Republic of Ireland Team Talk/News/Rumours 2017

Jayop

McClean talkiing about some of his Irish colleagues.

"I just want to play. It gets on my nerves when players come in and they're not fit for games, but they are for the club games at the weekend. That gets to me."

Wonder who he's on about there, or which Everton player should I ask?

yabadabado

Jayop wrote: »

McClean talkiing about some of his Irish colleagues.

"I just want to play. It gets on my nerves when players come in and they're not fit for games, but they are for the club games at the weekend. That gets to me."

Wonder who he's on about there, or which Everton player should I ask?

More chance it's Arter imo if he's on about anyone in particular.

eire4

PTH2009 wrote: »

So if Wales lose to Serbia and we beat Austria are Wales and Austria basically out of the running ???

Have a feeling it will be a ususal draw for us and Wales will get a draw with Seriba

I can see our game with Austria ending in a draw for sure but I would be shocked of the Serbs didn't beat Wales especially as the Welsh will be without Bale.

yabadabado

tayto lover wrote: »

Just seeing that Paul McShane might start on Sunday !!
What is the point? He's about 32 years old now.

Why not give someone new a chance like John Egan, someone for the future.

Agreed but it may be a case of using all the players who won't be in the match squad v Austria in the 2 friendlies to give everyone a run out.
It will be disappointing if MON doesn't give time to the uncapped/young lads in both friendlies .

The Red Lad

I think if we win Sunday week and Wales draw/lose we are at least guaranteed a playoff spot at the very least, honestly even with Wales without Bale and Taylor I can still see them surprising everyone and winning here there's going to be a spanner thrown in the works next weekend I just hope it's not us that's dropping points realistically can see us drawing but really hope I'm wrong I'm more worried about this Austria game then when the Serbs come to Dublin in September for some reason us drawing at home to a weak Austria team would be huge points dropped and a killer on confidence

PhilipsR

We better go for it Sunday week. This is a big chance to put ourselves massively in the driving seat of the group. Should be aiming for 9 points in our remaining three home games. None of the usual attitude of 5/7 wouldn't be too bad. Lets actually be positive, be confident if not slightly arrogant, and expect to win these three games. This is the best chance to top a World Cup group we're going to have for a long time.

The Red Lad

Agree big time definitley should be going all out here to win think Austria will find it very hard to break us down best defensive record in the group after 5 games played and with 3 of them games away thats pretty impressive its scoring ourselves where theres going to be problems really looking forward to this one. If i was offered another boring 1-0 with only the one shot on target id snap your hand off :P

adaminho

15 years ago today Ireland kicked off their 2002 world cup with a 1-1 draw with Cameroon.

tayto lover

adaminho wrote: »

15 years ago today Ireland kicked off their 2002 world cup with a 1-1 draw with Cameroon.

And we all got up early to watch it.

yabadabado

Drinking pints at 7am in the morning .Man that was one messy Saturday afternoon:D

PTH2009

Made my confirmation that day

I'd love if we got too Russia next summer. There will be one hell of a party

adaminho

yabadabado wrote: »

Drinking pints at 7am in the morning .Man that was one messy Saturday afternoon:D

We ended up getting a minibus to Kilkenny to see Peter Kaye only to find out he was cancelled cause Aer Lingus were on strike. Ended up seeing Bill Bailey and getting slagged cause we were so drunk!

keeponhurling

Interesting talk of MON trying out the wing back system tonight, with 3 at the back. Worked well for him during his Celtic days.

Worth trying and may relieve pressure on Christie defensively, and could accommodate Wes in the No. 10 role.

The likes of Brady, McClean or Coleman when he returns could potentially be excellent wing backs.

The Red Lad

Any word on the team for tonight ? Hope Horgan gets a run any links to watch it ? Off work tomorrow so may as well

Duff

yabadabado wrote: »

Drinking pints at 7am in the morning .Man that was one messy Saturday afternoon:D

Tell me about it! a few days before my leaving cert started too :pac:

markc91

Is it not on any tv channels?

Kerrydude1981

markc91 wrote: »

Is it not on any tv channels?

Eir Sport 2

yabadabado

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Eir Sport 2

That channel called(I think) PremierSport TV have it as well.

the whole year inn

Any lineups avaliable, couldn't find anything on twitter.

Stevecw

Starting team is:

Randolph
Christie
Duffy
Keogh
Egan
Hourihane
O Dowda
McClean
Horgan
McGoldrick
Murphy

Not sure what formation is, looks like a 3-5-2

Mahony0509

Young team, 3-5-2 formation. Should be a good game.

johnnyryan89

Ireland Subs: Doyle (GK), Pearce, K. Long, Boyle, O'Kane, Gleeson, Hoolahan, Browne

I know it's all about giving lads minutes but why start with Hourihane as our only centre midfielder and one whose more of an attacking midfielder and having four midfielders on the bench.

Cantona's Collars

Counter attack and a lovely finish from Mexico.

~Rebel~

Balls... poor defending for that. 1-0 Mexico.

Minderbinder

Good to see Duffy back after injury. Conceding an early goal with such an inexperienced side out could be a recipe for a drubbing though.

The Talking Bread

This ain't going well. Defence is a mess. Horgan looks lost.

Christie doing well but a bit of a headless chicken in part.

saying that could have easily been ahead earlier

Strong Life in Dublin

jesus I planned to stay to watch this but turned it off after the peno. I can't watch that ****

~Rebel~

Shocking from McClean, terrible pen to give away. What was he trying to do?!

2-0 Mexico.

bmcc10

What is the point of this honestly? This formation will be scrapped after the game, some these players won't play in these posistions ever again where learning nothing from it waste of time.

The Talking Bread

Maybe this is why this was put on after the watershed !!

