Rep of Ireland v Russia - 8th/Oct/2010

ultain

We Need a good win Next week.

FlawedGenius

mixednuts wrote: »

Paul Green you are a disgrace .. Losses ball - Jogs back :mad:

Not the lads fault, its Traps, he shouldnt be in there:(

bonerm

No hope for this team. I feel sorry for Kevin Doyle having to line out with them time after time.

WesternZulu

BRING ON DON GIVENS!!!

el dude

FlawedGenius wrote: »

RUSSIA FOR THE EUROS tbh or are we just making them look that good??:o

I've always been somewhat impressed by them. they are a proper team, in that they have a clear identity and know exactly how they want to play. But they are notorious bottlers. If you get at team, and deprive them time of the ball you;ve a good chance of beating them. We don't do that.

The Floyd p

Sorry I'm late HAHAHAHAHAHA

OPENROAD

Missed the half time analysis, what did Dunphy and co say?

ctrl-alt-delete

bonerm wrote: »

No hope for this team. I feel sorry for Kevin Doyle having to line out with them time after time.

Aye, never an easy job playing up front on your own.

_Bella_

Oh well... we're still in the group.

Might as well cheer for N. Ireland now

Xavi6

whycliff wrote: »

Might aswell be beaten 5-0 as 3-0.. Throw on a few lets play ball

Tommy Smyth just said the same thing and it's bollox. We may need goal difference to be in for a playoff spot in a tight group.

Gung ho and a 5-0 beating would be an even bigger disaster.

gar120

check out whats on rte2 after the match!

FlawedGenius

OPENROAD wrote: »

Missed the half time analysis, what did Dunphy and co say?

Trap out in other words.

Mr.Nice Guy

Janey they are carving us open down the right flank. Kilbane will be sure to line up against the Slovaks though.

JerryHandbag

If I switch this off and turn it back on in 30 mins I dread to think what the score might be

Degag

Kilbane and Green really shown up tonight. Why is it that when we have competant right backs in Kelly and Foley, Trap continues to play Kilbane out of position at left back when we could bring one of them in and switch O'Shea to left back?

IRISHSPORTSGUY

We're a small country and if you don't pick your best players you don't stand a chance:

O'Shea should be left back instead of Kilbane.
Coleman/Foley should be right back
James McCarthy should be starting
Stephen Ward should be in the squad
Andy Reid should be in the squad

Hank Scorpio

mixednuts wrote: »

Paul Green you are a disgrace .. Losses ball - Jogs back :mad:

Just way out of league Has he even made 1 successful pass? All he seems to do is try closing down the russians and ends up falling over

bonerm

I'm taking a sweepstake on the emptying of the premium section. I choose 74mins.

cson

The Floyd p wrote: »

Sorry I'm late HAHAHAHAHAH

You forgot an 'A' at the end of that.

el dude

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

Aye, never an easy job playing up front on your own.

Leiva

Will the Irish midfield please stand up !

OPENROAD

_Bella_ wrote: »

Oh well... we're still in the group.

Might as well cheer for N. Ireland now

I'm thinking of declaring for Wales anyway,

CSF

People need to ease up a bit, the team have done really well upto now, to be honest from the minute I saW how Russia had set up with the players they have, I had a feeling. Still think we'll beat Slovakia and won't be too downbeat about the week's work.

Oat23

Did Akinfeev really just throw the ball to the center circle and the Russian player wasn't even challenged for it?

Jesus.

bonerm

Did this team even train together this week?

Lord Trollington

Imagine the opposition goal keeper being able to throw a ball out to a man free inside your half in the Semi Circle.. dont think ive ever seen that in all my time watching football

The Floyd p

That would have been a decent chance if Robbie Keane had not jumped 20 seconds early*






*Note:Exaggeration

Leiva

Where are all the McGeady haters tonight ?

cson

Robbie put through and first thing he does when he gets to the ball? Turns around to see what's behind him.

~Rebel~

Christ keane really is frighteningly slow!

Degag

Jesus i forgot about Coleman as a RB option. Playing Kilbane really is a headwreaker now.

thegen

WesternZulu wrote: »

BRING ON DON GIVENS!!!

Go away.

OPENROAD

CSF wrote: »

People need to ease up a bit, the team have done really well upto now, to be honest from the minute I saW how Russia had set up with the players they have, I had a feeling. Still think we'll beat Slovakia and won't be too downbeat about the week's work.

I think people need to be more realistic about the team to be honest, they are hyped up a bit in the media here, a loss is not a bad result for them considering the result earlier today.

Mr.Nice Guy

On the plus side we don't play Russia again until next September so by then we might have some better players in the team.

Dublin_Gunner

Whelan - "I musta been injured"

Cnut

strange sub...

Degag

CSF wrote: »

People need to ease up a bit, the team have done really well upto now, to be honest from the minute I saW how Russia had set up with the players they have, I had a feeling. Still think we'll beat Slovakia and won't be too downbeat about the week's work.

How do you quantify that? We haven't created one decent chance and are 3 - 0 down. I actually dare you to name a player who is playing well.

bonerm

OPENROAD wrote: »

I think people need to be more realistic about the team to be honest, they are hyped up a bit in the media here, a loss is not a bad result for them considering the result earlier today.

I don't think it's the result so much as the way we're playing. TBH once we went 1-0 down the game was already over and that's as much down to the way we choose to play as down to Russia.

JerryHandbag

OPENROAD wrote: »

I think people need to be more realistic about the team to be honest, they are hyped up a bit in the media here, a loss is not a bad result for them considering the result earlier today.

Yeah but I'd be worried about what a 4 or 5 goal thrashing would do for team morale for next game

cson

Yay a change!

d22ontour

OPENROAD wrote: »

I think people need to be more realistic about the team to be honest, they are hyped up a bit in the media here, a loss is not a bad result for them considering the result earlier today.

Man the Beano doesn't really count as Media tbh.Don't know what else you are reading that hypes up our players.

yabadabado

shane long WTF.2 midfielders should be changed gibson and fahey on for the experience if nothing else

x in the city

what a farce, headin for a pint.

there goes the qualifying campaign, finishing second on this showing would be a miracle, and we all know what second place leads to

sky88

mixednuts wrote: »

Where are all the McGeady haters tonight ?

ive giving up on hating mcgeady

NUTZZ

yabadabado wrote: »

shane long WTF.

My thoughts exactly:mad:

~Rebel~

Degag wrote: »

How do you quantify that? We haven't created one decent chance and are 3 - 0 down. I actually dare you to name a player who is playing well.

I think he means this campaign/over the course of trapps tenure

Mars Bar

How? What?

What is our formation with Long on for Lawrence?!

adox

Whelan is just so much off the pace. Surely he must be taken off????

cson

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

On the plus side we don't play Russia again until next September so by then we might have some better players in the team.

Yup instead of ploughing another €xbn into Anglo we'll head off to Africa and start buying them. :cool:

Xavi6

yabadabado wrote: »

shane long WTF.

Would you have preferred a defender?

Lord Trollington

How is Glen Whelan a professional footballer...seriously?

Did he collect tokens from crisp packets or something.

I've seen better in the Local Leagues...shocking stuff. really shocking.