FAI...June 2024 Friendlies v Hungary and Portugal

[Clown]

Theres always going to be people complaining about Traps selections. Big furore to get McClean picked, seems that he will be picked, but still the knockers aren't happy.

Seamus Coleman has been shite this season and has never done it at international level, yes hasn't been given many chances, but of the games he has had he's never impressed.
Good to see McClean going
As for people mentioning Stephen Ireland, oh dear. Do you really want to see him representing your country at the European Championships?

The only one i feel sorry for is James McCarthy who's been excellent for Wigan this year but obviously Trap doesnt fancy him.

However, how about getting behind the manager and players for a change instead of listening to that wind up merchant and attention seeker Dunphy.

[Forever Green]

Aye, Stephen Ireland is a good player but I wouldn`t have him anywhere near the squad. He`s a hateful, ugly rat bastard

Don`t think there will be many surprises in the squad. I hope Coleman is in the squad. This is the starting team I would have:

--------------------------Given-------------------------
--------------O`Shea---Dunne---St.Ledger-----------
Coleman-------McCarthy----Gibson------------Duff
------------------------McGeady------------------------
--------------------Long-------Keane--------------------


Give McGeady that free man role without much defensive responsibilities and he could cause some damage. Imo, we will get tore to pieces if we have Whelan and Andrews in the middle. We need to make that midfield area as tight as we can especially against the world`s best

[Forever Green]

Aye, Stephen Ireland is a good player but I wouldn`t have him anywhere near the squad. He`s a hateful, ugly rat b**tard

Don`t think there will be many surprises in the squad. I hope Coleman is in the squad. This is the starting team I would have:

--------------------------Given-------------------------
--------------O`Shea---Dunne---St.Ledger-----------
Coleman-------McCarthy----Gibson------------Duff
------------------------McGeady------------------------
--------------------Long-------Keane--------------------


Give McGeady that free man role without much defensive responsibilities and he could cause some damage. Imo, we will get tore to pieces if we have Whelan and Andrews in the middle. We need to make that midfield area as tight as we can especially against the world`s best

Yeah, going three at the back without any sort of holding midfielder is a much better idea. Do you actually watch football?

Who?

[Capt Pat]

I just said it is a pity Ireland isnt ther however valid the reasons for him not being there are? He is possibly the most talented player we have. If Coleman and McCarthy were to be left at home as well that would be a lot of talent to be leaving out of the squad completely.

[Tony Baloney]

Squad named tomorrow. Going to be very predictable unless there is any substance to the paper talk about an established player missing out. I'll take a wild guess at this being the 23:

Given OK
Westwood  3rd choicr at Sunderland
Forde 2nd choice at Milwall""

Dunne
St. Ledger - reserve at Leicester
O'Dea - on loan from Celtic to Leeds who don't want him
O'Shea
Foley - occasional player in relegated team
Ward - OK
Kelly

Whelan
Andrews
Gibson
McCarthy
McGeady - th e only regular performer in premiership but nobody notices because hes reall scotish
Duff - back in form OK
Hunt - which one? the relegated player who hasn't scored in a seasom or his brother who gets the odd game with Reading?
McClean- he'll do

Keane
Walters
Doyle
Long
Cox

Between those five players I will hazzaed a guess at 20 goals total   in this last season.
Scary stuff.

The teams at big compeitions have tended to be better thsn the sum of their parts, but Jesus! 

[trileacman]

Aye, Stephen Ireland is a good player but I wouldn`t have him anywhere near the squad. He`s a hateful, ugly rat b**tard

Don`t think there will be many surprises in the squad. I hope Coleman is in the squad. This is the starting team I would have:

--------------------------Given-------------------------
--------------O`Shea---Dunne---St.Ledger-----------
Coleman-------McCarthy----Gibson------------Duff
------------------------McGeady------------------------
--------------------Long-------Keane--------------------


Give McGeady that free man role without much defensive responsibilities and he could cause some damage. Imo, we will get tore to pieces if we have Whelan and Andrews in the middle. We need to make that midfield area as tight as we can especially against the world`s best

Yeah, going three at the back without any sort of holding midfielder is a much better idea. Do you actually watch football?

