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Post by Winge on Oct 11, 2009 8:28:17 GMT
Cracking goal for Ireland last night + Lawrence had a good game too - both scored a 7 rating in the papers.
Me thinks Whelan has secured his place in the starting line up this Satdy ;D
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Post by Inverness Stokie on Oct 11, 2009 8:37:50 GMT
They BOTH better had secured a place in the starting line uup on Saturday. I also think that West Ham is the ideal game to stick Tuncay in and see what he can do from the start of the game.
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Post by kaney78 on Oct 11, 2009 8:41:11 GMT
Lets hope tuncay,whelan and lawrence start.west ham look a very average side at best.compared to the likes of italy should be easy pickins for lawro and whelan.from what i have seen of west ham they look poor defensively
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Post by thepremierbanksy on Oct 11, 2009 8:47:35 GMT
whelan came off after 70 minutes with a slight calf strain, he also got booked so will not be playing on wednesday. Didn't have an amazing game although obviously the goal was instrumental.
Lawrence had a good game, was constantly on the ball and did a good job on grosso, looked a little tired towards the end and his final ball started to falter.
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Post by pottersrule on Oct 11, 2009 8:51:16 GMT
They BOTH better had secured a place in the starting line uup on Saturday. I also think that West Ham is the ideal game to stick Tuncay in and see what he can do from the start of the game. If Liam plays on Wednesday he will not start on Saturday.  |
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Post by kaney78 on Oct 11, 2009 9:04:22 GMT
Not too bothered about whelan startin against west ham but would to see lawrence start,think he makes a difference for us
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Post by kingdeano on Oct 11, 2009 9:08:57 GMT
from the bits i saw whelan was ok, not brilliant, but scored a great goal, got himself a stupid booking, which i thinks great as he wont be playing wednesday! as for liam personally i thought he was fantastic, id go as far as saying he was the best player on the pitch, i might be slightly biased but a great performance, seen trappatonis interview and he praised tho whole team but only actually mentioned liams name, well done son!
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Post by roloman on Oct 11, 2009 9:19:33 GMT
I still keep wondering what could have happened if we'd had Liam on against Everton. There were so many times when we broke down the right only to see Rory screw up the final pass. I really hope Liam's there against West Sham.
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Post by sufolkstokie on Oct 11, 2009 9:23:26 GMT
I thought Liam was as good as any of the other ROI players - very good game indeed
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Post by kingdeano on Oct 11, 2009 9:36:45 GMT
the worrying thing is, liam is bound to start on wednesday so no doubt pulis will rest him saturday! personally i think liam needs keep playing, hes one of them players that thrives of keeping playing and confidence! hes just starred against the world champion, pulis now needs to keep his run and confidence going! not play fucking delap instead!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2009 9:38:07 GMT
As others have said, we look a much, much poorer side when Lawrence doesn't play.
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Post by Birchesheadpotter on Oct 11, 2009 9:44:05 GMT
Both Whelan and Lawrence are first-name starters in my Book.
Lawrence . Whelan . Arismendi . Etherington
Tuncay
Fuller
3 points in the bag against Wet Spam, move on and shock Spurs, then a nice easy game against Wolves. Thank you very much. 9 points. Top half. Simple as.
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Post by AlliG on Oct 11, 2009 9:58:40 GMT
Someone just found his dad's stash of wacky baccy?  |
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Post by stokiekey on Oct 11, 2009 10:00:40 GMT
Both Whelan and Lawrence are first-name starters in my Book. Lawrence . Whelan . Arismendi . Etherington Tuncay Fuller 3 points in the bag against Wet Spam, move on and shock Spurs, then a nice easy game against Wolves. Thank you very much. 9 points. Top half. Simple as. Sorry, but its not that easy  Think we'll lose against spurs, draw against west ham, but hopefully win over wolves. |
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Post by Birchesheadpotter on Oct 11, 2009 10:03:04 GMT
;D
Sadly, I know just how hard this years going to be. Can't help but dream though eh.
