Republic of Ireland squad:
Goalkeepers: David Forde (Millwall), Keiren Westwood (Sunderland), Darren Randolph (Motherwell).
Defenders: John O'Shea (Sunderland), Sean St Ledger (Leicester City), Damien Delaney (Crystal Palace), Richard Keogh (Derby County), Marc Wilson (Stoke City), Seamus Coleman (Everton), Stephen Kelly (Reading), Darren O'Dea (Toronto), Paul McShane (Hull City).
Midfielders: Glenn Whelan (Stoke City), James McCarthy (Wigan Athletic), Paul Green (Leeds United), Jeff Hendrick (Derby County), Aiden McGeady (Spartak Moscow), Anthony Pilkington (Norwich City), James McClean (Sunderland), Robbie Brady (Hull City), David Meyler (Hull City), Andy Keogh (Millwall).
Forwards: Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy), Shane Long (West Brom), Connor Sammon (Derby County), Jon Walters (Stoke City), Simon Cox (Nottingham Forest), Wes Hoolahan (Norwich City).
Ireland Squad Announced
posted on 13/5/13
------------------------Westwood-----------------------
Coleman-------Delaney-------St Ledger--------Wilson
McGeady-----McCarthy------Hoolahan---------McClean
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From the players avaialble in the squad, that would be my team.
Hoolahan is playing slightly deeper simply because in central midfield I'd rather he played there than Whelan or Green.
Delaney probably deserves a chance.
McClean hasn't been great this season, so I wouldn't be too fussed if he was dropped for Pilkington as long as it's one of them.
I know that this will be nowhere near the squad that will play though. Trap will play the likes of McShane, Whelan, Sammon etc.
posted on 13/5/13
Bizarre how Darren O'Dea keeps getting picked ahead of Joey O'Brien and Alex Pearce
posted on 13/5/13
O'Dea is a terrible player who has dropped in standard consistently in terms of the clubs he has been at yet this has never been represented for Ireland.
posted on 13/5/13
Good to see Pilkington get in, he deserves a place, still going to be an awful game
posted on 13/5/13
Trap not been sacked yet...
O'Dea, Keane, Sammon, Green!!!
Alex Pearce supposedly on the way to Liverpool yet wont get a look ahead of Toronto's finest. So bored of Traps pathetic outdated ways, who cares about any game we play whilst he's still the mgr!! We all know we wont qualify for the WC with this muppet at the helm yet it seems we just have to allow him to fail and descend further into chaos before we get rid of the old simpleton!!
FAI are just a shambolic joke run by corrupt self serving ejits!!
posted on 14/5/13
Why not look at our two Premiership keepers Rob Elliott (Newcastle) and Mark Bunn (Norwich), Anthony Stokes, 2 x Reid's, Alex Pearce, premiership bound Joe Mason (Cardiff), Joey O'Brien, possibly premiership bound Owen Garvan, Noel Hunt, Darren Gibson, Keith Fahey!!
Trap's behaviour and treatment of large groups of proud irish players is shameful and thats not too mention his treatment of current squad members such as Hoolahan, Long, McClean, Wilson, Coleman, McCarthy, Kelly who have been mistreated and ignored for years under this stale outdated charlatan!! The true disgrace lies at the door of the FAI who have never once shown the slightest piece of leadership in their history unless getting the drinks in on the FAI credit card is Delaneys idea of leadership. Hidden undisclosed finances, ruined smouldering LOI and a debt mountain is their legacy to irish football!! Delaney & Trap OUT!!!!!!
posted on 17/5/13
Couldn't agree more, Len.
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