QuoteWhat did damien delaney do then? :P
Full story here http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2011/...ofireland.html
Officially it's just part of reducing the big squad of 32 down to 25 but there definitely seems to be a direct message from Trap here as well.
"There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet" - Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
What did damien delaney do then? :P
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
He conceded 7 goals at Peterborough on Saturday - I wonder did Trap get a DVD of that sent over?Originally Posted by paul_oshea
"There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet" - Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
Ya i was going to say that aside...
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
I figured Trap might do without him in this time of reckoning. Tried and trusted troops to the fore.
Someone on ybig just posted that he has been omitted from the revised under 21 squad Didn't see the original one or revised one so can't confirm that
I have a head only Snow White would love
Republic of Ireland squad: Given (Aston Villa), Westwood (Sunderland), Forde (Millwall),
O'Shea (Sunderland), Foley (Wolves), Kelly (Fulham), Ward (Wolves), Dunne (Aston Villa), Kilbane (Derby), St Ledger (Leicester), O'Dea (Leeds),
Whelan (Stoke), Gibson (Manchester United), Andrew (Ipswich), Fahey (Birmingham), Duff (Fulham), McGeady (Spartak Moscow), Hunt (Wolves), Lawrence (Portsmouth), Treacy (Burnley),
Shane Long, Simon Cox
Keogh (Leeds), Keane (LA Galaxy), Doyle (Wolves)
[edit] added Shane Long, Simon Cox
Last edited by tricky_colour; 24/08/2011 at 1:39 PM.
Andy Keogh?
F*ckoff.
You've got no fans.
Don't blame me I didn't pick him.
Crazy stuff. To pick Andrews, O'Dea, Keogh & Lawrence over McCarthy, Wilson, Walters, Clarke & even Wes Hoolahan is mind boggling.
Good to see Ward in the team.
Any sign of Myler coming back for Sunderland?
Ward will probably start the upcoming games because he showed up and done the business in the end of season friendlies.
McCarthy, Wilson & Walters didnt bother their holes.... So why should they jump ahead of Andrews, O'Dea & Keogh??
Trap knows he can trust these guys to do a job and they know the system.
I believe Hoolahan will be given his chance but these are not the games to do it.
I'd love to know what kind of team you'd start against Slovakia??
Shane Long and Simon Cox in the squad also.
Tricky did a Lorena Bobbitt on that squad list.
That was the list I copied, though it odd about the lack of strikers, maybe I copied it wrong, I forget where I got it from, I think it was from a link in this thread to the RTE site.
If it was wrong its been fixed now.
I thought to myself "that's a bit odd, but then that Trap for you!!"
Some of your post is more mind boggling!
Andrews can't hold a torch to McCarthy in terms of ability but McCarthy has been underwhelming for his club for a while now. Andrews, for some reason, makes us a better team than when we don't have him. He played well against Italy, as did O'Dea who also played well twice against Macedonia. Clark didn't impress in his last game for us - Norway? - and faded at the end of last season. I think it's right that players who come in and do well stay in. Momentum, continuity and all that.
Wilson has never played for us. Walters should be in, no argument in my mind there. Hoolahan should get a look in soon.
I cannot blame the Trap dropping em. It hopefully sends out a message to all the players who keep getting knocks on international week but are ok to play for their club on the Saturday.
"If God had meant football to be played in the air, he'd have put grass in the sky." Brian Clough.
You'll NEVER beat the Irish.......you'll just draw with us instead!!!
Andrews and Lawrence are proven performers for us, how on earth is it "mind boggling" they would be preferred over guys who haven't proven a damn thing for Ireland like McCarthy, Wilson and Walters. And calling up Hoolihan for the tail end of a campaign he's had zero involvement with? Why, because he scored a goal for Norwich? Marvelous idea, you should look for a job at Sky with kneejerk hyberbolic reactions like that.
Have disagreed with some of your posts in the past but ypu're 100% right.
Why are people in any shocked about this? Since he took over it's been obvious how Trap operates. You show up for friendlies and traning camps and you get a chance. if you impress then you stand a chance of making the team in the qualifiers. Andrews, Lawrence and St Ledger all came into the team in the last campaign like this. Fahey, Ward and Cox have played themselves into contention in this campaign by the same route.
McCarthy only has himself to blame as does Wilson, Walters is a bit unfortunate given that there's no doubt around his injury. I expect them to be brought back for the next friendly but Trap always goes with his tried and tested method, anyone who's surprised at that by now must have had their head in the sand the last 3 and a half years.
just confirmed in u21 squad
Let the games begin!
I have a head only Snow White would love
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