Republic of Ireland -v- Brazil: Emirates Stadium Tuesday 8.05pm

redout

Nehaxak wrote: »

Not that impressed with the Brazil lineup really, still think Ireland have a good chance but only if McShane is injured in the first minute and has to be subbed off.

Do you have a link to the lineup ?

Pal

McShane will teach these Samba Pussies a thing or two about Irish football tonight.

Vokes

I expect Dunga will start his strongest team minus Juan & Fabiano.

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Cesar

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Maicon - Lucio - Luisao - Bastos

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Melo ---- Silva

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--- Elano --- Kaka

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Adriano ---- Robinho

Just a question mark around LB - has Bastos got that nailed down? - they don't seem to have solved their problems there.

oconnon9

0-0 or 1-0 brazil

CR 7

Vokes wrote: »

I expect Dunga will start his strongest team minus Juan & Fabiano.

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Cesar

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Maicon - Lucio - Luisao - Bastos

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Melo ---- Silva

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--- Elano --- Kaka

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Adriano ---- Robinho

Just a question mark around LB - has Bastos got that nailed down? - they don't seem to have solved their problems there.

Are Marcelo and Alves injured? I think Marcelo could take that spot in a few years, not great defensively though. Alves is an option there too.

Jigga

Credit has to be given to Robbie Keane for making himself available, great commitment and good example to the younger players. Compare that to the Welsh captain Craig Bellamy who doesn't even play friendlies anymore or the top English players who are constantly pulling out of friendlies and then recover miraculously for the weekend club matches.

ErinGoBrath

LeeroyJones wrote: »

Robbie Keane probably going to replace Best in the starting line-up.

FAI said “it is probable that Trapattoni will wait until the players have a light session tomorrow morning before deciding”.

Shame really, the only thing that interested me was how Best would do!

Was delighted to see Best and Doyle start, now I'm disgusted he's brought Keane it.

Leave Robbie out and give someone else a chance Traps!!!

VinylJunkie

Jigga wrote: »

Credit has to be given to Robbie Keane for making himself available, great commitment and good example to the younger players.

:eek:
Please tell me your joking, every time I see Keane line out for a time I switch over, I'm sick of his on field antics and constant moaning which I can assure you are not a good example for kids.

Give Best a chance, Mc Shane :rolleyes: and where is Fahey?

noodler

VinylJunkie wrote: »

:eek:
Please tell me your joking, every time I see Keane line out for a time I switch over, I'm sick of his on field antics and constant moaning which I can assure you are not a good example for kids.

Give Best a chance, Mc Shane :rolleyes: and where is Fahey?

Well, theres that, or you could look at the fact he never misses a game for his country, is by a country mile our highest every EPL/International goalscorer and was absolutely crucial in the WC campaign just gone with 6 vital goals.

greendom

PCros wrote: »

Fair play on Keane on coming back for this match. Maybe he'll just get first half or similar then let Best have shot.

I predict a 2-1 win to Brazil. We always play well against good teams, don't think it will be a walkover for them.

I bet he was dying to get away from the unrelenting misery up in Celtic atm.

RGDATA!

noodler wrote: »

Well, theres that, or you could look at the fact he never misses a game for his country, is by a country mile our highest every EPL/International goalscorer and was absolutely crucial in the WC campaign just gone with 6 vital goals.

well said. it seems like a lot of Irish people are always looking to give Keane stick, I don't get it. He mightn't be my favourite personality in the squad but I don't understand the hate.

kmart6

Jigga wrote: »

Credit has to be given to Robbie Keane for making himself available, great commitment and good example to the younger players. Compare that to the Welsh captain Craig Bellamy who doesn't even play friendlies anymore or the top English players who are constantly pulling out of friendlies and then recover miraculously for the weekend club matches.

I'd say he'd just want to get back to London!

redout

Park Ji Sung wrote: »

Are Marcelo and Alves injured? I think Marcelo could take that spot in a few years, not great defensively though. Alves is an option there too.

Alves is a RB

Marcelo is a LB

redout

Jigga wrote: »

Credit has to be given to Robbie Keane for making himself available, great commitment and good example to the younger players. Compare that to the Welsh captain Craig Bellamy who doesn't even play friendlies anymore or the top English players who are constantly pulling out of friendlies and then recover miraculously for the weekend club matches.

are you mad ?

Every player makes themselves available for Brazil in fairness.

Bukman13

Kaka vs McShane....

redout

LoL @ that Brazil lineup

We're in for a paddlin

No, seriously though I bet we wont be wolloped.

I reckon it could be close enough.

noodler

redout wrote: »

are you mad ?

Every player makes themselves available for Brazil in fairness.

Are you mad? He rarely misses a game.

VinylJunkie

noodler wrote: »

Well, theres that, or you could look at the fact he never misses a game for his country, is by a country mile our highest every EPL/International goalscorer and was absolutely crucial in the WC campaign just gone with 6 vital goals.

Doesn't outweigh the fact he is a gob****e and belongs in Dunphys dustbin.

redout

Dunphy on Brazil: "After Spain and England they have to be contenders"

Headshot

bit pissed of Nilmar isnt starting

Headshot

redout wrote: »

Dunphy on Brazil: "After Spain and England they have to be contenders"

yap

he is right

GLaDOS

redout wrote: »

Dunphy on Brazil: "After Spain and England they have to be contenders"

Yeah? England are contenders and having them as one of top 2 favourites is a perfectly reasonable opinion.

missingtime

Lucas off the bench to score.

