Tuesday, 25 September 2007

Team for Sunday

This is what I hope EOS picks and hopefully it will deliver a victory. The required number of tries is another matter.

15. Demspey
14. Murphy 13. BOD 12. Darcy 11. Hickie
10. ROG 9. Reddan
1. Horan 2. Flannery 3. Hayes
4. Mal O'K 5. POC
6. Easterbunny 7. Quinny 8. Leamy

Bench
16. R Best 17. S Best 18. O'Callaghan 19. N Best 20. Stringer 21. Wallace 22. Horgan

Horgan is out for lack of form and clearly not recovered enough after injury. We need tries so Trimble goes as he is not a real finisher. Hickie offers something in this area. I still think that ROG has a big game left in him.

In the pack Donncha has got to go, big Mal won't weaken the lineout. Wallace is finished due to ankle injury so I would give Quinny a start as he has a wrecking ball presence and offers more than Neil Best who runs like Helen Keller on speed and steroids - all action, doesn't look, doesn't listen. Leamy just about survives, bring on Best for Leamy with 25 mins to go. I don't think that Wallace is anymore of a ground hog loosie than Quinlan in his current form.

I'd start Fla' over Best but if we start losing lineouts, EOS has to be ruthless and take him off immediately.

I don't agree with Franno's suggestions about BOD at 10. Mind you, given ROG's fragile state and Contepomi's familiarity with all of the Irish, he is in for a tough night.

Otherwise, we'll be fine. Let's give it a lash! Print this post
Posted by harty at 10:32
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2 comments:

mcgrath said...

Nah, keep Horgan - we need his strength and we need him to come good.

ROG :
If only we could drop him and bring in Humphries. Some newspaper actually suggested putting Murphy in at 10. He played there all the time in his younger days. I'm sure thats not going to happen, but christ, if ROG starts this game as bad as the others, then we are dead.

Others :
Wallace I agree should be dropped, Quinlan I agree should come in. Keep Flannery, try Murphy instead of Dempsey, Hickie in, Trimble out.

And finally someone in the front row should put on a Argie accent and insult POC's sister during the first scrum.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007 1:19:00 pm
mcg said...

Squad named today. Dempsey injured, Murphy in - no-brainer. But apart from that, the only change he's made from French game is Hickie back in for Trimble. But no changes to the pack, shocking. DOC had to go, and I would have brought in Best, Quinlan to the back row. ROG has been shocking, give him 20 minutes and throw in Paddy Wallace. So far we've had ROG for every minute of every game, and he just gets worse and worse. How unmotivated can the likes of Quinlan and Carney be, knowing that the incumbents will continue to be picked no matter how badly they play? Knowing they're probably going home without ONE MINUTE of game-time? This won't be a pretty match, and I can't see us winning, let alone scoring 4 tries. But we will be compelled to watch and continue to live in hope!

Tuesday, September 25, 2007 8:41:00 pm

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