Yeah 7 players who couldn't defend against the rugged island over 75's is a good way to "tighten the middle". He'd want to be careful with himself or RTE could go chasing after him as the next Dunphy. Iniesta gunning down the wing against Daimen Duff, can't wait.

[The Subbie]

There was a story in the Indo today about somebody not making the squad for non football reasons? No other clues were given except tgat Mcean was likely to benefit.

Yeah just seen on Twitter, @tonyleen;One Republic Of Ireland player will dominate tmrws Euro 2012 squad announcement:the one who has tp pull out for 'personal reasons'Sad.

Who the f**k is it?? 

Tony Leen is the sports editor with D'Papur boy

[ExiledGael]

Twitter full of rumours that it's Damien Duff, some saying a family member is very unwell.

[GalwayBayBoy]

Given, Westwood, Forde, Dunne, O'Shea, St.Ledger, O'Dea, Ward, Kelly, Foley, Whelan, Gibson, Andrews, Fahey, Duff, McGeady, Hunt, McClean, Keane, Doyle, Long, Cox, Walters.

STANDBY: Randolph, McShane, Green, Coleman, Keogh.

[GalwayBayBoy]

McCarthy's father is ill.

[thewobbler]

Aye, Stephen Ireland is a good player but I wouldn`t have him anywhere near the squad. He`s a hateful, ugly rat b**tard

Don`t think there will be many surprises in the squad. I hope Coleman is in the squad. This is the starting team I would have:

--------------------------Given-------------------------
--------------O`Shea---Dunne---St.Ledger-----------
Coleman-------McCarthy----Gibson------------Duff
------------------------McGeady------------------------
--------------------Long-------Keane--------------------


Give McGeady that free man role without much defensive responsibilities and he could cause some damage. Imo, we will get tore to pieces if we have Whelan and Andrews in the middle. We need to make that midfield area as tight as we can especially against the world`s best

Beyond the fact that this team is about as balanced as Alex Ferguson when talking about referees, why on earth would you cling to a hope that Trap might change the formation that has got us to the finals, or even consider dropping the two central midfielders, who while limited, understand his system better than anyone else?

[onefaircounty]

Aye, Stephen Ireland is a good player but I wouldn`t have him anywhere near the squad. He`s a hateful, ugly rat b**tard

Don`t think there will be many surprises in the squad. I hope Coleman is in the squad. This is the starting team I would have:

--------------------------Given-------------------------
--------------O`Shea---Dunne---St.Ledger-----------
Coleman-------McCarthy----Gibson------------Duff
------------------------McGeady------------------------
--------------------Long-------Keane--------------------


Give McGeady that free man role without much defensive responsibilities and he could cause some damage. Imo, we will get tore to pieces if we have Whelan and Andrews in the middle. We need to make that midfield area as tight as we can especially against the world`s best

Beyond the fact that this team is about as balanced as Alex Ferguson when talking about referees, why on earth would you cling to a hope that Trap might change the formation that has got us to the finals, or even consider dropping the two central midfielders, who while limited, understand his system better than anyone else?

And who were amongst our best performers, especially in the second half of the campaign.

Forever Greeb, that's a horrible team for Ireland, no offence.

[Forever Green]

My team hasn`t went down well then   

Anyway, good to see McLean picked, gives us a bit more attacking potential. Sad news regarding McCarthys father. All the best to him

[Capt Pat]

That was a straight forward squad selection after McCarthys withdrawal. It is a pity players like McCarthy Ireland and Coleman, maybe Hoolahan as well won't be there. That is a lot of talent we can't really afford to do without.

[Main Street]

If SI had made himself available at the start of the qual campaign then maybe he could have fitted in, but he didn't make himself available, 
end of that story. Incredible that people can't read his lips, 'I don't want to play for Ireland',
to a more recent 'I might consider it, if they contacted me'.
Yes,  we can afford to be without that dead weight.

Coleman has had a stop start season, who knows what we might be missing this time around but surely if he gets his head down he will make the wc qualifier squad.