Ireland v Germany

Billy86

Despite the performance, 0-0 at half time is excellent so far. We have done ok at taking the life out of the game as well, which is handy and has their fans a bit subdued. Not holding my breath or a anything, but I really didn't expect us to be going into the second half with a chance of getting something.

GLaDOS

And breathe...

Utopia Parkway

Ireland winning 0-0 at HT.

Kenjataimu

Halftime & its 0-0 to Ireland

BMJD

Feeling confident for the second half. Reckon we'll nail them 2-0.

ollie1

Woo hoo we got to half time without conceding

LordAwesome

Hamilton bitching for 45 minutes then as soon as the whistle blows it was a half "well worked" and a job "well done". Lolz.

Soups123

Excellent effort and game plan for the first 45

westernfrenzy

Phew... Half time

My name is URL

Proco Jr. wrote: »

Halftime & its 0-0 to Ireland

We're hammering them

mada999

plenty of possession from the Germans but not too many chances... need someone with pace up front to offer something for the counter

Lord Trollington

rarnes1 wrote: »

We are playing the world champions in their own backyard.

Play an open game and we'd be beaten by 5 or 6

We could try retain possession of put 5/6/7 passes together.

In saying that I'm happy with HT score obviously

Nib

I'm a huge Robbie Keane fan but he needs to come off for Long.

Fudge You

Essien wrote: »

Roy's gonna love the sing song.

Those fans are a bunch of langers.

who_ru

Germany are pretty poor it has to be said. Against a team that doesn't even want to be there it seems.

Alfred Borden

The Germans should shut up shop now and take the point.

edgecutter

Fudge You wrote: »

I remember when Roy Keane got a yellow card against Holland in 2001, within seconds.
And people called him a hero for trying to break Overmars up.

Whelan tries to break up the germans most influential player.
Gets called braindead, and everyone wants him off.

Whelan has done fudge all. He has passed the ball to players in worse positions putting the team under pressure, rather than trying to keep the ball and move it forward to take pressure off.

Then he commits a brain dead tackle when the possession is ours. He is having a mare.

Strumms

Far be it from me to often agree with Dunphy but he summed up Whelan very we'll a couple of years ago quite accurately ...
"A terrible player, He can't run, He can't pass, He can't tackle. He can't see anything...And he drives two Ferraris!"

And I'd add to that.. He has xx Irish caps... How ? Un****ingreal. And some people are calling for Mcgeady to get the hook ?

Lord Trollington

who_ru wrote: »

Germany are pretty poor it has to be said. Against a team that doesn't even want to be there it seems.

Come again??

Soups123

who_ru wrote: »

Germany are pretty poor it has to be said. Against a team that doesn't even want to be there it seems.

A team that doesn't want to be there ? Stupid comment

Super-Rush

Nib wrote: »

I'm a huge Robbie Keane fan but he needs to come off for Long.

I'd agree.

Just heard that Keane had only 5 touches in the first half.

murpho999

Nib wrote: »

I'm a huge Robbie Keane fan but he needs to come off for Long.

How long? Next few games?

ColeTrain

Half way there. Now tell us more about Wes, Eamon..

deafroadrunner

Proco Jr. wrote: »

Halftime & its 0-0 to Ireland

we have them where we want them

Chagan

Woeful to watch but effective. Can't really expect expansive stuff away to the world champs but it us worrying how uncomfortable our players look on the ball.

Strongbow10

Poor German team, they are there for the taking on the counter but we have nobody on the field to punish their high line and dont they just know it

Mantis Toboggan

Must say O'Neill has got it right tactically.

We've restricted the world champions to a few half chances.

roanoke

1st half thoughts:
Walters running backwards is hypnotic. He must have been a boxer at some point.
Hummels realized after about 20 mins that he can just stay in midfield.
Wilson did a lovely feint that left Muller on his arse
McGeady seems to think he's still playing Gibraltar.
Forde thought he was Neuer at the 30min mark. Unfortunately he's Forde.

Soups123

Super-Rush wrote: »

I'd agree.

Just heard that Keane had only 5 touches in the first half.

Long wouldn't have had anymore we've had very little possession

Fudge You

Lord Trollington wrote: »

We could try retain possession of put 5/6/7 passes together.

How?
Please tell us how. Im begging you, tell us...

When Germany have the ball, we are wrecked from chasing shadows. It must be so tiring.
And when the germans lose the ball, they hunt with such speed and in packs to get it back.
The Irish players dont have a time to think and look for a pass.

