Your Team To Play Australia

theboss80 · 11-09-2011 09:30PM #1

Mine would be

Healy
Best
Ross

DOC
POC

Ferris
O'Brien
Heaslip

Reddan
ROG

Trimble
McFadden
BOD
Bowe
Kearney

Bench: Court , Flannery , Cullen , Jennings , Murray , Sexton , Earls

mrboswell · 11-09-2011 09:31PM

I'd go with that.

chris85 · 11-09-2011 09:33PM

theboss80 wrote: »

Mine would be

Healy
Best
Ross

DOC
POC

Ferris
O'Brien
Heaslip

Reddan
ROG

Trimble
McFadden
BOD
Bowe
Kearney

Bench: Court , Flannery , Cullen , Jennings , Murray , Sexton , Earls

Close to that:

Healy
Flannery
Ross

DOC
POC

O'Brien
Ferris
Heaslip

Reddan
ROG

Trimble
McFadden
BOD
Bowe
Kearney

thomond2006 · 11-09-2011 09:40PM

Healy, Best, Ross, DOC, POC, Ferris, SOB, Heaslip;
Murray, Sexton, Trimble, McFadden, BOD, Bowe, Kearney

Bench: Flannery, Court, Cullen, Jennings, Reddan, ROG, Earls

While they didn't distinguish themselves, I don't think Murray and Sexton are the problem with the Irish team. We can't keep chopping and changing our halfbacks so I say we keep faith in those two. I think Sexton will kick far less against the Wallabies.

I thought Earls was alright against USA but Trimble is the form player.

I really don't think it will matter anyway, I can't see Ireland winning.

tolosenc · 11-09-2011 09:42PM

Healy
Best
Ross
Cullen
O'Connell
Ferris
Jennings
O'Brien
Boss
Sexton
Trimble
McFadden
O'Driscoll
Bowe
Murphy

Flannery, Court, O'Callaghan, Heaslip, Reddan, O'Gara, Wallace

The Aussie · 11-09-2011 09:42PM

1, your man who drinks at the end of the bar in Jacks.
2, his mate who spends most of the night in the jacks.
3, Mary who always sits in the last Pew for the quick get away after Sunday Mass.

Who cares, the real question is, does Ireland deserve to get out of the pool, if this was X Factor it would be 4 people saying NO!!!!!

danthefan · 11-09-2011 09:44PM

I don't even care who starts. We're going to get humped regardless.

chris85 · 11-09-2011 09:47PM

danthefan wrote: »

I don't even care who starts. We're going to get humped regardless.

Well the thread is for people who wish to put what team they want to see starting. Unless you have something constructive to add i suggest going to AH.

thomond2006 · 11-09-2011 09:48PM

chris85 wrote: »

Well the thread is for people who wish to put what team they want to see starting. Unless you have something constructive to add i suggest going to AH.

I don't think that's fair tbh, not caring who starts is a valid opinion.

Iron Hide · 11-09-2011 09:51PM

Healy, Best, Ross, DOC, POC, Ferris, Jennings, SOB
Reddan, Sexton, Earls, McFadden, BOD, Bowe, Kearney.

Subs: Flannery, Court, Cullen, Heaslip, Murray, ROG, Trimble.

I'd give Jennings another shot he did manage to exert a little bit of control at ruck time, and hopefully relegating Heaslip to the bench will force him to play like a man demented when he comes on.

Big ask of McFadden to dive in against Oz but anything is better than D'arcy at the moment ( We could do with having a 100kg+ basher of a center a la Jamie Roberts IMO,)

Hagz · 11-09-2011 09:54PM

1. Healy
2. Best
3. Ross
4. DOC
5. POC
6. Ferris
7. SOB
8. Heaslip
9. Reddan
10. O'Gara
11. Trimble
12. D'arcy
13. BOD
14. Bowe
15. Kearney

16. Flannery
17. Court
18. Cullen
19. Jennings
20. Boss
21. Sexton
22. Earls

maddragon · 11-09-2011 09:54PM

Patrick Sarsfield
Brian Boru
Niall of the Nine hostages
St Brendan
Finn McCool
Hugh O'Neill
Silken Thomas
Wolfe Tone
Robert Emmet
Cathal Brugha
Tom Barry
Sean Lemass
Jim Larkin
Kelly the boy from Kilane
Michael Collins

