Irish & British Lions

**Deckydee** · 13/01/2008, 7:37 PM

I had many a conversation about football in my life, but one my favourite 'conversation starters' is a little thing I like to call the 'Irish & British Lions' question.

A lot of people out there think that Ireland have a great team and all that. Well there is only one way and one way only to see if that is true and that is if there was a tournment ever played where the best of Ireland, Engerland, Scotland and Wales played a team like Brazil (for Example). How many of the Republics current squad would make it into the starting 11?

It is a pretty good way to judge the team.

My answer by the way would be Given and Dunne

**DmanDmythDledge** · 13/01/2008, 7:44 PM

I'd have Keane in there as well.

**gustavo** · 13/01/2008, 7:45 PM

I'd have an all Irish team just to be a bit crazy like

**Deckydee** · 13/01/2008, 7:45 PM

I am the manager and we are playing 4-4-2

I have already chosen Rooney and Owen

**an_ceannaire** · 13/01/2008, 8:15 PM

Look, truth be told, all biase aside, if u were to pick a lions team like the rugger, nad if you were totally honest about it, the ONLY non English player would be Given
Thats a fact

**Theskinloyal** · 13/01/2008, 8:31 PM

Eh what about Duff? Since Giggs is gone from the international scene and is 102 years old there isn't anyone better on the left from any of the aforementioned countries inho

Given
Dunne
Finnan?
Keane
Duff
McGoldrick

**DmanDmythDledge** · 13/01/2008, 8:35 PM

Originally Posted by Theskinloyal

Eh what about Duff? Since Giggs is gone from the international scene and is 102 years old there isn't anyone better on the left from any of the aforementioned countries inho

Given
Dunne
Finnan?
Keane
Duff

Duff has only just come back from injury so hasn't done anything in a while. Ashley Young has been class this season so he would practically walk into such a team.

Close between Finnan and Hutton but Finnan just shades it imo.

**rambler14** · 13/01/2008, 9:07 PM

On form alone:

-------------- Given

-----Dunne----Terry----Ferdinand

Wright Phillips Carrick Gerrard Hunt

-----Rooney------Owen------Keane

**DmanDmythDledge** · 13/01/2008, 9:13 PM

How can you say on form alone and then pick Owen who has barely played in the past 2/3 years?

**rambler14** · 13/01/2008, 9:15 PM

he looked sharp yesterday. I'll admit he wasn't great but he looked like another 2 games would have him scoring goals.

**DmanDmythDledge** · 13/01/2008, 9:19 PM

Originally Posted by rambler14

he looked sharp yesterday

He didn't nothing and played ****e.

**ramsfan** · 13/01/2008, 9:20 PM

Originally Posted by rambler14

On form alone:

-------------- Given

-----Dunne----Terry----Ferdinand

Wright Phillips Carrick Gerrard Joe Cole

-----Rooney------Owen------Keane

given
dunne
terry
ferdinand
j cole
gerrard
b ferguson
lampard
duff
keane
crouch

subs

rooney
green
doyle
richards
carrick

manager alex ferguson
assistant david moyes

**sligoman** · 13/01/2008, 10:57 PM

Given, Dunne, Hunt and Doyle.

**osarusan** · 14/01/2008, 2:08 AM

irish and british kittens would be a better name for them.

Given..........that's about it.

Keane, Dunne as subs?

reder · 14/01/2008, 9:09 AM

Finnan would be a dead cert at right back, no one else would come even close to him. On current form, Keane and Dunne would also get in the team. Thats about it though. England players would still make up the majority of the team. An on form Duff would get in left side of midfield but he is nowhere near that at the moment.

**WoodquayBoy** · 14/01/2008, 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by ramsfan

given
dunne
terry
ferdinand
j cole
gerrard
b ferguson
lampard
duff
keane
crouch

subs

rooney
green
doyle
richards
carrick

manager alex ferguson
assistant david moyes

You have got to be taking the mick - Crouch and Keane ahead of Rooney???

**stojkovic** · 15/01/2008, 6:49 PM

Given and Finnan would start.
Dunne and Keane on bench.

**Cabs88** · 15/01/2008, 6:54 PM

Originally Posted by an_ceannaire

Look, truth be told, all biase aside, if u were to pick a lions team like the rugger, nad if you were totally honest about it, the ONLY non English player would be Given
Thats a fact

If even, taylor at birmingham decent shot stopper aswell

**eirebhoy** · 15/01/2008, 10:38 PM

Given - Gordon - James
Finnan - Hutton - Neville
???? - Naysmith - Cole
Dunne - Weir - Ferdinand - Terry - Carragher - Campbell
Reid - Carsley - Ferguson - Brown - Hargreaves - Gerrard - Lampard - Barry - Carrick
Duff - McGeady - Hunt - Ireland - Maloney - Wright-Phillips - Cole - Bentley - Downing - Young - Beckham
Keane - Doyle - McFadden - Rooney - Crouch - Owen

Given definitely wins the battle of the keepers for me. Finnan just edges out Neville, who I rate, because Neville has hardly played in a year. Dunne just misses out. I've picked the 3 midfielders I think link up best. Only one wide player and that's Cole, who isn't playing anywhere near his best atm. I'd honestly have Maloney before any of the Irish wide players. I think he's fantastic as I've said many times. A Ferguson-Brown partnership is probably better than any pair we could put out in the centre. Keane and Rooney might not suit each other but they're much better than the other options imo.

I just realised I totally ignored Wales and Northern Ireland.

Anyway, you can add Bale, Koumas, Bellamy, Giggs and Healy to the list but it wouldn't make a difference to my team.