QuoteHe'd go ahead of Alex Pearce, surely?
Someone that wasn't getting in match day squads at Derby and has started a sum total of one league game for one of the weakest squads in the division. It would be a joke if he went.
If he is fit for the Euros but hasn't played for Stoke, do you think he'll still make the squad? I'd say 50/50.
I think O'Neill is loyal but not to a fault
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He'd go ahead of Alex Pearce, surely?
Someone that wasn't getting in match day squads at Derby and has started a sum total of one league game for one of the weakest squads in the division. It would be a joke if he went.
Is anyone suggesting Pearce is in contention?
You'd imagine Duffy and McShane are both ahead of him, but he does seem to keep making squads.
I think McShane played himself out of contention in the Slovakia game. I'd be surprised if Duffy doesn't get the last CB spot. Maybe it's all closer than I'm imagining.
Agreed. I certainly don't think 'Wilson or Pearce?' is a predicament running through O'Neill's mind. Pearce can't possibly be in the running barring injuries to more than just Wilson.
That's not exactly the same as Hogan "playing down talk of representing Ireland". He's just said it's not something he's thinking about right now as he's got his club career to focus on first. From the quote I read, I interpreted it that journalists were trying to get in touch with him to ask (or did he mean the FAI?), but I'm sure if an offer of a place was made he'd have a more serious think about it then. We'll see. Would Keane go to watch a player who has no interest in playing for us?Originally Posted by TheOneWhoKnocks
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That's it obvious for me now. Duffy, Clark, Keogh & O'Shea.
Tough for Marc not to make the euros. I hope he gets back to full fitness as soon as possible and thanks for all his efforts in helping us get to the euros.
Along with Coleman, Christie, Ward, Brady. That will surely be the list of defenders.
"We lost because we didn't win"- Ronaldo
I have exactly the same 8 on my list. I also had Wilson originally but the door maybe opens for Gibson now.
No one ever thanks the harbinger of bad news here, it truly is a thankless task.
Do you think he might have tested himself too soon or pushed it a bit to get ready for the Euros?
What pub does Delaney drink in these days?
Anywhere the Wolfe Tones are playing!
What? Wrong Delaney?
Bring Back Belfast Celtic F.C.
Only saw afterwards that JoeD had broken the news an hour earlier on the Holland/Belarus thread, so I didn't deserve any thanks anyway.
No idea if Wilson pushed himself too hard but seems a possibility I suppose. I think his lack of game time would have been a serious issue anyway, especially for a defender. One little showing of rustiness could have been fatal. Bad luck for him all the same, hopefully he's can get a decent pre-season behind him before the WCQ's.
Seems very straight forward now alright, defenders-wise. Two reasonably decent options for every position there. That said, as things stand, six of those eight defenders will be playing Championship football next season, possibly even seven with O'Shea being out of favour at Sunderland.
Ward will be playing in the Premiership next season.
Of course.
Unlucky for Wilson, but no surprise. He must have felt his chances of making it were fairly slim as, even if he was fit, he's still had no game-time whatsoever.
Looks like Duffy is a cert to make the cut now.
Just happened to come across this interview with Wilson:
I'd never heard him speak before and expected an Antrim/Armagh accent, but it's a weird mesh of all sorts. Bits of an English accent and some Dublin in there too, oddly. I can't imagine that was his accent when he first joined Manchester United in 2001. He would have been around 13 or so then though, if I'm not mistaken, and presumably moved to Manchester at the time, so maybe that explains the development of the peculiar accent.
He was only part of the MUFC academy in Belfast as far as I know.
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