Ireland v Belarus, Turners Cross, Setanta, 7.45

Kirby

Christie is trying too hard offensively. He has been exposed repeatedly.

irishguitarlad

Dreadful.

ctrl-alt-delete

callaway92 wrote: »

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

"There are players here who are having a go at getting themselves off the plane"

The standout Irish performance of the night coming from Keith Andrews.

Morrison J

Cyrus Christie doing himself no favours here

weadick

Belarus look far more confident, like they know we are ****er than them.

enzo roco

Kirby wrote: »

Christie is trying too hard offensively. He has been exposed repeatedly.

He is on his own on the right hand side.

ShamoBuc

City v Dundalk Friday in turners cross will probably have better football and a better atmosphere than tonight's garbage.

Orchard Rebel

Perhaps Harry Arter should be put on a plane to Lourdes rather than London....

Great finish!

edgecutter

Hopefully MON is giving Forde a game and then sending him on his way. Westwood is too good to leave home.

newballsplease

Feel very sorry for Westwood.

mada999

lovely bit of composure and then bang...Long a bit step up from Murphy...

our first 11 would murder this Belarus team in fairness lads.

Kirby

enzo roco wrote: »

He is on his own on the right hand side.

Yes he is. But that's what happens when you play a 4-3-3. The wide men are wingers...they attack and stay up the pitch. Its not like playing wide men in a 4-4-2 who are deeper.

Christie needs to realise his role is the occasional overlap. He's playing like a wing back. I like him a lot as a player. But hes had a bad time out there.

enzo roco

Why not leave Shay given at home???

Morrison J

Disgraceful treatment of Westwood if he doesn't make the squad. Taking a player who can't get a game at league 1 level ahead of him

mada999

Morrison J wrote: »

Cyrus Christie doing himself no favours here

is McGeady supposed to be helping him out ??

Mantis Toboggan

newballsplease wrote: »

Feel very sorry for Westwood.

Nope, his attitude is the problem

enzo roco

Kirby wrote: »

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Christie needs to realise his role is the occasional overlap. He's playing like a wing back. I like him a lot as a player. But hes had a bad time out there.

You need to realise that you have no clue what the instructions are. If he is told to overlap by his manager/coaches then he will.
He gets blame for the goal that wasnt all his fault, he had no support.

newballsplease

Morrison J wrote: »

Disgraceful treatment of Westwood if he doesn't make the squad. Taking a player who can't get a game at league 1 level ahead of him

Agree..it's obviously personal.

On form he MUST be ahead of Given or Forde....even Randolf ffs

Kirby

enzo roco wrote: »

You need to realise that you have no clue what the instructions are. If he is told to overlap by his manager/coaches then he will.
He gets blame for the goal that wasnt all his fault, he had no support.

I do know what his instructions are. Because that's the way the team is set up. We started with three in central midfield and two attacking wide men. The idea is that they press up the pitch, and the holding player which was Gibson covers holes. Gibson is useless defensively, and Christie was caught out. That's just the simple fact of the matter. It wasn't the first time in the game either.

I'm sorry if he's your brother or something but the game speaks for itself. He's a good player who has had a poor game.

enzo roco

Kirby wrote: »

I do know what his instructions are. Because that's the way the team is set up. We started with three in central midfield and two attacking wide men. The idea is that they press up the pitch, and the holding player which was Gibson covers holes. Gibson is useless defensively, and Christie was caught out. That's just the simple fact of the matter. It wasn't the first time in the game either.

I'm sorry if he's your brother or something but the game speaks for itself. He's a good player who has had a poor game.

Ha, yeah good one...
Have you being watching the whole game?
He has not had a poor game though, youre being lazy in your analysis. He has done ok, but was exposed for the goal, it was not all his fault.

Kirby

He was at fault. He was also at fault for the first goal. He got sucked over to the left hand side of the pitch. Gibson as per usual was also nowhere and they scored. They have gotten in behind Christie several times and we got away with it too.

You clearly haven't watched the game.

Duff

O'Dowda has a bit of class about him.

Kirby

Looks bright alright.

acquiescefc

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Nope, his attitude is the problem

16 Clean sheets this year

enzo roco

You are just mad. You are clearly wrong as you even lay some blame on another player. So it was not only Christie's fault.

Sucked over to the other side of the pitch???
Andrews explained why he did that, he was covering for another player.
Even whilst Im typing, he has done great covering for his centre half.

Mantis Toboggan

acquiescefc wrote: »

16 Clean sheets this year

Yeah but needs to sort his attitude out before we could ever consider him.

Decent keeper so it's a pity.

Kirby

I don't get mad. I call it as I see it. I don't decide "I like that guy! No matter what he does, he's played well!" like some people do. Either way, you can believe what you like. That's your prerogative. Both goals have been from his side. Both times he was out of position.....by a lot. That's all I'll say on the matter from this point.

