Republic of Ireland Team Talk/News/Rumours 2017

noodler

tayto lover wrote: »

So nobody can have an opinion that is not positive towards Irish players?
I won't fall into the "thanks whoring" catagory.
I will continue to say what I see.

You just seem determined to go against the grain, take the wind out of people's sails or otherwise just exaggerate points for shock value.

tayto lover

noodler wrote: »

You just seem determined to go against the grain, take the wind out of people's sails or otherwise just exaggerate points for shock value.

Pure BS from you again.

OldMrBrennan83

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tayto lover

Patww79 wrote: »

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It seems like you have to praise all the time even when they're poor.

Christy Browne

Goalkeepers
Kieren Westwood
Darren Randolph
Rob Elliot

Defenders
Seamus Coleman
Cyrus Christie
Richard Keogh
Ciaran Clark
Shane Duffy
John O'Shea
Stephen Ward

Midfielders
Aiden McGeady
Daryl Horgan
James McClean
Robbie Brady
James McCarthy
Glenn Whelan
Jeff Hendrick
Harry Arter
Wes Hoolahan

Forwards
Shane Long
Jonathan Walters
Daryl Murphy
Scott Hogan

My ideal squad for next March if everyone is fit, what do ye all think? Some notable exclusions are:

Darron Gibson
Marc Wilson
Alan Judge
David Meyler
David McGoldrick
Conor Hourihane
Eunan O'Kane
Stephen Quinn
Adam Rooney
John Egan
Callum O'Dowda
Andy Boyle

And this is not even an exhaustive list, I can't remember us having such strength in depth in the past 10 years.

galwaylad14

Christy Browne wrote: »

Goalkeepers
Kieren Westwood
Darren Randolph
Rob Elliot

Defenders
Seamus Coleman
Cyrus Christie
Richard Keogh
Ciaran Clark
Shane Duffy
John O'Shea
Stephen Ward

Midfielders
Aiden McGeady
Daryl Horgan
James McClean
Robbie Brady
James McCarthy
Glenn Whelan
Jeff Hendrick
Harry Arter
Wes Hoolahan

Forwards
Shane Long
Jonathan Walters
Daryl Murphy
Scott Hogan

My ideal squad for next March if everyone is fit, what do ye all think? Some notable exclusions are:

Darron Gibson
Marc Wilson
Alan Judge
David Meyler
David McGoldrick
Conor Hourihane
Eunan O'Kane
Stephen Quinn
Adam Rooney
John Egan
Callum O'Dowda
Andy Boyle

And this is not even an exhaustive list, I can't remember us having such strength in depth in the past 10 years.

Meyler was, after McClean, possibly our best player in Vienna. He will be in with a big shout of starting the Welsh game.

noodler

Patww79 wrote: »

How dare you not say every Irish player is a world beater.

Sure hold off and see, you'll notice a more diverse trend from his posts eventually.

It isn't all.about Irish players.

ahlookit

From BBC website (though they are carrying a story from the S*n)

Could we be facing a Welsh team with a new manager in March?

Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew will be sacked if his team loses against Swansea on Saturday, according to the Sun.

Palace are on a five-game losing run in the Premier League and are one point above the relegation zone.

The Sun claims Wales manager Chris Coleman and former England boss Sam Allardyce are in the frame to replace the 55-year-old.

kfallon

Christy Browne wrote: »

My ideal squad for next March if everyone is fit, what do ye all think? Some notable exclusions are:

Brady is suspended for the Wales game!

TheCitizen

ahlookit wrote: »

From BBC website (though they are carrying a story from the S*n)

Could we be facing a Welsh team with a new manager in March?

I'd say Coleman will take a chance on an EPL offer if one came along right now. It will be difficult for him to top what he has already achieved with Wales. Palace though might go for Allardyce who'd be a safer bet to keep them up, if Pardew get sacked that is.

tayto lover

noodler wrote: »

Sure hold off and see, you'll notice a more diverse trend from his posts eventually.

It isn't all.about Irish players.

