Irelands Best 11

omad

It was a good win last night
But who are Irelands best 11 plus 5 subs now and future 11
Agree or disagree with selection
Given
Carr
O Shea
Breen Finnan
Duff
Kinsella
Holland Reid
Keane
Morrison

subs Kiely.Dunne,Doherty,
Healy,McPhail
U23 Team
Kenny 21
Jason Gavin 22
O Shea 21
O Brien 21
Dunne 23
Duff 23
Barry Quinn 23
Healy 22
Reid 21
Keane 22
Morrison 23

Subs
Murphy 21,
Doherty 23
Thornton 20
Graham Barrett 21
Andy Reid 20
Thomas Butler 20
mcPhail 23

Dempsey

Ian Harte isn't a bad player. A poor man's Roberto Carlos, yes but shouldn't he be at least on the sub's bench?

kamobe

Kilbane is a good squad player and should make the bench. I also agree that Harte should make the bench too.....

Now - I'm not saying these are quality players! Only that they are good squad members, and are worthy of a bench place.

I agree with your team for the best part, although I'd be cautious about the midfield centre pairing. Kinsella is a Villa reserve (this showed in his performance yesterday), and Holland only plays in the first division. The problem being, I don't see anyone better about to replace them maybe McPhail if he starts getting his game at Leeds, or Healy if he gets out of Celtic Park.

nasty_crash

i agree ian harte has come on a lot over the last few months!!

Given
Carr
O Shea
Dunne
Harte
Reid
Kinsella - Healy
Holland
Duff
Keane
Morrison

Subs:
A. Quinn
Keily
Breen
Partridge
Barrett
McPhail
Doherty

Connolly might be carryin the bags!!!(maybe)

gatheringdust

given
carr
cunningham (due to experience)
o'shea
finnan
kilbane
holland
kinsella
duff
morrisson
keane

subs
kiely
healy
reid
dunne
o brien
connolly

ds.

knobbles

given

carr breen/dunne o'shea finnan


reid/kelly holland kinsella duff

keane morrison

DapperGent

Our central midfield is taking on a patchy look Holland is the only one I really trust in there and he's in the nationwide. Anyways. This is presuming a 4-4-2 which may not be as certain as we may think.

GK: Given
LB: G. Kelly
CB: O'Shea
CB: Cunningham
RB: Carr

LM: Duff
CM: Holland
CM: Delap
RM: Finnan

CF: Keane
CF: Morrison

Subs (You're allowed 9 for internationals aren't you?): Kiely, Harte, McAteer, Dunne, Connolly, Doherty, McPhail, Carsley, O'Brien.

I'd love to play Reid on the right as well but I reckon we can only afford one out and out winger cos the central midfield just isn't beastly enough.

I went for Delap incentral midfield cos he's playing well in the Premiership and can also move almost anywhere else on the pitch which let's one be a bit economical with the subs.

Finnan is an amazing midfielder when given the chance I reckon he'd beast it up in right midfiled.

Personally though (this is getting a little long but this nightshift is boring and it's either this or have a shake),I'd play a Terry Venables style Christmas Tree thingy.
4-3-2-1

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Given
Carr O'Shea Cunningham Finnan
----Holland Delap McPhail

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Keane----Duff

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Morrison

With Keane and Duff having free roles and Holland and Delap giving McPhail space for the passes.

Probably suicide but it would work in Championship Manager. In fact it did.

therecklessone

Originally posted by dempseyt
Ian Harte isn't a bad player. A poor man's Roberto Carlos, yes but shouldn't he be at least on the sub's bench?

Yeah, on the bench at Carlisle. He is a bucket of lumpy p**s. The man couldn't defend himself in a food fight with a five year old.

Team:
Given
Carr, O'Shea, Cunningham, Finnan
Reid, Holland, Kinsella, Duff
Keane, Morrison

Subs:
Kiely, Doherty (defender!), Healy, Kilbane, Connolly. (and if I can sneak a sixth in please, Dickie Dunne)

Gary Breen to be shot at dawn for crimes against humanity.

Here's hoping the likes of Graham Barratt, and that young fella at Sunderland whose name I can't remember now start to come good. Oh, and Ritchie Sadlier. Oh, and Ritchie Foran's been scoring a few, surely worth a look-out in an A team, with a fit-again Glen Crowe?

cournioni

I wonder what Harte would be like on the wing instead of LB. Say if Duff was ever injured...

Waylander

I've wondered that before because I wanted him in the team for his dead ball skills. Not really neccessary now though because Reid can hit a excellent free kick.

da_deadman

GK: Given

RB: Carr
CB: Cunningham
CB: O'Shea
LB: Finnan

RM: Reid
CM: Holland
CM: Healy
LM: Duff

CF: Keane
CF: Morrison

Subs: Kiely, Doherty, G. Kelly, McPhail, Barrett

Others like Colgan, Harte, Dunne, O'Brien, Kinsella, Butler, and Connolly should make the squad for flexibility, experience and youth.
Duff, Reid, Keane (the only Keano worth talking about) and Morrison will make a very exciting attack. I cant wait to see them in action.

uch

Breen is too dodgy wouldn't let him near my team !

Dempsey

Originally posted by therecklessone
Yeah, on the bench at Carlisle. He is a bucket of lumpy p**s. The man couldn't defend himself in a food fight with a five year old.

Ian Harte was good during the word cup qualifying campaign, had a bad world cup because he could deal with the climate change (he cramped BOTH legs in the first game), and against Scotland he had a solid game defensively and his dead ball was good

the sublimed

Originally posted by da_deadman
GK: Given

RB: Carr
CB: Cunningham
CB: O'Shea
LB: Finnan

RM: Reid
CM: Holland
CM: Healy
LM: Duff

CF: Keane
CF: Morrison

Subs: Kiely, Doherty, G. Kelly, McPhail, Barrett

Others like Colgan, Harte, Dunne, O'Brien, Kinsella, Butler, and Connolly should make the squad for flexibility, experience and youth.

shpot on - if only we had someone with a bit more bite instead of holland? people have been saying that carsley is playing well this season. macphail as well is there or there abouts.

cournioni

Originally posted by the sublimed
shpot on - if only we had someone with a bit more bite instead of holland? people have been saying that carsley is playing well this season. macphail as well is there or there abouts.

How about Delap in there. He's been playing well for Southampton this season.

therecklessone

Originally posted by dempseyt
Ian Harte was good during the word cup qualifying campaign, had a bad world cup because he could deal with the climate change (he cramped BOTH legs in the first game), and against Scotland he had a solid game defensively and his dead ball was good

And the explanation for his poor run of form with Leeds (since his first-team debut really)?

Face it, his positional play as a left back is woeful. Its been suggested here that he may do alright on the left side of midfield. If Duff is to continue as a striker, then thats worth a try...anything other than Kilbane. Was I alone in thinking "oh no, not again..." before he took the peno for Sunderland in the FA Cup? In fairness, the boy done good with that one.

Waylander

and against Scotland he had a solid game defensively and his dead ball was good

That is BS. When Paul devlin came on and started running at him Harte was crap.