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Republic of Ireland Team 2023/24 [old thread]

  • 08-06-2021 04:04PM
    #1
    DM_7
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  • #2
    Duff
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    I'd like to see

    GK: Kelleher

    LB + RB: Doherty and Manning

    CB'S: Omobamidile and Egan

    CM: Cullen and Molumby

    CAM: Parrott

    LM + RM: Knight and Horgan

    ST: Idah


  • #3
    johnnyryan89
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    Duff wrote: »
    I'd like to see

    GK: Kelleher

    LB + RB: Doherty and Manning

    CB'S: Omobamidile and John Egan

    CM: Cullen and Molumbu

    CAM: Troy Parrott

    LM + RM: Knight and Horgan

    ST: Idah

    Think three at the back will be used tonight and has been mentioned by a few journalist too that it's been used in training for this match.

    With the bits of info about certain players I'd go with this as our starting line up:

    ......................Bazunu

    ............Duffy - Egan - O'Shea

    Doherty - Cullen - Hourihane - McClean
    .......................Knight

    ................Parrot - Idah

    Not sure who'll start on the left, but wouldn't be surprised to see McClean start again.


  • #4
    Duff
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    johnnyryan89 wrote: »
    Think three at the back will be used tonight and has been mentioned by a few journalist too that it's been used in training for this match.

    With the bits of info about certain players I'd go with this as our starting line up:

    ......................Bazunu

    ............Duffy - Egan - O'Shea

    Doherty - Cullen - Hourihane - McClean
    .......................Knight

    ................Parrot - Idah

    Not sure who'll start on the left, but wouldn't be surprised to see McClean start again.


    May as well play with 10 men with Hourihane on the pitch :(


  • #5
    Brock Turnpike
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    johnnyryan89 wrote: »
    Think three at the back will be used tonight and has been mentioned by a few journalist too that it's been used in training for this match.

    With the bits of info about certain players I'd go with this as our starting line up:

    ......................Bazunu

    ............Duffy - Egan - O'Shea

    Doherty - Cullen - Hourihane - McClean
    .......................Knight

    ................Parrot - Idah

    Not sure who'll start on the left, but wouldn't be surprised to see McClean start again.

    Exact same team I predicted.

    Although I would prefer to see Hourihane drop out.


  • #6
    athlone99
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    Duff wrote: »
    May as well play with 10 men with Hourihane on the pitch :(

    Not sure hes a better option but id like to see Arter play, i think he looks and demands the ball a lot more than Hourihane. With his stats from the Andorra game, he'll be lucky if a club wants to sign him this summer.


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  • #7
    Brock Turnpike
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    If we could just get one central midfielder in the team who can regularly take the ball from the defence and pivot on it l, we'd be in a much better position.


  • #8
    Faugheen
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    I'd like to see Jamie McGrath get a proper run. He's a goalscorer and a creator and I feel he'd be much more of use than Hourihane or Arter.

    I just think Hourihane has shown enough of the fact he's slow and lazy. Molumby would be a better option in the sense that he at least looks for the ball.


  • #9
    Francie Barrett
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    athlone99 wrote: »
    Not sure hes a better option but id like to see Arter play, i think he looks and demands the ball a lot more than Hourihane. With his stats from the Andorra game, he'll be lucky if a club wants to sign him this summer.
    Arter's a defensive midfielder, if he starts, it's going to be in place of Cullen.


  • #10
    Dr. Bre
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    Mon Ireland


  • #11
    duffman13
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    Not sure I'd love a back 5 again to be honest but there is an argument to be made that it suits the players although I'm not sure it'll suit Kennys preferred style.

    Would like to see Manning and Omobamidile get a start


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  • #12
    johnnyryan89
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    Brock Turnpike wrote: »
    Exact same team I predicted.

    Although I would prefer to see Hourihane drop out.

    I'd prefer to never see him play again for Ireland. Would have Arter in there ahead of him. He can be rash in a challenge and can often stray from position but he'll put more effort in than Hourihane and looks for the ball.

    He's also got a decent left peg on him for hitting shots from a distance. Something Hourihane is meant to be an expert at but I've probably seen Arter have more shots from distance than Hourihane for us.
    duffman13 wrote: »
    Not sure I'd love a back 5 again to be honest but there is an argument to be made that it suits the players although I'm not sure it'll suit Kennys preferred style.

