Ireland squad

KdjaCL

Argh thread about irish football !!!!!


Republic of Ireland squad to face Australia at Lansdowne Road on Tuesday, August 19
Given (Newcastle), Colgan (Hibernian), Murphy (West Brom), O'Shea (Manchester United), Carr (Tottenham), Cunningham (Birmingham), Breen (Sunderland), O'Brien (Newcastle), Harte (Leeds), Dunne (Manchester City), Finnan (Liverpool), Carsley (Everton), Healy (Unattached), Holland (Charlton), Kinsella (Aston Villa), Kilbane (Sunderland), Reid (Blackburn), Quinn (SheffieldWednesday), Duff (Chelsea), Doherty (Tottenham), Keane (Tottenham), Morrison (Birmingham), Connolly (West Ham).


4 players in CL
2 in Uefa
10 in Prem
Rest in Div 1 or about to be Div 1.

Imo we need to have as many as possible in CL and that will make us a lot better.

kdjac

Big Ears

good squad but im worried about our second choice keepers.I dont know alot about murphy and Nick colagans only starting to get inthe squad and hes 30.What im realy upset about is kilbane keeps getting a place on the left side and Kerr wont give richie partridge(of liverpool on loan to coventry) a chance even though hes a much better player

KdjaCL

Colgan is ok but think Hibs want rid of him earns too much.
Murphy is one for the future and seemingly is a very good keeper.
There is a couple of Irish keepers in Div 1 and lower that will come through soon enough.

kdjac

GuanYin

Good squad.

Kilbane just about deserves his place I think (certainly over partridge at present).

Kerr has done the right thing in focusing on the upcoming qualifiers rather than blooding new caps.


Barry Roche from Forest is a good keeper on the way thru...

Mr. Fancypants

Paddy Kenny at Sheffield United was getting a bit of hype at the tailend of the last season. He is supposed to be an excellent goalkeeper.

Villain

Murphy is an excellent keeper.

Glad to see Morrisson back in the squad it will be nice to have 2 good proper strikers in the team (no offence to Connolly).

So the V V 1

______________________Given__________________________

Carr____________Cunningham___O'Shea_____________Finnan

Reid_______________Healy______Holland______________Duff

___________________Keane__Morrisson__________________

Big Ears

i no a lot of people will disagree with me but i think morrison is a poor striker.But then again who else do we have (other than keane)

Big Ears

kilbane might not have be in the starting line up much longer with mark kennedy returning to the premier league(and i doubt kerr will use him on the right like mcCathy did)

StickyMcGinty

Colgan moved from HIB's to Stockport this morning. another good move methinks. Kilbane is a stocking. he has gotta go!!

Tellox

I know Kilbane is ****e in a sunderland jersey, but when he's donning the green(or white) shirt,I think he puts in a decent enough preformance..

uRbaN

hes making all the right decisions so far in my opnion, and i think once this campaign is over, he will start experimenting with younger players...its the best squad we can field in terms of experinece and quality....no point changing for friendlies in bewteen qualifiers.

deadduck

agree with tellox, kilbane isn't bad for ireland, had his best game in the last match, made loads of runs forward

KdjaCL

Originally posted by VinnyL
Colgan moved from HIB's to Stockport this morning. another good move methinks.

How???


kdjac

ciano

Originally posted by KdjaC
How???


kdjac

Well at least he'll get first team football at Stockport. Hes been told that he will defo not be first choice at Hibs this year as they want to get rid of him due to his high wages.

Also, in fairness to Murphy, he shouldnt really be in the aquad when Paddy Kenny (first choice keeper at an excellent Sheff Utd team) is available.

AthAnRi

Pretty Strong Squad, I'd like to see the following team play against Australia.

Goals: Given
RFBack: S. Carr
LFBack: S. Finnan
CBack: K. Cunningham
CBack: G. Breen
LMid: D. Duff
RMid: S. Reid
C. Mid: C. Healy
C. Mid: J. OShea?
Striker: R. Keane
Striker: C. Morrison?

I know it might not work out but I still think O'Shea has what it takes to play center field. He couldn't be much worse than 'Drifter Holland'.

bort

Originally posted by mbroaders
Paddy Kenny at Sheffield United was getting a bit of hype at the tailend of the last season. He is supposed to be an excellent goalkeeper.

ye took the words right out of me mouth!:)
but is he definately Irish?
i heard that he was to be called up before but for some reason he couldnt go.
Anyone have any more info?

GuanYin

My two cent (note it's singular for european currency).

From the current squad.

Given - GK
Carr - DR
O'Shea - DC
Cunningham (O'Brien) - DC
Finnan - DL
Reid - MR
Carsley - MC
Holland/Kinsella - MC
Duff - ML
Keane - FC
Morrison - FC

An all Premiership team.. how long is it since we've been able to field one of those?

ciano

Originally posted by bort
ye took the words right out of me mouth!:)
but is he definately Irish?
i heard that he was to be called up before but for some reason he couldnt go.
Anyone have any more info?

As far as I know hes defo Irish. He decalred for Ireland, but as yet, hasnt been called up to the senior squad.

jonno

Originally posted by sykeirl
My two cent (note it's singular for european currency).

From the current squad.

Given - GK
Carr - DR
O'Shea - DC
Cunningham (O'Brien) - DC
Finnan - DL
Reid - MR
Carsley - MC
Holland/Kinsella - MC
Duff - ML
Keane - FC
Morrison - FC

An all Premiership team.. how long is it since we've been able to field one of those?

I was just about to post up the very same team. IMO that's the best we can put out. Maybe even start O'Brien to see how he copes.b

UbahOne

no Alan Lee???

ciano

Originally posted by UbahOne
no Alan Lee???

Apparently both Norwich and Cardiff are both looking to sign him for around one million.

http://www.eleven-a-side.com/acrossthewater/story.asp?newsid=6818

GuanYin

What a great step........sideways!

ciano

Originally posted by sykeirl
What a great step........sideways!

Not at all. Lee is being paid buttons (for a footballer), a move to a relatively big first division club like Norwich might double his wages. So I'd say he would think of it as a definite step up!

colster

Cardiff would be a much better move for Lee than Norwich. I reckon Cardiff will be promoted if not this season then next season. I think Lee would have a great partnership with Earnshaw if he went there.

colster

Originally posted by KdjaC
Argh thread about irish football !!!!!


4 players in CL
2 in Uefa
10 in Prem
Rest in Div 1 or about to be Div 1.

kdjac

I reckon we have 16 in the Premiership.
Given
Cunningham
Carr
O Shea
O Brien
Harte
Finnan
Dunne
Holland
Reid
Kinsella
Duff
Carsley
Keane
Morrison
Doherty

Thats a healthy amount. Out of those 16 you could only say that Doherty will not get many games this season. The rest I can see playing in over 15 - 20 games
Delap is not there either and he should play most games for Southampthon this season.