Poor effort. Can do better.
Do you try that with everyone who disagrees with you Noodles?

tayto lover

ahlookit wrote: »

From BBC website (though they are carrying a story from the S*n)

Could we be facing a Welsh team with a new manager in March?

Pass no remarks of that rag.
The main thing is that we beat Wales in Dublin. Do that and we at least maintain our 6 point lead on them. Then beat Serbia at home and we are nearly there.

noodler

tayto lover wrote: »

Poor effort. Can do better.
Do you try that with everyone who disagrees with you Noodles?

Strawmanning.

tayto lover

noodler wrote: »

Strawmanning.

You wouldn't be worth that much effort. Now back to the thread.

Mantis Toboggan

If we can beat Wales then we'll almost be guaranteed at least a play off spot imo. That match is huge. Hopefully Bale picks up some sort of injury and has to miss the match,

tayto lover

Tyson Fury wrote: »

If we can beat Wales then we'll almost be guaranteed at least a play off spot imo. That match is huge. Hopefully Bale picks up some sort of injury and has to miss the match,

Indeed. But we'll never get a better chance to actually win a group and avoid a play-off. We're in a great position.

eire4

TheCitizen wrote: »

I'd say Coleman will take a chance on an EPL offer if one came along right now. It will be difficult for him to top what he has already achieved with Wales. Palace though might go for Allardyce who'd be a safer bet to keep them up, if Pardew get sacked that is.

To be fair getting to the semi-finals of the European Championships there is no chance he will ever top with Wales that and I say that as someone who has always thought Chris Coleman was a decent coach and one of the good guys from what I know of him in he game.

Ferris_Bueller

galwaylad14 wrote: »

Meyler was, after McClean, possibly our best player in Vienna. He will be in with a big shout of starting the Welsh game.

Agree that Meyler will surely be in the squad, but I think Christys post proves that we have a lot of options for the first time in a long time. Apart from arguably Daryl Horgan, I would say the rest of that squad is guaranteed to be announced if there are no injuries or suspensions (Brady is suspended so he will miss out). Our squad is the strongest it has been in a long time, in midfield in particular - players like Hourihan, Judge, Forrester, Byrne have a long way to go before they are competing for a place in the team despite a lot of people calling for their inclusion.

Christy Browne

galwaylad14 wrote: »

Meyler was, after McClean, possibly our best player in Vienna. He will be in with a big shout of starting the Welsh game.

One swallow doesn't make a summer, I still don't think he's better than any of the midfield options I named there. I did say it was my personal squad after all.

Wales should be desperate to hang on to Coleman. Lose him and they could spiral right back down. He's no genius, but clearly he clicks with this group of players.

Debil

Bale out for a long while.

'a traumatic dislocation of the peroneal tendons'

RIP

OldMrBrennan83

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Debil

You'd hope so. It's traumatic after all.

The Talking Bread

He will be back for El Classico. I would put money on it!

ahlookit

He's doubtful for El Clasico.....he'll be grand by March...

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/38084142

The Talking Bread

ahlookit wrote: »

He's doubtful for El Clasico.....he'll be grand by March...

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/38084142

Oh, no I have seen the headlines. Still would be confident he will be back by then!

Mantis Toboggan

What's the story with duo tickets for Iceland and Wales? Only tickets I'm seeing available are premium level!

Agent Coulson

https://twitter.com/FAIreland/status/801468157026242564?lang=en

We will be hosting 4 #EURO2020 matches in Dublin and tomorrow morning we'll be unveiling the #Dublin2020 logo!

tayto lover

Bale will be back in a month. It's not that serious.

Ferris_Bueller

Tyson Fury wrote: »

What's the story with duo tickets for Iceland and Wales? Only tickets I'm seeing available are premium level!

I think they sold out on the day. A lot of tickets will probably be given to clubs and leagues etc closer to the time so maybe you will pick one up then, but the ones that were on ticketmaster only lasted a couple of hours on Monday.

yabadabado

There will be single tickets on sale in the new year(I think end of January)
ST holders will get a presale code and whatever is left will go on general sale.I don't think there will be a major problem getting a ticket.

