Rep of Ireland (1) vs Bosnia (1), Euro qualifier playoff 2nd leg

CurryFlavoured

**** game, great result though.

Patser

That'll do.

MarkY91

If bosnia are just as poor on Monday then I'll be fairly confident of a win

Sand

Excellent result for Ireland. Bosnia have to score at Lansdown, so perfectly setup for a limited Irish team simply defending and hoping to pick something up at a corner or freekick.

Laois_Man

Headshot wrote: »

Im surprised how poor Bosnia are. This Irish team did a great job with so many missing players. I fancy us big time in Dublin

Bosnia are a poor side. I said it here when we drew them. It doesn't mean we'll go through tho.

Truth be told, most international European sides are very poor.

Mushy

Nothing too much to worry about, happy with the result. Will still be tough on Monday, but could be worse.

Andre 3000

"If you want to stop players like eh...Dzeko...Pjanic...you've got to stop them". Fantastic input Eamon

Hotblack Desiato

Was expecting it to end 0-0 so 1-1 is a better result.

Bosnia are no great shakes Bill.

Iused2likebusts

It looked like dzeko hurt his groin near the end would be great if he is out.

PTH2009

It's going to be nerve wrecking Monday night. If it's finished 2-2 agg would Bosnia go through

ThunbergsAreGo

PTH2009 wrote: »

It's going to be nerve wrecking Monday night. If it's finished 2-2 agg would Bosnia go through

Pens, any would Bosnia go through

Delighted with result

Iused2likebusts

PTH2009 wrote: »

It's going to be nerve wrecking Monday night. If it's finished 2-2 agg would Bosnia go through

Pens if 2 2 on agg. Bosnia go through if it's 2 2 on the night.

That_Guy

Hard to enjoy the game with those conditions. Missed the two goals as a result. Meh. 1-1 is still the result I'd have taken at the beginning anyway. Always important to score first.

caviardreams

I think Randolph has been a good find the last few games. Has looked solid.

Neamhshuntasach

I reckon we'll still be going for a 0-0. Same as if it finished 1-0 to us. Disappointing to concede the goal but were' still in a better position that i imagine most would have thought before the game.

Say Your Number

I like Richie's honesty

MisterAnarchy

caviardreams wrote: »

I think Randolph has been a good find the last few games. Has looked solid.

He has been good but he should have done better for the goal. He was far too slow getting across the goal, why was he stuck to the post

Darkglasses

Two poor teams but I think we have the edge, great result tonight.

kevthegaff

Panel entertaining tonight

Benteke

2/1 Dunphy wish he was my bookie

caviardreams

caviardreams wrote: »

I think Randolph has been a good find the last few games. Has looked solid.

Then one foggy Friday eve, Martin came to say,
Randolph with your shirt so bright, won't you play in goal tonight?!

FlawedGenius

caviardreams wrote: »

I think Randolph has been a good find the last few games. Has looked solid.

Slow to react to the shot I thought could of made a couple of steps to the right when he seen the ball was squared to Dzeko, Dzeko didnt even put it in the corner.

Benteke

Benteke wrote: »

2/1 Dunphy wish he was my bookie

Houlihan was very ordinary tonight yet Dunphy would choose him over Jon Walters who has been our best player throughout this campaign?.... Dear oh dear! :rolleyes:

SantryRed

FlawedGenius wrote: »

Slow to react to the shot I thought could of made a couple of steps to the right when he seen the ball was squared to Dzeko, Dzeko didnt even put it in the corner.

He never had a hope.

TheCitizen

That's a great result. We are nearly there. Home and hosed on Monday. Won't be easy but if the Ireland team turns up we'll do this lot.

Alfa Quadrifoglio

Rugby team is a good team that has underachieved, our soccer team is a moderately talented team that over achieves and deserves more credit than it gets. Monday night promises to be a great occasion with the Aviva rocking like it has never done before. Come on you boys in green.

FlawedGenius

SantryRed wrote: »

He never had a hope.

The shot had no power and it was right down the middle, Randolph was still stuck on the post. Given would of saved it.

Ace2007

Deleted User wrote: »

Houlihan was very ordinary tonight yet Dunphy would choose him over Jon Walters who has been our best player throughout this campaign?.... Dear oh dear! :rolleyes:

He didn't say that at all, he said he would play the 2 of them.

caviardreams

3rd reference by Dunphy to "see the green shirts" - fog must have been even worse in the studio

delaad

"Look at all the green shirts"

DarkyHughes

Much better performance than against Poland. Bosnia where about the same as Poland in terms of how good they were against us, we just seem to play better when the expectations are low & pressure is of a bit. Very Good result just keep a clean sheet Monday & were there.

