Italy v Ireland, Poznan, KO 7:45pm

missingtime

Love that chant!

slingerz

I'm fitter than Glen Whelan I'd say

Colonialboy

Is Trap doing his bit for Italy ?
Why would he make a change and get Ireland back into the game and see his country of birth sent out of the tournament.
He will play the same ****e 11 until the 80th min or if Italy score he will make a few token changes safe in the knowledge Italy are through.

Will I Amnt

Whelan looks like he's running up the travelator from gladiators.

dfx-

So when's the Doyle off, Cox on sub going to happen..? I'll go for 72 if it stays like it is..

qwerty93

I hate to constantly criticise but whelan has to come off..

kincsem

Spain walking a tightrope. If Croatia score they're finnish

super_furry

Kristopherus wrote: »

McGeady is doing fine imo.

Everytime he makes a decision it's the wrong one. He reminds me so much of Milan Baros - just puts his head down running into defenders without any kind of awareness of what's going on around him. How many decent crosses has he put in tonight?

Francie Barrett

Kristopherus wrote: »

slingerz wrote: »

Shane Long must be considering retirement as long as Trap is manager. How Keane, Whelan and McGeady are still out there is crazy. Loyalty is commendable but come on!

Another thing I'll never understand is how these professional athletes can be tired from 3 games in 8 days is beyond me

McGeady is doing fine imo.

Other than a poor cross, I don't think he has misplaced a pass, has also made a few key tackles and interceptions.

Green Diesel

Colonialboy wrote: »

Is Trap doing his bit for Italy ?
Why would he make a change and get Ireland back into the game and see his country of birth sent out of the tournament.
He will play the same ****e 11 until the 80th min or if Italy score he will make a few token changes safe in the knowledge Italy are through.

It wouldl be a lot more suspicious if he sent out a completely new team tbf

kryogen

Savman wrote: »

You kidding? They are the 1-0 masters FFS.

Not this Italian team no

Samich

noodler wrote: »

No I didn't.

You are a liar.

I said I would not be wishing for the better option to retire.

And why did you say he's not better? You said he can't be good enough as he doesn't start at club level.

Mr.Crinklewood

missingtime wrote: »

Love that chant!

We can all go to bed happy now, forget about the score in this game or the previous games we have found a new chant.

Extremely successful tournament all round then.

Hoki

Another anonymous performance from Keane, replace please ffs

double GG

When will the first change be? I'm saying 73rd minute.

Francie Barrett

super_furry wrote: »

Kristopherus wrote: »

McGeady is doing fine imo.

Everytime he makes a decision it's the wrong one. He reminds me so much of Milan Baros - just puts his head down running into defenders without any kind of awareness of what's going on around him. How many decent crosses has he put in tonight?

2

desaparecidos

Trap out

noodler

Samich wrote: »

And why did you say he's not better? You said he can't be good enough as he doesn't start at club level.

Everybody knows Given is better than Westwood right now.

That isn't in question depsite poor displays in Euros.

Corholio

Kristopherus wrote: »

The f**ker will have nothing to rant about after this game:D

Except maybe the mediocrity of our team, which was his point in the first place.

Xavi6

We should bring on Robbie Keane.

Hang on...

devotional1993

ambid wrote: »

Pirlo is still awesome. I envy his talent. And his hair.

Get a little picture of him and bring it to some Fat umpalumpa in Peter Marks to cut your hair like it.:)

Samich

Cmon Ireland! We're going out with a whimper

Renn

O'Shea lucky not to see red there.

Barr

kincsem wrote: »

Spain walking a tightrope. If Croatia score they're finnish

That would be funny - Spain out

ambid

qwerty93 wrote: »

I hate to constantly criticise but whelan has to come off..

You're in the wrong place so

kincsem

noodler v Samich

does anyone think its a good match?

Samich

noodler wrote: »

Everybody knows Given is better than Westwood right now.

That isn't in question depsite poor displays in Euros.

On the basis of this tournament, no, he's not.

edgecutter

Trap will wait till were 3 down at this rate. I see there are problems everyone on boards sees problems, why cant trap.

Lapin

Now Trap.

Make some changes, nothing to lose FFS

kryogen

No more goals for Italy in this game anyway I reckon

desaparecidos

IfLong doesn't get a run it criminal. Out of our strikes, he's had the best season

Jax Teller

Make some changes trap ffs

Hank Scorpio

Long coming on

Kristopherus

Hallalujah !!!! Long on.

Samich

Also has anyone heard Keanes name being mentioned in this half? Nope, me neither.

edgecutter

Hope its Keane off

keith16

Samich wrote: »

On the basis of this tournament, no, he's not.

Shay Givens errors are a symptom, not the cause of Ireland's problems.

noodler

Andrews really one of the few bright sparks.

Barr

Things should improve now.

slingerz

TNT to Keith Andrews he's the only one showing a bit of heart

tayto lover

Andrews has had more shots at goal than anyone else in the tournament.

gandalf

FFS lads give it a break. Given is obviously carrying an injury. A fully fit Shay Given is the first name on the teamsheet automatically. This tournament he has been let down by the four in front of him who have been absolutely dreadful.

Mr.Crinklewood

Folks i know there is a group thread here, but get the Croatia game on.

http://www.rte.ie/live/

They have just gone damn close...

Samich

keith16 wrote: »

Shay Givens errors are a symptom, not the cause of Ireland's problems.

He's let the team down.

Francie Barrett

WTF? Why not Keane?

inmyday

super_furry wrote: »

How many decent crosses has he put in tonight?

How many decent ones has duff put in??? Its always mcgeady, easy target to slag. Look around the whole 11. And hes first to come off, even though whelan is hanging together.

kincsem

Great cheer for Long

desaparecidos

4-3-3

Lapin

kincsem wrote: »

noodler v Samich

does anyone think its a good match?

I'd prefer if they were playing in Gdansk so that we could concentrate on the one in Poznan.

kryogen

Di Natale been poor enough overall