Ireland vs Poland

REPUBLIC of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni has named his squad to play Poland on the 6th of February. 

Norwich City winger Anthony Pilkington is amongst the Irish squad which faces a stern test with the visit of Poland next month. Pilkington, 24 , has been in fine form for his Premier League team, even managing to get on the scoresheet against former club Manchester United a few months into the English Premier League season. Norwich currently lie in 13th place in the league table. 

The Italian manager has also found a place in his squad for Derby County trio Conor Sammon, Richard Keogh and Jeff Hendrick. While Giovanni has named a rather in-experienced side to face Poland, he see's this fixture the chance to give fringe players a massive chance to stake a place in the side for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers. 

"I have decided to use this friendly game as an opportunity to work with younger players to see their potential," said the Republic of Ireland manager through a media release. 

"We saw a number of strong performances from our younger players in the second half of last year and we intend to build from those strong foundations."

I look forward to working with these players and seeing what they have to offer." 

The full list of the called up players can be found below: 

NAME:                                                     CLUB:                                    POSITION: 

Keiren Westwood                                Sunderland AFC                           Goalkeeper

David Forde                                          Millwall FC                                 Goalkeeper

Stephen Henderson                              West Ham United                        Goalkeeper

John O'Shea                                       Sunderland AFC                           Defender

Ciaran Clarke                                      Aston Villa FC                             Defender

Darren O'Dea                                      Toronto FC                                 Defender

Richard Dunne                                     Aston Villa FC                             Defender

Paul McShane                                      Hull City FC                                Defender

Seamus Coleman                                Everton FC                                 Defender

Richard Keogh                                     Derby County FC                        Defender

Greg Cunningham                                Bristol City FC                            Defender 

Stephen Ward                                      Wolves                                      Defender/Midfielder

Anthony Pilkington                                Norwich City FC                         Midfielder 

James McClean                                   Sunderland AFC                          Midfielder

Robbie Brady                                      Hull City FC                                Midfielder

Glenn Whelan                                      Stoke City FC                            Midfielder

James McCarthy                                  Wigan Athletic                            Midfielder

Jeff Hendrick                                       Derby County                            Midfielder

David Meyler                                      Hull City                                     Midfielder 

Wes Hoolahan                                     Norwich City FC                          Midfielder

Simon Cox                                         Nottingham Forest                       Striker 

Shane Long                                        West Brom FC                             Striker

Kevin Doyle                                       Wolves FC                                   Striker

Andy Keogh                                        Millwall FC                                  Striker

Conor Sammon                                   Wigan Athletic                            Striker

Jon Walters                                         Stoke City FC                            Striker

That concludes the squad for the Republic of Ireland friendly match vs Poland. 

Thank you for reading,

Wrote by Alex for Rovers Ramblings.