B Squad vs Scotland

eirebhoy

“B” International Friendly
Scotland v Republic of Ireland
Tuesday, November 20th 2007
Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
Kick-off: 7.45 pm

Republic of Ireland Squad
Colin Doyle - Birmingham City
Dan Connor - Drogheda United

Alex Bruce - Ipswich Town
Graham Gartland - Drogheda United
Kevin Foley - Wolves
Sean Dillon - Dundee United

Jim Goodwin - Scunthorpe
Michael Doyle - Coventry City
Jay Tabb - Coventry City
Glenn Whelan - Sheffield Wednesday
Wes Hoolahan - Blackpool
David Bell - Luton Town
Mark Yeates - Colchester

Caleb Folan - Hull City
Roy O’ Donovan - Sunderland
Noel Hunt - Dundee United
Jon Walters - Ipswich
Stephen Ward - Wolves

Xavi6

Ugh another one of these games. Last one served no purpose at all except to bore the arse off anyone who went.

redzerdrog

nice to see dan and garto get some recognition. both have been great this season dan still isnt the best for those with dodgy hearts but is a top class shot stopper and gartland is a top class centre half both really deserve it.

suprised brian shelley didnt get a shout he has been the best player in the EL this season.

whatawaster

redzerdrog wrote: »

nice to see dan and garto get some recognition. both have been great this season dan still isnt the best for thise with dodgy hearts both is a top class shot stopper and gartland is a top class centre half both really deserve it.

suprised brian shelley didnt get a shout he has been the best player in the EL this season.

Gartland is class, but Dan Connor is an accident waiting to happen. He shouldn't be in the Drogs team, let alone the Ireland B. Agree about Shelley

Mitch Connor

considering Folan has got a call up, it does surprise me that we won't even take a look at Trundle.

Seaneh

I'm stunned Trundle has been overlooked, he is in insane form.

He is a far better player than anyone on that list, yes, even your beloved Weso.

dubmick

the game is a waste of time imo

tetsujin1979

dubmick wrote: »

the game is a waste of time imo

Lot of people said last year's game was a waste of time too. Then several of that team went on to win senior caps in the next 12 months.

dubmick

seriously out of that team, who is going to go and do well for the first team?

eirebhoy

dubmick wrote: »

seriously out of that team, who is going to go and do well for the first team?

Realistically Colin Doyle, Kevin Foley, Jay Tabb, Wes Hoolahan and Mark Yeates all have a chance imo.

MrJoeSoap

Seaneh wrote: »

He is a far better player than anyone on that list, yes, even your beloved Weso.

Weso > Trundle any day of the week.

tetsujin1979 wrote: »

Lot of people said last year's game was a waste of time too. Then several of that team went on to win senior caps in the next 12 months.

Not as a result of that game though, every player bar Hunt and possibly Gibson were atrocious. Worst game of "professional" football I have ever attended.

Seaneh

MrJoeSoap wrote: »

Weso > Trundle any day of the week.

Sorry, but you're wrong.

You just are.

smackbunnybaby

nice hat trick for jon walters for ipswich yesterday.
himself, clarke, garvan and lee seem to be running the show at portman road.
6-0 against bristol city who are riding high.

MrJoeSoap

You didn't even mention Glenn Whelan!

Roar

joe gamble was man of the match last time out, and doesnt even get a sniff this team? whats up with that??

eirebhoy

smackbunnybaby wrote: »

nice hat trick for jon walters for ipswich yesterday.
himself, clarke, garvan and lee seem to be running the show at portman road.
6-0 against bristol city who are riding high.

And then there's Alex Bruce at the back and Shane Supple no.2 keeper (atm).

smackbunnybaby

MrJoeSoap wrote: »

You didn't even mention Glenn Whelan!

I don't want to sound too much like a broken record

but glenn and wednesday did have an excellent weekend, 2 goals for himself and 5 for wednesday against southampton.

ipswich - the new sunderland. incidently they still have george o callaghan on the books eirebhoy, but he is out on loan.

tetsujin1979

MrJoeSoap wrote: »

Not as a result of that game though, every player bar Hunt and possibly Gibson were atrocious. Worst game of "professional" football I have ever attended.

Well if you want to look at it another way, most people called the squad before the summer friendlies a joke.
The same people were all disappointed when the successes of those games, O'Halloran and Potter were left out of subsequent squads. These games are only a joke if you treat them as one, if you treat them as a way of the management team to assess up and coming players then they're quite useful. Why else was the B international brought back? Scotland used their "Future Squad" games to bring through some of the team that beat France twice.