Personally, I'd like to see Finnan restored at right full, and a recognised left full given a chance, on the other hand, what left full backs are available? Doyle clearly is the target man of choice, but we need to know if we have any options, should he get injured. Robbie Keane took a lot (a whole lot) of flak for his performance up front in recent games, can he play where Stephen Ireland did on wednesday - after all his 2 best contributions to the Wales game (the passes laid on for an onrushing Duff and Ireland in the space of about 10 minutes) came in that position in front of the midfield.[/QUOTE]
That in itself is an interesting comment. When Staunton got the job this campaign was seen as a platform for building for 2010 WC. However, we're halfway through this campaign and we haven't really seen too many new options emerge. In relation to left back, Clive Clarke could have been used in earlier friendlies, however, I reckon he will stick with the tried and trusted as long as we can mathematically qualify for Euro 2008. Kilbane could be a left back maybe. We also have a whole of cover in centre defence either. Paddy McCarthy will probably go to the States. Also, would there be a possibility of calling up Ronnie O'Brien seeing as he is based in that region?
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