Euro 2016 - Group E - Belgium vs Ireland, 2 pm, RTE & ITV

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The ref is bad yes but we are awful. They would have comfortably beat us no matter what.

baldbear

PTH2009 wrote: »

Are the Irish fans singing ???

Yes

J Mysterio

If only we played Belgium first

vidor

Jayop wrote: »

Defending this ref is idiotic. That one where long was sandwiched by 3 and the free was against him was scandalous.

Long committed the first foul, hence the free against him. He was clattered after that but that was irrelevant really.

Peist2007

AMKC wrote: »

Ah well Ireland were even starting to play good up until the second goal.

Their two goals came from us attacking and not getting back in shape properly. At least we attacked though and opened up right? Contrary to the geniuses in here, i preferred when we were "dishonest" and still 0-0

Corholio

Very poor from McCarthy for the second goal. The tactics or the players mindset have cost us today though, I don't know which exactly was it. The long ball tactic has been so blatant that it's almost beyond tactical, just utterly lazy way of playing.

Too Tough To Die

Looked like handball from Witzel there.

Francie Barrett

Delivery has been useless.

mzungu

Time to throw on Robbie methinks.

Paully D

O'Neill happy enough to lose 1 or 2-0. As long as we don't get hammered and he can then hail a "brave effort". :rolleyes:

Godot.

A shot on target! Yay!

Bleating Lamb

Being on Daryll Murphy to strike fear into them !

Mr.Nice Guy

Get a goal back and it will be a nervy finish for them.

namloc1980

keano_afc wrote: »

Need to make sure the goal difference doesn't get a hammering now if we are to have chance of coming third.

Won't matter. Beat Italy and 4 pts world be enough to go through regardless of GD.

awec

edgecutter wrote: »

The ref has been poor and I feel he has cost us today. It should have been a penalty or at least stop the play for a head injury. he does neither and Belgium score. I feel for the boys out there.

He's poor but Ireland have cost themselves. No ambition, no quality in their play.

funtime93

baldbear wrote: »

Need a goal just for the goal difference at this stage & then a few novenas.

Goal difference would only really matter if we finished on 3 points. If we beat Italy we finish on 4. That would be enough regardless of goal difference.

PeterTheEighth

PTH2009 wrote: »

Are the Irish fans singing ???

No we're not far enough behind yet.

CSF

donkeyoaty0099 wrote: »

The ref is bad yes but we are awful. They would have comfortably beat us no matter what.

Not buying it. We win that penalty and go 1 up, we get at least a point from this game.

JustTheOne

So Italy will have to actually try to guarantee top spot?

Scorpion Sting

Encouraging signs from McClean.

baldbear

mzungu wrote: »

Time to throw on Robbie methinks.

And do a few hand gestures ?

awec

CSF wrote: »

Not buying it. We win that penalty and go 1 up, we get at least a point from this game.

The best team is winning here. They've been better from minute 1.

blueser

blueser wrote: »

Behave. Totally accidental.

It was tbf on second viewing

SlickRic

Long has made some sensational runs today. Mostly ignored or wasted by the players being shíte.

Peist2007

JustTheOne wrote: »

So Italy will have to actually try to guarantee top spot?

They win on head to head with belgium so they are guaranteed top spot even with belgium on three points?

Hammer Archer

I don't get Ireland fans sometimes. First half wasn't pretty to watch, we sat back yet there was only one or two half chances for Belgium. And people complain.
We come out with more attacking intent in the second half, leave gaps at the back as a result, concede 2 and people complain.

I was actually quite pleased with how the first half went.

CSF

awec wrote: »

The best team is winning here. They've been better from minute 1.

So? What does that matter?

edgecutter

awec wrote: »

The best team is winning here. They've been better from minute 1.

Which is why the FAI needs to use the money they are getting from this competition and begin to invest in our youth teams and league. Far too many leeches at the FAI.

siblers

JustTheOne wrote: »

So Italy will have to actually try to guarantee top spot?

Italy are guaranteed first due to their head to head v Belgium

Harry Palmr

3-0 terrible stuff




School boy football.

Mr.Nice Guy

Well that is definitely that.

BunkMoreland

Clark is top class!

Scorpion Sting

This is terrible to watch.

The Talking Bread

Hazard. Little wizard




In hindsight, more like Clarke was drunk

sligeach

Godot. wrote: »

Bring on Keane, best chance of a goal even though he pisses dust

awec

Needed to take him out on the wing.

Mars Bar

Absolute woeful decision to commit to that tackle

Paully D

Oh **** off.

AllGunsBlazing

We're going home.

Irish_rat

Benimar wrote: »

Just seen the replay of the high foot on Long. Penalty all day long:(

Probably but we deserve to be destroyed

briany

Drubbing.

Corholio

Hammer Archer wrote: »

I don't get Ireland fans sometimes. First half wasn't pretty to watch, we sat back yet there was only one or two half chances for Belgium. And people complain.
We come out with more attacking intent in the second half, leave gaps at the back as a result, concede 2 and people complain.

I was actually quite pleased with how the first half went.

It was a few minutes into the second half we conceded the first, I'm not sure how you could have judged that we came out with attacking intent from that, there should be no gaps at the back a few minutes into the second half.

sky88

shambolic

Godot.

Clark

Psychedelic

They lead by three, and that may just about be that.

J Mysterio

****

AdolfEngland

Ally Dick

F@ckity bollocks

AMKC

A Bollocks. Guess thats that.

Well **** James McCa....oh wait he's off...who's the new scapegoat then?