Bounty Hunter

Ireland remind me of Aston Villa, well set up defensively, holding their positions and structure well, good discipline etc but Germany have so much ball you have to fear they will eventually find a way to break em down.

Would like to see McGeady get on the ball more but can't complain too much to be drawing at half time especially with Scotland & Poland drawing atm

McGrath5

Does RTE make the intro for the ad breaks?

They seem very high quality for our national broadcaster.

ctrl-alt-delete

As negative as I have been, Germany have had 2 shots on target and we have made it to HT at 0-0.

It is working but it is a dangerous game. Would like to see McGeady moved out wide for Walters.

A bit less of a panic on the ball and we could keep this point.

murpho999

who_ru wrote: »

Germany are pretty poor it has to be said. Against a team that doesn't even want to be there it seems.

Germany are the world champions and do people not realise that the Irish are followiing a plan.

Just because it's negative it does not mean they do not want to be there.

Fudge You

Strongbow10 wrote: »

Poor German team, they are there for the taking on the counter but we have nobody on the field to punish their high line and dont they just know it

Haha. good one.

The germans have a poor team, haha.
They are playing terrible. Terrible I tells ya

edgecutter

Push mcgeady on the wing. The plan with lumping the ball to walters is daft. If we want to continue using that tactic then move him upfront instead of robbie.

LordAwesome

We need to show off our Long Cox up front. Give the German the Willies.

adox

McGeady out wide running at players is the obvious change and the only real out ball Ireland can hope for. Will O Neill sacrifice the perceived better defensive work rate of Walters to do it?

Delighted with 0-0 but that's more down to the Germans than us if we are honest. Let's hope they are as ineffectual in the final third in th second half as they were in the first.


A draw would be a great result and performance would instantly be forgotten.

Stargate

roanoke wrote: »

1st half thoughts:
Walters running backwards is hypnotic. He must have been a boxer.
Hummels realized after about 20 mins that he can just stay in midfield.
Wilson did a lovely feint that left Muller on his arse
McGeady seems to think he's still playing Gibraltar.
Forde thought he was Neuer at the 30min mark. Unfortunately he's Forde.

Hes walking around in midfield with the ball and not one tackle on him , Second half hes be playing center forward !

Billy86

Fudge You wrote: »

How?
Please tell us how. Im begging you, tell us...

When Germany have the ball, we are wrecked from chasing shadows. It must be so tiring.
And when the germans lose the ball, they hunt with such speed and in packs to get it back.
The Irish players dont have a time to think and look for a pass.

I don't think we are that tired to be honest. One (the only?) good thing we have done outside of not conceding has been slowing the game down and sucking the life out of it a bit. Now Germany have played a role in that too of course, but it has been very useful for us - especially with Schurrle not available, because he frightens the life out of me as a sub option.

GLaDOS

Agree with the panel, the Germans haven't been great. We can't keep giving the ball away though.

Grid.

Pleasssse....no more Fields of Athenry.....awful ****!!!

Joshua J

Dunno what channel it is but Alan McAnally commentating and he's been very complimentary about Irelands performance so far. Ronnie and big G are too sour I had to turn off RTE stream makes for a much better viewing. I think the lads have done great so far. A point in Germany would be a huge result.

Mantis Toboggan

Nib wrote: »

I'm a huge Robbie Keane fan but he needs to come off for Long.

I love Shane long but let's face it if we do get one chance I'd prefer robbie there as opposed to Shane.

Nib

murpho999 wrote: »

Germany are the world champions and do people not realise that the Irish are followiing a plan.

Just because it's negative it does not mean they do not want to be there.

Germany are missing 7 players. This is not the team that won the World Cup.

I shudder to think what Klose, Shweinsteiger, Lahm.. etc would do to us.

tayto lover

Soups123 wrote: »

Long wouldn't have had anymore we've had very little possession

I'd prefer Robbie to get our one and only good chance than Long.

Lord Trollington

Fudge You wrote: »

How?
Please tell us how. Im begging you, tell us...

When Germany have the ball, we are wrecked from chasing shadows. It must be so tiring.
And when the germans lose the ball, they hunt with such speed and in packs to get it back.
The Irish players dont have a time to think and look for a pass.

I seen umpteen positive passes on on a number of occasions but rather than attempt them we went back to keeper and punted it long.

Thats fairly obvious.

Thing is if we concede I can actually see us trying to play

Tumbleweed

GLaDOS

"It's Trappatoni with a Derry accent"

mada999

Trappatoni with a Derry accent..... loving it!