Euro 2016 - Round of 16 - Wales vs N.I., 5 pm, RTE, BBC

Mantis Toboggan

Nordies were very poor, extremely limited done really well to get out of the group.

Welsh Megaman

Hard luck to Northern Ireland though, and especially McAuley - they played far better than us.

alchemist33

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

pfffttt..... was hoping for penos.

Masochist

Jayop

Tbf it's the Welsh singing that ****e English song.

PeterTheEighth

Rugby u20s final on TG4 to carry us up to the Portugal game.

namloc1980

PeterTheEighth wrote: »

Rugby u20s final on TG4 to carry us up to the Portugal game.

Get out now! :pac:

Aidric

Good result for the tournament. Wales are an infinitely better team and will offer more in the later stages of the tournament. Well done to NI for getting this far but they are woefully limited.

chillin117

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Nordies were very poor, extremely limited done really well to get out of the group.

I hope I don't see the same sentence tomorrow about Paddies !

blueser

Jayop wrote: »

Tbf it's the Welsh singing that ****e English song.

Not as s***e as that bloody Will Grigg one. It's become the vuvuzela of this tournament. For that reason alone, thank God the Nordies are on their way home. No more "Will Grigg's on fire".

Mec27

alchemist33 wrote: »

Yep. Next one might be harder to call

Meh as Duff just said it wasn't exactly a highly charged derby.

AllGunsBlazing

God love him but Duffer really hasn't an original thought in his head.

blueser

PeterTheEighth wrote: »

Rugby u20s final on TG4 to carry us up to the Portugal game.

Egg chasing? No thanks.

Mr.Nice Guy

Interviewer to Chris Coleman: 'Not the Wales performance we're used to, does that put a dampener on today at all?'

He's through to the quarter-finals; I don't think he cares if it was a snoozefest.

ebbsy

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

God love him but Duffer really hasn't an original thought in his head.

Well he did miss that one on one vs France.

Dreadful pundit.

Dick phelan

Thank god NI are out, really boring team, at least Wales have a chance against Belgium or Hungary, NI just defend and have no quality going forward.

citytillidie

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

There have been ROI fans supporting at NI games.

https://twitter.com/RuthGorman_UTV/status/745919426877349888

Edit: Unless it's the one guy. :P

There was a group being interviewed from the North going over that was mixed between both North and Republic fans so not everyone is bitter

onlyme!

Did Lafferty not say NI could go all the way lol

AllGunsBlazing

onlyme! wrote: »

Did Lafferty not say NI could go all the way lol

In fairness, he never specified where to....

awec

Dick phelan wrote: »

Thank god NI are out, really boring team, at least Wales have a chance against Belgium or Hungary, NI just defend and have no quality going forward.

Looking forward to Ireland's typical Barcelona-like performance tomorrow right enough.

Some nonsense on here.

~Rebel~

What's Shearer going on about? Calling it 'great leadership' that Williams wouldn't go off despite being clearly injured.

Great leadership would have been sacrificing himself so that they had a fully fit guy back there who could still throw the shoulder in the final key minutes.

citytillidie

Johner wrote: »

Belgium can't believe their luck.

What playing a team who took 4 points off them in Qualification

briany

Dick phelan wrote: »

Thank god NI are out, really boring team, at least Wales have a chance against Belgium or Hungary, NI just defend and have no quality going forward.

They did get two goals vs. Ukraine, but then Ukraine were the worst team in the tournament. Overall, they did not really show the quality they had to qualify for the tournament by right, though. I'd say a few NI fans will be feeling the team could have given a better acquittal of itself.

The main difference was that Wales just had a bit more skill going forward. More than a shade of the Clark OG v. Sweden. Have to be sickened by that. How bad must the player at fault be feeling?

pavb2

blueser wrote: »

Not as s***e as that bloody Will Grigg one. It's become the vuvuzela of this tournament.

Ha ha ... but somehow I don't think we've heard the last of it

Dirty Dingus McGee

awec wrote: »

Looking forward to Ireland's typical Barcelona-like performance tomorrow right enough.

Some nonsense on here.

Is he wrong in what he said.

They've offered barely nothing going forward.

Ireland don't have to be a great team in order for someone to criticise N.I

Green Fella

That was an appalling match. Wales were very lucky there, it was a fairly even contest but poor standard. They really depend on Gareth Bale an awful lot, shame he got so much space for the cross. Northern Ireland ran out of steam really, a game like that is where the quality of someone like Bale makes the difference.

I honestly dont see much stopping Croatia going to the final with this lopsided draw.

onlyme!

pavb2 wrote: »

Ha ha ... but somehow I don't think we've heard the last of it

sure irish fans song their own version the last game did they not!

Green Fella

briany wrote: »

The main difference was that Wales just had a bit more skill going forward. More than a shade of the Clark OG v. Sweden. Have to be sickened by that. How bad must the player at fault be feeling?

