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David Meyler has been placed on standby by Giovanni Trapattoni. INPHO/Donall Farmer

Meyler placed on standby as final 23-man Ireland squad announced

Meanwhile, Joey O’Brien could play for West Ham tomorrow despite being made unavailable to face Austria and Sweden.

DAVID MAYLER HAS been placed on standby as Giovanni Trapattoni’s final Ireland squad to face Austria and Sweden in the upcoming World Cup qualifiers was announced this evening.

The Hull man has ultimately missed out on a place in the 23, with others being preferred in the central midfield position.

Meanwhile, it was earlier announced that Aiden McGeady, Sean St Ledger and Joey O’Brien would be unavailable due to injury, though a statement explained that O’Brien could still feature for West Ham tomorrow. It read:

“Our medical teams were speaking prior to Joey’s withdrawal from the Irish squad. A decision was reached based on Joey’s serious knee injury sustained two years ago, and he requires treatment during the international window next week after a patellar tendon flare up.

“The manager has given his blessing to this as we have sufficient cover on this occasion. He may feature for his club tomorrow.”

In addition, it was also confirmed that Paddy Madden will miss the games, after he suffered a knee injury, while Jeff Hendrick has also been ruled out.

Final Ireland squad to face Sweden and Austria: David Forde, Keiren Westwood, Darren Randolph, John O’Shea, Marc Wilson, Seamus Coleman, Stephen Kelly, Darren O’Dea, Ciaran Clark, Richard Dunne, Paul McShane, Glenn Whelan, James McCarthy, Paul Green, Anthony Pilkington, James McClean, Robbie Brady, Wes Hoolahan, Shane Long, Robbie Keane, Conor Sammon, Jon Walters, Simon Cox.

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    Mute Nick Menezes
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    Aug 30th 2013, 7:40 PM

    Think its blatantly obvious Meylers a better option then Paul Green, Damien Delaney is a better option then McShane and although nobody seems to like Stokesy he showed on Wednesday night hes more abillity then Sammon or Cox but its still a decent squad given whats available just a shame O’Brien and Quinn are out.COYBIG

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    Aug 30th 2013, 10:36 PM

    Stokes will never get in an Ireland squad due to his off field antics… I still dont no how Green and Mc Shane are getting picked over the more talented younger players out there..

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    Mute William Motley
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    Aug 31st 2013, 4:58 AM

    Sooner were knocked out the better.Get rid of this oul git and get somebody who’ll play our best team

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    Mute Sean O'Connor
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    Aug 31st 2013, 9:50 AM

    Meyler is going to see very little first team action this season with Huddelstone and Livermore signing for Hull.
    Don’t get why people continually knock Green. The last few times he’s played for us he’s done well, especially against Sweden.
    For those giving out about us not playing our best team, what exactly does that look like? Played against Wales, arguably the team that many “fans” would consider our strongest lineup and we couldn’t finish any chances.
    I’d trust the manager long before any so called “armchair manager” in relation to picking are best possible team to achieve the best possible result.

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    Mute Kenneth Appleby
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    Aug 31st 2013, 11:25 AM

    #correct&right

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    Mute Robert O'Sullivan
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    Aug 31st 2013, 6:55 AM

    Westwood
    Coleman. Dunne. O’Shea. Wilson
    McCarthy. Whelan
    Walters. Hoolahan. Brady
    Long

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