Republic of Ireland Team Talk/News/Rumours 2017

Mantis Toboggan

That's our strongest team

Kerrydude1981

No O Shea,a certain pundit is not going to be happy

breffni bogballer

No need for goals, crappy 0-0 will be good,but not easy to watch

The Talking Bread

The only thing is, Walters will by instinct push back into MF a good bit so probably need McClean for our counter attacks

The Talking Bread

Tyson Fury wrote: »

That's our strongest team

out of the squad we have tonight. Long will always start when fit, rightly so.

ahlookit

The Talking Bread wrote: »

George Hamilton in dreamland in Vienna

How long before we hear him say "goodnight vienna"?

The Talking Bread

Hendrick, Arter and Wes and Brady. Very exciting players. Need Brady to be disciplined

Hopefully no early (or indeed late) silliness from Hendrick also.

The Talking Bread

ahlookit wrote: »

How long before we hear him say "goodnight vienna"?

Do you ever listen to his show at the weekend. He is a great host. It's very good radio if you like that music. Good hangover chill music!

Dirty Dingus McGee

ahlookit wrote: »

How long before we hear him say "goodnight vienna"?

Means nothing to me.

tayto lover

Alaba is a great player and will have to be watched carefully.
He could do a lot of damage to us.

sligolad1

Very good attacking team, only change I would make is Keogh for Duffy but other than that an exciting team!

Dirty Dingus McGee

sligolad1 wrote: »

Very good attacking team, only change I would make is Keogh for Duffy but other than that an exciting team!

Really.According to what I have read in places I thought Martin O'Neill hated the idea of attacking.

The Talking Bread

sligolad1 wrote: »

Very good attacking team, only change I would make is Keogh for Duffy but other than that an exciting team!

Yeah, Keogh is in decent form. Had an outsanding and acclaimed performance recently for Derby against Wednesday.
He is a very good passer also which we could do with if we are sitting deep








Awful singer though..........

CurryFlavoured

When exactly did Keogh get ditched? He's awkward as hell but I thought he was decent. Duffy doesn't convince me.

Pro. F

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Really.According to what I have read in places I thought Martin O'Neill hated the idea of attacking.

He has very often picked conservative teams when playing difficult away games. It is idiotic to deny that.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Pro. F wrote: »

He has very often picked conservative teams when playing difficult away games. It is idiotic to deny that.

I'm not denying it. Thats what an awful lot of managers would do in that situation.

It's just according to some he seemed to opposed to the idea of picking any sort of attack minded players.

Pro. F

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

I'm not denying it. Thats what an awful lot of managers would do in that situation.

It's just according to some he seemed to opposed to the idea of picking any sort of attack minded players.

That's not what you said.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Pro. F wrote: »

That's not what you said.

Yes it is.

The Talking Bread

The Talking Bread wrote: »

The only thing is, Walters will by instinct push back into MF a good bit so probably need McClean for our counter attacks

FK, Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!! Exactly what I hoped for!

justshane

Great ball by Wes!

justshane

Great ball by Wes!

Agent Coulson

When was the last time a LOI player played any part in a competitive game?


Must be during Hand's time as manager.

Morrison J

Too much of a liability that McClean lad imo. Gets sent off 1 in every 300 odd appearances.

The Talking Bread

justshane wrote: »

Great ball by Wes!

It is a phrase in itself by now!






woah........:eek:

The Talking Bread

Agent Coulson wrote: »

When was the last time a LOI player played any part in a competitive game?


Must be during Hand's time as manager.

31 years ago, Pat Byrne from Rovers in what was a very competitive Irish team at the time

The Talking Bread

Serious battling going on out there.

The Talking Bread

FFS. Brady doing a Jeff Hendrick : (

****
Brady out against Wales now

Mars Bar

Moldova equalised

The Talking Bread

Mars Bar wrote: »

Moldova equalised

Massive goal...... ; )

Worztron

Replace McClean with Horgan.

Edit: FFS! McGeady.

Worztron

Our first win against them since 1963.

Kerrydude1981

Outstanding stuff,fully deserved the win,Meyler did a great job when he came on.

Austria prancing around the place,some of them sum up what is wrong with modern day footballers,falling around the place

Karma for Janko at the end there,he spent more time on the ground then he did standing

TheCitizen

Excellent. The MON doubters on here must be getting thin on the ground at this stage. Strong position in the Group now. Big test v Wales next.

Bounty Hunter

What result would everyone like in Wales vs Serbia?

Kerrydude1981

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

What result would everyone like in Wales vs Serbia?

A nil nil draw

The Talking Bread

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

A nil nil draw

And a Bale straight red

Guffy

Serbia win i think. Wales and austria fighting an uphill battle then

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

Off to the pub to watch it.

Only problem is, had hernia op 2 days ago so can't laugh, cough or sneeze...I think I'll raise a finger and eyebrow if we score...

Back from pub, in pain. Reckon I've either torn the mesh under the skin, or the stitches under the bandage.

Still, for that result, well worth it...I'd do it again!

ahlookit

Deleted User wrote: »

Back from pub, in pain. Reckon I've either torn the mesh under the skin, or the stitches under the bandage.

Still, for that result, well worth it...I'd do it again!

Like McClean, you fought through the pain barrier for the nation

TheCitizen

Brady will be missed the next day

ahlookit

Bale just scored for Wales. 1-0 up after half an hour. Keeper was poor.

Pro. F

Excellent result. Play our best, most skilful, players and get a win away from home against tough opposition. Who'd have guessed.

Everybody put in a proper shift tonight, can't fault any of them. Also, the performance improved a fair bit after the break - which MON deserves extra praise for.

One thing that concerns me a bit is the defensive shape when playing in that diamond - wide players being too happy to drop into the back line (to make it a back 5 or 6) and then only three midfielders trying to cover the width of the pitch. I think we see that happening a bit too often with this formation. But that can be fixed for the next day. For now, this result puts us in great shape.

The Talking Bread

The Talking Bread wrote: »

And a Bale straight red

Half way there.......Bale yellow!

Worztron

gufc21 wrote: »

Serbia win i think. Wales and austria fighting an uphill battle then

+1

Pro. F

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Yes it is.

Nope. Two different statements:

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

According to what I have read in places I thought Martin O'Neill hated the idea of attacking.

Vs

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

It's just according to some he seemed to opposed to the idea of picking any sort of attack minded players.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Pro. F wrote: »

Nope. Two different statements:


Vs

Grand.I'll just change the second statement to match the first.Not that it matters anyway

ahlookit

Bale hits post & Serbia go down the other end and equalise. 86 mins gone

TheCitizen

Not sure that goal for Serbia is good for us or not. I think we can beat Wales. Serbia might be a tougher nut to crack.

ahlookit

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