David Forde

Great documentary. Fordey never put a foot wrong for Eire and was very harshly treated. Bringing Given back was a joke. It was a crime to leave him out of the Euro squad after contributing to get us there. I didnt realise he stood up to Roy Keane and that was his downfall.

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BrendanD88 wrote:

valo88 wrote:

Devrozex wrote:

He was certainly unlucky as, despite the downward trajectory his career was on at that point, he was still a superior option to Given in nets. Having said that, you can understand why O'Neill opted for someone with Given's experience as the third choice keeper. I could be wrong but also remember Given being more involved in the qualifying than Forde was which also likely went in his favour.

Forde started our first 4 games, before Given waltzed back in and took his place for the next 4.5 games going off injured with Randolph taking over for the last game and playoffs.

Id argue Forde was more involved and vital in us getting a point away to Germany, he was absoutely fantastic that night!

Where as Given arguably caused us 4pts vs Poland and Scotland.

Worst decision MON has made so far.

He must be doing alright if his worst decision was choosing who to be third choice keeper.

No, bringing back Given and dropping Forde was his worst decision. It wasnt about becoming 3rd choice then. Given walked back into the team ahead of Forde and Westwood. Only for injury he would have remained no.1.

Trap junior wrote:

Great documentary. Fordey never put a foot wrong for Eire and was very harshly treated. Bringing Given back was a joke. It was a crime to leave him out of the Euro squad after contributing to get us there. I didnt realise he stood up to Roy Keane and that was his downfall.

Here we go Clown

Trap junior wrote:

kearney304 wrote:

Trap junior wrote:

Great documentary. Fordey never put a foot wrong for Eire and was very harshly treated. Bringing Given back was a joke. It was a crime to leave him out of the Euro squad after contributing to get us there. I didnt realise he stood up to Roy Keane and that was his downfall.

Here we go Clown

Youre the clown. Mention R.Keane from Cork and they go all out defence.

You mentioned a name, I didn't hear a name. If it's Roy Keane it's Roy Keane but you throw a name out there as if you know. It's so childish.

Trap junior wrote:

If you heard " a certain unnamed individual who hails from the Cork area sporting a Saddam Hussein beard" you would refuse to think it was R. Keane from Mayfield.

So you didn't hear a name? Do you know the name of the estate in Mayfield?

Edited by kearney304 - 23 Jun 2017 at 9:37am

Denis Irwin wrote:

Signed for Cambridge United

Great to hear , Did a frank and honest interview with Richie Sadler on Second Captains really worth a listen too

Great doc TA.

McG wrote:

Just watched the doc. Makes me want to give Given a good puckin'.

Was it Seamus McDonagh that was hiding in the jacks when he said he was looking for support after getting the news that he wasn't on the plane?

Some of the carry on in the squad is an utter disgrace.

What's this sport?

Romario 2016: And the ticket mafia gets caught! Well, four years ago I had already told the government.

has it ever come out who the player was who wouldn't sign an autograph?