Ireland -v- Brazil

MrJoeSoap

estebancambias wrote: »

Lol. Disorganised mess. Damn Ticketmaster.

It was alright when I was there, only took about 30 seconds to get the tickets. It was getting there and back that was the annoying part, but I only ordered the tickets on Saturday so can't really complain.

estebancambias

All I kept hearing was could anyone with the surname a,b,c,d, or o go to the lobby....funny stuff, don't know why.

30 seconds...efficent.

chopperbyrne

This match on any of Irelands terrestial channels?

eirebhoy

Thread bumped up in case anyone mixes the other thread up with the match thread. I refuse to read it. The amount of people anti our national team in this country really bloody annoys me.

estebancambias

Co-sign eirebhoy. I decided to give the tickets that I got to my dad and sister. Me and the mother shall watch it on the box.

redzerdrog

is the team named yet??

eirebhoy

Teams:
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/7879/brzb6.jpg

I love this quote from McGeady about the critisism he got after Bratislava and Prague:

"To be honest, I didn't really pay attention because I knew I'd played a stinker"

estebancambias

Looks like a balanced match, they look a lot better than us in the middle though.

eZe^

Fabiano is real quality... Itll be nice to see him get recognition from fans outside of La Liga.

estebancambias

I thought he would fail to live up to what he showed in Copa America 2003....I was wrong.

Mr.Nice Guy

Did I just hear Jason McAteer say Staunton did a great job as manager? :eek:

Unearthly

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Did I just hear Jason McAteer say Staunton did a great job as manager? :eek:

Something about bringing the players through

yet again today i'm baffled

kaisersose77

They wouldnt say a bad thing about Stevie.

I hope to god the FAI dont pay any attention to what current and former players say about Venables. He'd get a 20yr contract if they had to appoint someone.

ShaneU

Lee Carsley in midfield? oh dear.

Savman

COME ON IRELAND!!

oireland cha cha cha
oireland cha cha cha

zAbbo

Looks like they've never watched Kilbane down in Sao Paulo, tap and go son.

conor-mr2

Nice advertising by Paddy Power on the revolving boards! I wonder if that was done on purpose!! LOL

GuanYin

I really liked the caption the Guradian had on their coverage earlier.

A picture of Stan on the touchline saying "Exactly how hard is it to replace this man?"

The Recliner

Conor-Mr2 wrote: »

Nice advertising by Paddy Power on the revolving boards! I wonder if that was done on purpose!! LOL

They had the same ads running during the rugby at the weekend, I wasn't sure if it was intentional then but I am guessing it is now

Rockee

The ball Keane tried to play through to Duff just there was the most exciting thing we've done so far...

Guy:Incognito

Ireland games are just so ****.

Savman

Containing them well tho, still has 0-0 written all over it.
/cue celebrations

darkman2

Pretty bad stuff so far and not just by Ireland either.

DonJose

Stekelly wrote: »

Ireland games are just so ****.

Agreed. I never even bothered to look a match ticket. Have Sky sports and couldn't be bothered my a$$ to watch the game.

darkman2

At last some useful play. Let off for Brazil.

Rockee

HAHA!!! Zinedine Kilbane you wing wizard

Guy:Incognito

darkman2 wrote: »

Pretty bad stuff so far and not just by Ireland either.

We drag otherwise good teams down to our level like this all the time, it was to be expected.

I think the idea of us hosting a Brazil - Argentina game should really be looked into.

Heisenberg.

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GuanYin

Who is the blonde player on the wing for Ireland with the dribbling skills? He reminds me of a player I saw once......

Heisenberg.

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Sherifu

****e.

darkman2

Just when Ireland were starting to play.........

Rockee

Great finish Robinho

GuanYin

so Duff looked better, Hunt looked worse. McGeady is all work and no finesse and Keane is still crap in an Ireland shirt (how many needless offsides :mad:).

Oh and Givens is a crap manager.

Ho hum.

darkman2

In fairness not bad toward the end from Ireland. Credible performance but an awful lot for the new manager to think about.

Rockee

PSI: Las Vegas wrote: »

Oh and Givens is a crap manager.

Ho hum.

There goes his 5 year contract.

shane86

Cant comment on much of the first half, the online stream was awful so I havent a clue til I see the highlights. The quality of the stream improved in pt 2.

McGeady had a shockingly bad corner, then respectably attempted a Maradona in 86 like run at the goal Shay played a stormer from what I gathered, crafty nutmeg by Robinho he couldnt have foreseen (the 2nd half stream was ok, not brilliant, I have to see the highlights for a proper view tbh)

Had to lol at an IM I received during it from a mate, his bird is at the match, her oul man brought her and the brother

"she said the atmosphere is deadly, doin the Mexican Wave and all that"

I read that and thought of a few heads on this board

mike65

"she said the atmosphere is deadly, doin the Mexican Wave and all that"

DesF, calling DesF!

Mike.

Rockee

shane86 wrote: »

"she said the atmosphere is deadly, doin the Mexican Wave and all that"

I read that and thought of a few heads on this board

Thats it Shane youve gone and done it. The anti-Olérs will be saying 'told ya so'

Rockee

mike65 wrote: »

DesF, calling DesF!

Mike.

Great minds and all that Mike

Keano

McGeady just doesn't cut it.

Givens out

GuanYin

Keano A Legend wrote: »

McGeady just doesn't cut it.

Givens out

I dunno, he's like a whiter, more forward minded Terry Phelan.

