Hungary v Rep. of Ireland KO 7.30 - Setanta Ireland MOD POST #5

MoscowFlyer

O/U 77.9% possession for Spain when we meet?

BorneTobyWilde

Ref is a total whistle blower

ColeTrain

kitakyushu wrote: »

In fairness , on that break Ireland got back in numbers amazingly well for the 89th minute. They should have no fitness problems at least.

Hard to tell with all the subs.

Owen_S

Did anyone else faintly here a chant of 'racist bastards' from the Ireland supporters?

Francie Barrett

Hunt has no brain.

Fishooks12

The self begrudging nature of some of the posters here is crazy

We're in our first major championship for 10 years, just get behind the team and leave the bitching for after

MUSEIST

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Ref is a total whistle blower

most refs are

NufcNavan

No injuries.

Clean sheet.

Boom.

Renn

Yet another easy chance that the opposition have thrown away vs Ireland

tigger123

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Hunt has no brain.

Don't know why you bother watching at all.

BorneTobyWilde

we're like a plastic toy knife

kitakyushu

Another 0-0 win for Ireland.

Hank Scorpio

Ireland much improved in the 2nd half after Hungary dominated the first, could have nicked it in the end. If there's one thing to take out of the game Walters or Cox have to start ahead of Doyle.

Crann na Beatha

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Francie Barrett

NufcNavan wrote: »

No injuries.

Clean sheet.

Boom.

Only need to draw all our group matches 0-0 and we might have a chance of going through :pac:

aindriu80

thank god that is over, it was terrible. At least we know we can keep a clean sheet. Roll on Croatia Sunday week

carbon nanotube

can you get odds on Ireland under 1.5goals for all their group games.

free money.

Paul Tergat

ITS ONLY A FRIENDLY!

BorneTobyWilde

NufcNavan wrote: »

No injuries.

Clean sheet.

Boom.

Enough about your sex life,

grohlisagod

MoscowFlyer wrote: »

O/U 77.9% possession for Spain when we meet?

That's an awkward line. 22.5% really isn't a lot. They'll probably manage 80% alright but all it need is Ireland to have a good 5 minutes at some point.

Mr.Nice Guy

The lads had a decent test there and it doesn't look like we suffered any injuries.

I'll take that.

Patsy fyre

nuxxx wrote: »

Ireland much improved in the 2nd half after Hungary dominated the first, could have nicked it in the end. If there's one thing to take out of the game Walters or Cox have to start ahead of Doyle.

Dont forget the hurling genius that is Shane Long.

donfers

O'Shea way off the pace there for the late nemeth chance, the guy (even when fit) is a liability and will cost us in the euros - mark my words

MoscowFlyer

We know we are better than what we showed tonight, that's why some of us are having a little pop. We are entitled to our opinion on the matter, just like everyone else on here. Every single one of us will be 100% behind the team come Sunday night but that doesn't mean we can't comment on a pretty bad performance tonight. We will need to improve a lot next week and I fully expect us to do so.

edgecutter

Subs made a difference. Thought Walters finishing was poor, but if you need a target man he should be ahead of Doyle. Hopefully trap has noticed this.

kincsem

The manager will have a few ideas of his starting eleven after that. I expect changes.

monkey9

A useful exercise that. Not one of our better performances, but a good workout and hopefully no injuries which doesn't seem to be the case!!

Now roll on the real action!!

nuxxx

nuxxx wrote: »

Ireland much improved in the 2nd half after Hungary dominated the first, could have nicked it in the end. If there's one thing to take out of the game Walters or Cox have to start ahead of Doyle.

Wheres Shane Long????

Pro. F

Our midfield doesn't hold a proper shape when defending. Sometimes pushing up even though the defence stays deep, sometimes dropping deep, often not moving as a unit. This defensive system that everything is sacrificed for does not translate into good organised team defending on the pitch.

This is not just happening tonight because it is a friendly, it works out the same way every time we play against any team that are half decent on the ball and up for the game. The acres of space we've seen for the opposition tonight is the same as we've seen in many competitive games.

And for anybody who thinks by saying this I'm not a real supporter or want Ireland to lose, kindly go fùck yourself.

Ormus

nuxxx wrote: »

Ireland much improved in the 2nd half after Hungary dominated the first, could have nicked it in the end. If there's one thing to take out of the game Walters or Cox have to start ahead of Doyle.

The team has been picked already.

