The Ecuador game will be shown on Setanta at 5:45pm on Thursday the 24th and the Bolivia game at 12:30pm on Sunday the 27th. Not live but next day.
Line up for the B International back in November:Originally Posted by eirebhoy
Randolph (Quigley, 86),
Foley, McCarthy, Bruce (O’Cearuill, 51), Emanuel,
Gamble, McPhail (Potter, 45), Gibson (Frecklington, 51), O’Brien (Hunt, 44),
Keogh (Long, 77), O’Donovan (Stokes, 51).
From that game, Long, Stokes and Hunt have all gone to win senior caps in the next 3 games, and Gibson was an unused substitute. As well as that, O'Cearuill, Potter, O'Brien, Keogh and now Gamble are going on the tour to the states.
The Ecuador game will be shown on Setanta at 5:45pm on Thursday the 24th and the Bolivia game at 12:30pm on Sunday the 27th. Not live but next day.
"Jacques Santini...will be greeted in every dugout of the country by "one-nil, one-nil" - Clive Tyldsley, 89th minute of France-England June 13, 2004.
"Ooooohhhh Nooooooo" Bobby Robson 91st minute.
Anyone know anything about O'Halloran? I presume that was Kevin McDonald's call!
'And Crouch must score'
Miller, Ireland & Elliott pull out due to "family commitments" according to the Indo. Did they not know about these commitments 2 weeks ago?
The very short termist in me wants Wolves to lose tonight just so Keogh and Potter can make the trip!
Still no Glenn Whelan.
No complaints with Gamble's selection, but my understanding is he's more of a ball winning CM than a ball using CM like Whelan.
Last edited by Stuttgart88; 16/05/2007 at 8:40 AM.
Caleb Folan pulled out too
From his icons diary: http://www.icons.com/folan/diary.html?15.05.07
Unfortunately it's not all good news though, as I have had to pull out of the Republic of Ireland's tour of the USA. I've had a scan on my knee and it looks like I will be out for three weeks. The damage has been getting worse over the last few weeks and now I really do need to have it done. It's a shame as I was looking forward to that trip so much.
It gets stranger and stranger...have nothing against Gamble being called up but surely he's just going to pull out anyway cause he's in the middle of the season....
Staunton's selections seem to have a worrying amount of randomness to them and strike me as if they haven't been thought through at all....I wonder what Whelan and Garvan (amongst others) must be thinking at this stage...
Also I think O'Halloran is a LB which makes a little bit of sense but as far as I know his prospects at Villa aren't great...
"Well I think they'll be a little disappointed with that" - Matt Holland on TV3 after 5-2 drubbing by Cyprus
down to the bare bones now, let's hope the Reading lads stay injury free!
"If God had meant football to be played in the air, he'd have put grass in the sky." Brian Clough.
You'll NEVER beat the Irish.......you'll just draw with us instead!!!
What a load of sh***, any player with anysense should pull out of this fiasco. What can you learn when only 3 or four of the squad will be inconsideration for the real matches in the Autumn.
Instead of two matches in America with a bunch of Championship players, one match with a full strenght team and a real test for Goalkeeper, Left-full, Center Midfield and Right midfield would serve much better. (second half someone at Center-half).
The rest could play in an A international. The results will only send us down the rankings and any performance is meaningless to the furtherment of the international team.
The rankings mean sfa. It's the seedings (in the stickie thread) which has all the bearing.The rest could play in an A international. The results will only send us down the rankings and any performance is meaningless to the furtherment of the international team.
Once you understand that point then there is nothing to lose by playing these games.
Em, John Delaney doen't seem to think so, one of the reasons Kerr was sacked was because of our decline in the rankings
Always look on the bright side of life
Any news on TV coverage for the Ecuador game?
I know Sky are showing the Bolivia game on Sat. week, but they aren't showing the Ecuador game.
Half the squad has B squad feel to it now.
For Staunton to pull Gamble out of mid season he better play him now.
Makes sense that Staunton would look to B International players who performed well in that match before others.
Great! He's a donkey. Shouldnt get near the squad, we have much better options than him.
It's on RTE. Half 12 Wednesday night/Thursday morning.
McShane is now out as West Brom won so the current squad is down to 16 out-field players, whatever team is picked will probably be Ireland's weakest ever starting line up in a full international
I have no idea what Alan O'Brien is doing doing in there.
Goalkeepers: Nick Colgan (Barnsley), Wayne Henderson (Preston North End), Colin Doyle (Birmingham City).
Defenders: Stephen Kelly (Birmingham City), Sean St Ledger (Preston North End), Alex Bruce (Ipswich Town), Joseph O’Cearuill (Arsenal), John O’Shea (Manchester United), Stephen O’Halloran (Aston Villa).
Midfielders: Darren Potter (Wolves), Stephen Hunt (Reading), Alan O’Brien (Newcastle United), Kevin Kilbane (Wigan Athletic), Joe Gamble (Cork City).
Forwards: Kevin Doyle, Shane Long (both Reading), Daryl Murphy, Anthony Stokes (both Sunderland), Andy Keogh (Wolves).
We've very little choice but to play Bruce, St Ledger, O'Shea and Kelly at the back.
That leaves 2 of Potter, Gamble and Kilbane for central midfield. Hunt will definitely start both game imo.
Up front is the only position with a few options.
If the Wolves lads are as depressed as I am about their loss (or 2 to the ****ing baggies) I doubt they will go
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Am looking for old Irish matches on VHS, PM me if you have some and I'll upload them here
Not too sure they can cite "in a bit of a mood" as a valid reason to pull out of a squad though...
"Well I think they'll be a little disappointed with that" - Matt Holland on TV3 after 5-2 drubbing by Cyprus
Can't understand why the likes of Garvan, Whelan or even young McCann haven't been called up. Unless they have already been sounded out and are not available.
Always look on the bright side of life
While I think Stan's selection is puzzling (at best) some of the comments here make me think he's damned if he does, and damned if he doesn't.
We complain often enough that no new talent is being brought into the setup, so when Stan announces a squad with 9 uncapped players, we complain that he's not building around established talent.
I posted before that several of the uncapped players were in the B game last November so obviously some form of forward thinking is going on, and if the likes of Potter, O'Cearuill or Keogh have a good performance on the tour then I believe it will have been worthwhile.
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