Eire-Dearg

Did Ronnie say Brazil need a Brazilian in their team instead of Gilberto?

CR 7

redout wrote: »

Alves is a RB

Marcelo is a LB

Yeah, but he was tried out a few times on the left I think. It's a shame to have the 2 best RBs in the world and no notable LB, and only play one of them. It isn't a bad idea, similar to Lahm playing on the left.

Mr Alan

how long before Ronnie slates Lucas?

redout

noodler wrote: »

Are you mad? He rarely misses a game.

I am quite sane.

The other chap was saying he should be praised for making himself available for this Brazil game.

I pointed out that every player makes themselves available for Brazil friendly or not so giving the chap credit for turning up for this match is ridiculous.

IRISHSPORTSGUY

redout wrote: »

Dunphy on Brazil: "After Spain and England they have to be contenders"

What's so shocking about that?

SlickRic

well, Brazil comfortably outplayed England not long ago.

it should really be Brazil and Spain, then England.

but it's not a big deal really.

it's only because Dunphy said it that it is.

IRISHSPORTSGUY

Is Stokes on the bench? Fancy him more to snatch a goal than Best or Long.

Bodhisopha

Here we go again trying to convince ourselves that England can compete in international tournament football.

IRISHSPORTSGUY

SlickRic wrote: »

well, Brazil comfortably outplayed England not long ago.

it should really be Brazil and Spain, then England.

but it's not a big deal really.

it's only because Dunphy said it that it is.

England were missing several players iirc.

noodler

redout wrote: »

I am quite sane.

The other chap was saying he should be praised for making himself available for this Brazil game.

I pointed out that every player makes themselves available for Brazil friendly or not so giving the chap credit for turning up for this match is ridiculous.

Its a very, very opportune moment to criticise. He has made himself available for an enormous amount of less glamarous internationals before this. I think it is a little micheiveous to suggest he wouldn't be here if it wasn't Brazil.

redout

Headshot wrote: »

yap

he is right

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Yeah? England are contenders and having them as one of top 2 favourites is a perfectly reasonable opinion.

I personally only have Spain then its a toss up between about half a dozen others tbh.

redout

noodler wrote: »

Its a very, very opportune moment to criticise. He has made himself available for an enormous amount of less glamarous internationals before this. I think it is a little micheiveous to suggest he wouldn't be here if it wasn't Brazil.

I think you are picking me up wrong.

I no doubt reckon he would be here for any game but giving special praise for this tie is ridiculous in the sense that every player would make themselves available for Brazil. Not just talking about Keane in particular.

Le King

IRISHSPORTSGUY wrote: »

Is Stokes on the bench? Fancy him more to snatch a goal than Best or Long.

Don't think he was even picked

noodler

John Giles just made an absolute cracker!

Talking about playing Brazil and Dunphy mentions he was brought to Brazil as a player (when Giles was manager) and didn't get off the bench in 90 minutes.

Giles then says, it was amazing, wasn't it Eamonn - must have been around 100,00 people there and I remember about 60 minutes in, 100,000 people stood up from their seats and shouted "DUNPHY DUNPHY"!

*Cue hilarious laughter*

VinylJunkie

Guhaw Bill Guhaw

OPENROAD

Welcome Home Gilberto

rebel girl 15

did the linemen have two different flags when coming out of the tunnel??

Spiritoftheseventies

pitch looking very well.

magma69

There's feck all people at the match. Not even half full :mad:.

Yakult

They made a fair mess of the Irish national anthem.

Would be way better at croke

OPENROAD

Spiritoftheseventies wrote: »

pitch looking very well.

Of course it is, what do you expect, it is The Emirates

monkey9

Looks like that promotions crowd messed up by having it at the Emirates. Probably would have got a bigger crowd at Croker!

noodler

magma69 wrote: »

There's feck all people at the match. Not even half full :mad:.

Yes, very disappointing. I'd love to see the figures but Croker would have almost certainly been full for this one so, unless they actually would have made a loss or unless the Brazilians didn't want to come to Dublin, I really wish they had staged the game at home.

Spiritoftheseventies

OPENROAD wrote: »

Of course it is, what do you expect, it is The Emirates

Yeah probably have loads of money to spend on it given the tremendous state of their finances. Wonder why Lucas isnt playing. Did rafa not release him

MoyVilla9

noodler wrote: »

John Giles just made an absolute cracker!

Talking about playing Brazil and Dunphy mentions he was brought to Brazil as a player (when Giles was manager) and didn't get off the bench in 90 minutes.

Giles then says, it was amazing, wasn't it Eamonn - must have been around 100,00 people there and I remember about 60 minutes in, 100,000 people stood up from their seats and shouted "DUNPHY DUNPHY"!

*Cue hilarious laughter*

They're the only people who make the "back in my day..." convo interesting!

Random

Stadium looks so empty, anthems part seemed rushed and unorganised and seemed to just start outta no where.

The whole thing seems a bit thrown together .. but not sure why...

Should have been in a smaller stadium or an Irish stadium I think!

Eire-Dearg

Given's kit is class.