Ireland Team to Play Chile

Little-Devil

I dont agree with breen or kilbane, i think there both past it and really never good enough for the internationl stage never mind premership level. I hope to see a few young players coming throuh to be tested. I'd like to see o'shea in the back of defence.

Republic of Ireland Team
Shay Given (Newcastle United)
Stephen Kelly (Tottenham Hotspur)
Gary Breen (Unatttached)
Richard Dunne (Manchester City)
Kevin Kilbane (Everton)
Steve Finnan (Liverpool)
John O’Shea (Manchester United)
Steven Reid (Blackburn Rovers)
Robbie Keane (Tottenham Hotspur)
Damien Duff (Chelsea)
Kevin Doyle (Reading)

Paul Tergat

Where are you expecting them to play? Finnan or Kelly at left back? and Duff on the left with Kilbane right sided? or reid playing right and kilbane in centre with o'shea? or O'shea left back, kelly right back and then finnan right mid?

I think that may be the problem with this Ireland team, too many players playin in unnatural positions (e.g. O'shea in midfield, kilbane maybe right or centre etc)

jobonar

Dont agree with Breen at all.. he's way past it! Kilbane i can accept cos he has put in some good preformances for Ireland but is also on his way out!

good to see Kevin Doyle starting tho!!

BaZmO*

Republic of Ireland Team

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Shay Given

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Stephen Kelly---Gary Breen---Richard Dunne---Kevin Kilbane

Steve Finnan---John O’Shea---Steven Reid----Damien Duff

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Robbie Keane---Kevin Doyle

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- Or -

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Shay Given

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Steve Finnan---Gary Breen---Richard Dunne---Stephen Kelly

Kevin Kilbane---John O’Shea---Steven Reid----Damien Duff

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Robbie Keane---Kevin Doyle

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First one is more likely.

Paul Tergat

I think it will be the second line up u showed, or the first one with o'shea swapped with kilbane! kilbane cant defend, but then again some may see o'shea cant either...2nd team for me!

Vokes

Duff to play RW probably....

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Given

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Kelly---Dunne

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Breen

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Finnan
Duff

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Reid

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O'Shea

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Kilbane

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Keane

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Doyle

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jobonar

2nd team for me too i think! cant see Kilbane playing left back unless stan is experimenting...

it is also possible tho that o'shea and kilbane will switch...

colster

BaZmO* wrote:

Republic of Ireland Team

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Shay Given

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Stephen Kelly---Gary Breen---Richard Dunne---Kevin Kilbane

Steve Finnan---John O’Shea---Steven Reid----Damien Duff

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Robbie Keane---Kevin Doyle

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- Or -

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Shay Given

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Steve Finnan---Gary Breen---Richard Dunne---Stephen Kelly

Kevin Kilbane---John O’Shea---Steven Reid----Damien Duff

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Robbie Keane---Kevin Doyle

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First one is more likely.

We played 433/451 against Sweden so it looks like he's gooing that way again.

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Shay Given

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Steve Finnan---Gary Breen---Richard Dunne---Stephen Kelly

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Stephen Reid---John O'Shea---Kevin Kilbane

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Kevin Doyle----Robbie Keane---Damien Duff

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Big Ears

Switch Finnan with Kelly in Colster's team and you have what is the most probable starting line-up .
Although it's possible Duff will play left side and have the 3 midfielders that are there push accross if Staunton go's 4-4-2 .

Chardee MacDennis

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Shay Given

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Gary Breen---Richard Dunne---John O'Shea

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Stephen Kelly

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Steve Finnan

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Kevin Kilbane

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Stephen Reid

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Robbie Keane

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Damien Duff

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Kevin Doyle

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Craziest formation I could come up with but no matter what formation we play there will be at least 3 players out of position...

jobonar

colster wrote:

We played 433/451 against Sweden so it looks like he's gooing that way again.

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Shay Given

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Steve Finnan---Gary Breen---Richard Dunne---Stephen Kelly

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Stephen Reid---John O'Shea---Kevin Kilbane

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Kevin Doyle----Robbie Keane---Damien Duff

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this could well be it actually! quite like the idea of this... except breen and kilbane need to be replaced by O'Brien and Andy Reid(??)

PHB

We all dream of a team of Gary Breen's...

God, I thought his days in an Ireland shirt were over, back to depression.
How can you play a player that's been released from the worst club in the premiership because of his preformances!!!

So many better options, hell any of the kids like McShane(although injured) woulda been better, don't know what he's atm tbh. What about Andy O'Brien? Even he is better than Breen. Or push O'Shea back and put in Miller who's been doing well enough for Leeds. But Breen, god help us.
That said,

Number 1, was Gary Breen...

The Rooster

Andy O'Brien is injured.

I think Kilbane is a decent defender, and covered up a helluva lot for Ian Harte over the years. The only place I'd consider him for is left back, but I doubt very much he'll start there. I'd say its Finnan at right back, Kelly on the left.

Agree with all the comments about Gary Breen. Incomprehensible. Should be trying O'Shea there.

BaZmO*

Just said on the news that Finnan is out.

**or at least I think I heard them say he was injured

CrazySka

Surely Breens only gonna start as a favour to help him find a new club, theres no way he can be in stans team for competitive games.

The_B_Man

what are the chile team like? has their team been announced? any household names in it?

eirebhoy

Who else can play at centre half instead of Breen? O'Brien is injured and McCarthy and McShane couldn't be considered for a callup because of injury. Only O'Shea can play there but tbh I'd prefer Breen than O'Shea in the centre of defence. If O'Shea was to play there it'd just be stop-gap and wasting a match of experimenting with him in the centre of midfield.

dcarroll

The_B_Man wrote:

what are the chile team like? has their team been announced? any household names in it?

Mark Gonzalez, on his way to Liverpool, is in the squad

Spider_Baby!

How about this guy Terry Dixon?! Hope hes good...what position does he play?

PHB

He played there for the second half of United's season, I think you know what you're going to get from O'Shea in midfield.

He'll do a job, he'll get forward, but he's quite clearly a CB who has adjusted as well as he can to the position.

Andrew 83

Spider_Baby! wrote:

How about this guy Terry Dixon?! Hope hes good...what position does he play?

He's a forward but is yet to play a game for Spurs reserves. Only just signing with the club full time this month. Apparently he's played well at underage level.

MBC

Steve Finnan is out and Liam Miller is in. Seems strange if he is going to play Zinedine Kilbane at left back, but who else is he going to play there out of that 11. Is Ian Harte not in the training camp???

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Shay Given

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Stephen Kelly---Gary Breen---Richard Dunne---Kevin Kilbane

Liam Miller---John O’Shea---Steven Reid----Damien Duff

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Robbie Keane---Kevin Doyle

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Andrew 83

Harte flew out late as he had to play for Levante last weekend. I see some sense in trying Kilbane there. Harte and O'Shea are both very error prone. Kelly also doesn't look too comfortable playing on that side and has complained at Spurs for being played there. That leaves the option of Finnan with Carr or Joey O'Brien on the right?

Big Nelly

MBC wrote:

Steve Finnan is out and Liam Miller is in. Seems strange if he is going to play Zinedine Kilbane at left back, but who else is he going to play there out of that 11. Is Ian Harte not in the training camp???

Kilbane came on at left back in Steve's first game