UEFA 2016 Qualifier; 17:00; Landsdowne Road: Republic of Ireland vs Scotland (RTE)

Diabhal Beag

That_Guy wrote: »

Said it from the get go that O'Neill and Keane are not good enough. Pathetic.

The team needs to take a lot more flack. O'Neill can't touch Seamus Coleman how to cross under pressure. That's basic skill that he's lost in a year.

FatherTed

And Poland thump Georgia 4-0. Fin.

edgecutter

We are truly the draw masters. Absolutely awful.

Kenjataimu

Thats a 1-1 loss for Ireland.

The Magnificent Falcowboys

We were better off with Trap

adox

Jesus 1 point from playing Scotland twice is awful.

Say Your Number

Feels like a loss

Joshua J

Only Hoolahan had the balls to get on the ball the rest seemed happy to pass on the responsibility. When we had the courage to play we looked good, too many shrunk when it was put up to them. Shame.

BoJack Horseman

RTE have 70 more mins of programme time to fill.

blueser

Well; that's that then.

my friend

It's not MON its Mong

Godot.

Coleman was bloody dreadful. O'Neill should have just told the team to retreat every time he got into a crossing position, such was his knack at hitting a Scottish player dead on

my friend

Say Your Number wrote: »

Feels like a loss

That's the Given effect

GLaDOS

Gutless way to surrender the campaign

Amirani

What is Whelan ****ting on about - "all round good performance, deserved more than this".

J. Marston

"It's not over yet."

Admirable optimism, George.

NIMAN

We are where we are.

4th in that group is about our standard, time to accept it.

Will I Amnt

That team has no business in a top level tournament.

edgecutter

That's Scotland through now. Far more organised and better coached side. We looked clueless and now need to beat Poland or Germany which is mission impossible.

Tomagotchye

Think it's a fair reflection. Not enough creativity in either team to win outright and ultimately two scrappy goals. Bad result for us

Axwell

my friend wrote: »

That's the Given effect

Dont know what your gripe with Given is, the ball took a deflection and I couldnt see Ford getting to it either. If anyone is to blame its the defence for not closing down the shot in the first place.

Benteke

A point is a good result i was expecting a loss because the team is ****

Laois_Man

Whats Whelan ****ing on about saying we deserved more?

Did the Scottish keeper have one single thing to do other than pick the ball out of the back of the net after a goal that should've been disallowed?

Washington Irving

Benteke wrote: »

A point is a good result

It really isn't though.

adox

Benteke wrote: »

A point is a good result i was expecting a loss because the team is ****

2/10

Celly Smunt

Axwell wrote: »

Dont know what your gripe with Given is, the ball took a deflection and I couldnt see Ford getting to it either. If anyone is to blame its the defence for not closing down the shot in the first place.

Given was no covering where he should have been covering regardless of the deflection.

Paully D

NIMAN wrote: »

We are where we are.

4th in that group is about our standard, time to accept it.

There's no excuse not to be aiming to be the best team behind Germany in that group. None.

Benteke

Washington Irving wrote: »

It really isn't though.

You forgot to put in the rest of my sentence, I also said because the team is ****, The players are not good enough league one standard at best

Godot.

Has James McCarthy ever had a good game for Ireland?

To be honest I wish I could lay the blame at MON's door but we just have limited players. I can't say nobody gave 100%

Madam

DDC1990 wrote: »

Naismith of all the ***** to give out about diving!

He did play for Glasgow Rangers where it is de rigueurðŸ˜

_Kaiser_

Another disappointing result.. reliant on mathematics and favourable results to even have a chance

(or what Ritchie is saying as I type this)

jamesbere

Will I Amnt wrote: »

That team has no business in a top level tournament.

Have to agree, best player was our left back. Midfield is not up to standard

my friend

Axwell wrote: »

Dont know what your gripe with Given is, the ball took a deflection and I couldnt see Ford getting to it either. If anyone is to blame its the defence for not closing down the shot in the first place.

My gripe? Don't make me laugh, Given is the clown who went to the Euros and after an embarrassing performance claimed he had hidden an injury.

Given should never have been brought back after that, there are options and a good manager would blood the same and build their confidence

Amirani

Darragh Maloney doesn't have a clue.

ConstantJoe

McGeady scored in the 90th minute against Georgia.
O'Shea scored in injury time against Germany.
Long scored in injury time against Poland.

Jesus, we're lucky to not be on four points, three of which came against Gibraltar.

Celly Smunt

Paully D wrote: »

There's no excuse not to be aiming to be the best team behind Germany in that group. None.

Ah come on now, we are a team filled with 1st division and mid table players against poland holding champions league regulars. We reflect exactly where we should be in the table.

obezyana

Ah look its not an Ireland campaign without the play offs

NIMAN

Paully D wrote: »

There's no excuse not to be aiming to be the best team behind Germany in that group. None.

Germany and Poland both better than us..

And Scotland have been in this campaign

edgecutter

Godot. wrote: »

Has James McCarthy ever had a good game for Ireland?

To be honest I wish I could lay the blame at MON's door but we just have limited players. I can't say nobody gave 100%

Look at Northern Ireland, Iceland and even Scotland, that excuse doesn't wash with me. It has become much easier to qualify for this tournament and we simply have not done what is needed time and time again.

ConstantJoe

obezyana wrote: »

Ah look its not an Ireland campaign without the play offs

We won't be seeing any playoffs at this rate!

Strongbow10

What is James McCarthy good at? I've watched him play for 4-5 seasons now and despite being really highly rated I just don't get it, he is extremely passive in midfield never looks like stamping his authority on the game. And it's not underperforming I just don't think he is up to it

Amirani

Dunphy actually being strangely balanced.

RoryMac

Godot. wrote: »

Has James McCarthy ever had a good game for Ireland?

To be honest I wish I could lay the blame at MON's door but we just have limited players. I can't say nobody gave 100%

We are very poor in central midfield, no leadership whatsoever in the team.

_Kaiser_

Dunphy making sense here regarding the standard - we're nowhere near good enough to be competitive

Broxi_Bear_Eire

Madam wrote: »

He did play for Glasgow Rangers where it is de rigueurðŸ˜

Yes and MON has his team playing like his Tic teams talk about generalisations :P:P

wotzgoingon

Bad goal to give away at start of second half. Reminds me of the easy goal we gave away against Poland. We played well but lacked concentration at beginning of second half and payed dearly for it.

brianregan09

Wouldn't be surprised to see Germany and Poland both batter us

Amirani

obezyana wrote: »

Ah look its not an Ireland campaign without the play offs

I can't see any possible way in which Ireland make the playoffs.

Godot.

edgecutter wrote: »

Look at Northern Ireland, Iceland and even Scotland, that excuse doesn't wash with me. It has become much easier to qualify for this tournament and we simply have not done what is needed time and time again.

To be fair, the devil couldn't have handpicked worse 3rd and 4th seeds to play

my friend

Celly Smunt wrote: »

Given was no covering where he should have been covering regardless of the deflection.

Same as the Thierry Henry goal, Given should have stopped it but he was too busy pretending to be a distraught fan/referee

Goalie? Stop/retain the ball - save the drama for yo mama