Thread: Ireland call up James McCarthy for Brazil

Galwayman Greg Cunningham got a call up too

Is he getting much football at Wigan?

Came on as a sub against Wolves, won a penalty and scored i think

Been getting a lot of game time over the past few weeks, Done well too anytime I've watched him.

Originally Posted by Ghod

Not sure as ive not seen anything of him since he joined them.

But it says in the article he has impressed for them.

he's a first team regualr now and after his performances so far one of the first names on the team sheet i'd say. surprised at how quickly he's adapted, definitely a star in the making.

he'll be playing out wide for the national team though, we all know trapp likes 2 defensive MF's, unfortunately.

BUMP

quie looking forward to this game. not expecting a win but it'll let us see how far we've come under trapp and give the players some more experience of playing against top class opposition.

keano pulled out today and has been replaced by stokes, who i thought should have been there in the first place, and richard dunnes pulled out, no one has been called up to replace him.

Originally Posted by Ghod

Dont even think he was Keano 100% for yesterday mate.

definitely didnt look it. i'm not too worried, for me friendlies are about giving fringe players a game anyway. hopefully gibson puts in a good shift in the middle, we seriously lack creativity in CM. he's got a few more games under his belt at united, think he's improving all the time.

great sig BTW.

Keano not injured!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...sh/8543437.stm

Robbie Keane has joined the Republic of Ireland squad ahead of Tuesday's friendly against Brazil in London after recovering from a knee problem.

The striker was initially ruled out after aggravating the injury in Celtic's loss to R*ngers on Sunday.

Aston Villa defender Richard Dunne is out after sustaining an unspecified muscle injury in Sunday's Carling Cup final defeat by Manchester United.

He looks certain to be replaced by Hull City's Paul McShane.

Republic boss Giovanni Trapattoni will make a late decision about whether to start with Keane or Newcastle's Leon Best alongside Kevin Doyle of Wolves.

Wigan's James McCarthy, Portsmouth's Marc Wilson and Manchester City's Greg Cunningham could all be given their Republic senior debuts at some stage in the game.



The match will see both goalkeeper Shay Given and left-back Kevin Kilbane set a new record of 103 appearances for the Republic.

Keane will notch his 96th international appearance if he plays.

Brazil coach Dunga left AC Milan pair Ronaldinho and Pato out of his squad while Sevilla striker Luis Fabiano is ruled out by injury.

Dunga called up Wolfsburg's Grafite and Hoffenheim midfielder Carlos Eduardo as replacements while Adriano, Nilmar, Robinho, Kaka, Elano and Julio Baptista are also in the Brazil squad.

The match at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium against the Republic is Brazil's last scheduled friendly before the World Cup finals in South Africa begin in June.

Originally Posted by Ghod

Good news.

Whats everyones opinion on it being played in London?

Don't really mind to be honest, plenty of Irish in London will go

Originally Posted by DobbinS 1888

a thought he was supposed to be changing back to Scotland ? :confused:

it was rumoured but then he realised scotland are shite.

Originally Posted by Ghod

Good news.

Whats everyones opinion on it being played in London?

suppose its the best nuetral venue for both parties, the emirates is an amazing stadium too.