Richie
Well-Known Member
Sorry lads I tried with Oman but they don't seem to have an easily-accessible list of historical villains anywhere..
Slightly weird squad from O'Neill, with four keepers including the return of Shay Given and six strikers including Daryl Murphy and Kev Doyle who is still stuck in the netherworld of Wolves' reserve squad. Hendrick and A Reid out injured:
GK D Forde, K Westwood, S Given, R Elliot
DF R Keogh, M Wilson, S Coleman, J O’Shea, A Pearce, J O’Brien
MF J McCarthy, S Ward, G Whelan, D Gibson, A McGeady, A Pilkington, J McClean, R Brady, S Quinn, D Meyler, W Hoolahan
FW R Keane, S Long, D Murphy, J Walters, K Doyle, A Stokes.
Damo Delaney seems a surprise omission, seeing as Keogh and Pearce have got the call over him. As for Given he's only had a league cup game so far this season and I can't see what him coming back achieves besides undermining the other keepers.. The main problem issue as with last campaign is whether Robbie is still an automatic starter or whether you give Long a go, or try to fit them both in. Keane did manage to do this the other day: I would give Long an hour and then spring Keane off the bench for 30 mins, starting with a lineup like this:
Slightly weird squad from O'Neill, with four keepers including the return of Shay Given and six strikers including Daryl Murphy and Kev Doyle who is still stuck in the netherworld of Wolves' reserve squad. Hendrick and A Reid out injured:
GK D Forde, K Westwood, S Given, R Elliot
DF R Keogh, M Wilson, S Coleman, J O’Shea, A Pearce, J O’Brien
MF J McCarthy, S Ward, G Whelan, D Gibson, A McGeady, A Pilkington, J McClean, R Brady, S Quinn, D Meyler, W Hoolahan
FW R Keane, S Long, D Murphy, J Walters, K Doyle, A Stokes.
Damo Delaney seems a surprise omission, seeing as Keogh and Pearce have got the call over him. As for Given he's only had a league cup game so far this season and I can't see what him coming back achieves besides undermining the other keepers.. The main problem issue as with last campaign is whether Robbie is still an automatic starter or whether you give Long a go, or try to fit them both in. Keane did manage to do this the other day: I would give Long an hour and then spring Keane off the bench for 30 mins, starting with a lineup like this:
Code:
Westwood
Coleman O'Shea Wilson O'Brien
McGeady Quinn McCarthy Brady
Hoolahan
Long