Vincent Vega

Richard 'like ye say' Keogh

Nib

Talking about Robbie Brady

Liam Brady "he's got a great name in fairness"

Daragh Maloney "yeah, Robbie"

DarkyHughes

Deleted User wrote: »

Then one foggy Friday eve, Martin came to say,
Randolph with your shirt so bright, won't you play in goal tonight?!

Darren used to go to the same school as me in Bray, he was 1 (or maybe 2 I forget) classes ahead of me. Even when he was around 8/9 we knew he'd be doing some sport for Ireland when he was older he was very athletic, he liked Basketball a lot.

DarkyHughes

Nib wrote: »

Talking about Robbie Brady

Liam Brady "he's got a great name in fairness"

Daragh Maloney "yeah, Robbie"

Awww I missed that, would love to see Brady's (Liam) face after that. I hope you are recording it & uploading to Youtube or Porntube right now.

DarkyHughes

FlawedGenius wrote: »

Slow to react to the shot I thought could of made a couple of steps to the right when he seen the ball was squared to Dzeko, Dzeko didnt even put it in the corner.

He's a goalkeeper not a brick wall. Dino Zoff himself wouldn't have saved that.

Up Bray.

ActingDanClark

DarkyHughes wrote: »

Darren used to go to the same school as me in Bray, he was 1 (or maybe 2 I forget) classes ahead of me. Even when he was around 8/9 we knew he'd be doing some sport for Ireland when he was older he was very athletic, he liked Basketball a lot.

Great story

The_Kew_Tour

Credit to O Neill. Very professional performance.

Think draw was about fair result although Bosnia were slightly better, but not by lot.

It's slight advantage us now, but all to play for.

ThunbergsAreGo

FlawedGenius wrote: »

The shot had no power and it was right down the middle, Randolph was still stuck on the post. Given would of saved it.

Given would still have been changing end after half time.

Given of ten years ago maybe

chicorytip

Credit where it's due. O'Neill's achievement in bringing us to the verge of qualification with a squad containing so many ordinary players is noteworthy.

obezyana

Bosnia were rubbish we were rubbish. There is no way that Bosnian team will beat us in Dublin if they play like that again. Even tho we were also rubbish we are not as bad as that Bosnian team. Hopefully in the Aviva Ireland will go attack and go 1 nil up as I think if they do the Bosnian players will fall apart. They have two good players and that is it so we should not fear them coming to Dublin.

briany

I say Ireland do a Turkey '99 - move the game to Donegal and don't give Bosnian TV the rights to broadcast the match.

Ferris_Bueller

Great result, I think every Irish fan would have taken that before the game began, especially considering the amount of players we were missing. Not much to talk about really considering nobody could see what was going on in the second half, first half both teams were very poor. Bosnia are no better than we are and I'm confident of qualifying on Monday night. The pub I was in decided to turn off the sound in the second half so I might as well have been watching livescore, did anyone get booked for either team that will miss the second leg? Was worried McCarthy was going to get a booking for a foul in the last few minutes.

Brady took his goal well in fairness to him, Randolph also had a very good game although he could have done better for the goal possibly.

tanko

We didn't have anyone booked and will have Walters back for the second leg. Don't think they had anyone booked either.

Very Bored

Missed the match due to work but will be watching on Monday. Great result and we have a big opportunity now. That was some fog though.

Charlie19

tanko wrote: »

We didn't have anyone booked and will have Walters back for the second leg. Don't think they had anyone booked either.

I'm very surprised McLean wasn't booked. He's too much of an reliability in these type of fixtures. I do like his attitude but not in games of such importance.

topmanamillion

Very good result and before either match I'd have bitten your hand off for a score draw.
Pity about conceding and I think if John O'Shea is in the centre that ball is cut out before it gets to Dzeko.

AllGunsBlazing

The worrying thing is that once they were stung into action they cut us open with minimal errort. If they come at us with real purpose they have players that can inflict damage. Still think they are the better side out of two poor teams tbh.

CSF

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

The worrying thing is that once they were stung into action they cut us open with minimal errort. If they come at us with real purpose they have players that can inflict damage. Still think they are the better side out of two poor teams tbh.

This is rubbish to be fair. Do you think they were just sauntering around for the rest of the match, not bothered or something?

RedemptionZ

Jesus that was unexpected but ****in fair play to the lads. 0-1 would've been against the run of play tbf, so I think a 1-1 draw is pretty fair. The aul lad just got on to me before the match saying he got myself and him a ticket so I'm buzzin for it now