Irish Players in the EPL: A Technical Ranking

[osarusan]

Who's this Steven Ireland fella. Must be handy with that number of points. Why don't we call him up?

[charliesboots]

Jon Macken needs an asterix

[Sligo Hornet]

Who's this Steven Ireland fella. Must be handy with that number of points. Why don't we call him up?

It's just Fantasy Football, he doesn't really exist, like Superman ( or Stephen's Hair! )

[pete]

Jon Macken needs an asterix

He needs talent too.

[Serb]

He needs talent too.

Touché. I'm more surprised that we only have 29 players in the Premiership. Is that really it?

[Stuttgart88]

Touché. I'm more surprised that we only have 29 players in the Premiership. Is that really it?

I'm actually surprised we have that many!

[tetsujin1979]

24 Irish players have started a Premiership game this season:
Goalkeepers:
Colin Doyle
Shay Given

Defenders:
Stephen Carr
Stephen Kelly
Steve Finnan
Andy O'Brien
Ian Harte
Joey O'Brien
John O'Shea
Paul McShane
Richard Dunne

Midfielders:
Kevin Kilbane
Lee Carsley
Liam Miller
Stephen Hunt
Stephen Ireland

Strikers:
Robbie Keane
Roy O'Donovan
Shane Long
Anthony Stokes
Caleb Folan
Daryl Murphy
David Connolly
Kevin Doyle

Folan has moved onto the Championship.
Keith Treacy has been introduced as a substitute in a League Cup game against Portsmouth, and was an unused sub against Liverpool in the Premiership
Graham Kavanagh was on the bench against Man City in the Premiership.
Treacy and Kavanagh are the only players to feature as subs, and not get a minute on the pitch in the Premiership

[Jerry The Saint]

Midfielders:
Kevin Kilbane
Lee Carsley
Liam Miller
Stephen Hunt
Stephen Ireland

The word "dearth" springs to mind for some reason.

[kingdom hoop]

The word "dearth" springs to mind for some reason.

Ooof, dearth placed alongside spring seems weird in an oxymoronic kinda way. But, leaving aside the irony in a nature sense, the season of lambs gambolling, bunnies caught in headlights and buds that burgeon but not flower seems all too appropriate for Irish midfielders.

Anyway, to cast this in a more bright spring morning than autumn twilight shade, two of our best midfielders, Steven Reid and Duffer, have yet to sprout onto the scene this year while two others, McGeady and Reid eile, are in very good form even if not on the hallowed Premiership soil.

[Serb]

The word "dearth" springs to mind for some reason.

Yeah, though we still have Duff and Stephen Reid to come back from injury this season so, at least we have a couple more to come back into the frame.

[Irish_Praha]

Also to make comparisons with Ireland and Englands first choices.

(GK)

Given -> 10
Robinson -> 32

(Right Back)

Finnan -> 46
Richards -> 49

(Left Back)

Kilbane -> 25
A Cole -> 34

(Centre Backs)

Dunne -> 56
Terry -> 36

McShane -> 23
Ferdinand -> 70

(Left Wing)

Hunt -> 54
Cole -> 40

(Right Wing)

No McGeady/Reid or Beckham so lets ignore this. =P

(Midfield)

Carsley -> 36
Gerrard -> 87

Ireland -> 49
Lampard -> 72

(Strikers)

Keane -> 79
Rooney -> 41

Doyle -> 52
Crouch -> 17



England wins 6-4 position wise.
England win 478 to 430 in combined points.

Man, you must have even less to do than me at the moment

[CollegeTillIDie]

Also to make comparisons with Ireland and Englands first choices.

(GK)

Given -> 10
Robinson -> 32

(Right Back)

Finnan -> 46
Richards -> 49

(Left Back)

Kilbane -> 25
A Cole -> 34

(Centre Backs)

Dunne -> 56
Terry -> 36

McShane -> 23
Ferdinand -> 70

(Left Wing)

Hunt -> 54
Cole -> 40

(Right Wing)

No McGeady/Reid or Beckham so lets ignore this. =P

(Midfield)

Carsley -> 36
Gerrard -> 87

Ireland -> 49
Lampard -> 72

(Strikers)

Keane -> 79
Rooney -> 41

Doyle -> 52
Crouch -> 17



England wins 6-4 position wise.
England win 478 to 430 in combined points.

Which in it's own perverse way may explain why England gained more points in their group than we did