The Irish Football Team Thread

Rooney should get called up. He was always highly rated at Stoke and he seems to be doing well.Hopefully he might get a move to the championship next year.

 

David Meyler set for an extraordinary return to Sunderland bench | Mail Online

Did he make the bench, does anyone know?

 

Na he didnt make it.Hopefully next week.

 

My Team
Given

Coleman
Dunne
O'Shea
Cunningham

McGeady
Whelan
McCarthy
Duff

Keane
Doyle

 

Used to be bitter agaisnt McGeady for picking them over Scotland,dont really care now,that i hate the SFA so much.

 

Mine would be:

Given

Coleman
Dunne
O'Shea
Foley

McGeady
Meyler
McCarthy
Fahey

Walters (Keane when playing)
Doyle

 

As much as I hate to say it can only go down hill for Ireland. In my opinion they havent got half as good a team as they had in say 2002. Theres very little stand out young players coming through especially good strikers. I think Gibson should be playing, he should probably try to get out on loan and get a run of games and if he did it would only benefit Ireland. He looks a good young player which Ireland dont have many of and a run of games and more confidence would do him a world of good. Hopefully we can get to the Euros and do ourselves proud

 

McCarthy, Meyler, Coleman, Cunningham, Ciaran Clark, McGeady, Gibson, Westwood. I think we have some decent young players for the future, you're right about the strikers though.

 

Ye we need a young kid to break through like Robbie Keane did. Personally atm Id play Stokes with Doyle.

 

Dont know much about Meyler but have heard good things about him, Id have an in form Duff over Fahey though.

 

Duff's not getting a game atm though is he? I think his legs have gone tbh.
I think Fahey's a pretty good player.

 

I hate to disrespect the trap but the sooner he retires the better, he is too cautious and stubborn. Hughton next Ireland manager?????

 

I agree. Get in MON or Hughton from Newcastle. Is that who you meant or did you mean Ray Houghton.

 

Well spotted i meant Ex-Newcastle Hughton

I think MON would be a bit too ambitious for us tbh

 

I thought that about Trap, who's one of the most celebrated managers in history. We've got the money, that's for sure.

 

If we can't get MON in, then we should go for Hughton. He played for us and I'm sure he would take the job. Pity that it'll be years before Trap retires, and he won't be sacked.

 

Would love either, Trappatoni is way too boring.

 

I don't think Martin O'Neill would work well in International Management.

 

Clark played tonight with Dunne and Ireland 47. Wrong end of a 3-0 scoreline, and Clark's picked up a suspension too.

 

Dunno what's going on with Gibson, seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth. He was sick a few weeks ago, any news? He wasn't in the squad against Valencia today. Neither was O'Shea, who seems to be being gradually phased out at Man Utd.