The Talking Bread

bmcc10 wrote: »

What is the point of this honestly? This formation will be scrapped after the game, some these players won't play in these posistions ever again where learning nothing from it waste of time.

johnnyryan89

Horgan has looked lively when he gets on the ball but is lost when Ireland are outta position. I'd get McClean and Murphy off at half time and push Horgan out to wing back and O'Dowda up front to get O'Kane and Wes into that midfield.

The Talking Bread

At 24, there is a good chance that Horgan won't "improve" much, despite what is a step up. A player like him would be stuck in a lot of habits. And whilst a lot of those habits are good habits, like his ability to cross, his ability to pick out a pass, there are some things he would need a decent bit of work on to be a solid international player.
Both McClean and Coleman were 4 years younger or so when they moved and that is a lot of time in the development of players.

Be very hard for him to reach the levels the 2 lads have reached in terms of top tier level.

Hopefully I am wrong though. He showed what he can do against good professional competition last year.

He just looks a bit indisciplined tonight.

The Talking Bread

Martin O Neill in a spat with the Meh-i-co boss!!

I wouldn't mess with MON, buddy, despite the fact that he looks like a stressed out accountant!


Anyway, I have seen enough! That Mexico jersey is top notch though!

johnnyryan89

The Talking Bread wrote: »

He just looks a bit indisciplined tonight.

Doesn't help when you're played out of position in centre midfield. I know it's all about getting lads minutes before the Austria match but at least play them in their proper positions. O'Dowda looked well when he played back in March and was looking forward to seeing him play tonight but he's been ineffective tonight asked to play in midfield with Horgan. Need to get O'Kane on at least cause Mexico have all the time in the world when they have the ball in midfield.

johnnyryan89

No changes for Ireland at half time, time for bed me thinks.

dodderangler

Heading to bed. Can't watch this crap. Mexico aren't even playing good football either. It's just typical Ireland. What's the point

rebelomar

Feel sorry for Hourihane....you wait all your career for a chance like this and you end up being picked in basically a one man central midfield!

Masterstroke from O Neill in fairness....

You wouldn't pick this formation if you were playing as Barcelona on a game of Fifa. Silly stuff

Mr. Guappa

Finished 3-1. Stephen Gleeson with our goal.

R00ster

Totally outclassed tonight, 3-1 flattered us. Not the first team though tbf.

On the positive side, them Mexicans were bloody brilliant, weren't they? Three cheers for Corona!

Minderbinder

If I wanted to show to everyone that we have to play 4-4-2 and as a country we're unable to change, I would have done exactly what MON did tonight. Whenever his 4-4-2 is challenged again he can point to this game.

If he was seriously thinking about a 3-5-2 as a way to go, and he thought that that midfield was a good way to test it, then I'd be very worried that he has lost the plot.

Nalz

When's the last time we started with 9 championship players?

noodler

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Shocking from McClean, terrible pen to give away. What was he trying to do?!

2-0 Mexico.

Bit rusty in fairness.





RTE calling this whole affair a disaster but I wouldn't be overly pessemistic.

3-1 isn't an embarassment even if it flatters us.

Thanks God we have two friendlies though - might even have been worth sticking in a third such is the gap between the club season and the Austria game.

yabadabado

We were dirt and it was a pointless exercise going to US for a game.
I genuinely don't think there was any positives from the match.
Sickened I stayed up for it .

tastyt

I know last night was meaningless but its scarily obvious, and has been for some time, that there are literally no young players of top quality coming through.

Last night we should have had a couple of nineteen or twenty year old real prospects playing but they just dont exist.

This in an era of ruud doktor and every eejit in the pub getting a couple of coaching badges and putting the " expertise " and sessions up on Facebook.

I worry for the future, at schoolboy level competition and winning are somehow now bad words and guardiola ball and overcomplicated sessions with nothing but the coaches ego in mind is the norm.

We are falling into an english mentality, we are losing our identity which made us a nightmare to play against ( not o neills team by the way )

We have to stop wanting to be like the dutch or the spanish, its not gonna happen.

Banjaxed82

Minderbinder wrote: »

If I wanted to show to everyone that we have to play 4-4-2 and as a country we're unable to change, I would have done exactly what MON did tonight. Whenever his 4-4-2 is challenged again he can point to this game.

If he was seriously thinking about a 3-5-2 as a way to go, and he thought that that midfield was a good way to test it, then I'd be very worried that he has lost the plot.

We don't play 4-4-2 under Martin O'Neill.

Incidentally, I don't think last night's game could be used as an indicator for any theory. Half the team had no experience. We were playing an untested (and obviously not worked on) formation with players starting way out of their natural positions.

dr.kenneth noisewater

any highlights anywhere?

The Red Lad

Mexico game was never going to be anything but a cash cow woudnt take anything from it alot more familiar faces will be playing against Uruguay on Sunday wonder will McGoldrick get another start for this one

Dots1982

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

any highlights anywhere?

http://www.footytube.com/video/mexico-ireland-republic-jun02-496928?ref=hp_latestvideos

Minderbinder

Banjaxed82 wrote: »

Minderbinder wrote: »

If I wanted to show to everyone that we have to play 4-4-2 and as a country we're unable to change, I would have done exactly what MON did tonight. Whenever his 4-4-2 is challenged again he can point to this game.

If he was seriously thinking about a 3-5-2 as a way to go, and he thought that that midfield was a good way to test it, then I'd be very worried that he has lost the plot.

We don't play 4-4-2 under Martin O'Neill.

Incidentally, I don't think last night's game could be used as an indicator for any theory. Half the team had no experience. We were playing an untested (and obviously not worked on) formation with players starting way out of their natural positions.

You're right. I should've said back four. I thought a back three with wing backs might suit us but doubt he'll try that again regardless of personnel.