Your player of the Qualifiers & Play offs

Probably Walters

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Gonna name a few here

1. Can't be anyone else really; Big Bad Jon Walters Clap

Brilliant last night. My MOTM v the Germans, brilliant again there. Winner against Georgia, scored v Scotland. So key to this team and will absolutely burst a lung getting to every single ball. Power, physicality and undying commitment mixed with a bit of finesse, he defines the team IMO.

2. Shane Long. Got us out of jail v Poland at home. Gave me the best moment in the 15 years or so i've been old enough to properly support Ireland.

There's a lot of heroes out there for us from that campaign. Hendrick for his ball to Johnny in Gelsenkirchen and his moment of genius at home to Georgia. James McClean for embodying the fast and ferocious siege on Poland in the second half in Dublin and that tackle. John O'Shea for scoring at the death to get us a point away. McGeady for beating the Georgians on his own. Wes for being such an inventive and creative schemer for us. Brady in Zenica. Keogh for coming in and being rock solid.

There are a lot of players to be proud of in that team. But those two mentioned up top will be key to any joy we get out in France.

Edited by OnTheOneRoad - 18 Nov 2015 at 12:19am

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aside from Walters I thought Hendrick really stepped up for us at the business end of things. Not forgetting Meyler put in some shift in Gelsenkirchen too, and Randolph deserves credit and the #1 shirt too.

I'm gonna give Aiden McGeady a mention here,because he got the ball rolling for us in a difficult match vs Georgia-seems like such a long time ago but without those 3 points we would've finished where Scotland finished.Many other candidates like O'Shea,Hoolahan,Walters,Brady....we've got a great bunch of lads including the lads who have just been brought in.I'm really impressed with Darren Randolph especially because he hardly plays with his club.
But for me,for his goal against the world champions alone,it's gotta be Shane Long.

His last fond wish had been fulfilled to lie in his native land,and the wild waves roll in peace again on the lonely Banna Strand.

Some great individual performances along the way, especially from some lads who just stepped in to fill a gap in a game or 2, like Christie V Germany , and Ward V Germany (yes!) , the likes of Keogh & Clark made great contributions, Randolph coming in & looking as assured as any veteran with zero experience of high pressure games, Long for the goals V Poland & Germany, Wes kept the show on the road in a lot of games, McCarthy stepped up in certain games to look like the player we think he can be for us, Coleman very consistent, McGeady V Georgia turned out to be crucial, McClean for his positive impact V Poland, Hendrick for some moments of magic & vital assists, but only one winner of this.

A fcuking hero for us from start to finish of this campaign.

Picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.....

Lots of honorable mentions of players as posted already but only one man for this. As said the most influential individual performance in a campaign since Keane in '02.

"I called him an embarrassment to FIFA and to himself," .... He said 'No-one speaks to me like that'.... and I said, "well I do' and that was that."

Walters

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Walters followed by and ever improving Brady.

Edited by horsebox - 18 Nov 2015 at 9:35am

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