Ireland v Belarus, Turners Cross, Setanta, 7.45

paulie21

Given, Christie, Keogh(C), Clark, Ward, McGeady, Gibson, Meyler, McClean, Hendrick, Murphy

monkey9

Turner's Cross looks well.

Skylinehead

Wow, Alex Hleb still plays!

Toobz

Skylinehead wrote: »

Wow, Alex Hleb still plays!

Shay given still plays!

callaway92

Anyone else think Keith Andrews is an excellent colour commentator? Every time he's done matches I've been pleasantly surprised.

Morrison J

callaway92 wrote: »

Anyone else think Keith Andrew is an excellent colour commentator? Every time he's done matches I've been pleasantly surprised.

Yeah he's excellent imo.

monkey9

callaway92 wrote: »

Anyone else think Keith Andrew is an excellent colour commentator? Every time he's done matches I've been pleasantly surprised.

Yeah I agree. I think he's decent.

brianregan09

wow what a finish

paulie21

Some goal. Hope Gibson won't be going to France

~Rebel~

D'oh!

Duff

We don't look arsed. Great finish, though.

irishguitarlad

Balls, andnid say gibson will be going as arter is injured.

martingriff

I hope Given is not the Third keeper in the squad if so he might as well only pick 2

steve_r

Great goal tbf!

6 posts on the thread at the time of writing, would have thought people would have more interest if players are still scrapping for squad places

~Rebel~

martingriff wrote: »

I hope Given is not the Third keeper in the squad if so he might as well only pick 2

Yeah...bring him as a mascot or something instead.

briany

steve_r wrote: »

Great goal tbf!

6 posts on the thread at the time of writing, would have thought people would have more interest if players are still scrapping for squad places

Everyone's probably at a barbecue or something this evening.

ballsymchugh

dave mcintyre doesn't think mcgeady will make the squad. what planet is he on?

Morrison J

martingriff wrote: »

I hope Given is not the Third keeper in the squad if so he might as well only pick 2

He's guaranteed to be 2nd choice unfortunately going off his reputation alone.

steve_r

Morrison J wrote: »

Yeah he's excellent imo.

Yep. Agree. Interesting comment on his former midfield partner Darren Gibson and the work he is putting in.

Morrison J

ballsymchugh wrote: »

dave mcintyre doesn't think mcgeady will make the squad. what planet is he on?

Yeah he's nowhere near the biggest outsider in the squad as McIntyre was trying to say.

He is one of the most overrated Irish players ever though and wouldn't be completely shocked if he misses out tbh.

martingriff

Morrison J wrote: »

He's guaranteed to be 2nd choice unfortunately going off his reputation alone.

:mad: So True

Rossi IRL

Murphy = Worse than Caleb Folan

callaway92

Nice flow to the game in fairness.

Friendlies (club and country) are just the complete opposite to some of the trash we see these days with people making meals of every f'ing challenge.

~Rebel~

Some selection headache for O'Neil..."Do I HAVE to take 23 of 'em?"

Kenjataimu

McGeady is shocking.

irishguitarlad

This is awful from ireland christie being hung out to dry and the midfield is ****.

callaway92

Wow, Hendrick must be on a serious workout these days. Looking massive!

Morrison J

McGeady devoid of all confidence now that he's finally found his rightful club level.

Must have the best agent in football to have managed to play at such a high level for so many years.

Rossi IRL

Would like to see O'Dowda come on to see what he can do

ERG89

Morrison J wrote: »

McGeady devoid of all confidence now that he's finally found his rightful club level.

He was at Wednesday wasn't he?
They let him go join us despite being in the playoffs.....

DUBACC

First time Murphy has found a teammate - after a clearance slams against the back of his head.

stephenl15

What was announced there that commentator referred to?

~Rebel~

stephenl15 wrote: »

What was announced there that commentator referred to?

No added time.

DUBACC

~Rebel~ wrote: »

No added time.

Biggest cheer so far

Morrison J

ERG89 wrote: »

He was at Wednesday wasn't he?
They let him go join us despite being in the playoffs.....

Yeah couldnt make their squad for the play off final..

The Backwards Man

stephenl15 wrote: »

What was announced there that commentator referred to?

Nobody allowed to leave at half time, gates are locked

bobmalooka

ERG89 wrote: »

He was at Wednesday wasn't he?
They let him go join us despite being in the playoffs.....

Was that actually the case?
I thought his loan conditions didn't include the play offs.

Myler poor for that goal

steve_r

Haven't seen Irwin on TV in years. Bet he only went because it's on in Cork.

applehunter

steve_r wrote: »

Haven't seen Irwin on TV in years. Bet he only went because it's on in Cork.

He's a regular on Setanta.

briany

Not a performance that's inspiring any confidence for the Euros right now, and I'd like to see the team go into that tournament on a confident footing, not asking questions at the back. Is Ireland's morale a bubble waiting to be popped or can they really put it up to the others at the Euros and not go limp like the last time?

callaway92

Daryl Murphy misses a sitter from a peach of a cross by McGeady. It's infuriating but we still do need a big fan like him in the final squad. If a situation does occur where we need a late goal he'd be the type of player to nod a ball down for someone to score from.

irishguitarlad

briany wrote: »

Not a performance that's inspiring any confidence for the Euros right now, and I'd like to see the team go into that tournament on a confident footing, not asking questions at the back. Is Ireland's morale a bubble waiting to be popped or can they really put it up to the others at the Euros and not go limp like the last time?

Limp I'd say

mada999

briany wrote: »

Not a performance that's inspiring any confidence for the Euros right now, and I'd like to see the team go into that tournament on a confident footing, not asking questions at the back. Is Ireland's morale a bubble waiting to be popped or can they really put it up to the others at the Euros and not go limp like the last time?

no not playing great imo... in fairness it's not our Euro starting 11 thats out on the pitch... a lot of poor players out there tonight...

I'd say a lot of them dont want to get injured either ..

enzo roco

briany wrote: »

Not a performance that's inspiring any confidence for the Euros right now, and I'd like to see the team go into that tournament on a confident footing, not asking questions at the back. Is Ireland's morale a bubble waiting to be popped or can they really put it up to the others at the Euros and not go limp like the last time?

What do you expect? We have always struggled against the "weaker" opposition for the last few years.
Does no one remember Georgia away, and how bad we were, what about Georgia at home, or scotland too. How about Kazakhstan in the last campaign.

Im guessing we will do decent in the euros, and be very tough for the teams in our group, but doubt we'll win a match. No chance of going limp over there

Peist2007

Have definitely woken up a bit in last 10 mins

newballsplease

Murphy has never scored for Ireland??

How is he going to the euros? Rubbish

Peist2007

Peist2007 wrote: »

Have definitely woken up a bit in last 10 mins

Scratch that

callaway92

Haha sick

Manutd_4life

That defending!!! Horrific

FFS

Soft defending after a good start to the 2ND half