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I'm concerned that the boys in green led by Stan "I'm the Gaffer" Staunton might be in for a shock tonight against Slovakia......As a Liverpool supporter I for one have been supportive of Stan (not that I agreed with his appointment) but if the Slovaks find their form prior to the Germany and Czech Republic results we might find ourselves being embarrassed.......What do you think ??
Tut Tut - Yee of little faith !!
Er...At least we are better than England
Er...
Group D
Republic of Ireland P6 W3 D1 L2 F10 A7 Pts10
Group E
England P6 W3 D2 L1 F9 A2 Pts11
Best I heard was in Paris to the Tune of Yellow Submarine 'We all dream of a team of Gary Breen a Team of Gary Breen.....
Paul McShane is a very good defender and has a bright future ahead of him but he range of passing from defence is shocking and he should leave the long range stuff to Richard Dunne.
RonanC said:Given was World Class again.What would we do without him?
That wasnt outside the Moulan Rouge by any chance???
Pheeeew.....
I was moaning about the bumpy pitch last weekend but tonight I was thankful for it.......
Maybe the Gaffer can lead us to the promised land....
I would imagine even some of the pro-keaners thought that was a bit stupid of him to be criticising Shay Given for turning up for Ireland friendlies. He has indicated before that he has never faked injury to avoid playing for ireland. This is the only way that shay given could avoid playing a freindly match as clubs are obliged to allow players to represent their country if the are called. It makes a mockery of his previous lies on RTE. Ive never understood the guy but was beginning to respect him for turning things around at Sunderland. After his recent outburst re: Anti-Cork bias!!(someone give the man something for his paranoia!!) and for slating Shay given for achieveing 80 caps while still only 30 i have to review my opinion of him. I think everyone will agree we have alot to thank Shay given for having been our outstanding player for years.
Keane has done a wonderful job at Sunderland. No question about that.
he also WALKED out of the Irish team during the world cup finals. No question about that either.
He has absolutely no right to criticise anyone for playing every time that player is chosen to play for his country.
I personally wish he would play Miller.
as for Stan....I do not understand the media frenzy ready to devour him at every opportunity.
He was also a useful Gaelic player, something totally 'overlooked' by same media during the games at Croker.
But when some media 'experts' hope for Welsh/Slovakian wins you know where you stand.
equally in the first game against Germany it could be argued that Ireland were unlucky.
To be fair, let's wait and see. McCarthy has actually spent a lot less at Wolves, yet they aren't far behind Sunderland.
I watched the Welsh game on German tv and the commentary crew gave it a good boost, and weren't remotely as negative as I later read or heard from home.
I feel that Staunton could never win, as after destroying a decent manager in Brian Kerr, making sure to get rid of Mick McCarthy and aching for Mr. Keane to take over, the media in Ireland have done their best to destroy the rep of manager and players alike.
Roy Keane had a point in objecting to substandard prep (in his view) for 2002, but he is just a player
players have to go along with what their manager says.
...there could be only one winner and luckily it was McCarthy.
his words handpicked to swipe at former team mates and try to keep his image to the forefront.
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