Republic of Ireland Team Talk/News/Rumours 2017

TheCitizen

Dots1982 wrote: »

No chance, he’s is slow, prone to rash fouls and is bad on the ball.

On the positive defender he’s an agricultural defender and a threat from set pieces.

He has improved and will continue to improve. Don't know how far he can go but regular EPL action and with his positive attitude will ensure he'll be our mainstay cb for years to come.

Minderbinder

I think Duffy is benefiting enormously from being in a settled team at a stable club with a pragmatic manager. 

He doesn't have the world class abilities (especially pace and agility) required to be a centre back in the plying systems at Liverpool or Arsenal, and not many do.

johnpatrick81

Yep I think he’d struggle in an offensively minded team with a high line defense.

However he’s perfect for the park the bus style teams like Burnley, Brighton, West Brom and ..... Man Utd :pac:

TheCitizen

johnpatrick81 wrote: »

Yep I think he’d struggle in an offensively minded team with a high line defense.

However he’s perfect for the park the bus style teams like Burnley, Brighton, West Brom and ..... Man Utd :pac:

I don't know if he'd get a move to Arsenal or Liverpool as has been suggested but if he keeps improving, who knows? He'll become an experienced, solid EPL cb, Jonny Evans was heavily linked with a big money move to Man City from West Brom this summer precisely for that reason and he was at Man United for a few years as was John O'Shea. If Duffy keeps getting better, cuts out the rushes of blood to the head that he used to do, he could become a useful cb for any team in that league.

MON promoted him to first pick for Ireland and was criticized by some for doing so and dropping John O'Shea. He made a couple of glaring errors as well v France and v Moldova, but I reckon that promotion as first pick for Ireland has helped his progress enormously and his club manager at Brighton obviously trusts him as well.

PhilipsR

He's too terrified of the ball at his feet to ever play for a top 6 club.

Zebra3

Belated happy birthday to Kim Il-John.

A party for a fully grown man.

https://twitter.com/irish_pics/status/922480962272989184

yabadabado

Zebra3 wrote: »

Belated happy birthday to Kim Il-John.

A party for a fully grown man.

https://twitter.com/irish_pics/status/922480962272989184

The cardboard cut out

ballsymchugh

Zebra3 wrote: »

Belated happy birthday to Kim Il-John.

A party for a fully grown man.

https://twitter.com/irish_pics/status/922480962272989184

sometimes i look at the aviva and think that havelock square end really does make it look ****e.

makes a really bad looking cake though.

Zebra3

yabadabado wrote: »

The cardboard cut out

Still having fantasies of being a player.

Brought back memories of him going down to applaud the fans after the match in Moscow as if he was Richard Dunne.

johnnyryan89

Ireland's u16s made a winning start to their defence of the victory shield this evening beating the North 1-0.

yabadabado

Zebra3 wrote: »

Still having fantasies of being a player.

Brought back memories of him going down to applaud the fans after the match in Moscow as if he was Richard Dunne.

He used to do that at all the away games for a while and throw his ****ing tie into the crowd .

blinding

yabadabado wrote: »

He used to do that at all the away games for a while and throw his ****ing tie into the crowd .

Ye , were lucky it wasn’t his underwear.......:eek:

yourdeadwright

On the funny side I just seen Celtic won Fifa fans of the year for 2017,
It was only yesterday morning that they where fined for the 12th time in 6 season's over fan behaviour  by UEFA , 
So how in the world did they win that,

yourdeadwright

On the funny side I just seen Celtic won Fifa fans of the year for 2017,
It was only yesterday morning that they where fined for the 12th time in 6 season's over fan behaviour  by UEFA , 
So how in the world did they win that,

weldoninhio

yourdeadwright wrote: »

On the funny side I just seen Celtic won Fifa fans of the year for 2017,
It was only yesterday morning that they where fined for the 12th time in 6 season's over fan behaviour  by UEFA , 
So how in the world did they win that,

1. What has it got to do with the Irish national team?

yourdeadwright

weldoninhio wrote: »

yourdeadwright wrote: »

