Italy v Ireland WCQ RTE 2 7:50pm Wed

stepbar

Fair play Robbie. Good goal. On the balance of play they just about deserved it.

am i bovvered

am i bovvered wrote: »

for me its time for the positive thinking..... 1-1

The power of positive thinking :D:D

whatawaster

Gibson

backed a draw at half time. 20 quid at 11/4

dsmythy

N. Hunt

God damn it!

Pity we didn't beat Bulgaria.

juvenal

Gibson

How are Ireland not in front now!

Thanx 4 The Fish

Gibson

dsmythy wrote: »

We know the answer to this in advance.

Attack it is then, I assume that is what you meant....

Xavi6

Gibson

Bah, shoulda been 2-1 there

GuanYin

Doyle

Attacking... good job!

dsmythy

N. Hunt

Thanx 4 The Fish wrote: »

Attack it is then, I assume that is what you meant....

er, yeah....

eclectichoney

Gibson

Maybe we should start every match by conceeding an early goal??
First georgia, now Italy. Our two best performances of late

daithijjj

Doyle

What delicious irony it is, with the comments in this thread, that keane pops up with the goal.......

genericgoon

Whelan

FT 1-1

We're still in this.

juvenal

Gibson

Full time:

Italy 1 Ireland 1

Ireland had at least 2 chances after equalising to snatch the win.

Xavi6

Gibson

Folan = MOM

Thanx 4 The Fish

Gibson

Bloody hell. Keano has woken up now, almost won it for us there.

redout

Gibson

Well done lads.

We deserved the draw.

eclectichoney

Gibson

Xavi6 wrote: »

Folan = MOM

+1

Really got stuck in.

PHB

Some will choose to see this as 3 points stopped, but personally I see it as one point gained, and I think it'll be a huge point.

monkey9

Gibson

I'm disappointed with the point to be honest. That'll piss Bulgaria off though

am i bovvered

end 1-1 at least Trap will now believe more in his team and we can push on from here with a better attitude

ctrl-alt-delete

Folan

Xavi6 wrote: »

Folan = MOM

Was great tonight, i wonder will he ask a question for the next match?

One thing is for sure, Keogh has ruled himself out for the future.

PCros

Doyle

Well done Ireland....thats the sort of positive attitude we need from now on!

They saw that they could win it and kept going. Fair play.

Hank Scorpio

if keane had of scored that last chance

feck sake

carlsberg add orgasmic man face time

Mgoraf

Well done lads, fully deserved. Could have won it with the amount of chances we had. Very good performance

Gibson

Did Keogh give Trap guff?

Soby

Gibson

All these years later and the long ball still does the job:D:D

Guy:Incognito

daithijjj wrote: »

What delicious irony it is, with the comments in this thread, that keane pops up with the goal.......

Is it somehow worng for people to expect him to put in a full shift?

Soby wrote: »

All these years later and the long ball still does the job:D:D

Shades of Packie in there all right.:)

juvenal

Gibson

Xavi6 wrote: »

Folan = MOM

Missed the first 10/15 but I'd agree with this 100%

As Keane scored I was writing this;

Shocking game, with the Italians reluctant to play, and Ireland unable to. It's watching games like this that make me feel that the sport needs a radical overhaul to prevent it from turning any more into a parody of itself.

Cynical fouling, cynical gamesmanship, poor technical ability, poor officiating, and . . . [Keane scores]

Despite the result, it was a game that neither team deserved to win, rather than deserved to lose. Great result for Ireland, but Italy will rue the tactics in the second half, and could easily have lost 2-1 at the end. Ireland's technical limitations were on display in all their glory tonight, and but for the determination of a few players, they'd be leaving empty handed.

Italy's approach in the second half was appalling, and despite Ireland being inferior for much of the first half, I felt it would've been an injustice if Italy had claimed the victory with that sort of display.

