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Five Reasons Why Ireland Can Reach The Knock-Out Stages

By Mary Meyer

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1. Experience

Ireland arrive at the tournament with two international centurions in captain Robbie Keane and keeper Shay Given and winger Damien Duff on 96 caps. John O’Shea (75 caps) and Richard Dunne (73 caps) will also add gravitas to the Irish side.

The Boys In Green were just a Hand of Frog away from qualifying for the 2010 World Cup and virtually the same squad has bounced back to qualify this summer.

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Fergie’s familiar jig means it’s game over for City in the title race

The celebration was all too familiar for fans who have had their heart broken. The half jump, arm whirl, beaming smile, shake of the assistant manager, followed by a victorious fist pump at the final whistle.

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Ferguson sets off on his celebration as John O'Shea strikes the 2007 winner vs. Liverpool

This year the fans belong to Manchester City – in years previous they have been Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Newcastle and Aston Villa supporters. Sir Alex Ferguson’s reaction to pivotal moments in a title race have almost come to define seasons. The celebration is hardly the most graceful, in fact, the attempted jump is one of the funnier things in football, but you know when you see it that something important has happened. Continue reading →

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O’Neill aims to brighten up the Stadium of Light

Squad will need reinforcement if club are to climb up the table

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So Martin O’Neill is all set to be named manager of Sunderland. The prodigal son returns, boyhood fan comes back to steer the club he loves to Premier League safety and beyond. It all sounds lovely doesn’t it? Unfortunately, it rarely works out that way. A manager is generally only as good as his squad and unfortunately, this squad just isn’t that good. Continue reading →

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