THE FAI HAS confirmed that Aiden McGeady, Sean St Ledger and Joey O’Brien have withdrawn from the Irish squad for Ireland’s forthcoming World Cup Qualifiers.
Injuries to the trio mean they will miss pivotal clashes against Sweden on 6 September and Austria, four days later.
An FAI statement read, “McGeady pulled out of training with Spartak Moscow this week with an ongoing knee injury, while St Ledger is still working his way back to full fitness after injuring his knee in early August… O’Brien is also suffering from a knee injury and is undergoing treatment at his club.”
The association added that there are no plans at present to add any replacements.
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Unfair advantage to the home teams and it would be even more daft if they played it on neutral grounds..
@……: it would all be played in the country where the final will be held. There would be no home teams … unless a team(s) from that country make it to the final stages. So there would be no unfair advantage. Dublin/Ireland could host these and it would be amazing. I liked the new format and would be happy to see the change.
With 60%+ of tickets at recent finals going to UEFA’s ‘corporate partners’ and the like, I don’t see this as a good step for the future. It’s basically excluding every day fans and diehard fans of clubs.