THE GREEN SCENE: Coleman and Collins miss out, Kitching and Elding in + Vata’s return
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What is the purpose of this bonus Green Scene episode and which upcoming fixtures are being previewed?
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Alright, how's it going? We are back for another episode of the Green Scene, our second one of the week, and our third, if you did tune in for the members edition, and you can go check that out if you want. Get your questions in because we'll be coming back to those over the next couple of weeks. But the reason for this bonus episode, and you've got myself here, you've got David Wilson beside me. We're gonna have Ben Simes jumping on in just a moment because he was over at Hamer Halgramson's press conference where he made the announcement for the squad that we're gonna have for the next couple of games. You've got four games coming up. We've got one against Kosovo, two against Israel of course, and then one against Austria in Dublin.
David, before we do jump into the team and get Ben on the line, how are you keeping?
Yeah, all good. Um strange sort of uh situation, atmosphere and vibe around the place uh today, you know, should be excited. But uh there's a bit of a element of dread over these couple of games and that's just nothing sport related. It's uh all the other stuff that's gonna go on uh outside of the games. But um look we have a squad to talk about and we have Kosovo next uh Thursday evening, that's the next week, we'll be getting ready to Head over. Well, we'll be there. We'll actually be there. I hope. Um by that stage, um in Pristina. And it's um an interesting squad. Mm.
Yeah, well let's let's get into the squad. I suppose before we do get into it, we did make a video the other day going through all what we thought might be in it, and naturally enough predictions are a fool's game, so we were a little bit off. We got a few things right, and uh there are a couple of surprises in here. I would argue probably more to talk about than I thought there would be uh as far as the squad goes. So without further ado, let's get into it. We've got three goalkeepers. A bit of a surprise in here. Uh we've got Queen Keller, we've got Max O'Leary, and we've got Gavin Bazunu, no mark Mark Travers, obviously Hammer Haglemson, um not too happy with the fact that he's not playing much football this time around, even though it didn't seem to matter before.
Max O'Leary's forum, probably one of the reasons for that. The defenders, Dar O'Shea, Jacobine, Liam Scales, John Egan, James Ibanqua, Jimmy Dunn, Liam Kitching. First call up for him, first call up for Joel Bagan as well, although he was called into the squad um before the World Cup, but didn't in fact make it uh over to join up with the squad. Ryan Manning is the final defender there as well. We'll get into all this in a little bit more detail in a moment. The midfielders, Jason Malumbe, Jason Knight, Finnazaz, Boston Lowell, Jamie McGrath, Harvey Vale, and Connor Coventry. And then finally the few attackers we've got Troy Parrott, Adamida, Chidozi Ogbenet, Tom Cannon returns to the squad, Owen Elding, uh first call up for him, finally able to play for the Republic of Ireland senior team, Jack Moylan and Rocco.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the purpose of this bonus Green Scene episode and which upcoming fixtures are being previewed?
0:00–10:52
2
Why were Seamus Coleman and Nathan Collins omitted from Heimir Hallgrímsson’s 26‑man squad?
10:52–15:45
3
How will the absence of Coleman and Collins affect leadership and captaincy in the camp?
15:45–19:14
4
Who are the surprise call‑ups (Liam Kitching, Joel Bagan, Owen Elding) and why were they selected?
19:14–25:12
5
What are the options and challenges for the right‑wing‑back position without a natural specialist?
25:12–30:02
6
How might the back‑five formation evolve into a back‑four for the next games?
30:02–31:53
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