On the funny side I just seen Celtic won Fifa fans of the year for 2017,
It was only yesterday morning that they where fined for the 12th time in 6 season's over fan behaviour  by UEFA , 
So how in the world did they win that,

1. What has it got to do with the Irish national team?

Jesus sorry for mentioning it just thought it was funny ,

noodler

weldoninhio wrote: »

1. What has it got to do with the Irish national team?

I know one poster who will deem it relevant anyway...

johnnyryan89

weldoninhio wrote: »

1. What has it got to do with the Irish national team?

Most successful and biggest Irish club worldwide aren't they?

eire4

yourdeadwright wrote: »

On the funny side I just seen Celtic won Fifa fans of the year for 2017,
It was only yesterday morning that they where fined for the 12th time in 6 season's over fan behaviour  by UEFA , 
So how in the world did they win that,

Tha tifo display on the last home game of last season to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Lisbon Lions victory is how Celtic won it.

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/lisbon-lions-display.png?strip=all&w=960&quality=100

mickmackey1

yourdeadwright wrote: »

On the funny side I just seen Celtic won Fifa fans of the year for 2017,
It was only yesterday morning that they where fined for the 12th time in 6 season's over fan behaviour by UEFA ,
So how in the world did they win that,

So maybe 100 fans causing trouble doesn't mean the other 99% are not amazing. As a neutral, European nights at other grounds just cannot match Paradise.

blinding

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Jesus sorry for mentioning it just thought it was funny ,

Funny How:eek::P:eek::P:eek:

The Talking Bread

Thank f*ck Koeman is gone. His snidey remarks at MON re McCarthy were tiresome. Maybe the injury problems are due to his own (former) club rather than passing the issue and publicity onto Ireland.

Dots1982

Anyone hear any funny stories about Andy Reid lately? If you know you know.

weldoninhio

Dots1982 wrote: »

Anyone hear any funny stories about Andy Reid lately? If you know you know.

I saw a text.

eh i dunno

weldoninhio wrote: »

I saw a text.

Tell us more

Duff

Dots1982 wrote: »

Anyone hear any funny stories about Andy Reid lately? If you know you know.

Ya can't say that and then not tell us, ffs!

The Talking Bread

What is the point of bring up a story you can't tell!!

blinding

Dots1982 wrote: »

Anyone hear any funny stories about Andy Reid lately? If you know you know.

Give us a clue .

Dots1982

This pretty much sums it up

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https://twitter.com/oddsonfpl/status/918770197263273984‬

Zebra3

mickmackey1 wrote: »

So maybe 100 fans causing trouble doesn't mean the other 99% are not amazing. As a neutral, European nights at other grounds just cannot match Paradise.

LOL galore.

No fans in Britain (or indeed in Ireland) can match the atmosphere of grounds in Italy and Turkey to name but two countries.

The Talking Bread

Dots1982 wrote: »

This pretty much sums it up

‪https://twitter.com/oddsonfpl/status/918770197263273984‬

link doesn't work

Dots1982

No idea why the link doesn’t work. If you scroll down to that accounts “oddsonfpl” tweets from the 13th of this month you’ll see the rumour.

It originated from someone close to the Irish camo I think.

It might be against the charter so I’m not posting it.

Kerrydude1981

Dots1982 wrote: »

No idea why the link doesn’t work. If you scroll down to that accounts “oddsonfpl” tweets from the 13th of this month you’ll see the rumour.

It originated from someone close to the Irish camo I think.

It might be against the charter so I’m not posting it.

So Trap had no problem with his guitar playing after all

Dots1982

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Dots1982 wrote: »

No idea why the link doesn’t work. If you scroll down to that accounts “oddsonfpl” tweets from the 13th of this month you’ll see the rumour.

It originated from someone close to the Irish camo I think.

It might be against the charter so I’m not posting it.

So Trap had no problem with his guitar playing after all

Think the incident had nothing to do with Andy Reid’s international prospects. Think that’s something needlessly tagged onto the story to make it more juicy.

PTH2009

Denmark didnt qualify for a finals since the 2010 World cup and missed out on Euro 2016 so they must be guaranteed a bit of luck??