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Post by thepremierbanksy on Oct 11, 2009 10:07:53 GMT
from the bits i saw whelan was ok, not brilliant, but scored a great goal, got himself a stupid booking, which i thinks great as he wont be playing wednesday! as for liam personally i thought he was fantastic, id go as far as saying he was the best player on the pitch, i might be slightly biased but a great performance, seen trappatonis interview and he praised tho whole team but only actually mentioned liams name, well done son! he was definately in there with a shout for motm, although McGeady, O'Shea and Dunne all had good games. Hopefully Ireland will get a kind draw from the play-offs, unlikely though considering they are seeding it and that there are quite a few big guns likely going through the play-offs (france, portugal, russia etc). |
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Post by mikeyb99 on Oct 11, 2009 10:08:02 GMT
Anyone else think that Ireland looked exactly like us? Flat-back four with static full-backs, a hard-working but largely one-dimensional midfield, and one tricky striker whose talents are under-utilised. And they scored from two set pieces ;D
Whelan and Lawro should start, but I've been saying that for weeks. I expect Tone will only start one of them, because we absolutely have to accommodate all of Etherington, Whitehead, and Delap.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2009 10:09:06 GMT
from the bits i saw whelan was ok, not brilliant, but scored a great goal, got himself a stupid booking, which i thinks great as he wont be playing wednesday! as for liam personally i thought he was fantastic, id go as far as saying he was the best player on the pitch, i might be slightly biased but a great performance, seen trappatonis interview and he praised tho whole team but only actually mentioned liams name, well done son! he was definately in there with a shout for motm, although McGeady, O'Shea and Dunne all had good games. Hopefully Ireland will get a kind draw from the play-offs, unlikely though considering they are seeding it and that there are quite a few big guns likely going through the play-offs (france, portugal, russia etc). I reckon Ireland would beat France. |
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Post by roloman on Oct 11, 2009 10:10:57 GMT
Why delap Mikey? He was awful against Everton
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2009 10:15:50 GMT
Why delap Mikey? He was awful against Everton He was talking about Pulis' mindset, not his. Whelan and Delap is still the best central midfield partnership we have imo. How Whitehead gets a game every week is beyond me. |
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Post by mikeyb99 on Oct 11, 2009 10:21:52 GMT
Why delap Mikey? He was awful against Everton IMO he remains the best central midfielder at the club alongside Whelan. I think that says more about the weakness of our central midfield than the quality of Delap though. Tone won't drop Delap, simply because the long-throw is still such an integral part of our tactics. He's adequate playing centrally alongside Whelan, but crap on either flank. We can be sure he'll start though. Likewise Ethers - who will certainly start against his old club, regardless of how crap he's been - and Whitehead - who has mystifyingly strolled back into the starting XI despite being worse than Olofinjana. I'm afraid that we're just going to have to put up with a season of those three plodders starting virtually every game this season, just like we're going to have to put up with Collins and Huth competing to see who looks more hopelessly out of position at full-back. |
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Post by swampySCFC on Oct 11, 2009 10:37:41 GMT
Cant see anyone playing in the internationals making a starting line up Satdee.
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Post by Olgrligm on Oct 11, 2009 10:38:09 GMT
You're spot on about Ireland playing like us Mikey, except they didn't have a target man and the ball would come straight back at them almost instantly.
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Post by RMSCFC on Oct 11, 2009 10:56:57 GMT
Brilliant goal set up by our own liam ;D its great to see and hear good stuff about our players on international duties  |
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Post by droz on Oct 11, 2009 11:43:28 GMT
Bloody good goal. Well set up by Lawrence. It is great for us that we have two players with such good delivery from set pieces as well. They both looked good in the game, even though Ireland spent plenty of time watching Italy pass the ball around them.
I'd like to see them both start for us, and we certainly don't need that five at the back nonsense against West Ham.
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Post by jarhead on Oct 11, 2009 11:46:34 GMT
deano you just know its going to be the same midfield that started at Everton as braindead loves to kick players confidence when they are on high!!!
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Post by mark71 on Oct 11, 2009 11:52:41 GMT
I watched all the game and thought Lenny was man of the match by a mile. Even though as said above that Whelan Struggled at times just remember who he was playing against!
Lenny has got to start on Saturday, no question about that.
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Post by samwidge on Oct 11, 2009 14:32:35 GMT
I watched all the game and thought Lenny was man of the match by a mile. Even though as said above that Whelan Struggled at times just remember who he was playing against! Lenny has got to start on Saturday, no question about that. Same here . Although obviously biased , i thought the man of the match {and trying to be as unbiased and open minded as possible} was our Liam , just shading it from mcgeady who had a good game . Also thought Whelan ploayed well , and was better than Andrews . The ref was quite poor though . |
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Post by padders01 on Oct 11, 2009 14:51:25 GMT
Anyone else think that Ireland looked exactly like us? Flat-back four with static full-backs, a hard-working but largely one-dimensional midfield, and one tricky striker whose talents are under-utilised. And they scored from two set pieces ;D Whelan and Lawro should start, but I've been saying that for weeks. I expect Tone will only start one of them, because we absolutely have to accommodate all of Etherington, Whitehead, and Delap. YES! |
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Post by GRUMPY 1 on Oct 11, 2009 16:47:29 GMT
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Think we'll lose against spurs, draw against west ham, but hopefully win over wolves.
