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Duff

I'd like to see

GK: Kelleher

LB + RB: Doherty and Manning

CB'S: Omobamidile and Egan

CM: Cullen and Molumby

CAM: Parrott

LM + RM: Knight and Horgan

ST: Idah

johnnyryan89

Duff wrote: »

I'd like to see

GK: Kelleher

LB + RB: Doherty and Manning

CB'S: Omobamidile and John Egan

CM: Cullen and Molumbu

CAM: Troy Parrott

LM + RM: Knight and Horgan

ST: Idah

Think three at the back will be used tonight and has been mentioned by a few journalist too that it's been used in training for this match.

With the bits of info about certain players I'd go with this as our starting line up:

......................Bazunu

............Duffy - Egan - O'Shea

Doherty - Cullen - Hourihane - McClean
.......................Knight

................Parrot - Idah

Not sure who'll start on the left, but wouldn't be surprised to see McClean start again.

Duff

johnnyryan89 wrote: »

Think three at the back will be used tonight and has been mentioned by a few journalist too that it's been used in training for this match.

With the bits of info about certain players I'd go with this as our starting line up:

......................Bazunu

............Duffy - Egan - O'Shea

Doherty - Cullen - Hourihane - McClean
.......................Knight

................Parrot - Idah

Not sure who'll start on the left, but wouldn't be surprised to see McClean start again.

May as well play with 10 men with Hourihane on the pitch

Brock Turnpike

johnnyryan89 wrote: »

Think three at the back will be used tonight and has been mentioned by a few journalist too that it's been used in training for this match.

With the bits of info about certain players I'd go with this as our starting line up:

......................Bazunu

............Duffy - Egan - O'Shea

Doherty - Cullen - Hourihane - McClean
.......................Knight

................Parrot - Idah

Not sure who'll start on the left, but wouldn't be surprised to see McClean start again.

Exact same team I predicted.

Although I would prefer to see Hourihane drop out.

athlone99

Duff wrote: »

May as well play with 10 men with Hourihane on the pitch

Not sure hes a better option but id like to see Arter play, i think he looks and demands the ball a lot more than Hourihane. With his stats from the Andorra game, he'll be lucky if a club wants to sign him this summer.

Brock Turnpike

If we could just get one central midfielder in the team who can regularly take the ball from the defence and pivot on it l, we'd be in a much better position.

Faugheen

I'd like to see Jamie McGrath get a proper run. He's a goalscorer and a creator and I feel he'd be much more of use than Hourihane or Arter.

I just think Hourihane has shown enough of the fact he's slow and lazy. Molumby would be a better option in the sense that he at least looks for the ball.

Francie Barrett

athlone99 wrote: »

Not sure hes a better option but id like to see Arter play, i think he looks and demands the ball a lot more than Hourihane. With his stats from the Andorra game, he'll be lucky if a club wants to sign him this summer.

Arter's a defensive midfielder, if he starts, it's going to be in place of Cullen.

Dr. Bre

Mon Ireland

duffman13

Not sure I'd love a back 5 again to be honest but there is an argument to be made that it suits the players although I'm not sure it'll suit Kennys preferred style.

Would like to see Manning and Omobamidile get a start

johnnyryan89

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

Exact same team I predicted.

Although I would prefer to see Hourihane drop out.

I'd prefer to never see him play again for Ireland. Would have Arter in there ahead of him. He can be rash in a challenge and can often stray from position but he'll put more effort in than Hourihane and looks for the ball.

He's also got a decent left peg on him for hitting shots from a distance. Something Hourihane is meant to be an expert at but I've probably seen Arter have more shots from distance than Hourihane for us.

duffman13 wrote: »

Not sure I'd love a back 5 again to be honest but there is an argument to be made that it suits the players although I'm not sure it'll suit Kennys preferred style.

Would like to see Manning and Omobamidile get a start

If he didn't play against Andorra I'd say he's not going to feature tonight unless there's injuries in defence. This training camp was probably more to get him in training and have a closer look at him. Mick did similar for his training camp. Brought Luca Connell in who had broken into the Bolton team and one or maybe two other youngsters.

I'll be for an ireland win today anyway I suspect some on here won't be

Francie Barrett

Francie Barrett

No Kelleher at all is strange.

johnnyryan89

Francie Barrett wrote: »

No Kelleher at all is strange.

He's number 16.

johnnyryan89

https://twitter.com/FAIreland/status/1402308187735269376

......................Bazunu

............Duffy - Egan - O'Shea

Doherty - Cullen - Hourihane - McClean
.......................Knight

................Parrot - Idah

Rhys Essien

Not starting Kelleher here is a lousy call from Kenny.

Duff

johnnyryan89 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/FAIreland/status/1402308187735269376

......................Bazunu

............Duffy - Egan - O'Shea

Doherty - Cullen - Hourihane - McClean
.......................Knight

................Parrot - Idah

Would've preferred Molumby (or a statue) for Hourihane and maybe Horgan for McClean, although he was a great impact sub against Andorra. Very interested to see how Parrott and Idah link up.

topmanamillion

Rhys Essien wrote: »

Not starting Kelleher here is a lousy call from Kenny.

How so?
Bazunu played regular ball this year. Kelleher got a few token run outs at a club he's never going to be first choice keeper for.
Kennys clearly favouring Bazunu because he's gone out on loan and played games.

~Rebel~

Happy to see 2 up top anyway.

