Mexico v Ireland - 1st June - Match Thread

nvidic wrote: Pipkin wrote: I cant believe some fellas on here. If we qualify for a playoff we wont have another friendly til March '17. Playing in fromt of 60k on Thursday is a lot better experience for younger lads than playing in fromt of 15k in the empty vessle that is the 'Aviva'. Championship has been over for 3 weeks, if anything, we havent organised enough friendlies. If we do the iob in competitive matches we neednt worry about rankings. Roll on Russia If we qualify we a play off we won't be seeded because of this game which means a lot likelier chance of every player not getting a chance to play in a World Cup But sure that's grand because some young lads get a run out in America

And we all know that the young lads getting a run out isn't the reason this friendly was arranged. Pity we didn't play Brazil away in a friendly.

going with 3 at the back for this game. I think this could work out well for us as it gives us an extra midfielder which hopsfully will give Hoolihan or O Kane that extra bit of space.

It's a head of sports analysis job they need, mon's job isn't data analysis of friendlies. Regardless of whether you think we'll win the group or not there's a very realistic chance of a play off and it's crazy to jeopardise the ranking for this for minimal gain, a world cup is on the line.

Even if we do win the group, the ranking still affects the world cup

Wales - top seeds
Romania - top seeds

Neither were good enough to be top seeds, their game management got them there

killer kilbane wrote: going with 3 at the back for this game. I think this could work out well for us as it gives us an extra midfielder which hopsfully will give Hoolihan or O Kane that extra bit of space.

Where u hearing this?

Good experiment if true

Ah ok, my team then:

.......................Randolph
.............Egan....Duffy....Long
Christie..O'Kane...Hourihane..Gleeson..McClean (c)
........................Hoolahan
........................Murphy

Pearce for Egan at HT
Boyle for Long at HT
O'Dowda for Wes at HT

Keogh for Duffy on 70
Horgan for Gleeson on 70
McGoldrick for Murph on 70

Edited by tonyjaa - 31 May 2017 at 11:33pm

nvidic wrote: Pipkin wrote: I cant believe some fellas on here. If we qualify for a playoff we wont have another friendly til March '17. Playing in fromt of 60k on Thursday is a lot better experience for younger lads than playing in fromt of 15k in the empty vessle that is the 'Aviva'. Championship has been over for 3 weeks, if anything, we havent organised enough friendlies. If we do the iob in competitive matches we neednt worry about rankings. Roll on Russia If we qualify we a play off we won't be seeded because of this game which means a lot likelier chance of every player not getting a chance to play in a World Cup But sure that's grand because some young lads get a run out in America

We should never play friendlies so with that in mind. Friendlies are an eye sore and the death knell was that England friendly a couple of years ago when nothing happened for 90 minutes inside a full house. But they are essential for lads getting experience as all national managers especially O Neill dont trust players to be thrown straight in regardless of club form. Look at McClean when he should have started in the euros 5 years ago. And Horgan should have at least made a sub appearance in Austria - granted we still won so didnt matter but thats a recent example.

Instead we had Cox in Poland and McGeady in Austria who played due to their experience rather than form.

You cant claim that a manager is going to go in to a competitive match and start a rake of youngsters with no experience. What happened in San Marino the last time that happened? So yes these matches are required.

James McClean to captain us it seems.

horsebox wrote: Pipkin wrote: nvidic wrote: Pipkin wrote: I cant believe some fellas on here. If we qualify for a playoff we wont have another friendly til March '17. Playing in fromt of 60k on Thursday is a lot better experience for younger lads than playing in fromt of 15k in the empty vessle that is the 'Aviva'. Championship has been over for 3 weeks, if anything, we havent organised enough friendlies. If we do the iob in competitive matches we neednt worry about rankings. Roll on Russia If we qualify we a play off we won't be seeded because of this game which means a lot likelier chance of every player not getting a chance to play in a World Cup But sure that's grand because some young lads get a run out in America We should never play friendlies so with that in mind. Friendlies are an eye sore and the death knell was that England friendly a couple of years ago when nothing happened for 90 minutes inside a full house. But they are essential for lads getting experience as all national managers especially O Neill dont trust players to be thrown straight in regardless of club form. Look at McClean when he should have started in the euros 5 years ago. And Horgan should have at least made a sub appearance in Austria - granted we still won so didnt matter but thats a recent example. Instead we had Cox in Poland and McGeady in Austria who played due to their experience rather than form. You cant claim that a manager is going to go in to a competitive match and start a rake of youngsters with no experience. What happened in San Marino the last time that happened? So yes these matches are required. McGeady was arguably our most in form player against Austria. And he was more creative in the few mins he was on the pitch than any other player. Horgan doesn't start for Preston any more, and hasn't done in a while now.

At the time, Horgan was jumping through hoops in Europe. One thing also about Horgan is that you can pose no questions over his commitment to the squad unlike McGeady who has cried out of 2 of the last 3 friendlies - this one and Oman with no hint of an injury.

Pipkin wrote: horsebox wrote: Pipkin wrote: nvidic wrote: Pipkin wrote: I cant believe some fellas on here. If we qualify for a playoff we wont have another friendly til March '17. Playing in fromt of 60k on Thursday is a lot better experience for younger lads than playing in fromt of 15k in the empty vessle that is the 'Aviva'. Championship has been over for 3 weeks, if anything, we havent organised enough friendlies. If we do the iob in competitive matches we neednt worry about rankings. Roll on Russia If we qualify we a play off we won't be seeded because of this game which means a lot likelier chance of every player not getting a chance to play in a World Cup But sure that's grand because some young lads get a run out in America We should never play friendlies so with that in mind. Friendlies are an eye sore and the death knell was that England friendly a couple of years ago when nothing happened for 90 minutes inside a full house. But they are essential for lads getting experience as all national managers especially O Neill dont trust players to be thrown straight in regardless of club form. Look at McClean when he should have started in the euros 5 years ago. And Horgan should have at least made a sub appearance in Austria - granted we still won so didnt matter but thats a recent example. Instead we had Cox in Poland and McGeady in Austria who played due to their experience rather than form. You cant claim that a manager is going to go in to a competitive match and start a rake of youngsters with no experience. What happened in San Marino the last time that happened? So yes these matches are required. McGeady was arguably our most in form player against Austria. And he was more creative in the few mins he was on the pitch than any other player. Horgan doesn't start for Preston any more, and hasn't done in a while now. At the time, Horgan was jumping through hoops in Europe. One thing also about Horgan is that you can pose no questions over his commitment to the squad unlike McGeady who has cried out of 2 of the last 3 friendlies - this one and Oman with no hint of an injury.

Is that a joke? A man who endured dogs abuse for years for choosing to play for us....