Republic of Ireland vs Greece - kick-off 7:45 - live SS3

Patser

Playing very well and Cox unlucky.

Interesting to see an Irish team looking so young, fresh and eager. Has the threat of a sacking made Trap change his way of thinking a little or am I reading far too much into a friendly

green123

do you people understand that the ball hitting a hand isnt always hand ball ?

for it to be hand ball a player must deliberately handle the ball

Stevecw

Ah Cox, that shows yet again how he has such a poor scoring record Great work between Coleman & Long

SantryRed

Francie Barrett wrote: »

ticketmaster.ie - a few sections have €10 tickets.

Nah it's only for u16s.

Trampas

Sweden 1-0 England - Zlatan Ibrahimovic for does interested in it

BobbyPropane

green123 wrote: »

do you people understand that the ball hitting a hand isnt always hand ball ?

for it to be hand ball a player must deliberately handle the ball

It was a blatant handball. Clearly inexperience and eagerness to get the ball

ctrl-alt-delete

Fcuk me Whelan, what was that?

Francie Barrett

Whelan is dogsh!te.

BobbyPropane

Poor from McClean

Patser

Everyone looking to pass or run forward, except Whelan - always stops looks around and passes back (or straight out)

born2bwild

They're giving it loads anyway - makes more sense to keep it and pass it....just don't give to Whelan or O'Shea

green123

BobbyPropane wrote: »

It was a blatant handball. Clearly inexperience and eagerness to get the ball

the ball clearly hit his hand but i dont think he deliberately intended to handle it

Mr.Nice Guy

Patser wrote: »

Everyone looking to pass or run forward, except Whelan - always stops looks around and passes back (or straight out)

Noticed that myself. He's being too safe.

SantryRed

Ridiculous how much more intent we have on the ball when using this team. Ward and Whelan are hindering us though.

BobbyPropane

Can't wait for O'Shea to try his tricks out and ruin the game.

ctrl-alt-delete

green123 wrote: »

the ball clearly hit his hand but i dont think he deliberately intended to handle it

Certainly not as deliberate as they come no, but there seemed to be an awkward movement towards the ball to gain control of it which hit his hand, have seen them given.

celtictiger32

BobbyPropane wrote: »

Poor from McClean

still no poppy though

born2bwild

'Put a staple in it, wipe the blood off and get on with it': Ronnie 'no pity' Whelan.

celtictiger32

thats a bit cocky from samaras over getting his hair done during a match:D

Patser

Whelan in forward pass shock... Great pass too to Brady:D

Stevecw

Decent strike, and save. Finally a shot on target!

Francie Barrett

Atrocious from Greece so far.

SantryRed

Stephen fcukng Ward.

green123

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

Certainly not as deliberate as they come no, but there seemed to be an awkward movement towards the ball to gain control of it which hit his hand, have seen them given.

yep i agree that there was an awkward movement towards the ball but i think he just mistimed or misjudged the flight of the ball or was caught a bit by surprise by it coming through to him.

we have seen lots like this wrongly given but i think the ref got it right this time

Patser

Platini seems much more interested in the game than Delaney......

Oh bugger

BobbyPropane

That was a nice goal

Stevecw

Horrible long punts forward by Forde and now Ward, Trap style

Havermeyer

Ah jases.

Tidy finish, though.

Mr.Nice Guy

FFS.

We were giving the ball away way too cheaply before that.

SantryRed

Well, defending just like against Germany, no pressure on the ball, couple of passes, still no pressure, goal.

tayto lover

Auld Mother O'Shea at fault yet again.

BobbyPropane

tayto lover wrote: »

Auld Mother O'Shea at fault yet again.

Would usually agree but not this time. Although for some reason he has a fear of blocking the ball.

sonic85

a lot of green shirts around the ball there but there was no pressure applied. traps teams are always hard to break down :rolleyes:

Patser

Letting Greece gave the ball and space too close to goal again. Nothing learned from the goal conceded. Greece looking a lot better than Ireland now, after our bright start

tayto lover

BobbyPropane wrote: »

Would usually agree but not this time. Although for some reason he has a fear of blocking the ball.

He didn't get close enough to the striker and let him turn. Very timid.

BobbyPropane

tayto lover wrote: »

He didn't get close enough to the striker and let him turn. Very timid.

He was actually too close. He initially made a tackle from behind and got the ball but there was no one around in midfield even near the box.

Stevecw

What a soft goal, we've seem that many times. Good old Trap whose thing is being solid at back yet again delivers

Mr.Nice Guy

Does Whelan really have a knock or is he off because he was having a stinker?

Patser

Whelan going for the D'Artagnan look for Movember?

For some reason I've always liked Andrews in an Irish shirt, always seems to try hard for the team and inject passion. By no means a great player but always will try.

celtictiger32

bye bye trap
bye bye son
bye bye trap
lets have another one..............

adamski8

Stevecw wrote: »

What a soft goal, we've seem that many times. Good old Trap whose thing is being solid at back yet again delivers

Come on, that was not a soft goal, guess you classify every goal as soft!
It was a great first touch and shot on the turn.

Francie Barrett

It's easy for Greece now. We've gone to sh!t.

Patser

adamski8 wrote: »

Come on, that was not a soft goal, guess you classify every goal as soft!
It was a great first touch and shot on the turn.

I think the 'soft' element was the 3 passes at the edge of our box before the shot, with no challenges or pressure on the passers.

Stevecw

adamski8 wrote: »

Come on, that was not a soft goal, guess you classify every goal as soft!
It was a great first touch and shot on the turn.

It was a soft one to concede, where was the pressure on the ball at any stage?? Trap goes on about that crap and we very rarely see it anymore...plus gotta endure a game at home where we have yet to have a shot on target at almost ht

Mr.Crinklewood

celtictiger32 wrote: »

bye bye trap
bye bye son
bye bye trap
lets have another one..............

celtictiger32

bring on weso ffs

Patser

Looking at our defending and the case seems to be - swing in a cross or high ball and Clarke and O'Shea are fine. Pass low to the forward's feet and we're lost.

sonic85

the greeks are rioting

Mr.Nice Guy

Clark Kent he ain't.

adamski8

Patser wrote: »

I think the 'soft' element was the 3 passes at the edge of our box before the shot, with no challenges or pressure on the passers.

They were very quick and technical one touch passes. No way it was soft.