Faugheen

topmanamillion wrote: »

How so?
Bazunu played regular ball this year. Kelleher got a few token run outs at a club he's never going to be first choice keeper for.
Kennys clearly favouring Bazunu because he's gone out on loan and played games.

And he's also been a steady set of hands since going in goal.

pjohnson

Bazunu is likely to be our number 1 so let him get as much experience as possible.

secman

Jairo Gifted Safflower wrote: »

I'll be for an ireland win today anyway I suspect some on here won't be

Curious as to why this comment warrants a yellow card ?

secman

secman wrote: »

Curious as to why this comment warrants a yellow card ?

Probably wasn't conducive to decent conversation to be fair

Francie Barrett

Big test for Cullen and Hourihane tonight. Both went missing against Andorra and will need to be much better for this game.

~Rebel~

topmanamillion wrote: »

How so?
Bazunu played regular ball this year. Kelleher got a few token run outs at a club he's never going to be first choice keeper for.
Kennys clearly favouring Bazunu because he's gone out on loan and played games.

They weren’t token runouts, he became the genuine backup over Adrian when Alisson was out injured.

But I’ve no problem with Bazunu starting. He’s done well so far. Wouldn’t be surprised to see Kelleher play the second half. Be interesting to see how things shake up in a few months when Kelleher’s playing regular ball on loan.

Francie Barrett

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Big test for Cullen and Hourihane tonight. Both went missing against Andorra and will need to be much better for this game.

Hourihan in particular has finally been called out for hiding I hope it's the kick in the arse he needs. He's a better player than he seems to think he is at this level

Rhys Essien

pjohnson wrote: »

Bazunu is likely to be our number 1 so let him get as much experience as possible.

What did you base that on?

Kelleher got keeper of the week in the Champions League and kept a clean sheet in the Premier League and became Liverpool’s No2. I’m sure Bazunu will have a great career but as of now shouldn’t Kenny be rewarding quality over quantity.

It would be tough for any keeper to demote Allison to the bench.

Brock Turnpike

sugarman wrote: »

Disappointed with the persistence of Hourihane and McClean, they were everything that was wrong with the first 60 mins the other night.

For a lot longer than that!!

tastyt

Kenny struggling through another interview here

Brock Turnpike

tastyt wrote: »

Kenny struggling through another interview here

So what?

Francie Barrett

Jairo Gifted Safflower wrote: »

Hourihan in particular has finally been called out for hiding I hope it's the kick in the arse he needs. He's a better player than he seems to think he is at this level

Hourihane was poor, but he did chip in with an assist so at least he carries some sort of threat. Cullen is more worrying for me. He hasn't contributed offensively, and so many games have passed him by in central midfield. It's unacceptable that our midfield pivot should struggle to assert himself against Andorra.

Mantis Toboggan

Kelleher will need a move, warming the bench won't do him any good.

hawaii501

I would hardly use Kelleher being 2nd choice to Allison as something to use against him. Sure Ederson is 2nd choice to him at International level to him and Bazunu would hardly be 2nd choice at Man City right now which is the level we're talking about.

Hopefully Kelleher gets 2nd half as I'd like to see both get a half each as we could be sorted with either of these for next 15 years so it'd be good for both to get some game-time.

pjohnson

Rhys Essien wrote: »

What did you base that on?

Kelleher got keeper of the week in the Champions League and kept a clean sheet in the Premier League and became Liverpool’s No2. I’m sure Bazunu will have a great career but as of now shouldn’t Kenny be rewarding quality over quantity.

It would be tough for any keeper to demote Allison to the bench.

Same reason Randolph may not get his starting spot back once fit. Kelleher didn't play last year whereas Bazunu did. If Kelleher gets himself a good loan and plays he may well dislodge Bazunu but sitting on the bench wont help him.

hawaii501

hawaii501 wrote: »

I would hardly use Kelleher being 2nd choice to Allison as something to use against him. Sure Ederson is 2nd choice to him at International level to him and Bazunu would hardly be 2nd choice at Man City right now which is the level we're talking about.

Hopefully Kelleher gets 2nd half as I'd like to see both get a half each as we could be sorted with either of these for next 15 years so it'd be good for both to get some game-time.

Bazunu was healthy when kelliher wasnt it would be unfair to drop bazunu now. I could see kelliher getting 2nd half alright

showpony1

Stephen seems to have a decision to make amongst Bazunu and Kelliher yet picked that young lad who couldn't catch a ball against Serbia in the much more important game.

namloc1980

Not a fan of these monochrome kits.

pjohnson

showpony1 wrote: »

Stephen seems to have a decision to make amongst Bazunu and Kelliher yet picked that young lad who couldn't catch a ball against Serbia in the much more important game.

Kelleher was injured.

showpony1

Great to see the attacking threat of Shane Duffy added to this side.

RonanG86

Hourihane off to a good start...

Ahh that's why hourihan was hiding

Faugheen

Hourihane showing why he goes hiding there.

showpony1

Boos for the taking of the knee

ShamoBuc

Great to see such a passionate crowd, kind of anyway!

lawred2

John Egan is a right speed merchant

Mervyn Skidmore

Shambolic start so far.

Pauliedragon

The Hungary player pointing at the respect badge on his shirt. Was that directed at the Ireland players or the crowd booing? My phone rang I got distracted.

showpony1

Hourihane trying to hide whilst wearing a ridiculous lime green under armour wasn't his best choice.

lertsnim

Pauliedragon wrote: »

The Hungary player pointing at the respect badge on his shirt. Was that directed at the Ireland players or the crowd booing? My phone rang I got distracted.

Crowd I'd say.