Scoreline is very kind to Belarus

Too many missed chances though and some really sloppy defending have cost us

Morrison J

No brainer to take McGoldrick over Murphy but seriously doubt it happens

enzo roco

Kirby wrote: »

I don't get mad. I call it as I see it. I don't decide "I like that guy! No matter what he does, he's played well!" like some people do. Either way, you can believe what you like. That's your prerogative. Both goals have been from his side. Both times he was out of position.....by a lot. That's all I'll say on the matter from this point.

I dont know the man, hes only a newish player to the interantional team, so I dont like/dislike him. But your opinion is completely wrong, as Ive pointed out, Lack of cover, gibson, mcgeady etc. But you just wont admit youre wrong on the internet.
All the best.

Morrison J

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Yeah but needs to sort his attitude out before we could ever consider him.

Decent keeper so it's a pity.

What's so bad about his attitude?

Makes so much more sense to bring Westwood and at least give him the experience of a big tournament instead of bringing a 36 year old David Forde.

Tyson Fury

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Yeah but needs to sort his attitude out before we could ever consider him.

Decent keeper so it's a pity.

whats the attitude stuff about?

Morrison J

enzo roco wrote: »

I dont know the man, hes only a newish player to the interantional team, so I dont like/dislike him. But your opinion is completely wrong, as Ive pointed out, Lack of cover, gibson, mcgeady etc. But you just wont admit youre wrong on the internet.
All the best.

I think Christie's mother would admit he's had a ****e game tbh.

edgecutter

Murphy should be nowhere near the squad, a lamp post has better movement.

Kirby

Ask Enzo. He probably knows his mother.

Mantis Toboggan

Morrison J wrote: »

What's so bad about his attitude?

Makes so much more sense to bring Westwood and at least give him the experience of a big tournament instead of bringing a 36 year old David Forde.

He's already said he's no interest in going unless he's guaranteed no1

price690

On the back of a very good 10-15 minutes I'd bring O'Dowda

Westwood apparently made it known a while back he wouldn't be a back up keeper. Questionable attitude but when the competition is a combination of sh*te and over the hill you can see his gripe.

McGoldrick over murphy aswell, Murphy has over 20 caps with no goals at 33 years of age.

If Anthony Stokes wasn't such a flute he'd walk into that squad.

brianregan09

I never ever heard that stuff about him wanting to be guaranteed the number 1 jersey where did that come from is it quoted somewhere ?

Mr.Nice Guy

Murphy going would be the most fortunate landing in France since Napoleon escaped from Elba.

Morrison J

Tyson Fury wrote: »

He's already said he's no interest in going unless he's guaranteed no1

When did he say that?

I remember reading an interview with him pretty recently where he said he'd love to make the squad and if he doesn't he'll be in France anyway going as a fan. No mention of having to be in the first 11.

keeponhurling

price690 wrote: »

If Anthony Stokes wasn't such a flute he'd walk into that squad.

What now ???

Kenjataimu

I think Murphy and McGeady should never play for Ireland again.

McGeady looks past it, not that he ever had it consistently anyways.

Murphy has been given too many chances to show what he can do & is a constant disappointment.

price690

keeponhurling wrote: »

What now ???

I'd only have Long and Walters as being clear of him in terms of use.

We have some rubbish strikers

Hulk Hands

It's been very well touted in the media at this stage about Westwood pulling out of certain squads for one reason or another, and general unreliability around the camp. Whether he's in the right or wrong, O'Neill clearly has concerns about it. Hard to take peoples opinions about his inclusion seriously when they haven't even heard of the above

acquiescefc

Gas thread.

Leave Messi at home cos he gets a bit mardy. Reyt.

Paully D

Hulk Hands wrote: »

It's been very well touted in the media at this stage about Westwood pulling out of certain squads for one reason or another, and general unreliability around the camp. Whether he's in the right or wrong, O'Neill clearly has concerns about it. Hard to take peoples opinions about his inclusion seriously when they haven't even heard of the above

O'Neill fell out with Westwood because he refused to play with flu for Sunderland against Manchester City in 2012.

eagle eye

acquiescefc wrote: »

Gas thread.

Leave Messi at home cos he gets a bit mardy. Reyt.

I'd leave Messi at home, he isn't eligible to play!!!

Morrison J

Hulk Hands wrote: »

It's been very well touted in the media at this stage about Westwood pulling out of certain squads for one reason or another, and general unreliability around the camp. Whether he's in the right or wrong, O'Neill clearly has concerns about it. Hard to take peoples opinions about his inclusion seriously when they haven't even heard of the above

How many squads has James McCarthy pulled out of? Sounds like double standards to me.

It's all due to the fact that MON fell out with him at Sunderland I'd imagine which is awful stubborn on MON's part.

brianregan09

Hard to take someone with a username hulk hands seriously if you ask me ...