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Irishmen using their heads!
No Comments »♣I love it when the shortest man on the pitch scores with a header. A sweet powerful header that essentially leads the defense to thinking twice when they are going to choose who they mark. The Tall guy in the middle who is already covered, or the short guy who just trailed in on the far post?
♣Well, in this case, the Fulham defenders decided to cover the other strikers and Everton players and leave Coleman all by his lonesome. You can see in the video how theres a good 10-12 feet between Coleman and the nearest Fulham defender when the cross is first played across the box by Osman.
♣Hopefully we will be seeing some of this from Coleman in the upcoming games!! Cheers Coleman, you may be up for Irishman of the Week?
♣Coleman wasn’t the only one using his head today; Walters was at it too for Stoke in their 4-0 victory over Newcastle. Walters scored the first goal for Stoke after nodding a nice cross over the goalie and into the net. Not only did he score, but he was threatening and got an assist too on the last goal of the game, which will of course put him in the running for Irishman of the Week. Full game highlights below:
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Wonderous Walters!
Comments(0)Wowzers, Walters had a great game for Stoke City as they crushed Bolton 5-0. He finished off the scoring by netting the final two goals for Stoke, with his first goal of the game, Stoke’s fourth, being absolutely magnificent. His fifth one was decent, but WOW on the fourth.
Made a nice run with the ball for 20 yards or so ... [read more]
Ireland 2-3 Uruguay
Comments(0)Just have the highlights since I was unable to catch the game, I will have a summary up tomorrow or Thursday.
Just a few points from what I saw in the highlight video above:
♣Shane Long looked great on both the goals that we scored. On the first one he brought the ball down, muscled someone off and laid it off to ... [read more]
IRELAND 2-1 MACEDONIA
Comments(0)SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET
We won!! Now we are tied with Russia and Slovakia on 10 points in Group B, and leading based off of goal differential. I just have a few key points after watching a replay of the match:
♣Our starting lineup looked very interesting in that many of the original or should be starters were out with injury, so some of the ... [read more]
Injuries? MEH
Comments(0)So apparently the injury bug has stricken the Irish team, as many players have some knocks and nags here and there, so the roster is definitely not set in stone.
♣From what I hear, Coleman has an injured ankle from the game this past weekend against Fulham. The physios took a look at him and after a few days in Ireland, ... [read more]
Irishmen using their heads!
Comments(0)♣I love it when the shortest man on the pitch scores with a header. A sweet powerful header that essentially leads the defense to thinking twice when they are going to choose who they mark. The Tall guy in the middle who is already covered, or the short guy who just trailed in on the far post?
♣Well, in this case, ... [read more]
Irish Squad for Macedonia/Uruguay
Comments(0)Hello again all you people, I am back again to announce the squad for the two upcoming games against Macedonia and Uruguay!! To add to the excitement that is St. Patrick’s Day/Week, there will be a fun little video at the end for you to all hopefully enjoy!
Anywho, what you all came here to read about: all 29 members of ... [read more]
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