Serbia v Republic of Ireland match thread.

Mr.Crinklewood

Could not see a match thread for this ( apologies if there is one )

Ireland starting XI:Westwood, McShane, O’Shea (capt), O’Dea, Kelly, McGeady, McCarthy, Whelan, McClean, Walters, Long.


Serbs
Vladimir Stojkovic (G)
Milan Bisevac (D)
Branislav Ivanovic (D)
Aleksandar Kolarov (D)
Matija Nastasic (D)
Aleksandar Ignjovski (M)
Zdravko Kuzmanovic (M)
Srdan Mijailovic (M)
Dusan Tadic (M)
Zoran Tosic (M)
Dejan Lekic (F)

Setanta Ireland @ 1945

thegreengoblin

Vidic back for Serbia then?

Augmerson

It would be Abserbia if we didn't win. GEDDIT?! GEDDIT?! HAW....Ah ok I'll get me coat.

TheRedDevil10

long injured. cox starts

gutted for shane

Mr.Crinklewood

Augmerson wrote: »

It would be Abserbia if we didn't win. GEDDIT?! GEDDIT?! HAW....Ah ok I'll get me coat.

No need, the hurricane ****ed off somewhere else.

Got any pringles?

Mr.Crinklewood

thegreengoblin wrote: »

Vidic back for Serbia then?

He retired

(unless he reversed his decision)

Kerr having a bit of a go at Trap.

Soups123

Called Setanta, asked about price and how quick it could be put on, before giving bank details noticed it was cheaper online, then 2 minutes later boom the two channels came on without me purchasing. Did the caller **** up or can you all see it for now?

noodler

COYBIG!

(I hate that)

Kerr getting more digs in.

Stevecw

TheRedDevil10 wrote: »

long injured. cox starts

gutted for shane

Was looking forward to see Long get a start. Wonder where he managed to pick up injury today??

noodler

Stevecw wrote: »

Was looking forward to see Long get a start. Wonder where he managed to pick up injury today??

Second bloody time he has gotten himself injured moments before an Ireland game in the last year.

Not a great sign - hopefully not indicative of anything long-term.

EDIT: On the other hand, we are missing three of our first chocie strikers and still have the quality of Walters and Cox to call on. Strength in depth in the front line is higher than ever.

Stevecw

noodler wrote: »

Second bloody time he has gotten himself injured moments before an Ireland game in the last year.

Not a great sign - hopefully not indicative of anything long-term.

EDIT: On the other hand, we are missing three of our first chocie strikers and still have the quality of Walters and Cox to call on. Strength in depth in the front line is higher than ever.

Yeah I like Walters, but a bit of a stretch to call Cox quality. WBA couldn't find a place for him in their top 4 strikers, which says a lot.

Hope he goes and scores a hattrick now to prove me wrong!!

Cake Man

Jesus this camera angle is shocking.

The_B_Man

Anyone know why the Serbs are booing their own keeper?

noodler

I still can't work out where everyone is playing.

DEVEREUX

Why is the serb keeper being given the boo treatment??

Duff

Think because he's shíte, apparently.

noodler

Stevecw wrote: »

Yeah I like Walters, but a bit of a stretch to call Cox quality. WBA couldn't find a place for him in their top 4 strikers, which says a lot.

Hope he goes and scores a hattrick now to prove me wrong!!

What he has done for Ireland whilst being an outcast at WBA is what has shown me his quality.

He seemed to play well when given a chance at WBA (mostly Carling Cup games and the FA Cup) but it didn't seem to matter.

I remember a hat-trick in the FA Cup in January I think.

Cake Man

Just checked, that keeper plays for Partizan Belgrade and the match is on in Red Star Belgrade's pitch. Hate each other.

Mr.Crinklewood

DEVEREUX wrote: »

Why is the serb keeper being given the boo treatment??

From wiki

....However, as Radomir Antić got fired after the draw with Slovenia, Stojković was called up again by the new coach Vladimir Petrović for the next qualifier against Estonia at home on 8 October 2010. This was the first national team home match for Stojković following his club switch to FK Partizan and he received a fair amount of verbal abuse from the Red Star fans in the crowd. All the insulting chants clearly got to him as he let in a long range goal as Estonia tied the score at 1–1. Later, with Estonia leading 2–1, Stojković made another mistake that led to a goal, after miscommunication with centre back Aleksandar Luković leading to a back pass that ended up in the Serbian goal.[36] Only four days later, on 12 October, before the qualifier between Italy and Serbia in Genoa, Stojković was assaulted by the group of the Zvezda fans who broke into the Serbian team bus....

Not too sure if that is still the reason..

theteal

McClean is very confident on the ball, refreshing to see

Stevecw

Decent 1st 15, McClean & McCarthy making us pass the ball a lot more than we usually do. Have dominated possesion for a change

noodler

Liking McShane's contribution so far.

He is decisive when it comes to tackling and clearing - its when he gets the ball I crap myself.

vicwatson

On the box anywhere?

Limerick Dude

vicwatson wrote: »

On the box anywhere?

Setanta Ireland

noodler

Good by O'Dea.
Kelly caught there.

IRISHSPORTSGUY

Kelly having a pretty dire game.

Stevecw

Great effort there by Whelan!

noodler

Booing your own keeper.

What an idea.

EDIT: He did well there.

DEVEREUX

Give the keeper a break FFS

Stevecw

Seriously McShane, what the hell was he trying there!!!

Soups123

ODea doing really well

Dempsey

Stevecw wrote: »

Seriously McShane, what the hell was he trying there!!!

It was a poor pass to him. He was trying not to get a yellow card for taking out their player

Soups123

Stevecw wrote: »

Seriously McShane, what the hell was he trying there!!!

A shot

RGM

Just nothing on attack is there.

Pro. F

Decent amount of, and use of, possession in that 45 from us.

karma_

Not a great match by any stretch, just wanted to say though, Ireland have played better in that first half than they have in the last 2 years. The shame is, there's no new faces, same players were available for selection in that time, same manager yet we squandered an entire competition.

Limerick Dude

Not a bad first half, some hope for optimism. Hopefully Trap will realize that it is possible for us to pass the ball through midfield via James McCarthy.

IRISHSPORTSGUY

Pro. F wrote: »

Decent amount of, and use of, possession in that 45 from us.

A 3rd man in midfield works - who'd have thunk it :pac:

Stevecw

Kelly struggling at LB, but as he is normally a RB not so surprising.

G.K.

Is McClean playing in CM then?

Stevecw

Oh here we go, Paul Green

flas

we are very solid,except at lb,where to be fair to kelly he does not play,but we have no real threat in their box,we will rsally miss robbie by the end of this campaign!

ps. i wish someone would just delete mcshanes number from traps phone...

noodler

karma_ wrote: »

Not a great match by any stretch, just wanted to say though, Ireland have played better in that first half than they have in the last 2 years. The shame is, there's no new faces, same players were available for selection in that time, same manager yet we squandered an entire competition.

Easy there Tiger, jumping to all sorts of conclusions there.

desaparecidos

How is Green still part of traps plan?

shayno90

Awful cross by McShane, Coleman should have been given a chance.

Mars Bar

The guy on my stream pronounces O'Dea as O' Day-a. Sounds very like De Gea!

Stevecw

Good save there

noodler

Fine stop.

Actually thought he was too much on his near side there when they were shaping up to take it.

tolosenc

God, McShane and Green are woeful.

The_Kew_Tour

how are Ireland playing?

ScummyMan

Wtf Green...:mad: