KivoOwl Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Just been looking at the preview of the Ireland game tonight and one the biggest questions being asked is who Martin O'Neill will pick in goal - David Forde or Shay Given. What the actual fudgery is that all about? How is Westwood third choice?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ellis Rimmer Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Bizarre, obviously they don't realise how good he is. Their loss. Good :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrie Madden Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Just been looking at the preview of the Ireland game tonight and one the biggest questions being asked is who Martin O'Neill will pick in goal - David Forde or Shay Given. What the actual fudgery is that all about? How is Westwood third choice?! dont care but long may it continue dont want our best player risking injury in internationals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silkstone Owl Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 dont care but long may it continue dont want our best player risking injury in internationals This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Unless Westwood gets it in his head that he needs to move to become their 1st choice? Although the fact the current first choice is a milwall player kind of suggests that is unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last_Great_Hope Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Unless Westwood gets it in his head that he needs to move to become their 1st choice? Although the fact the current first choice is a milwall player kind of suggests that is unlikely. The fact that Forde is sh it is what makes it more bizarre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls66 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Bizarre. He's clearly of a top-tier standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Cos i would say he's 3rd best. He has more mistakes in him than the other two. Is this real? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djstatic Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Being Irish myself, I find this incredibly hard to believe. On the drive home from work, they had 4 former internationals debating who should be ireland number one. Not one of them mentioned Westwood. Forde is a great goalkeeper after he's conceded a goal! And Given has only played one or two games this season. Westwood has played every league game bar one for Wednesday and kept 17 (?) clean sheets. No brainer really. Only reason I can see him not being picked is that his last full international for Ireland, he conceded 6 against Germany. None were his fault though. If this keeps up, I would retire if I was him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wednesday_Jack Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 dont care but long may it continue dont want our best player risking injury in internationals I don't agree with this in the slightest...any player wants to play for his country and by doing so make them better and want more. Westwood will be gutted he's not their number 1. He could get injured at any time to be fair. How many players get injured in training or even in freak incidents?? To not want him to be his countries number 1 is a terrible attitude IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingOwl Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Completely bizarre. Forde is the keeper for a team who have conceded 64 goals this season. They're heading down. We have conceded the same amount of goals as top of the table Bournemouth. Surely the facts speak for themselves. Unless O'Neil has some sort of issue with Westwood as a person, then I don't understand at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james o connor Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 (edited) Forde is decent .... Westwoods better . Given is 38 and his best days are well and truly behind him ! Edited March 29, 2015 by james o connor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlZfan84 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Forde is utter guff. God knows how he has kept hold of the No1 shirt for ROI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG D Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Heres me thinking it was Dielnas fault Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurnscoe_OWL Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Yes: This is real. Westwood is a very good keeper, but does have mistakes in him. IE. 2nd goal @ Rovrum last week was his fault: end off. & he's 3rd choice Irish keeper according to people who know a lot more about football than you or me. Get over it. so would you rather have forde/given over westwood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG D Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Well youve learnt summat then. You're not wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkerowl Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Heres me thinking it was Dielnas fault Dielna was awful wasnt he tbf, literally let Derbyshire walk past him in the first half then for the second same again. Id expect Westwood to have saved it though after some stuff ive seen him stop this year, however his view may have been obscured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Yes: This is real. Westwood is a very good keeper, but does have mistakes in him. IE. 2nd goal @ Rovrum last week was his fault: end off. & he's 3rd choice Irish keeper according to people who know a lot more about football than you or me. Get over it. You are talking utter swill. Forde has plenty of mistakes in him and given barely plays. Westwood has kept 17 clean sheets this season for a mid table championship side, but you reference one mistake (which wasn't actually his error) as proof that he has more mistakes in him than given or Forde? O'neill is on the verge of being sacked, and Keane has been a failure as a manager everywhere he's been. Hardly accurate to say that they know more than anybody else about football. If westwood had kept 17 clean sheets in the prem, or for one of the top champ teams, he'd probably get more notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Ok the defence make blunders, But in goalkeepings terms, Any keeper who lets a goal in @ his near post is not worh his salt. A qoute from a very famous top goalkeeping coach. One goal 17 clean sheets Not difficult to balance up really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 The other two are still better pal. Or Westwood would be Irish no:1 & be in prem. cant argue wi that can ya pal. Westwood is the form keeper. A year ago when he wasn't playing, you couldn't argue he was Irelands first choice. But you can't argue that Forde or given are in better form than westwood, and international teams should really be looking at form not previous when picking their teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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