Rep. Of Ireland vs. Latvia 15/11/13 7:45 SS4

Stevecw

Good to see no more hoofs forward by keeper and full backs. Trying to play at least. Having Ward & Whelan there is not helping but at least we are trying to do the right thing.

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Ward continues to be poison.

with fans like this....

Hank Scorpio

goaaal

great stuff so far, had 2 or 3 great chances

Lennonist

Nice 1 Keano

Mars Bar

McGeady's delivery's from the corner have been superb!

Duff

Keano, Keano!

yabadabado

Nicely worked set piece.

Stevecw

Haha Robbie of course!! We need him to stay on for 2016 euros....he just scores goals

n32

Oh my God, its and Ireland match and its actually watchable!:eek::eek::eek:

That_Guy

Gotta love Robbie. He knows how to score goals.

n32

Stevecw wrote: »

Haha Robbie of course!! We need him to stay on for 2016 euros....he just scores goals

Thats just it, all the talk about Robbie playing in a mediocre league, he still finishes the chances that Long et al cant convert

OwaynOTT

Is this the Latvian first team?

Francie Barrett

Jaysus, Robbie was slow there when he picked the ball up from midfield. Latvia look awful, but we're doing all the right things.

yabadabado

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Is this the Latvian first team?

yes afaik

Oregano_State

Some scowl on Roy Keane there

yabadabado

playoff match

Greece are beating Romania 2-1.

OwaynOTT

yabadabado wrote: »

yes afaik

I know they are poor but we are totally in control. It's nice.

sonic85

62 goals. im not keanes biggest fan or anything but fair fcuking play. great tally

Dolph Starbeam

thescore.ie

Robbie Keane scores his 62nd international goal, drawing level with Ronaldo and Drogba in the all-time scorers list.

What list is that?

That_Guy

YayaBanana wrote: »

thescore.ie



What list is that?

According to Setanta's Twitter page, he's scored 1262 goals for Ireland...

:pac:

Unearthly

YayaBanana wrote: »

thescore.ie



What list is that?

International goals?

yabadabado

OwaynOTT wrote: »

I know they are poor but we are totally in control. It's nice.

Yeah they are piss poor but at least we are doing things right. Passing the ball and looking to hold possession. Under Trap we hoofed it too much even against the poor teams , , against the big teams we mighnt have a lot of possession but against inferior teams there is no excuse to be hoofing the ball every few minutes.

Hank Scorpio

Ward is breaking down alot of plays

Dolph Starbeam

Unearthly wrote: »

International goals?

Oh duh. Sorry I thought it said joint top, my mistake.

Serious tally.

yabadabado

YayaBanana wrote: »

thescore.ie



What list is that?

I presume its all time international top goalscorers.

desaparecidos

Ward is the weakest link, surely there's better available for that position?

Oregano_State

sonic85 wrote: »

62 goals. im not keanes biggest fan or anything but fair fcuking play. great tally

International Goals per game ratio, according to Wikipedia:

C Ronaldo: 0.401
L Messi: 0.446
R. Keane: 0.477



Hashtag Beast.

yabadabado

Would like to see Pearce get a run out and Wilson move to RB .Ward is looking very poor out there.

Stevecw

Ward is killing all the passing moves, why is he even back involved??? Never an international standard player

That_Guy

Keane's positioning is great.

Francie Barrett

We could have had a few at this stage.

OwaynOTT

Good run but poor finish there. Hope we can get the 2nd before half time.

Mr.Nice Guy

Latvia are no-hopers. I don't think we will learn much from this game. The Poland game will tell us more.

Looks like we will start the new regime with a win which will be a good thing.

rob316

Opposition is really poor but we are been very positive which im impressed with.

Lando Griffin

Whelan going his full repertoire of passes there.

_Kaiser_

I'm gonna have to watch this later cause my "river" has slowed to a trickle tonight

Francie Barrett

Amusing to see the 'keeper actually playing the ball from the back.

Lennonist

Good possession football from Ireland at times. Great to see players playing with confidence again.

tayto lover

We should have a load of young players out tonight against a team rated lower than us.
What good is playing Keane, Whelan, Hoolihan and Ward? We want a team for the Euro's and we put out a crowd of old lads who are past it.
Maddening.

Soups123

tayto lover wrote: »

We should have a load of young players out tonight against a team rated lower than us.
What good is playing Keane, Whelan, Hoolihan and Ward? We want a team for the Euro's and we put out a crowd of old lads who are past it.
Maddening.

King selected the squad

Francie Barrett

tayto lover wrote: »

We should have a load of young players out tonight against a team rated lower than us.
What good is playing Keane, Whelan, Hoolihan and Ward? We want a team for the Euro's and we put out a crowd of old lads who are past it.
Maddening.

Ah come on now, do you seriously think O'Neill is going to play a weakened team in his first game in charge? Can you imagine the backlash if we didn't win?

Kirby

tayto lover wrote: »

We should have a load of young players out tonight against a team rated lower than us.
What good is playing Keane, Whelan, Hoolihan and Ward? We want a team for the Euro's and we put out a crowd of old lads who are past it.
Maddening.

It's a point taken and it's somewhat valid but why bring negativity into this? we are playing football instead of hoofball for once and we look great keeping possession. This is good.

yabadabado

tayto lover wrote: »

We should have a load of young players out tonight against a team rated lower than us.
What good is playing Keane, Whelan, Hoolihan and Ward? We want a team for the Euro's and we put out a crowd of old lads who are past it.
Maddening.

Who would you haved liked to see start instead ?

tayto lover

The point is that we should be blooding new players in these friendly games and preparing properly for the Euros. This is a nothing game. Most of these guys wont be around at the end of the Euros.

Kirby

So who are you blaming here? The squad was picked before a manager was secured.

yabadabado

tayto lover wrote: »

The point is that we should be blooding new players in these friendly games and preparing properly for the Euros. This is a nothing game. Most of these guys wont be around at the end of the Euros.

I'm not disagreeing with you but who are these young lads who should have started ?

fsfg

tayto lover wrote: »

We should have a load of young players out tonight against a team rated lower than us.
What good is playing Keane, Whelan, Hoolihan and Ward? We want a team for the Euro's and we put out a crowd of old lads who are past it.
Maddening.

Give it a rest, Jesus Christ!

You get the team to a level and challenge the younger ones to reach it

Dolph Starbeam

tayto lover wrote: »

We should have a load of young players out tonight against a team rated lower than us.
What good is playing Keane, Whelan, Hoolihan and Ward? We want a team for the Euro's and we put out a crowd of old lads who are past it.
Maddening.

MON obviously wants to figure out his starting eleven, it would be absolutely pointless trying out a load of young players.

Sully

Kirby wrote: »

So who are you blaming here? The squad was picked before a manager was secured.

The final squad wasn't

Pro. F

I know the opposition are pish but it's great to see the Irish lads trying to pass the ball around.