Andy Reid as Irish Captain?

aidan24326 · 17-11-2007 11:06PM

loyatemu wrote: »

Dunne is the only sensible choice but as Keane currently has the job it would take a brave manager to come in and take it away from him.

Why? New manager, new setup. Keane's term as captain is now up for renewal and he doesn't have any automatic right to it. Dunne would be the obvious choice. Should have been Given the last time anyway, not Keane.

Mental Mickey · 17-11-2007 11:12PM

I've always said that a central midfielder or a central defender should be a team captain, as they have a better view of the game.....

Robbie "Ah Ref" Keane is a f**king useless captain. He's not interested in what's going on behind him, cos he always has his back to the play........

Mental Mickey · 17-11-2007 11:15PM

DesF wrote: »

Nope, we all thought he was crap.

You thought Nicky Hunt was crap when he came on??? Are you blind, mate??? He did very well.

An Citeog · 17-11-2007 11:20PM

Mental Mickey wrote: »

You thought Nicky Hunt was crap when he came on??? Are you blind, mate??? He did very well.

Doesn't he play for Bolton? Must have missed that!

aidan24326 · 17-11-2007 11:21PM

Mental Mickey wrote: »

You thought Nicky Hunt was crap when he came on??? Are you blind, mate??? He did very well.

Nicky Hunt??? :rolleyes:

BaZmO* · 17-11-2007 11:31PM

Mental Mickey wrote: »

You thought Nicky Hunt was crap when he came on???

Well done. You got the name wrong and missed the sarcasm!

Mental Mickey · 18-11-2007 06:15PM

BaZmO* wrote: »

Well done. You got the name wrong and missed the sarcasm!

D'OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH:rolleyes:

Sorry dude.

That_Guy · 21-11-2007 04:38PM

I think Stephen Hunt should be given the armband. His work rate/effort is incredible. He can bring even the dullest of games to life.

Average-Ro · 21-11-2007 04:49PM

Has Steven Hunt even made a start for Ireland yet? No way in hell would he be made captain.

Richard Dunne is the only candidate.

eirebhoy · 05-04-2008 11:45AM

Pigman II wrote: »

Andy Reid shouldn't even be on the pitch, let alone captain.

Get it right up ye!!!!!

How wrong you're looking with Reid now. Man of the match in 3 premiership games in a row! One of the best passers and one of the most intelligent players in the premiership.

It says a lot about that you actually thought Reid was a poor player.

Pigman II · 05-04-2008 11:56AM

Yes and when Sunderland start playing in Dublin whilst wearing green shirts & socks I'll take that point into consideration. Great for Sunderland but I don't see that getting us any world cup points does it? I couldn't care less if Reid was playing for ManU and keeping Ronaldo on the bench if he still plays dogger for us. He plays like a lost man for us and therefore I don't want him playing.

It says a lot about you that you're digging up threads from five months ago. Slow day for you?

eirebhoy · 05-04-2008 12:02PM

No. I haven't been on here in weeks so I thought there'd at least be a thread on Reid after his recent exploits. Reid has been really good for Ireland so far and is now probably our most influential player. If it wasn't for the lack of cover for Given and Dunne he'd be our most important player imo.

"He plays like a lost man for us"

What an absolute load of rubbish. Since his debut he's looked like he's made for the international stage.

mayordenis · 05-04-2008 12:05PM

i'd say everytime he's played for ireland he's been our best player.

BaZmO* · 05-04-2008 12:22PM

Pigman II wrote: »

He plays like a lost man for us and therefore I don't want him playing.

Are we talking about the same player?

eirebhoy · 05-04-2008 12:31PM

Exactly. It's not as if I picked on some random guy who doesn't think Reid is very good. Pigman, you spend a lot of your time on here critisising Ireland and our players. I get a bit stick on a certain Celtic forum whenever an Irish player makes a mistake on match of the day because I'm constantly playing up the likes of A.Reid, S.Reid, Given, Dunne, and whoever else, McShane being the player I get most abuse about.

I expect and accept that. you should expect me to be dragging up old threads about Reid when you're blatantly wrong.

You're the type of person that posts in a best 11 thread with the worst Irish 11. I'll keep dragging up your posts if you keep posting them. I'm sure I've given an opinion on every Irish player by now so I'm obviously open to a lot of stick as well.

estebancambias · 05-04-2008 03:11PM

To be honest I haven't noticed Pigman being that Anti-Irish....Des on the other hand.

Did anyone see Reid against Villa? He didn't play great, but he was the best player on the ball, along with Carew.

Pigman II · 05-04-2008 06:28PM

First you say you pull up this thread up to acknowledge Reids form but then you go on to say you actually dragged it up to try stick one to me for criticising the Ireland team. Why don't you try making up your mind?

If it bothers you so much and you so don't agree with what I say about Reid and some of Irelands players then just ignore it. Just because you can blather on endlessly and blindly in your hyped-up way about a team and players who clearly aren't good enough doesn't necessarily mean I have to agree with you.

Given Dunne and STEPHEN Reid are players I would want in the XI but McShane and ANDY Reid are ones I wouldn't. The fact that you have to blindly support every one of these these wash-outs such as Andy Reid and never-will-be's such as McBobblehead shows that perhaps you rather than I should take-5 and reassess some of the stuff you're saying.

I don't dig up your old threads purely because I couldn't be bothered. What's your reason for being different? Does everyone (no matter how belatedly) eventually have to agree with you? I say what I believe about Irish team without enforcing my opinions on others. It'd be welcome relief to see you try likewise.

Andy Reid as Irish Captain?

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