    Would like to see Manning and Omobamidile get a start

    If he didn't play against Andorra I'd say he's not going to feature tonight unless there's injuries in defence. This training camp was probably more to get him in training and have a closer look at him. Mick did similar for his training camp. Brought Luca Connell in who had broken into the Bolton team and one or maybe two other youngsters.


  • #13
    Martha Dry Scarecrow
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    I'll be for an ireland win today anyway I suspect some on here won't be


  • #14
    Francie Barrett
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  • #15
    Francie Barrett
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    No Kelleher at all is strange.


  • #16
    johnnyryan89
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    Francie Barrett wrote: »
    No Kelleher at all is strange.

    He's number 16.


  • #17
    johnnyryan89
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    https://twitter.com/FAIreland/status/1402308187735269376

    ......................Bazunu

    ............Duffy - Egan - O'Shea

    Doherty - Cullen - Hourihane - McClean
    .......................Knight

    ................Parrot - Idah


  • #18
    Rhys Essien
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    Not starting Kelleher here is a lousy call from Kenny.


  • #19
    Duff
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    johnnyryan89 wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/FAIreland/status/1402308187735269376

    ......................Bazunu

    ............Duffy - Egan - O'Shea

    Doherty - Cullen - Hourihane - McClean
    .......................Knight

    ................Parrot - Idah

    Would've preferred Molumby (or a statue) for Hourihane and maybe Horgan for McClean, although he was a great impact sub against Andorra. Very interested to see how Parrott and Idah link up.


  • #20
    topmanamillion
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    Rhys Essien wrote: »
    Not starting Kelleher here is a lousy call from Kenny.

    How so?
    Bazunu played regular ball this year. Kelleher got a few token run outs at a club he's never going to be first choice keeper for.
    Kennys clearly favouring Bazunu because he's gone out on loan and played games.


  • #21
    ~Rebel~
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    Happy to see 2 up top anyway.


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  • #22
    Faugheen
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    topmanamillion wrote: »
    How so?
    Bazunu played regular ball this year. Kelleher got a few token run outs at a club he's never going to be first choice keeper for.
    Kennys clearly favouring Bazunu because he's gone out on loan and played games.

    And he's also been a steady set of hands since going in goal.


  • #23
    pjohnson
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    Bazunu is likely to be our number 1 so let him get as much experience as possible.


  • #24
    secman
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    Jairo Gifted Safflower wrote: »
    I'll be for an ireland win today anyway I suspect some on here won't be

    Curious as to why this comment warrants a yellow card ?


  • #25
    Martha Dry Scarecrow
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    secman wrote: »
    Curious as to why this comment warrants a yellow card ?

    Probably wasn't conducive to decent conversation to be fair


  • #26
    Francie Barrett
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    Big test for Cullen and Hourihane tonight. Both went missing against Andorra and will need to be much better for this game.


  • #27
    ~Rebel~
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    topmanamillion wrote: »
    How so?
    Bazunu played regular ball this year. Kelleher got a few token run outs at a club he's never going to be first choice keeper for.
    Kennys clearly favouring Bazunu because he's gone out on loan and played games.

    They weren’t token runouts, he became the genuine backup over Adrian when Alisson was out injured.

    But I’ve no problem with Bazunu starting. He’s done well so far. Wouldn’t be surprised to see Kelleher play the second half. Be interesting to see how things shake up in a few months when Kelleher’s playing regular ball on loan.


  • #28
    Martha Dry Scarecrow
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    Francie Barrett wrote: »
    Big test for Cullen and Hourihane tonight. Both went missing against Andorra and will need to be much better for this game.

    Hourihan in particular has finally been called out for hiding I hope it's the kick in the arse he needs. He's a better player than he seems to think he is at this level


  • #29
    Rhys Essien
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    pjohnson wrote: »
    Bazunu is likely to be our number 1 so let him get as much experience as possible.

    What did you base that on?

    Kelleher got keeper of the week in the Champions League and kept a clean sheet in the Premier League and became Liverpool’s No2. I’m sure Bazunu will have a great career but as of now shouldn’t Kenny be rewarding quality over quantity.

    It would be tough for any keeper to demote Allison to the bench.


  • #30
    Brock Turnpike
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    sugarman wrote: »
    Disappointed with the persistence of Hourihane and McClean, they were everything that was wrong with the first 60 mins the other night.

    For a lot longer than that!!


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  • #31
    tastyt
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    Kenny struggling through another interview here


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