I particularly like Lemass at outhalf as he had good form in changing the course of a game. Tinkered with putting in James Connolly as an impact dub from the bench but his injury record comes against him.

jacothelad · 11-09-2011 09:56PM

Healy ..
Best
Ross...No other choice

DOC
POC

Ferris
O'Brien
Heaslip

Reddan
Sexton

Trimble
McFadden
BOD
Bowe
Kearney

Bench: Court , Flannery , Cullen , Jennings , Boss , ROG, Earls

I thought Murray was average to dross during the game. I watched it again this afternoon - masochism really - and I have to say he was pretty awful. Poor options, bad passes, slow getting the ball away, knocking on, slow getting to rucks. His main ploy is simply to look for POC and shovel the ball to him even when he is in totally the wrong place. He may become a good player but he isn't one yet. Instead of playing Murray with ROG and Sexton with Reddan or Boss he does neither.

Jennings was our top tackler by the way.

We won't win any Oz lineout ball because we don't challenge and only POC is athletic enough of our likely second rows to actually get off the ground quickly. I would have given Cullen at least 30 minutes today alongside POC. Cullen is a far better lineout player than DOC. Instead we had DOC and POC playing the full game and the dull and talent free Ryan scratching his plums on the bench. He won't add anything different and brings considerably less.

Instead of taking off Earls to give Trimble a run, he put Trimble at full back in place of G.M. Smart move that.

Then we had the drivel at the end from Kidney. Blaming the weather and the fact that we dominated the set pieces for not playing any rugby. Is he completely off his trolley? Getting positives out of missing penalties because we than didn't have to face kick - offs from the mighty USA. Does he think we are a bunch of brain damaged window lickers? The man is either a wonderful con artist who is lulling Oz and Italy and us into a false sense of superiority and has a bagful of tricks up his sleeve. OR. He is a total fraud, completely over his head and is lulling them into a true sense of superiority. We'll soon find out. If he has been ordering the players to keep the game plan secret, they have been doing it for 2 years.

durkadurka · 11-09-2011 10:00PM

Mine would be

Healy
Fla
Ross

DOC
POC

Ferris
O'Brien
Heaslip

Reddan
Sexton

Trimble
McFadden
BOD
Bowe
Kearney

Bench: Court , best , Cullen , Jennings , Murray , ROG , Earls

tolosenc · 11-09-2011 10:04PM

Anyone else considering calling up Richard Dunne?

Hermy · 11-09-2011 10:04PM

danthefan wrote: »

I don't even care who starts. We're going to get humped regardless.

That's the attitude we need. A bit more of this and underdog status will be reinstated thus guaranteeing a great performance.

exaisle · 11-09-2011 10:05PM

maddragon wrote: »

Patrick Sarsfield
Brian Boru
Niall of the Nine hostages
St Brendan
Finn McCool
Hugh O'Neill
Silken Thomas
Wolfe Tone
Robert Emmet
Cathal Brugha
Tom Barry
Sean Lemass
Jim Larkin
Kelly the boy from Kilane
Michael Collins

I particularly like Lemass at outhalf as he had good form in changing the course of a game. Tinkered with putting in James Connolly as an impact dub from the bench but his injury record comes against him.

Nah...you cant play Wolfe Tone in the back row...he doesnt have the head for the big occasion...and you can't have James Connolly...he's ineligible as he was born in Scotland.
I'd have Charlie Haughey on the wing..nobody would ever catch him.

danthefan · 11-09-2011 10:06PM

chris85 wrote: »

Well the thread is for people who wish to put what team they want to see starting. Unless you have something constructive to add i suggest going to AH.

Don't tell other people how to post, honestly. I don't care what you think. If you're so upset hit the report button.

Hermy wrote: »

That's the attitude we need. A bit more of this and underdog status will be reinstated thus guaranteeing a great performance.

It's nothing to do with underdog status, there is something fundamentally broken about this team and the odd change here or there is going to do nothing.