The Talking Bread

Hmm, i'll believe it when I see it, but I have no desire to see it so, eh, i guess I will be a non believer!!

Given that Kilbane interviewed him on OTB recently and addressed the issue and spoke about the reasons being the ones we were previously led to believe (Kilbane being part of the squad with him), I imagine those reasons still stand.

I don't see anything in that tweet that suggests that the "rumour" emanated from anyone close to the camp! Just seems to be a random, silly tweet!



anyway...............great "little" baller was Andy. Sad when you see technically gifted players like himself, Hoolahan and Ireland never being everpresents.

Still remember being in a hotel bar in Tenerife when he scored that cracker against Cyprus!

yabadabado

Dots1982 wrote: »

Anyone hear any funny stories about Andy Reid lately? If you know you know.

That rumour doing the rounds a long while. It didnt end Reids international career as his team mate supposed to not have cared less .

Dots1982

Dots1982 wrote: »

No idea why the link doesn’t work. If you scroll down to that accounts “oddsonfpl” tweets from the 13th of this month you’ll see the rumour.

It originated from someone close to the Irish camo I think.

It might be against the charter so I’m not posting it.

Oh yeah, because obviously the parties involved would have gone to the FAI first to trash it out, it has a famous reputation for dealing with delicate family matters.

Oh and obviously then you'd get the FAI, the managers and all the players in on the secret and hatch this elaborate plot involving a guitar, and get Reid to go along and even to complain about it to dress it up that little bit better.

Honestly, the amount of football fans who believe every single internet rumour with the word "banging" in it.

Dots1982

Dots1982 wrote: »

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Dots1982 wrote: »

No idea why the link doesn’t work. If you scroll down to that accounts “oddsonfpl” tweets from the 13th of this month you’ll see the rumour.

It originated from someone close to the Irish camo I think.

It might be against the charter so I’m not posting it.

So Trap had no problem with his guitar playing after all

Think the incident had nothing to do with Andy Reid’s international prospects. Think that’s something needlessly tagged onto the story to make it more juicy.

Think no one read the above. I know it didn’t end Reid’s Ireland career. I also didn’t just see it on twitter. I saw it as a WhatsApp conversation.

weldoninhio

eh i dunno wrote: »

Tell us more

I'm not sure if i'd be carded or banned for telling the story. It was an off the ball presenter that confirmed the story in the Whatsapp text I saw, it related to Reid and another players mother in law.

The Talking Bread

Decent by O'Dowda who has been criticised a bit of late by Bristol fans.

https://twitter.com/GodSaveTheFoot/status/922929381873504256

yabadabado

Declan Rice starting tonight for West Ham.Game is on Sky.

Be good to get a proper look at him,done as starting at CB.

OldMrBrennan83

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TheCitizen

James McCarthy playing tonight, must be his first game of the season?

Stevecw

TheCitizen wrote: »

James McCarthy playing tonight, must be his first game of the season?

Good to see. Hopefully he gets another couple of games in before the play offs. Not a big fan of his, but would much rather see him replace Meyler in Copenhagen than Whelan.
He has done ok for us in the past as the holding midfielder.

TheCitizen

Stevecw wrote: »

Good to see. Hopefully he gets another couple of games in before the play offs. Not a big fan of his, but would much rather see him replace Meyler in Copenhagen than Whelan.
He has done ok for us in the past as the holding midfielder.

He has, he's a better option than Glen Whelan. He's played quite well for us at times despite all the negativity about him. He's had awful injury problems, needs to put those behind him.

noodler

If he can get march fit but not alot of time.

Here's hoping he can keep fit. Hasn't been able to the last three years.

yabadabado

3 games until away leg so hopefully he gets some minutes under his belt.A fit and playing McCarthy will be a regular for us ,maybe new Everton manager will rate him more than Koeman otherwise he needs a move.

tayto lover

After a shaky start young Rice seems to have played very well for WHU.
Good praise from 5Live.
Good to see him getting plenty of action.

OldMrBrennan83

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