Austria vs Ireland - WCQ Tuesday 7.45

dobsdave

Just in the door, why are both teams in away colours?

major bill

Hoof!!!!! pointless balls to Long he won't get to them

yohan the great

edgecutter wrote: »

He is breaking up play quite well compared to whelan. Still would rather hoolihan.

In a two man midfield with McCarthy? Alaba would go to town

wonderfullife

Long is woefully short of his best form right now.

DEVEREUX

He wasnt gonna put that away oh my god Long?

Kenjataimu

why didn't long throw himself at that?

Banjaxed82

We're hopeless in the final third. Our lack of creation with the final pass is horrendous.

aramush

I think its safe to say Shane Long simply isn't an intelligent footballer.

Bertser

Long has been terrible so far. Typical ****e backheels and passes to no one. Would be nice if he'd stay onside too (although he's been unlucky in two cases).

SteelyDanJalapeno

Mertersaker, Germany 1 - 0

That_Guy

Long playing with no confidence it looks like.

yabadabado

Very poor from Long. He is seriously off form .

Moist Bread

dobsdave wrote: »

Just in the door, why are both teams in away colours?

Red is Austrias home colours now, changed it from white about 10 years ago.

Banjaxed82

yohan the great wrote: »

In a two man midfield with McCarthy? Alaba would go to town

Wouldn't be going to town if we had possession though.

Lennonist

That transfer move that didn't happen has wrecked Long's head.

Stevecw

0-0 at 8/1 looks better every passing minute!

aindriu80

Austria look like they will score at some point.

yohan the great

Banjaxed82 wrote: »

Wouldn't be going to town if we had possession though.

If we had Hoolahan its not like we would be getting 80% possession. He is decent nothing more nothing less

That_Guy

Why are we playing around the back. Jesus christ.

Mr.Nice Guy

Banjaxed82 wrote: »

We're hopeless in the final third. Our lack of creation with the final pass is horrendous.

Not great at passing in our third either.

When people demand more of a passing game they seem to overlook the fact we're not very good at it.

Dempsey

Lennonist wrote: »

That transfer move that didn't happen has wrecked Long's head.

He told his friends in Gortnahoe to lump money on him going to Hull. He has no friends at the moment!

Felexicon

Ireland need to get a natural winger on.

klose

Our wide players are so slow

That_Guy

Forde's kicking has been quite dreadful.

For a supposed "must win game", we've been absolute poison. No tempo, no creativity.

stampydmonkey

Damn it i hate Ronnie Whelan, the commentator!

gandalf

Whats surprising is there is no passion or urgency from either side. They and us both have to win it!

Mr.Nice Guy

Green's doing well.

Francie Barrett

Same old sh!te from Ireland.

tayto lover

It's bad when Green is the best Irish player on show so far.

DEVEREUX

Long????

yohan the great

Giles and Dunphy are conveniently going to ignore that chance came from a long ball.

edgecutter

As much as everyone seems to hate mcgeady, I wish he was here. He seems to be the only player that can drive at defences for us.

Banjaxed82

gandalf wrote: »

Whats surprising is there is no passion or urgency from either side. They and us both have to win it!

They have more realistic incentive in that they still have to play Sweden.

That_Guy

Keane's positioning in the box is brilliant.

Lennonist

Austria are a poor side

Stevecw

True, Green is best player so far in a game of zero stuff
happening!!!

Mr.Nice Guy

Pilkington's got a Ned Kelly look going on.

Kerrigooney

edgecutter wrote: »

As much as everyone seems to hate mcgeady, I wish he was here. He seems to be the only player that can drive at defences for us.

...and then lose it.

yabadabado

edgecutter wrote: »

As much as everyone seems to hate mcgeady, I wish he was here. He seems to be the only player that can drive at defences for us.

McGeady is by far our best winger. He is a big loss imo. Him and Brady would offer much more tgan the 2 out there tonight.

Ganymede Glow

Unlucky Pilkington

stampydmonkey

he shouldve hit the target

gandalf

Wahoo a shot on goal!

That_Guy

It took 33 minutes but we actually had a pop.

FearDark

Jesus lads it's some match.

Stuck to me seat I am.

yohan the great

Kerrigooney wrote: »

...and then lose it.

The only one able to get assists all the same. Am I the only one who thinks that Ireland are doing well?

yabadabado

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Pilkington's got a Ned Kelly look going on.

More Conor McGregor. He must be a UFC fan.

edgecutter

Kerrigooney wrote: »

...and then lose it.

He would do a hell of a lot more than walters at the moment. He scares the hell out of defenders and draws a lot of fouls.

klose

Were getting some joy down the left side

That_Guy

Good save Forde.

stampydmonkey

great save. lovely sound as it hit his gloves.