Republic of Ireland - v - Georgia (WCQ) Group 8 - 11/02/09 MATCH THREAD

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ziggy wrote: »

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For every James McCarthy you get an and Aiden McGeady...that's the price you pay for the diaspora

syngindub

not quite a rant but mentioned all the same. put em under pressure. never thought id hear eamo say it

Latchy

Test of managers ( and players ) character now .;)

( Think of Rafa's liverpool against portsmouth ) .

ntlbell

right come on ireland

JOS hat trick!!

Spud83

Nobody think that the midfield runner should have been tracked for the goal. Kelly had to come across when it should have been a midfielder picking him up.

No denying that Kelly should have done better, but I would giving the midfield a lashing for it as well.

juvenal

Need a massive improvement in the second half. Not enough urgency so far.

whatawaster

latchyco wrote: »

Test of managers ( and players ) character now .;)

( Think of Rafa's liverpool against portsmouth ) .

Yeah but we had Alonso and Torres on the bench. We have . . .

Latchy

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Whatever about the performance in the first half, booing the team off is disgraceful. Shocking from the 'fans'.

Yes but noting unusual , England Scotland and Wales fans boo their teams off a lot to.

K-9

latchyco wrote: »

Test of managers ( and players ) character now .;)

( Think of Rafa's liverpool against portsmouth ) .

Except we've Keane. Don't think Rafa's judgment can be questioned on that one.

ShaneU

We really need some creativity (Stephen Ireland) in centre midfield, we don't care if you're bald or have ridiculous taste in vehicles, come back!

Latchy

whatawaster wrote: »

Yeah but we had Alonso and Torres on the bench. We have . . .

As long as we dont go headless chicken and try to hard / throw away vital chances .....

syngindub

lets just get this job done. hurry the f**K up

Mikeyt086

alanmurphy83 wrote: »

Nobody think that the midfield runner should have been tracked for the goal. Kelly had to come across when it should have been a midfielder picking him up.

No denying that Kelly should have done better, but I would giving the midfield a lashing for it as well.

McGeady isnt exactley the most defence minded midfielder.

You know (or have seen someone) when you play football with friends of friends and everyone is way better than you expected and you suddenly find your the worst one there and dont really know what to do?

That is Stephen Kelly.

Mr.Nice Guy

Whelan has been useless. Get him off.

Lippi must be sitting up there chuckling to himself at this shambles.

Hank Scorpio

whealan having an absolutely terrible game

its amazing the game(s) he played well was when s.reid was fit, he made him look good

How this got past a manager of 25 years is really beyond me

Shocking

whatawaster

syngindub wrote: »

lets just get this job done. hurry the f**K up

both full backs booked now. We have to get at them!

Pigman II

Ireland are playing much better in 3 mins so far the 2nd half (and I'm not just saying that because I received a warning for hurling vulgar abuse at them in the first half).

I love Aidan McGeady and will not die until I get his autograph on my person so that I can have it tatoo'd over.

Latchy

K-9 wrote: »

Except we've Keane. Don't think Rafa's judgment can be questioned on that one.

No , he got that right ,keane getting a goal would do him and Ireland a world of good .

ntlbell

we're doing everything far far too slow was kelly on a kit kat break there very frustrating

LuckyLloyd

latchyco wrote: »

Yes but noting unusual , England Scotland and Wales fans boo their teams off a lot to.

That doesn't make it right!!

ntlbell

doyle best player on the park whelan struggling with simple short passes

juvenal

Offside again - LOL; and from the same linesman

That was like slow motion!

ntlbell

lucky there what was shay looking at the ball for ffs

delta_bravo

That looked tight! Edit: It was a great call

ShaneU

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

syngindub

jesus H Christ. Nearly having a nervous break down here

Thrill

Phew!! offside.

K-9

Lucky.

Duff

F'n hell!

Spud83

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

McGeady isnt exactley the most defence minded midfielder.

You know (or have seen someone) when you play football with friends of friends and everyone is way better than you expected and you suddenly find your the worst one there and dont really know what to do?

That is Stephen Kelly.

I wasn't talking about the player who scored being tracked. I'm talking about the center midfield runner who ran right by our center mids into the box.

yeraulone

thank christ

Mitch Connor

Big let off - disappointed with Givens reaction to it, he should have been moving across as soon as possible, if he had been i reckon he would have saved the ball regardless of the offside. Seemed to just wave it goodbye for me.

Latchy

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

That doesn't make it right!!

No of course not , the team need the fans support more than ever no tonight .

Speaking of Torres ,off now to watch the England Spain match now
Hope and pray / finger crossed Ireland get the equiliser .

IvySlayer

My heart stopped, thank god for the linesman!

GuanYin

Wow, just wow.

Ireland look terrible in defense......

Pigman II

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

That doesn't make it right!!

It helps pass the time in absense of any evidence of effort by the millionaires you paid E50+ to see do a job.

LuckyLloyd

Good call, well spotted offside.

We've been creating plenty of pressure - just need to execute better in and around their box.

IvySlayer

latchyco wrote: »

No of course not , the team need the fans support more than ever no tonight .

Speaking of Torres ,off now to watch the England Spain match now
Hope and pray / finger crossed Ireland get the equiliser .

You can start :P

~Rebel~

is it just me, or does keane look really bad tonight..well flighted ball in towards him that id didn't even stick a head in for. Doesn't look like he really wants the ball, while doyle and duff are constantly showing for it

LuckyLloyd

Has to be said, Andrews has been one of our better players thus far on the night. Of course, its all relative...

ntlbell

thats better defensive work from mcgeady

juvenal

Doyle playing his heart out, but another sh1te pass from Whelan.

Mr.Nice Guy

See it's games like this where someone like Rory Delap would be useful to have on the bench.

whatawaster

I'd take Keane off bring Hunt on and shift Duff up front.

syngindub

bring on cascarino

ntlbell

whats our bench like?

didn't see it at the start

LuckyLloyd

McGeady playing Georgia on his own...

ntlbell

f*ck thought he scored

whatawaster

ntlbell wrote: »

whats our bench like?

didn't see it at the start

impotent. Hunt apart.

juvenal

I fear it's going to be one of those nights, with the opposition playing a flat back ten, and Ireland not being able to buy a goal