development team to groom players for the senior team, therefore nobody under 25 (bar keepers) should be picked IMO Likewise anybody with more than 5 caps