Finnan to return ?

[tetsujin1979]

Looks like Finnan won't be moving to Fulham, they're not willing to match his wages at Liverpool, so they're going after Luke Young. Would have been a great move for Finnan.

[GavinZac]

And that's why you're not the manager. Thankfully Trap isn't going to let pride get in the way of us having the best possible chance of qualifying for the World Cup.

The point of international football is pride. Nothing else.

[drummerboy]

Finnan is past his best. Last season he struggled.

[dr_peepee]

Still the best right full we have though

[third policeman]

Dont agree about Finnan's form last season. He had a couple of wobbly games which is all Benitez needed to justify dumping him in favour of another expensive Spanish mediocrity. Finnan's delivery into the box is second to none at Anfield. think he should move on as hois face clearly does not fit. Benitez has made three attempts to replace him and has to reluctantly bring him back when the likes of Josemi, Kronkamp etc prove to be utterly useless. If he is willing to come back then he should be picked.

[as_i_say]

The point of international football is pride. Nothing else.

Couldnt agree more. A sizeable contributing reason as to why we've been so sh ite recently. It'll be some result if Trap can get the spirit back into the team and make them give a cr@p even if we are not technically superior.

[elroy]

Couldnt agree more. A sizeable contributing reason as to why we've been so sh ite recently. It'll be some result if Trap can get the spirit back into the team and make them give a cr@p even if we are not technically superior.

If the current Irish team as a whole looked like they gave as much a cr@p about the team as prior Irish teams or like the current Croatian team do Id be more than happy, even if they were unsuccessful. Remember the team in 2002 almost to a man in tears after the exit to Spain, how many of our players were looked like they were really that bothered by the failures of the last few campaigns????

[Emmet]

Finnan is past his best. Last season he struggled.

I disagree. He had a few injuries last season which meant he could net get a sustained run in Liverpool's first team. This talk of him leaving Liverpool hasn't come out of Liverpool - I don't think Benitez wants him to leave (not yet anyway!)

[tetsujin1979]

I disagree. He had a few injuries last season which meant he could net get a sustained run in Liverpool's first team. This talk of him leaving Liverpool hasn't come out of Liverpool - I don't think Benitez wants him to leave (not yet anyway!)

Benitez has signed another right full (Degen) already, pushing Finnan further down the pecking order. It's just going to make it harder for him to get back into the side after an injury-hit season

[Colbert Report]

Degen didn't even get into the Swiss team during the Euro Finals. He's no Finnan. No need to worry about him from an Irish perspective.

[jmurphyc]

Degen didn't even get into the Swiss team during the Euro Finals. He's no Finnan. No need to worry about him from an Irish perspective.

Degen's season was badly marred by injury. He only played 10 games for Dortmund this season. Had he been fully fit he would have started for the Swiss.

[tetsujin1979]

Accoring to Trapattoni, he has convinced Finnan to return to international football: http://newstalk.ie/newstalk/news/110...an-return.html

[third policeman]

Arbeloa apparently wants a move back to Spain for personal reasons, and with both Degan and Darby looking hopeless in pre-season he might be staying at Liverpool after all. Wonder how that would affect his decision to play international football?

[third policeman]

It now looks like Degen is set to miss a minimum of two months with calf surgery. Increasingly likely that Finan will stay at Anfield.

[minty]

finnan is still good enough to play 30+ league games a season