Italy v Ireland, Poznan, KO 7:45pm

kryogen

Samich wrote: »

Good man given, at fault for that goal!

Are you sure it was not Robbies fault??

the realpigiron

Sad to say Shay is finished as a top keeper, once a keeper loses his confidence it's very hard to get it back. Same thing happened to Pat Bonner around the same age.

Samich

kryogen wrote: »

Are you sure it was not Robbies fault??

Yeah

ambid

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Stephen Ward is killing us.

Fcuk

How was that goal Ward's fault? Whelan gave the ball away, Given spilled the shot for a corner, Duff didn't clear off the line.

Barr

We were playing so much better

edgecutter

Glenn Whelan is useless. He needs to be subbed. He was the cause of that attack by giving the ball away.

Francie Barrett

delta_bravo wrote: »

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Stephen Ward is killing us.

Fcuk

That was all givens fault

Di Natale ghosted him just before that.

LowOdour

noodler wrote: »

Shay will have to hold his hand up for that one alright.

he may aswell do that, not like he is using his hands to save anything

Xavi6

Bloody awful from Given :mad:

noodler

Renn wrote: »

Depends if he's fit enough to do so.

Are you going to try and argue that he let that shot bounce of his wrist because he was unfit?

niallo27

Soul destroying watching Ireland play in this tournament, they are not this poor.

desaparecidos

Given strikes again. Westwood should have been first choice for a while now. Taller man for a start.

ThunbergsAreGo

Given has been awful this tournament

Saved us so many times before,but has cost us massively here

I hope it doesnt come out he was "bravely carrying and injury" afterwards, id be disgusted

Yillan

He should have saved that Morientes penalty aswell

Red Crow

the realpigiron wrote: »

Sad to say Shay is finished as a top keeper, once a keeper loses his confidence it's very hard to get it back. Same thing happened to Pat Bonner around the same age.

Given was never a top keeper. He was a good shot stopper at one stage but is an over rated keeper.

He's a very poor keeper at this level.

tayto lover

the realpigiron wrote: »

Sad to say Shay is finished as a top keeper, once a keeper loses his confidence it's very hard to get it back. Same thing happened to Pat Bonner around the same age.

Shay has been poor all year at Villa too.

Rezident

Come on lads, beat these divers just to see the look on pirlo's face.

adox

Another poxily conceded goal. Whelan then Given.

School boy stuff.

Handsome Bob

How people can't be critical of Given in this tournament baffles me.

kryogen

We are gonna have a sending off tonight I think, hopefully we can get to half time and calm it down

J. Marston

''My lip, look at my lip!''

Hit him a box, John. Give the wuss a reason to complain.

ebbsy

Duff standing there like a statue on the line.

Captain Fantastic my buttocks.

kryogen

Fcuking hell some ball back across on the volley!

Barr

Didn't they call him Shaky Shay

Fishooks12

Showing him the blood on his lip.............christ almighty is there any sense of being tough in soccer anymore?

UnitedIrishman

Jesus our central midfield is so inept. At one stage Whelan turned around to run away from Pirlo on the ball who was 10 yards in front of him, not even facing the ball, just to jog back in front of the CB's. At least look at the ball and position yourself in front of where it could be played if your going back.

Soups123

Eli Manning wrote: »

the realpigiron wrote: »

Sad to say Shay is finished as a top keeper, once a keeper loses his confidence it's very hard to get it back. Same thing happened to Pat Bonner around the same age.

Given was never a top keeper. He was a good shot stopper at one stage but is an over rated keeper.

He's a very poor keeper at this level.

That's so wrong, he was top class

kryogen

Goal was nothing to do with Ward

Whelan gave it away, Given spilled the shot, Andrews left his man get a free header, Given missed with a flap, Duff failed to do his job on the line.

Im no fan of Ward but dont see what he did wrong there

noodler

How soon people forget the contributions of Given over the last 14 years.

Honestly, some of the posts about him never being a decent keeper or that he should retire as it would best for Ireland (when our sub Keeper can't get a game for his club) are really disgusting.

niallo27

People can complain about given and rightly so, but the ease at which the shot that led to the corner came in was a disgrace, he was just let turn and shoot without even a challenge, that lack of effort is unforgivable.

SirDelboy18

What a shambles. What a complete and utter shambles.

MagicMarker

ebbsy wrote: »

Duff standing there like a statue on the line.

Captain Fantastic my buttocks.

What do you want him to do, dance?

briany

the realpigiron

Eli Manning wrote: »

Given was never a top keeper. He was a good shot stopper at one stage but is an over rated keeper.

He's a very poor keeper at this level.

Bollix he was a top keeper, but has clearly lost his edge. Don't rewrite the past.

desaparecidos

Good man Keane. Wonder around offside with your walking stick

Renn

noodler wrote: »

Are you going to try and argue that he let that shot bounce of his wrist because he was unfit?

Not trying to argue anything. Just saying he's done. Which he clearly is.

adox

Eli Manning wrote: »

Given was never a top keeper. He was a good shot stopper at one stage but is an over rated keeper.

He's a very poor keeper at this level.

Christ on a bike. He has been/ is a very good keeper at this level. One tournament does not define a career.

Lapin

We're a total mess since that goal.

Headless chickens.

HT can't come quick enough.

baldbear

ebbsy wrote: »

Duff standing there like a statue on the line.

Captain Fantastic my buttocks.

Your talking through your buttocks.

Samich

noodler wrote: »

How soon people forget the contributions of Given over the last 14 years.

Honestly, some of the posts about him never being a decent keeper or that he should retire as it would best for Ireland (when our sub Keeper can't get a game for his club) are really disgusting.

Doesn't matter what some has done or contributed. It's what they're contributing now.

If it was about what they had contributed then Dalglish would have never been sacked at Liverpool.

Red Crow

the realpigiron wrote: »

Eli Manning wrote: »

Given was never a top keeper. He was a good shot stopper at one stage but is an over rated keeper.

He's a very poor keeper at this level.

Bollix he was a top keeper, but has clearly lost his edge. Don't rewrite the past.

He was never a top keeper. He was very good at one stage.

I wouldn't class him alongside the top keepers.

Barr

Was it defo a goal ? I saw no replay of the ball crossing the line.

matrim

tayto lover wrote: »

Shay has been poor all year at Villa too.

No he wasn't, he had a pretty good season and was probably one of the main reasons Villa didn't go down

Renn

Barr wrote: »

Was it defo a goal ? I saw no replay of the ball crossing the line.

Yeah, well over the line.

Samich

desaparecidos wrote: »

Good man Keane. Wonder around offside with your walking stick

Finally someone else sees this.

Kerrydude1981

If we just could keep the ball for more then 3 passes it would be great

desaparecidos

noodler wrote: »

How soon people forget the contributions of Given over the last 14 years.

Honestly, some of the posts about him never being a decent keeper or that he should retire as it would best for Ireland (when our sub Keeper can't get a game for his club) are really disgusting.

Who cares about any of the players contributions over the years if they are currently **** / too old.

closeline

Why are they wearing black armbands?

Given made 3 mistakes in a row.

Keane shouldn't be starting. He hasn't influenced the game one bit.

Kiwi_knock

Given is a good shot stopper but has never controlled his box. This fact means that he can not be classified as a top class keeper. He has been a good servant for Ireland, but he is overrated by Ireland fans when they label him a great or top keeper.

joseph brand

Whelan and Andrews are absolute jokes. Their first thought when in possession is to face our own goal and tap it back to Ledger or Given.

The ref is a little creep, stopping play for any little thing. :mad: