Tony Blair vs Ireland (1 Viewer)

[Hector Grey]

Simon Cox banged in a couple last night too. And Lee Trundle's still going, isn't he? I scored a couple last night too. I think we're covered.

 

[Jerry Twig]

With Naismith and Fletcher .

Ps - you know how many goals Fletcher's scored for Scotland in 17 appearances?

One week to go - can't wait!

 

[Richie]

Ps - you know how many goals Fletcher's scored for Scotland in 17 appearances?

One week to go - can't wait!

I didn't til I looked it up just now.. Expected he'd have more than that, not claiming he's a great player by any means but he does go through some prolific patches. In fairness Scotland had a few pretty dire campaigns before Strachan turned up, probably wasn't getting much in the way of service. Shane Long by comparison has 11 in 49, though only one of those was in a competitive game. I had a weird dream a few nights back part of which involved watching Ireland vs Northern Ireland in the Euro quarter finals, make of that what you will..

 

[Cormcolash]

I had a weird dream a few nights back part of which involved watching Ireland vs Northern Ireland in the Euro quarter finals, make of that what you will..

I'm heading to the bookies as we speak!

 

[Jerry Twig]

I had a weird dream a few nights back part of which involved watching Ireland vs Northern Ireland in the Euro quarter finals, make of that what you will..

Who won?

 

[Cormcolash]

Looking forward to seeing O'Shea, Coleman, Gibson, McCarthy, and McGeady all pick up injuries tomorrow.

 

[Jerry Twig]

Looking forward to seeing O'Shea, Coleman, Gibson, McCarthy, and McGeady all pick up injuries tomorrow.

That's the spirit. Gibson may well start as well, as Barry got a knock yesterday. He's hoping he does start, plays a blinder and has no problems.

 

[Cormcolash]

Hmmm, I did forget to spell Goobisn's name wrong there

 

[Richie]

Who won?

Unfortunately the details were hazy, beyond the two teams taking part I can't remember anything else.. If it was anything like the last couple of games between us and the North, I'd imagine football was the real winner.

Couple of very confident finishes from Long today, great to see.. Hendrick got 2 against Wolves also. McCarthy was apparently the standout performer for Everton against Lille during the week, nice wave of form for some key players going into next week.

 

[Cormcolash]

LONG SCORED GOALS, STRAIGHT INTO THE STARTING LINE-UP!

 

[Jerry Twig]

I saw the game from the point Long came on around 60 mins- he was dropped and had a point to prove, and he was fucking great. Two inches from a hat trick.
McGeady also played a blinder against Lille.

 

[Jerry Twig]

Shite, James McCarthy looked in bad shape there, holding his hamstring.

 

[Unicron]

Shite, James McCarthy looked in bad shape there, holding his hamstring.

Wilson came off against Spurs as well apparently

 

[Cormcolash]

Yeah, Wilson off with a hamstring problem, he's probably crocked for Friday then.
McCarthy played the whole match for Everton, so hopefully he's okay, you would think he would have come off if he had a real problem.
Good news is that Gareth Barry looks to have broken a leg (who would have thought it, an Everton player breaking a leg) which means Darwins Gibbon could get an extended run in the first team.
Walters got a goal for Stoke too, WALTERS FOR IRELAND

The Wilson thing has us fucked, maybe we can call Richard Dunne up

 

[Jerry Twig]

McCarthy played the whole match for Everton, so hopefully he's okay, you would think he would have come off if he had a real problem.

It happened in the 90th minute. Fingers crossed.

 

[Hector Grey]

Gaz Baz broke a leg? He wasn't half a week late for a knee high tackle on someone, was he?

Poor Gaz.

 

[CinnamonBoy]

maybe we can call Richard Dunne up

Dunne cleared one off the line (well actually the ball was probably 5 yards out but was rolling in) that was reminiscent of his back/side-heeled one against Putin's lot.

Made me smile anyway.

 

[Richie]

Finalized Ireland squad - David McGoldrick of Ipswich and Cyrus Christie of Derby get a first callup, presumably to feature in the USA game:

GK

David Forde
Shay Given
Rob Elliot
Darren Randolph

DF

Richard Keogh
Seamus Coleman
Cyrus Christie
John O’Shea
Alex Pearce
Ciaran Clark
Stephen Ward

MF

James McCarthy
Jeff Hendrick
Darron Gibson
Aiden McGeady
Anthony Pilkington
James McClean
Robbie Brady
Stephen Quinn
David Meyler

FW

Robbie Keane
Shane Long
Daryl Murphy
David McGoldrick
Jon Walters
Kevin Doyle
Anthony Stokes

 

[CinnamonBoy]

Finalized Ireland squad - David McGoldrick of Ipswich and Cyrus Christie of Derby get a first callup, presumably to feature in the USA game:


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Has Cyrus the Virus Christie a left-foot, by any chance??

 

[Jerry Twig]

The call ups are good, Christie as cover for Coleman and McGoldrick a future Irish star like his uncle Eddie.

Who do you reckon will start in place of Wilson? Delaney can kiss goodbye to another Irish cap by the looks of it.