QuoteI would still be hopeful enough that McShane will make the trip.
According to Keane "Paul has a little injury so we will need to look at him before we give him the green light to report for Ireland,"
Harte's not in the squad, guess he could be called up if McShane pulls out but I'm always suspicious when a late call up plays. Would think Kelly is most likely as I still think Stan will play Kilbane in CM or on the wing.Originally Posted by Wolfie
I would still be hopeful enough that McShane will make the trip.
According to Keane "Paul has a little injury so we will need to look at him before we give him the green light to report for Ireland,"
If it's a "little injury" then Sunderland would have to handcuff him to the goalposts to stop him from going.
Did I hear right, at the end of RTE sports news, that Finnan is out?
independent have him as a major doubt.
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No Finnan probably means McShane and Dunne at CB and Kilbane and O'Shea at left and right back respectively. Oh dear. His in explicable fondness for Kilbane probably means no place for S. Kelly.
I still think we're very lightweight up front if anything happens to Keane or Doyle.
I'm wondering about Doyle starting. Firstly, he will be a great player, already is. But he's in no sort of form at the moment. The problem is we can't afford to try to play him into form. That's OK for clubs (esp mid table ones) not when you have 2 games whihc will define 2 seasons. I wonder if Keogh and Keane might be a better starting pair at the moment. Keogh strikes me a someone with a bit of physical presence.
That's a fair point about Doyle. This time last year he was scoring penalties against Man Utd, missing one against West Ham has hardly filled him with confidence. It's hard to drop him though, even on work rate alone he offers a lot. Playing Keogh might not be the best option as he would drift a little like Keane. If he was forced to drop Doyle, I'd go with Long in his place or at a push Stephen Ireland.
'And Crouch must score'
Why Keogh is the king of assists
By Chris Bevan
Wolves striker Andy Keogh
Scoring is obviously that little bit better but I know when I've played my part and if I've helped when a goal has been scored then I am happy
Andy Keogh
Wolves frontman Andy Keogh has got used to seeing his strike partners hog the headlines but he does not mind one bit.
At his previous club, Scunthorpe, Keogh helped Billy Sharp score 44 goals in a season-and-a-half and now it is Freddy Eastwood who is linking up with him to lethal effect.
Eastwood has notched four goals in four Championship games since his £1.5m summer move from Southend to Molineux and the Republic of Ireland international has set up all of them.
It is a record Keogh is rightly proud of and he is delighted to see his latest partnership flourishing.
"Billy and I actually clicked a bit quicker together but it is going just as well with Freddy," Keogh told BBC Sport. "We will get better and better too.
"Scoring is obviously that little bit better than making a goal but I know when I've played my part and if I've helped when we've scored then I am happy.
"I have just tried to pick up where I left off last season. I've been setting them up - all I need to do now is catch up with Freddy and score a few myself."
Not that Keogh, a hard-working forward in the Robbie Keane mould, is a slouch when it comes to finding the net himself.
"It was a very proud moment to play for my country. I have got two caps now and hopefully I will be adding a lot more.
Andy Keogh
The 21-year-old got off the mark for the season in Wolves' Carling Cup defeat by Morecambe on Wednesday - his sixth goal for the club since joining for £600,000 in January - and found the net 23 times in his 23 months at Scunthorpe.
His form has been good enough to warrant a call-up by Republic of Ireland boss Steve Staunton - something that seemed unlikely when he left Leeds United, where he was a trainee, to move to Glanford Park in February 2005.
"It was a very proud moment to play for my country," added Keogh. "I have got two caps now and hopefully I will be adding a lot more.
"The way things have turned out showed my decision to join Scunthorpe was right and I am just looking at the next step now.
"I went there to kickstart my career and it worked. That next step for me is the Premier League.
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"The Championship is a very competitive division but playing at a higher level would improve me as a player."
Keogh almost made it into the top-flight last season when Wolves lost in the semi-finals of the play-offs and he is confident that Mick McCarthy's team have what it takes to win promotion this term.
"Can we go up? 100% yes. We have to," he explained. "We have a new chairman who has come in and invested a lot of money and we have to get there soon.
"I am sure we can do it too. We have a good blend of young players and experienced pros.
"We have made a good start and now we have to kick on.
"Our only blip has been against Morecambe but if we get promoted then no-one will remember that game."
In Trap we trust
stop the **** taking and call in stokes i say. **** the attitude he is obviously irelands 3rd best option up front after keane and doyle. the type of impact player we need if things arent going to plan and we need an injection of something different, is capeable of anything(both brilliant and awful)
The link to that article was already posted in the Andy Keogh dedicated thread.Why Keogh is the king of assists
By Chris Bevan
yeah like the impact he made on saturday at old trafford....much of a muchness in all our striking options all unproven apart from keane who doesnt stay upfront anyway.
Morrison has scored away from home for Irleand. He may be a lazey git but is proven at this level and is far more likley to score than Keogh or Murphy. But he will never be picked by Stan because he is not one of the YOUNG lads.
What a load of sh...
Stan still seems upbeat about Finnan & McShane
The right-back was unable to train on Tuesday, but Ireland coach Staunton is staying upbeat about having Finnan available.
"With Steve Finnan we're taking him day by day," said Staunton. "He opened up the joint, but he's had it before. "We are hopeful for the weekend."
Paul McShane is another injury concern for Ireland, but Staunton expects the Sunderland defender to overcome a shoulder problem.
Staunton added: "Paul has had a problem for a week or so.
"He has done his fitness work and that is all he has to do."
Stans Squad choice with two defenders doubtful looks a little questionable.
Six defenders and four keepers?????????
Maybe this might be another lesson on Stans sharp learning curve in International Management.
Lets Hope they are both available come Saturday.
Nicky Colgan may be a better defender than Steven Carr and John O shea and hence the call up....... Stan may have seen something we missed!
The week leading up to an international is surely no time to be investigating whether there is enough weed in a joint, regardless of how experienced a smoker Finnan is.
Nor, I appreciate, is this a time to be making jokes but given the clear-cut opportunity afforded to me I just couldn't resist, apologies to all those without a sense of humour.
Quality post Kingdom!!
Hopefully Keane can put in a performance like the one he put in on Saturday, he run that game and when Jol took him off then Spurs lost the points. I know he didn't hit the net but he was involved in almost everything that was good about Spurs.
Aiden McGeady's diary on the upcoming double header: http://www.icons.com/mcgeady/diary.html?04.09.07
God McGeady is one boring guy! Here (http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=c...k=view&id=2371) is a brief interview with McShane regarding his fitness, what a legend, if/when I go on a South Pole expedition He'll be on my team. Forgive the misspelling of Jan Koller as Jan Kohler in the article, I didn't write it, messengers should not be shot.
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