Subject: Ireland Vs...

The match was a good-watch, and a well deserved result.

Thought Belarus' defense was a case of zigging when they should have zagged. 4 in a wall against a lone striker is (IMO) clearly overkill. If the wide Irish players could have made more of their positional advantage, the margin may have been much greater.

Curley played well as the lone striker. He has a little tackling and passing, so he's a decent target-man. Missed a few he probably should have made, but overall a good performance.

I think we may have a new U21 keeper in Celtic Knight's Danny Dealhunty

He looks good alright, I always worry about our national team and keepers, it's like in real life when shay Given is injured who the hell do we play :)

I think we're pretty fortunate to have two keepers consistantly rating in the high 80's
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I think a lot of countries our size would be happy to have either of them :) And while they're still both pretty young it's good to see more coming through.

We didn't have serious problems with injuries and red cards the whole season, why today?? :-(
Dean is important, it won't be easy to replace him ...

Beside this the tactics worked pretty well. I expected them to play like this, that's why I chose two wingers. Sanabria looked much better than Crossley and even though Crossley's passing is 3 skills higher there wasn't any visible difference. Sanabria made 3 assists ...

Even though we didn't play with our best players we still managed to outshoot Belarus. The two goals against us were individual mistakes (lack of technique).


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One question, for Geg and anybody else, who would be your player of the season?

I'd like to choose two! ;-)
Curley improved most and will be very important in the future. In the U21 matches he showed that he's top at his age and also in the senior team he made great matches! I hope Seca will train him a few more seasons! ;-)

And the second player is MacKeamish. Maybe a little surprise, but he was very important in my system. He can play everywhere, even striker, he isn't much weaker than Curley in the 2 striker skills, so for my MacKeamish was extremely important. You didn't see this, but if the lone striker had gotten a red card, MacKeamish would have replaced him. The same with the defenders and/or wingers. That's why I chose him.

i remember i used MacKeamish as an ATT for one half during my NT tenure :)
i also like players like that.

Anyone know who the managers were in the early seasons?


Season 2 - Gyro71

[ color=red]Ireland 1-4 France[/color] – Week 3
[ color=red]Slovenija 3-1 Ireland[/color] – Week 4
[ color=red]Scotland 2-1 Ireland[/color] – Week 5
[ color=green]Ireland 1-0 Belgie[/color] – Week 6
[ color=blue]Ireland 1-1 Schweiz[/color] – Week 7
[ color=blue]Nigeria 0-0 Ireland[/color] – Week 8
[ color=red]Ireland 1-10 USA[/color] – Week 11
[ color=green]Ireland 4-3 Uruguay[/color] – Week 12
[ color=red]Ireland 2-5 Srbija i Crna Gora[/color] – Week 13
[ color=red]Scotland 11-0 Ireland[/color] – Week 14
[ color=red]Australia 3-1 Ireland[/color] – Week 15

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Season 3 - Gyro71

[ color=red]Urguay 4-2 Ireland[/color] – Week 2
[ color=red]Ireland 0-5 Argentina[/color] – Week 3
[ color=green]France 1-5 Ireland[/color] – Week 4
[ color=red]USA 6-0 Ireland[/color] – Week 5
[ color=red]Ireland 0-9 Deutschland[/color] – Week 6
[ color=green]Sverige 1-3 Ireland[/color] – Week 7
[ color=red]Ireland 0-1 Sverige[/color] – Week 9
[ color=red]Deutschland 7-0 Ireland[/color] – Week 10
[ color=red]Ireland 1-4 USA[/color] – Week 11
[ color=red]Argentina 8-0 Ireland[/color] – Week 13
[ color=red]Ireland 1-3 Uruguay[/color] – Week 14

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Season 4 - Shaneteam

[ color=blue]Österreich 3-3 Ireland[/color] – Week 2
[ color=green]Chile 1-4 Ireland[/color] – Week 3
[ color=green]Belarus 0-4 Ireland[/color] – Week 4
[ color=green]Ireland 4-1 Venezuela[/color] – Week 5
[ color=green]Turkiye 1-4 Ireland[/color] – Week 6
[ color=red]Ireland 1-4 New Zealand[/color] – Week 7
[ color=green]Ireland 3-1 Bosna i Hercegovina[/color] – Week 8
[ color=red]Australia 3-1 Ireland[/color] – Week 9
[ color=green]Ireland 2-1 Cymru[/color] – Week 10
[ color=red]France 1-0 Ireland[/color] – Week 11
[ color=red]Ireland 1-3 England[/color] – Week 12
[ color=red]Sverige 2-1 Ireland[/color] – Week 13
[ color=red]Nederland 3-0 Ireland[/color] – Week 14
[ color=red]Ireland 0-4 Ceska Republik[/color] – Week 15
[ color=red]Danmark 3-0 Ireland[/color] – Week 0
[ color=red]South Africa 3-1 Ireland[/color] – Week 1

