Rep. of Ireland vs Poland - March 29th 2015 (RTE2/19:45)

Alfred Borden

briany wrote: »

Dunphy talking Hoolahan up something fierce here. Hope Hoolahan lives up to Dunphy's words.

He will be calling him useless at half time so :pac:

Limestone1

tayto lover wrote: »

Forde does not deserve this. Very disappointed that Given is in ahead of him.

Agree -Given has had his time and been out of this world for us on many occasions, but after the Euros in 2012 he is damaged goods !

Utopia Parkway

Team actually looks alright on paper anyway. Feel sorry for Forde. Hasn't really done much wrong to warrant being dropped.

tayto lover

Limestone1 wrote: »

Agree -Given has had his time and been out of this world for us on many occasions, but after the Euros in 2012 he is damaged goods !

Of all the positions on the team I would have thought Forde's was the safest.
Cannot understand this decision at all.

derm0j073

A little bit mote optimistic now that I've seen the team . Hope they try and keep hold of the ball . Just have a nagging feeling we'll start well but when Poland settle we'll end up playing MON hoof ball half an hour in .

A_Sober_Paddy

Shay given is going to cost us, hasn't played a decent game for Ireland in years, and barely played in the last few years for club or country...forde should not have been dropped

RoryMac

theoneeyedman wrote: »

It'll be a 4231 type thing. Whelan and McCarthy holding, holohan in the middle with mcgeady and Walters wide, Robbie up top.
Walters up top with Robbie behind would work better

Yeah I think it'll be a 4-2-3-1 setup

Lovely Bloke

Given?

gtfo O'Neill

MonkieSocks

Probably line out like this,

....................Given,
.Coleman, Wilson, O'Shea, Brady,
...........Whelan, McCarthy,
Walters,................ McGeady,
.............Hoolahan,
.............Keane.

Can't see Keane holding onto the ball for long.
Much prefer to see long in that role.

Methinks we need our fullbacks to push up, put in crosses for Walters and McGeady to get on the end of them.

At the moment Germins, Scots and Poles on 10pts.

This is a must win game

Paully D

COYBIG!

delaad

Johnnie, Long, Hendricks and McClean are not starting!

sonic85

were there not rumours that it was gonna be 3-5-2? surely that would make more sense pushing brady forward and leaving coleman o shea and Wilson as a back 3?

very important match to be slotting a winger into an important defensive position. is he a decent defender does anybody know?

Bridge93

Here comes the weather!

Pro. F

Given is a brave call. Brady at left back is too. I wonder is Walterz going to play on the left to give a bit more protection.

The key to getting Hoolahan and Keane working is the midfield's passing. Hopefully the McCarthy Whelan axis clicks tonight.

RoryMac

sonic85 wrote: »

were there not rumours that it was gonna be 3-5-2? surely that would make more sense pushing brady forward and leaving coleman o shea and Wilson as a back 3?

very important match to be slotting a winger into an important defensive position. is he a decent defender does anybody know?

Looks like they were just rumours, not sure I'd be happy if Coleman was part of a back 3.

I think MON pretty much confirmed the back 4 in his RTE interview

martineatworld

Sure forde is unlucky to be dropped but he's never going to be in the same class as given, and I don't understand people being so negative. I'm happier with given in goals. He's looked great in all of the cup games with villa this year.

murpho999

RTE lads confident with Irish team, but they have not mentioned Poland at all who are top of the table and beat Germany.

eternal

A draw or a close shave win me thinks. Ireland definitely to score.

Kenjataimu

I hope Given pulls off a couple of good saves early on to settle him and the crowd.

MonkieSocks

Dropping Forde is a mistake, he's better coming for crosses then Given PLUS he has built a good understanding with the back four.

Nib

COYBIG!

I'm going for a 1-0 win. A Robbie Brady freekick.

MonkieSocks

murpho999 wrote: »

RTE lads confident with Irish team, but they have not mentioned Poland at all who are top of the table and beat Germany.

Yep, Milik and the Big Lebowski gonna cause us problems at the back

Diabhal Beag

An embarrassing 1-0 defeat for Poland here

Hercule Poirot

We will win 2-1 - can't see us keeping a clean sheet with Brady at left back

ProudDUB

Well its no Flower of Scotland, that's for sure.

Alfred Borden

2-1 Poland for me.

edgecutter

Can't see past a Poland win tonight

garra

Should be mandatory to learn and sing the national anthem if you want to play for the country imo

Charlie19

murpho999 wrote: »

RTE lads confident with Irish team, but they have not mentioned Poland at all who are top of the table and beat Germany.

So confident that they all predicted a draw. I think they might be right though. It'll be fingers crossed from kickoff.

syngindub

good to see wes geting in.
big performance needed by all

Nib

C'mon ya green bastards!

MythicalMadMan

So does everyone get along in here during Irish games

RoryMac

Hope the cake was nice, could influence the ref's decisions

Laois_Man

Hope giving the ref a birthday cake gets us a pen!

murpho999

I think Poland will win comfortably. 3-0.

ebbsy

I would have Forde in goals.

RoryMac

Jaysis get on with the match!

eternal

MythicalMadMan wrote: »

So does everyone get along in here during Irish games

Can't be as bad as Man U V Liverpool anyway in the threads.

murpho999

No disrespect intended but what has Tony Fenton got to do with the FAI?

Hercule Poirot

The Polish players not applauding - destroy the b******s!

Utopia Parkway

Tony Fenton? No disrespect intended but why is he included? Not sure he even liked football.

fullstop

Stadium announcer is really annoying

syngindub

lets paint the thread green, cmon you boys

Mars Bar

That ball is super white!

nice_guy80

Whatever happened to just singing at a match?

Crap rugby hype music before games

efb

Ronnie Whelan 😒

not yet

50-50 IN THE STANDS......?

efb

nice_guy80 wrote: »

Whatever happened to just singing at a match?

Crap rugby hype music before games

American Football- its annoying at rugby roo

sonic85

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Tony Fenton? No disrespect intended but why is he included? Not sure he even liked football.

pretty sure he was a big football fan. was a Chelsea man I think

efb

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Tony Fenton? No disrespect intended but why is he included? Not sure he even liked football.

You're a winner!