Irish 23 Man Squad - The Run In

TheRedDevil10 · 07-05-2012 2:07pm

from rte

We'll have live streaming from just after 3:20pm. There is speculation that the senior player forced to miss the competition due to personal reasons will make issue a statement prior to the announcement.

SteelyDanJalapeno · 07-05-2012 2:09pm

Richard Dunne ‏ @richydunne
RT @gscully: RT @SkyEnda: For everyone asking re #Ireland - Damien Duff is absolutely fine. As is Keano.

Rekop dog · 07-05-2012 2:11pm

It would be funny if Trap went on a Delia Smith esque rant. 'The player we are missing is you, the fans, the 12th man! Where are you!! You have bad mentality, bad personality, this is no good.

Brain Stroking · 07-05-2012 2:13pm

Dunne would be the biggest loss

Pro. F · 07-05-2012 2:16pm

kitakyushu wrote: »

... and aren't we lucky that Portugal also managed to do to them.

Just so we're clear here, you rated a team that got to the World Cup final as inferior to one that that didn't even qualify and in fact was beaten by two different nations in qualifying and finished 3rd in their qualifying group.

Sorry but that far surpasses the level of stupidity of anything I or anyone else here might have said today.

Knockout competitions are a rubbish way of comparing the quality of teams because the sample size is so small that luck becomes a big factor. Even the league format of qualifying groups is so small that luck plays a large part.
It was a poor WC in general and Germany had a very easy route to the final.

The Dutch were unfortunate to face us with Keane while the Germans got the benefit of coming up against us without him, qualifying first out of the group and getting the best path to the final.

If you don't agree with my estimation of the Dutch as the best of that four fine, you can ignore it because it's not that important. The point still stands. Your idea that we probably wouldn't have done any better with Keane is still ridiculous.

homerjay2005 · 07-05-2012 2:17pm

so if your man brady is correct, then it looks like its not Duff and the other 2 main rumours have been about Hunt and Mcgeedy, both of them have said they are grand.

so who the f*ck is it?

El Inho · 07-05-2012 2:18pm

Rekop dog wrote: »

It would be funny if Trap went on a Delia Smith esque rant. 'The player we are missing is you, the fans, the 12th man! Where are you!! You have bad mentality, bad personality, this is no good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG1KOXCUe0s

personally hoped it wouldnt be any of duff, keane, dunne, given, hunt or mecgeady. They all offer something good if not vital. Hunt is a game changer and just bloody annoying to defend against.

KevIRL · 07-05-2012 2:19pm

homerjay2005 wrote: »

so if your man brady is correct, then it looks like its not Duff and the other 2 main rumours have been about Hunt and Mcgeedy, both of them have said they are grand.

so who the f*ck is it?

The tweet from Brady could also be interpretted to mean that Duff himself is okay, the reasons rumoured would tie in with this

klose · 07-05-2012 2:19pm

I reckon the fai are just out to troll the whole country

Jayob10 · 07-05-2012 2:21pm

Why all the secrecy about the mystery player?

Are RTE trying to maximise ratings or what?

Doesn't seem to be something thats important to be kept quiet.

Corholio · 07-05-2012 2:21pm

KevIRL wrote: »

The tweet from Brady could also be interpretted to mean that Duff himself is okay, the reasons rumoured would tie in with this

Thats what I was thinking too. But Enda from Sky said, in reply to whether he was right about Duff "100% mate. Just gutted for a good friend".

buyer95 · 07-05-2012 2:22pm

Twiterrati going mad at the moment, with the majority of people claiming Duff is the " senior player " who has made himself unavailable for selection due to personal issues...

eh i dunno · 07-05-2012 2:23pm

Hope its not this legend
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_blank_ · 07-05-2012 2:24pm

Twitter, and it's users, is a pile of ****.

MickySticks · 07-05-2012 2:25pm

I reckon it's either Hunt or Fahey.

daddydick · 07-05-2012 2:27pm

What the hell is yer man Enda at? It's obvious that either Trap or the player in question will be explaining the situation on or before 3:30. All this speculation and cryptic tweets are extremely frustrating for all involved.

We know you know Enda, and so do a lot of journo's but at least they have the decency to let it lie - you're not impressing anyone by being in the know.

/rant !!

Pro. F · 07-05-2012 2:28pm

Rekop dog wrote: »

It would be funny if Trap went on a Delia Smith esque rant. 'The player we are missing is you, the fans, the 12th man! Where are you!! You have bad mentality, bad personality, this is no good.

A German team (Bayern Munich I think) a while back had this big countdown thing on a facebook page about their new star signing. Hyped it up for a while then on D-Day it turned out to be a ''you the fans'' bollocksology with your own fb profile pick in the middle of the page when you visited.

Needless to say the fans weren't impressed

buyer95 · 07-05-2012 2:29pm

If it is true that it is Duff then that opens up the left wing starting place to McClean if he can do well in the warm up game. Every cloud and all that...

SteelyDanJalapeno · 07-05-2012 2:29pm

John O Shea anyone?

theteal · 07-05-2012 2:31pm

buyer95 wrote: »

If it is true that it is Duff then that opens up the left wing starting place to McClean if he can do well in the warm up game. Every cloud and all that...

. . .tries to remember the last time Duff started on the left for Ireland. . .

buyer95 · 07-05-2012 2:35pm

theteal wrote: »

. . .tries to remember the last time Duff started on the left for Ireland. . .

Duff played on the left and McGeady on the right in the first game against Estonia if I'm not mistaking? Anyway McGeady can play on either side, so the spot for McClean still remains open if Duffer is not going.

El Inho · 07-05-2012 2:37pm

Duff would appear to be gathering steam unfortunately.

okidoki987 · 07-05-2012 2:38pm

http://www.european-championship.com/category/European-Championship-News/Duff-left-out-of-Rep-of-Ireland-squad-201205070003/

TheRedDevil10 · 07-05-2012 2:39pm

buyer95 wrote: »

Duff played on the left and McGeady on the right in the first game against Estonia if I'm not mistaking? Anyway McGeady can play on either side, so the spot for McClean still remains open if Duffer is not going.

no your wrong :P

MickySticks · 07-05-2012 2:39pm

It's Duffer folks.

theteal · 07-05-2012 2:40pm

buyer95 wrote: »

Duff played on the left and McGeady on the right in the first game against Estonia if I'm not mistaking? Anyway McGeady can play on either side, so the spot for McClean still remains open if Duffer is not going.

ah i'm only yanker yer chain. if the worst of what i've heard is true, hopefully it is an opportunity for a confident mcclean and not a headless hunt

Pudsy33 · 07-05-2012 2:40pm

okidoki987 wrote: »

http://www.european-championship.com/category/European-Championship-News/Duff-left-out-of-Rep-of-Ireland-squad-201205070003/

That website is fake, someone posted an article from it earlier and it was full of typos.

token101 · 07-05-2012 2:41pm

okidoki987 wrote: »

http://www.european-championship.com/category/European-Championship-News/Duff-left-out-of-Rep-of-Ireland-squad-201205070003/

Not exactly convincing

Pudsy33 · 07-05-2012 2:42pm

MickySticks wrote: »

It's Duffer folks.

How'd you know?

tayto lover · 07-05-2012 2:44pm

How could anyone pick Hunt and leave a better player at home ?

Irish 23 Man Squad - The Run In

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