"Put the head down and run"

Mr.Nice Guy

Brazil deserved it. Not enough aggression from the Irish lads. Doyle seems to be lacking in confidence. Carsley looks a liability to me.

It all looked a bit aimless. I suppose that's to be expected since we've no manager. I feel these guys have potential though and just need a figure with brains to mould them into a well-oiled unit.

estebancambias

Poor, poor match. Carsley is awful, what is this like set up thing he does before he passes the ball? Darren bleedin' Potter!!! Liam Miller?

Doyle has lost it, he is terrible with the ball at his feet, which is down to a lack of confidence.

I thought McGeady was pretty damn good, Duff was a positive, Kelly was decent, and Kilbane perhaps could be our regular left back.

eirebhoy

shane86 wrote: »

McGeady had a shockingly bad corner, then respectably attempted a Maradona in 86 like run at the goal

PSI: Las Vegas wrote: »

McGeady is all work and no finesse

Keano A Legend wrote: »

McGeady just doesn't cut it.

What in the name of Chirst am I reading here? Again I have to mention the bias thing, I try to be realistic, but are you guys for real??? He was fantastic tonight. The word fantastic has to be taken in the relative context of course. I could call Kaka fantastic or my mate playing Sunday league fantastic. The standards I judge McGeady by though are Celtic standards which at this moment in time is about level with Ireland. If a very good McGeady performance is good enough for Celtic it's good enough for Ireland imo. Anyway...

Given - As usual his kicking was poor but he pulled off a fantastic save to keep it at 0-0. Other than that didn't have much to do.

Kelly - I thought he did well other than the unnecessary hard challenge. He wouldn't be used to playing a team like Brazil where the player he's mainly marking is also the full back. Looked confident on the ball.
Dunne - Very dominant. Can't remember Fabiano being involved much at all. Won whatever there was to be won in the air and showed his excellent pace when chasing Andersen back from the Brazil half.
O'Shea - I was impressed with this guy who I've given so much stick that it's hard to give credit to. I'm actually starting to believe he's tactically intelligent and it's his poor football ability that lets him down. He was organising our players in the box at set pieces which is a good sign.
Kilbane - It was mentioned before the match but in the first half he was literally a 3rd centre half. He left McGeady playing wing back and the Brazilian right back was having a lot of joy. You can't fault Kilbane on the ball tonight though, he was very inventive. What a run to skin 2 players and send in an excellent cross!

Carsley - Ahh. Way too defensive. He was our most involved player which really isn't a good sign. He did keep possession well, played a few good long passes and even got forward a bit. It was an above average Carsley performance but he's simply not suited to a 4 man midfield with wingers. I like him as a defensive midfielder but only in a 4-5-1. In a 4-4-2 Miller/Potter feel like they have to go deep with Carsley and it meant we had our entire team in our own half for large portions. In terms of pure effort he was man of the match but again he's not suited to a 4-4-2.
Miller - In our top 3 players in the first half imo. It was a bit of a lucky performance in that all the bounces and 50-50's fell to him but it won't do his confidence any harm at all.
McGeady - I'd go with him for motm (Dunne being the other contender). He beat the Brazilians with ease and rarely failed to find an Irish player with a pass. Without doubt his best performance for Ireland.
Duff - Very poor first half. He looked like the clueless Duff we've all known recently. 2nd half was a different story though and they couldn't get the ball off him. Had a decent shot saved. He was a marked man too.

Keane - I can't really say a bad word about him. His movement was top class. His link up and work rate as good as always. Pretty much a typical Keane performance, just needs to be playing in a well organised team.
Doyle - Not great unfortunately. He was most effective defending set pieces. Not in great form.

Potter - Kept things simple. He needs to dominate games more.
Hunt - Certainly not a starter for me. He really showed himself up tonight as a Kilbane mark II imo with a lot more confidence. I don't like to be critical of our players but he's nothing special at all. He has an excellent cross though. Great power too. Great energy and work ethic. No attributes that'll help us pass the ball succesfully when 1-0 up away to Montengro. He's an impact player, simple as that. I'm delighted to have him on the bench but he's marked off my list as a potential starter.

Overall thought the U21s last night showed more class than us and that was down to central midfield. Andy Reid will sort that out as well as the emergence of a half dozen central midfielders coming through.

ninebeanrows

The atmosphere was truly immense........ from the Brazilian fans at the very beginning of the match!

Although i think our depression soon effected them!!

God damn awful match, the Brazilians played at 50% and we played a negative 10 in the box for a corner tactics.

The crowd were almost taking the piss with the jeers before the brazilians broke and score.

Get DON OUT:D

Ah well suppose we cant take much out of it except that the FAI robbed a mint from us supporters.

mike65

I don't like to be critical of our players but he's nothing special at all. He has an excellent cross though. Great power too. Great energy and work ethic.

No contradictions?

Mike.

Mr.Nice Guy

I have to agree that McGeady did well. Often I've found that his fancy footwork won't have an end product but I felt he was tidy tonight with his play. One of our better players I reckon.

OhNoYouDidn't

anyone who thinks McGeady had a bad game knows nothing about football.

eirebhoy

The Eamon Dunphy who can't stand brainless players just said McGeady was outstanding. There was a thread on foot.ie titled something like "Whelan has it in for McGeady" (I had to merge so I forget the title). Everyone I met after the match were happy with McGeady. I bet people watching on telly were listening a bit too much to Whelan. He's a knob.