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Season 5 - Executor

[ color=red]Nigeria 1-0 Ireland[/color] – Week 2
[ color=blue]Ireland 1-1 France[/color] – Week 3
[ color=green]Israel 0-3 Ireland[/color] – Week 4
[ color=red]Hrvatska 7-1[/color] – Week 5
[ color=green]Ireland 3-1 Island[/color] – Week 6
[ color=red]Magyarország 4-0 Ireland[/color] – Week 7
[ color=green]Hong 0-7 Ireland[/color] – Week 8
[ color=red]Ireland 0-2 Magyarország[/color] – Week 9
[ color=green]Island 0-2 Ireland[/color] – Week 10
[ color=red]Ireland 0-4 Hrvatska[/color] – Week 11
[ color=red]Norge 3-0 Ireland[/color] – Week 12
[ color=red]France 2-1 Ireland[/color] – Week 13
[ color=green]Ireland 1-0 Nigeria[/color] – Week 14
[ color=red]Sverige 3-2 Ireland 2[/color] – Week 15
[ color=blue]Bosna i Hercegovina 3-3 Ireland[/color] – Week 0
[ color=green]Ireland 4-2 Magyarország[/color] – Week 1
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Season 6 - Nin

[ color=blue]Rossiya 1-1 Ireland[/color] – Week 2
[ color=blue]Ireland 3-3 Chile[/color] – Week 3
[ color=green]Ireland 3-2 Srbija i Crna Gora[/color] – Week 4
[ color=green]Ireland 4-1 Sverige[/color] – Week 5
[ color=red]Ireland 0-1 Turkiye[/color] – Week 6
[ color=green]Ireland 4-1 Ceska Republik[/color] – Week 7
[ color=green]Venezuela 0-2 Ireland[/color] – Week 8
[ color=blue]Australia 1-1 Ireland[/color] – Week 9
[ color=green]Ecuador 1-6 Ireland[/color] – Week 10
[ color=red]Ireland 1-2 Chile[/color] – Week 11
[ color=green]Bolivia 1-5 Ireland[/color] – Week 12
[ color=red]Sverige 2-1 Ireland[/color] – Week 13
[ color=blue]Uruguay 3-3 Ireland[/color] – Week 14
[ color=green]Island 0-4 Ireland[/color] – Week 15
[ color=blue]Ireland 1-1 South Africa[/color] – Week 0
[ color=green]Bulgaria 0-3 Ireland[/color] – Week 1

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Season 7 - Nin

[ color=red]Ireland 1-3 Australia[/color] – Week 2
[ color=green]Hellas 0-3 Ireland[/color] – Week 3
[ color=red]Ireland 0-3 England[/color] – Week 4
[ color=blue]Ireland 1-1 Norge[/color] – Week 5
[ color=red]Lietuva 7-0 Ireland[/color] – Week 6
[ color=green]Ireland 7-1 Malta[/color] – Week 7
[ color=red]Ireland 1-3 Brasil[/color] – Week 8
[ color=green]Malta 0-7 Ireland[/color] – Week 9
[ color=red]Ireland 0-2 Lietuva[/color] – Week 10
[ color=red]Norge 1-0 Ireland[/color] – Week 11
[ color=green]Mexico 1-2 Ireland[/color] – Week 12
[ color=green]Ireland 1-0 Hellas[/color] – Week 13
[ color=red]Australia 1-0 Ireland[/color] – Week 14
[ color=green]Malaysia 1-5 Ireland[/color] – Week 15
[ color=blue]New Zealand 2-2 Ireland[/color] – Week 0
[ color=red]Ireland 0-2 Canada[/color] – Week 1

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Season 8 - Nin

[ color=green]Ireland 5-0 Hellas[/color] – Week 2
[ color=green]Ireland 2-0 Rep Dominica[/color] – Week 3
[ color=blue]Israel 2-2 Ireland[/color] – Week 4
[ color=green]Ireland 2-0 Nigeria[/color] – Week 5
[ color=red]Sweden 3-2 Ireland[/color] – Week 6
[ color=green]Ireland 1-0 Australia[/color] – Week 7
[ color=green]Paraguay 0-5 Ireland[/color] – Week 8
[ color=green]Ireland 2-1 Slovenija[/color] – Week 9
[ color=green]Ireland 6-1 Ecuador[/color] – Week 10
[ color=blue]Ireland 2-2 Venezuela[/color] – Week 11
[ color=blue]Canada 1-1 Ireland[/color] – Week 12
[ color=green]Argentina 1-2 Ireland[/color] – Week 13
[ color=green]Hong Kong 0-14 Ireland[/color] – Week 14
[ color=blue]Ireland 0-0 Belarus[/color] – Week 15
[ color=green]Slovenija 1-3 Ireland[/color] - Week 0
[ color=blue]Colombia 0-0 Ireland[/color] - Week 1
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Season 9 - Jirka