Great result on the road, and what a week it could've been if Saturday's early goal had been capitalised on. Substitutions earned their worth today, and I was highly impressed by Folan's workrate, commitment and desire to take the game to the Italians. Great work to get his head to the ball for the goal, and he was probably the one player who deserved to be the hero.

Keane was very poor, despite finishing very well. He plays the wavy-arm b/s too much, instead of getting on with the game and getting stuck in. No-one is question his desire, I just feel he could go about his day's work a lot more efficiently that appealing every f*cking decision to the officials.

Well done to the lads, they kept plugging away and deserved a point.

jayteecork

Haha.

Nice little quip from Ronnie there.

"It's not easy to score shinners"

Elonex

N. Hunt

Can see us attacking now against Bulgaria.

No more 2 holding midfielders and Gibson must start.

_blank_

did the trap do the mccarthy face vs germany?

jayteecork

Elonex wrote: »

Can see us attacking now against Bulgaria.

No more 2 holding midfielders and Gibson must start.

And Folan.

whatawaster

Gibson

laugh out loud at Eamo mocking Folan

_blank_

whatawaster wrote: »

laugh out loud at Eamo mocking Folan

srs??

MementoMori

I think the result may end up papering over the cracks.

Was a very poor performance against ten men for pretty much ninety minutes.

The complete and utter absence of any creativity whatsoever in terms of creating any decent chances show there are serious problems with this team.

Podge2k7

Whelan

Im happy with the point but we could of easily won.!

DSB

Doyle

Hahaha Dunphy is such an idiot.

missingtime

Dunphy has gone mad.

bazzachazza

Should have been all three points Italy were poor gave us to much time on the ball and lost possesion to easily.

delta_bravo

O'Shea

stfu Dunphy, bloody joker

whatawaster

Gibson

Elonex wrote: »

Can see us attacking now against Bulgaria.

No more 2 holding midfielders and Gibson must start.

Gibson is too lightweight. He doesn't offer any more than those two.

Spud83

Elonex wrote: »

Can see us attacking now against Bulgaria.

No more 2 holding midfielders and Gibson must start.

Lol no chance. It took us going one down to a team with ten men to change it.

Soby

Gibson

If that game had gone on 10 minutes more we woulda won

roryc

Doyle

Finally Ireland are getting the luck when we need it... if thats all Trap brings ill be happy

Also.... GET THE FOOK IN KEANE YOU F***KING LEDGE

night folks, 5am im off to bed

Headshot

whatawaster wrote: »

Gibson is too lightweight. He doesn't offer any more than those two.

wtf

so pirlo is crap too because he's too light:rolleyes:
(no way am I saying Gibson is anywhere near Pirlo)

edit

of course Gibson brings alot more to the table than 2 holding midfielders

bazzachazza

Soby wrote: »

If that game had gone on 10 minutes more we woulda won

May be 5 would have been enough Italy were losing it towards the end.

redout

Gibson

Full-time stats

Italy 1 - 1 Ireland

34.1% Possession 65.9%
2 Shots 12
1 Shots on target 3
1 Saves 0
1 Corners 10
21 Fouls 13
4 Offsides 2
3 Yellow cards 1
1 Red Cards 0
18 Tackles 21
190 Accurate passes 403
48 Bad passes 45

bazzachazza

Keane "we" worked hard.

bazzachazza

redout wrote: »

Full-time stats

Italy 1 - 1 Ireland

34.1% Possession 65.9%
2 Shots 12
1 Shots on target 3
1 Saves 0
1 Corners 10
21 Fouls 13
4 Offsides 2
3 Yellow cards 1
1 Red Cards 0
18 Tackles 21
190 Accurate passes 403
48 Bad passes 45

:eek: Yipes they had one shot on target and scored it.

thusspakeblixa

Kilbane

Lord knows what would have happened with a Carsley - Reid/Fahey midfield.

I'm happy enough with that result though, could well have won.