GLaDOS

http://www.eurosport.com/football/gareth-bale-out-for-fourth-months_sto5959820/story.shtml

Bale could be out for up to 4 months.

Could be cutting it tight for the Ireland game.

dr.kenneth noisewater

The win over Austria has lifted us to 23rd(up 10) in the world, highest since 2012.
Others in the group:
Wales = 12(-1)
Austria = 31(-1)
Serbia = 44(-1)
Georgia = 119 (+3)
Moldova = 162 (+11)

noodler

GLaDOS wrote: »

http://www.eurosport.com/football/gareth-bale-out-for-fourth-months_sto5959820/story.shtml

Bale could be out for up to 4 months.

Could be cutting it tight for the Ireland game.

Sky saying 2-3 months.

You'd almost swear it was timed so he'd definitely be back for that.

Edit: scratch that, I thought it was an injury he had been playing with - see now he only picked it up this week.

GavRedKing

I dont wish injury on anyone, I like Bale, but if he was out of our game in Dublin it would be a blessing.

Debil

This kind of hopery and wishery is exactly the type of thing that comes back to haunt you

Utopia Parkway

GavRedKing wrote: »

I dont wish injury on anyone, I like Bale, but if he was out of our game in Dublin it would be a blessing.

If his surgery is next Tuesday Nov 29th and he's potentially out for 4 months it'll be pretty tight alright. Certainly won't have much football behind him anyway even if he does make it.

noodler

Debil wrote: »

This kind of hopery and wishery is exactly the type of thing that comes back to haunt you

I tell myself I am not hoping for it but it would be convenient.

yabadabado

I would prefer to beat them with their full team out.

The Talking Bread

yabadabado wrote: »

I would prefer to beat them with their full team out.

How ethical of you!

yabadabado

The Talking Bread wrote: »

How ethical of you!

We are more than capable of beating them and be all the sweeter with Bale playing.

GLaDOS

I'll take 3 points, regardless of the circumstances!

Kerrydude1981

yabadabado wrote: »

I would prefer to beat them with their full team out.

Same here,give them no excuses

But I do think we are plenty good enough to beat them if Bale plays or not

The Talking Bread

I coudn't give a sh1te what excuses they would have if he was missing! Makes no odds at all to Ireland

OldMrBrennan83

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yabadabado

yabadabado wrote: »

I would prefer to beat them with their full team out.

When McClean's shot went through the keepers legs in Vienna, I was disgusted. I wish their first choice keeper wasn't injured and we scored a better goal. That win should have an asterisk beside it...;)

yabadabado

Deleted User wrote: »

When McClean's shot went through the keepers legs in Vienna, I was disgusted. I wish their first choice keeper wasn't injured and we scored a better goal. That win should have an asterisk beside it...;)

Poor effort ,you obviously are missing my point completely.

bren2001

I couldn't give a monkey if we beat the Welsh team after their entire 23 man squad came down with food poisoning ala Spurs 2006, as long as we get 3 points. If Bale is out, that is a good thing for us. We can go for the moral victory next October when we've qualified and they've a fully fit squad.

If Wales beat us can we put an asterisk beside it because Robbie Brady is out? No and I'm sure Welsh fans are happy to see him banned.

galwaylad14

yabadabado wrote: »

Poor effort ,you obviously are missing my point completely.

No he hasn't missed the point at all. We can beat Wales even if they have bale fit but of course we'd have a better chance of beating them if he was to miss the game. Therefore I'm happy he's injured.

I'd be echoing the thoughts of others, I just want 3 points and I couldn't care less about what excuses they'd have.

3 points is what it's all about and I couldn't care less if they're so short of players that they have to play Charlotte Church and Gavin Henson up front and our winning goal comes from Jonny Walters punching it into the net from an offside position.

The Talking Bread

How did Horgan play last night? That Barnsley player, Hourihane, seems to be peaking at the moment. I'm not even going to pretend I know much about him apart from reviews lately and a few YouTube findings but some pleasant competition and a nice bit of squad depth in midfield. Pity about up front. Although we were unlucky last squad with injuries. It's amazing what a positive result can do to both squad and fan morale.