Kiwi_knock · 11-09-2011 10:10PM

Healy
Best
Ross
O'Callaghan
O'Connell
Ferris
O'Brien
Heaslip

Reddan
Sexton
Earls
D'arcy
O'Driscoll
Bowe
Kearney

Subs: Flannery, Court, Cullen, Jennings, Boss, O'Gara, Trimble.

maddragon · 11-09-2011 10:12PM

Connolly qualifies under residency and Haughey was banned for match fixing. Bertie Ahern would have been a shoe in at the 2007 WC due to the inability of the opposition to lay anything on him but he is stuck in a closet somewhere now. Jedward would make an interesting half back pairing but Kidney won't play them together because they might know each other too well from home.

Hermy · 11-09-2011 10:16PM

danthefan wrote: »

It's nothing to do with underdog status, there is something fundamentally broken about this team and the odd change here or there is going to do nothing.

I jest Dan. And I couldn't agree more with you that something is very badly amiss with this team. Just wish I knew what the fnck it is?

danthefan · 11-09-2011 10:18PM

Hermy wrote: »

I jest Dan. And I couldn't agree more with you that something is very badly amiss with this team. Just wish I knew what the fnck it is?

Yeah sorry, I'm too downbeat even to joke about it at this stage.

Cypher_sounds · 11-09-2011 10:19PM

danthefan wrote: »

I don't even care who starts. We're going to get humped regardless.

danthefan wrote: »

Don't tell other people how to post, honestly. I don't care what you think. If you're so upset hit the report button.

It's nothing to do with underdog status, there is something fundamentally broken about this team and the odd change here or there is going to do nothing.

Why are you even in this thread if you dont care who starts

this thread is about the team posters would like to see start, you have stated you dont care, why the interest in this thread then? baffling really.

OP id like to see that team you posted start.

Cypher_sounds · 11-09-2011 10:20PM

Way to go derailing the OP's good thread, always seems to happen in the rugby forum.

danthefan · 11-09-2011 10:20PM

Cypher_sounds wrote: »

Why are you even in this thread if you dont care who starts this thread is about the team posters would like to see start, you have stated you dont care, why the interest in this thread then? baffling really.

Why are you posting the exact same thing as someone else? See reply above.

Cypher_sounds · 11-09-2011 10:22PM

danthefan wrote: »

Why are you posting the exact same thing as someone else? See reply above.

What are you on about, i have said i would like to see the team that the op posted, as in i agree with the team he has picked, if you dont care who plays as you have stated then i really cant understand your interest in this thread

theboss80 · 11-09-2011 10:23PM

Dan I realise you're probably pissed off still after the match so if you have no interest that's grand leave it off until you do, but this will be a topic discussed all week until the team is announced so I said I'd get the ball rolling with what I think would be a decent team to play.

Hermy · 11-09-2011 10:25PM

danthefan wrote: »

Yeah sorry, I'm too downbeat even to joke about it at this stage.

Know the feeling.

Cypher_sounds · 11-09-2011 10:26PM

theboss80 wrote: »

Dan I realise you're probably pissed off still after the match so if you have no interest that's grand leave it off until you do, but this will be a topic discussed all week until the team is announced so I said I'd get the ball rolling with what I think would be a decent team to play.

Good post, im not trying to have a go but the thread is what it is and maybe we are all just pissed off with the match this morning.

MungBean · 11-09-2011 10:26PM

Healy
Best
Ross
O'Callaghan
O'Connell
Ferris
O'Brien
Heaslip

Reddan
Sexton
Earls
D'arcy
O'Driscoll
Trimble
Kearney

Subs: Flannery, Court, Cullen, Leamy, Boss, O'Gara, Bowe.

danthefan · 11-09-2011 10:27PM

theboss80 wrote: »

Dan I realise you're probably pissed off still after the match so if you have no interest that's grand leave it off until you do, but this will be a topic discussed all week until the team is announced so I said I'd get the ball rolling with what I think would be a decent team to play.

That's fine, I'm aware people have their views on who should start, but I'm of the view that it really doesn't matter. We are going to lose. How is this not a valid viewpoint?

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