[ color=red]Sverige 1-0 Ireland[/color] – Week 2
[ color=red]Ireland 1-3 Belgie[/color] – Week 3
[ color=green]Ireland 3-1 Scotland[/color] – Week 4
[ color=green]Ireland 4-0 Zhongguó[/color] – Week 5
[ color=green]Ukraina 0-3 Ireland[/color] – Week 6
[ color=red]Ireland 1-2 Magyarország[/color] – Week 7
[ color=green]Ireland 5-1 Moldova[/color] – Week 8
[ color=red]Magyarország 3-1 Ireland[/color] – Week 9
[ color=green]Ireland 5-0 Ukraina[/color] – Week 10
[ color=green]Zhongguó 0-5 Ireland[/color] – Week 11
[ color=green]Ireland 2-0 Cymru[/color] – Week 12
[ color=red]Belgie 6-0 Ireland[/color] – Week 13
[ color=red]Ireland 1-3 Sverige[/color] – Week 14
[ color=green]Ireland 3-1 Makedonija[/color] – Week 15
[ color=red]England 2-1 Ireland[/color] – Week 0
[ color=red]Eesti 4-0 Ireland[/color] – Week 1
[ color=green]Andorra 0-5 Ireland[/color] – Week 2
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Season 10 - Ganzengeile

[ color=green]Ireland 5-0 Zhongguó[/color] – Week 3
[ color=green]Ireland 2-0 Costa Rica[/color] – Week 4
[ color=green]Ecuador 1-5 Ireland[/color] – Week 5
[ color=green]Ireland 1-0 República Dominicana[/color] – Week 6
[ color=red]Srbija 7-2 Ireland[/color] – Week 7
[ color=red]Ireland 1-7 Österreich[/color] – Week 8
[ color=green]Hong Kong 1-9 Ireland[/color] – Week 9
[ color=blue]Ireland 0-0 Nederland[/color] – Week 10
[ color=red]Chile 3-0 Ireland[/color] – Week 11
[ color=green]Cymru 1-2 Ireland[/color] – Week 12
[ color=green]Ireland 4-2 Bosna i Hercegovina[/color] – Week 13
[ color=red]Colombia 5-2 Ireland[/color] – Week 14
[ color=green]Ireland 5-1 New Zealand[/color] – Week 15
[ color=red]Scotland 2-1 Ireland[/color] – Week 0
[ color=green]Belarus 2-3 Ireland[/color] – Week 1
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I was 4 and Gyro was 3. 2 I'm not sure but it might have been Gyro as well.

This was what i was talking about. There's no real need for the past media announcements so having these, season by season would be nice.

Just saw that Reidy got injured last sunday and will miss the first match! :-(

Cryan is in the same form and i think is a better keeper so it's not a huge issue.

Edit as you see fit.

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Download and install Greasemonkey [url]http://www.greasespot.net/[ /url]
And then install this
[url]http://sokker.awardspace.com/ntdb/sokkerntdatabase.user.js[ /url]
We will look at any Irish player.

[u]Player Requirements[ /u]

[b][u]Keepers[ /u][ /b]
Keeper – Formidable (11)
Passing – Average (5)
Pace – Good (7)

[b][u]Defenders[ /b][ /u]
Stamina – Very Good (9)
Defending – Formidable (11)
Technique – Adequate (6)
Pace – Very Good (9)
Passing & Playmaking (7)

[b][u]Midfielders[ /u][ /b]
Stamina - Very Good (9)
Playmaking – Excellent (10)
Passing - Good (7)
Technique – Adequate (6)
Pace – Solid (7)
Defending or Striking - Average (5)

[b][u]Forwards[ /u][ /b]
Stamina – Very Good (9)
Striking – Formidable (11)
Pace – Excellent (10)
Technique – Adequate (6)

[u][b]U-21 Requirements[ /u][ /b]
Defenders, Midfielders and Strikers - Very Good (9)
Pace (7)
Technique (6)
Midfielders Passing (7)
Stamina (8)
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I've got it in a text file so i'll send it to you later.

World Cup Qualifiers start tomorrow, our first game is against Israel. Looking t the squads I'm expecting to win this pretty easily- the fact that we have a few players out and that their coach Sharoni123 knows his stuff means I may end up eating my words ;)

I'm working in the morning so won't be around to release the team before kick off, without giving too much away I'll just say there won't be any surprises in player choice. Tactics wise I've gone with something tried and tested as well, experiments can come later ;)

good luck mate:)