Jimmy Iovine

Not the worst result in the world. Hungary are a young team with a big appetite. Hopefully it gave us the kick needed before the tournament proper.

ambid

Fishooks12 wrote: »

The self begrudging nature of some of the posters here is crazy

We're in our first major championship for 10 years, just get behind the team and leave the bitching for after

Just keep feeding that ignore list...

Identify troll... click ignore... sit back and enjoy the bliss...

steelcityblues

NufcNavan wrote: »

No injuries.

Clean sheet.

Boom.

Though the clean sheet was down to luck, rather than a defensive masterclass.

Glad there is no injuries, at least.

BorneTobyWilde

kincsem wrote: »

The manager will have a few ideas of his starting eleven after that. I expect changes.

You expect changes, Fine!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8v486aUYu0

Hank Scorpio

Patsy fyre wrote: »

Dont forget the hurling genius that is Shane Long.

Long Keane are different kind of players to Cox and Long imo, but agree that Long and Keane would still be a better option than Doyle starting, hes been shockingly out of form for a long time now

MoscowFlyer

lol @ people be proud of a clean sheet. I mean Im all for being a half glass full kinda guy but please open your eyes just a little bit.

BorneTobyWilde

steelcityblues wrote: »

Though the clean sheet was down to luck, rather than a defensive masterclass.

Glad there is no injuries, at least.

Maybe a few brain cells.

Renn

steelcityblues wrote: »

Though the clean sheet was down to luck, rather than a defensive masterclass.

This. Really surprised that people have overlooked this over the past year regarding Ireland games. Fair play for setting up like that, looking to shut out your opposition and keeping x amount of clean sheets, but when it's not done at all convincingly then there has to be some concerns.

briany

monkey9 wrote: »

A useful exercise that. Not one of our better performances, but a good workout and hopefully no injuries which doesn't seem to be the case!!

Now roll on the real action!!

I only caught the second half but I thought it was a decent performance from Ireland though there was some worry defensively. Some nice attacking play but Cox was looking sharper than Walters tonight. It's the second friendly where Walters has lacked a finishing touch and I'd say it'll knock him down the pecking order if Cox is fit.

steelcityblues

MoscowFlyer wrote: »

lol @ people be proud of a clean sheet. I mean Im all for being a half glass full kinda guy but please open your eyes just a little bit.

I like to be a positive guy 90% of the time, but it reminds me of the Jack days where there is a serious 'glass half full brigade', whose automatic function is to call someone a 'begruder', 'moaner', so on, for fairly pointing out a weakness.

These people are not usually to be seen at an LOI match, either.

ambid

steelcityblues wrote: »

Though the clean sheet was down to luck, rather than a defensive masterclass..

Ireland now have 10 clean sheets in the last 14 matches.

That's not down to luck. That's a good team.

Owen_S

Walters and Long have to be ahead of Doyle.

BorneTobyWilde

MoscowFlyer wrote: »

lol @ people be proud of a clean sheet. I mean Im all for being a half glass full kinda guy but please open your eyes just a little bit.

Is the bear a catholic, Does the pope **** in the woods,
Exactly,

eagle eye

The invention of football manager was an awful thing I think. There are so many people on here who think they know more than one of the most successful managers in football over the last 30 years.

And if those people just stopped and thought for a minute, there is no way they would do well with Andrews, Whelan and Gibson as your choices for central midfield in football manager but Trap somehow got them to the Euros. And he did if for real!!!:D

BorneTobyWilde

Owen_S wrote: »

Walters and Long have to be ahead of Doyle.

Not in the alphabet their not

steelcityblues

ambid wrote: »

Ireland now have 10 clean sheets in the last 14 matches.

That's not down to luck. That's a good team.

I meant tonight, not in general. Hungary should have won, but you can see why they didn't qualify.

tigger123

ambid wrote: »

Ireland now have 10 clean sheets in the last 14 matches.

That's not down to luck. That's a good team.

900+ minutes of luck?

madma

could have lost it right at the end there, super ball played through, he could have ran on with it for a 1 on 1, dissapointing game but im sure we'll raise our game for when it matters

adamski8

That result calls for a bit of this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpvZnWsvuUk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

grohlisagod

ambid wrote: »

Ireland now have 10 clean sheets in the last 14 matches.

That's not down to luck. That's a good team.

It's partly down to us not coming up against proper strikers too. The amount of chances people miss against us is both hilarious and terrifying.