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

SantryRed

Long is by far and away our best option up top.

sonic85

mclean has no right foot. that shouldve been a goal

Francie Barrett

McClean really is a nutter! Even the Greeks looked embarassed there.

SantryRed

adamski8 wrote: »

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

It was completely soft. No one got tight, allowed them to do it. It's what made the Germans look so fcuking good too. Need to put some kind of pressure on them!

Patser

Their number 5 looks a bit of a nutter, twice he's been in the mix of some pushing and shoving

kitakyushu

That was a pretty depressing first half. Two yellow cards in a friendly. Clark a whisker away from red. Ireland aren't even at the races. Greece already winning without even moving out of second gear yet. Worst part is they usually save their best for the second half so I don't really see a way back into this one.

Francie Barrett

Coleman our best player by a mile.

noodler

I don't see the big hoopla with Clark.

Looked average or worst nearly everytime I have seen him play this year.

Stupid challenge.

Mr.Nice Guy

Half started well and then went downhill. Big chance for Hoolahan to impress because Whelan couldn't do anything worthwhile with the ball.

Coleman was the brightest thing in a green shirt in that half imo. Long did well also.

Hoping for a lot better in the second half.

celtictiger32

should of been yellow for the greek there aswell

TheRedDevil10

any sky sports stream?

Francie Barrett

Steve Staunton has put on some beef - comfort eating after being sacked so many times?

blueser

Let it go Stan; the penalty wasn't given. And stop eating all the pies!

celtictiger32

best point of the match so far is the nearly empty ground, the fai have to take note of this that the fans are voting with their feet and staying away. get rid of this italian dinosaur and get a good irish manager in that can actually communicate with the players and not excommunicate them.

Soups123

Patser wrote: »

Their number 5 looks a bit of a nutter, twice he's been in the mix of some pushing and shoving

Nutter, pushing and shoving..... Mad bastard

green123

staunton doesnt understand the rules about deliberate hand ball either.

kitakyushu

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Steve Staunton has put on some beef - comfort eating after being sacked so many times?

He's a big man for the Guinness as well. I'm sure that doesn't help.

sonic85

that goal was fcuking embarressing. everybody just stood around and watched. paul fcuking green wouldve looked like a superstar with that amount of time and space

Pro. F

Patser wrote: »

Their number 5 looks a bit of a nutter, twice he's been in the mix of some pushing and shoving

He's a headbanger Bill!

adamski8

celtictiger32 wrote: »

best point of the match so far is the nearly empty ground, the fai have to take note of this that the fans are voting with their feet and staying away. get rid of this italian dinosaur and get a good irish manager in that can actually communicate with the players and not excommunicate them.

Please tell me when the last time we had a packed house for a friendly? I had a free ticket for tonights game and not for the first time nobody i know was interested.

BobbyPropane

Obligatory Dropkick Murphys at half time

BobbyPropane

Long and Brady off

Doyle and Wes on

tayto lover

Should have left Long on and taken Cox off.

Francie Barrett

I completely forgot Cox was playing, joke he is still on!

noodler

Jersey tug on Doyle there.

Francie Barrett

Hoolahan started that move - quality player.

Stevecw

BobbyPropane wrote: »

Long and Brady off

Doyle and Wes on

Crazy taking Long off instead of Cox. Trap def has something against Long.

celtictiger32

adamski8 wrote: »

Please tell me when the last time we had a packed house for a friendly? I had a free ticket for tonights game and not for the first time nobody i know was interested.

when the last time it was as noticeable as this?

BobbyPropane

Wes is class.

sonic85

decent start to the second half - some nice bits of interplay

Francie Barrett

Hoolahan changing the game here.

padd b1975

Have they announced the attendance yet?

donfers

is cox becoming a "green" figure, a trap favourite for no apparent reason (apart from the fact he scored a goal in a friendly in one of his first few games)?

Francie Barrett

Fcuking Cox!

BobbyPropane

donfers wrote: »

is cox becoming a "green" figure, a trap favourite for no apparent reason (apart from the fact he scored a goal in a friendly in one of his first few games)?

More of a David Connolly

Francie Barrett

donfers wrote: »

is cox becoming a "green" figure, a trap favourite for no apparent reason (apart from the fact he scored a goal in a friendly in one of his first few games)?

Yep.

donfers

padd b1975 wrote: »

Have they announced the attendance yet?

their abacus only goes up to 10, they thought it would suffice for tonight but they'll spin it that they got a bigger crowd than they expected

allybhoy

Coleman really is a lovely little player, always positive and always provides an option for Mcclean

The_Kew_Tour

How Hoolahan has had to wait 4 years for second cap is a disgrace.

ASOT

Trap loves cox... il get my coat

Francie Barrett

Why does Stephen Ward even try crossing?

Stevecw

allybhoy wrote: »

Coleman really is a lovely little player, always positive and always provides an option for Mcclean

Agree, Coleman has been good.

Francie Barrett

Cox crocked.

Francie Barrett

Great, Andy Keogh coming on.

The_Kew_Tour

Andy Fecking Keogh. Ah Great:rolleyes:

jonnyfingers

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Cox crocked.

If only we could sub Long back on. :rolleyes:

Or maybe Trap should have taken Cox off in the first place instead of bearing a grudge against Long.

sonic85

andy keogh! yeah - fist pump

honestly though is there nobody else?

Lord Trollington

Cox really is embarrassing.

Andy Keogh says hello

donfers

andy keogh isn't as bad as people think when played up front, he'll score tonight, out wide i agree he is useless but up front he is slighly better than cox which isn't saying much really but there you go