McCauley will feel bad but really the Wales player was definitely going to score it anyway, Robson Kanu I think was there in the perfect position

awec

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Is he wrong in what he said.

They've offered barely nothing going forward.

Ireland don't have to be a great team in order for someone to criticise N.I

No problem with proper criticism, but the "thank god NI are out" nonsense, is he going to be expressing the same delight if an equally limited team are knocked out against France tomorrow?

awec

Green Fella wrote: »

McCauley will feel bad but really the Wales player was definitely going to score it anyway, Robson Kanu I think was there in the perfect position

Was definitely going to be a goal anyway.

Mec27

awec wrote: »

No problem with proper criticism, but the "thank god NI are out" nonsense, is he going to be expressing the same delight if an equally limited team are knocked out against France tomorrow?

Hahah we are far better than Northern Ireland, and also obviously not, it is our country.

awec

Mec27 wrote: »

Hahah we are far better than Northern Ireland, and also obviously not, it is our country.

Not so sure about that, or at least if you are you've kept it a good secret so far.

Don't want to get into a dick measuring contest here but there is some outright absurd points of view on here, and you'd be forgiven for thinking that Ireland are some sort of exciting, attacking footballing side.

Green Fella

I actually was impressed by N Irelands attack considering the level of their players. It didnt happen for them today though but there wasnt much between the 2 sides.

Mec27

~Rebel~ wrote: »

What's Shearer going on about? Calling it 'great leadership' that Williams wouldn't go off despite being clearly injured.

Great leadership would have been sacrificing himself so that they had a fully fit guy back there who could still throw the shoulder in the final key minutes.

Cringeworthy.

onlyme!

duffer is a spit for ronan keating .... anyone!

A Primal Nut

Johner wrote: »

Belgium can't believe their luck.

From what I've seen so far, Hungary will beat Belgium.

Dirty Dingus McGee

awec wrote: »

No problem with proper criticism, but the "thank god NI are out" nonsense, is he going to be expressing the same delight if an equally limited team are knocked out against France tomorrow?

Ireland have played 3 games and played well in 2 (at both ends of the field) so a decent enough standard of performance so far in the tournament.

N.I. have played in 4 games and have offered nothing going forward in 3 of the 4 games they've played.

Also he's hardly going to be happy about his own team being eliminated, you can afford to be more honest when your assessing another team.

blueser

onlyme! wrote: »

duffer is a spit for ronan keating .... anyone!

Jesus, no; one Ronan Keating is more than enough!
:eek:

Kobe248

Actually feel sorry for Grigg,

NI need a goal and he still doesnt get a game

That made worse by a stupid song about you being sung the whole game

onlyme!

Kobe248 wrote: »

Actually feel sorry for Grigg,

NI need a goal and he still doesnt get a game

That made worse by a stupid song about you being sung the whole game

yeah, should have got a run out instead of that waste of space lafferty

awec

onlyme! wrote: »

yeah, should have got a run out instead of that waste of space lafferty

Should have been on instead of Magennis.

surripere

awec wrote: »

No problem with proper criticism, but the "thank god NI are out" nonsense, is he going to be expressing the same delight if an equally limited team are knocked out against France tomorrow?

No, why would he? You're the one talking nonsense.

Jelle1880

Glad that's over, what a horrible game.

The_Kew_Tour

At least Northern Ireland got further then Republic.

Oh wait.....

Dirty Dingus McGee

Todays match and Wales tournament so far really shows the difference between an average team without a world class player and an average team with a world class player.

Even though he hasn't been brilliant Bale can pull something from nothing and win his team a game while teams like NI and ourselves don't have that luxury.

Unearthly

Northern Ireland will be happy with a last 16 appearance. Over achievement for the players they have.

They'll do well to qualify for another tournament any time soon

awec

Love this.

glued

Unearthly wrote: »

Northern Ireland will be happy with a last 16 appearance. Over achievement for the players they have.

They'll do well to qualify for another tournament any time soon

I wouldn't agree with that. They have an ok group outside of Germany for the WC. They have a decent shot of qualifying.

citytillidie

glued wrote: »

I wouldn't agree with that. They have an ok group outside of Germany for the WC. They have a decent shot of qualifying.

Not really since it is only top of the group is certain of qualifying for the World Cup.

May have a chance of 2nd spot and into the play offs but 1 2nd place team will miss out since there is 9 groups

trashcan

awec wrote: »

Not so sure about that, or at least if you are you've kept it a good secret so far.

Don't want to get into a dick measuring contest here but there is some outright absurd points of view on here, and you'd be forgiven for thinking that Ireland are some sort of exciting, attacking footballing side.

Nope, but we are better than NI. Though if we played you I fear it would turn into the same type of horrible game of huff and puff non football that we witnessed today.

philstar

well at least NI weren't trashed in any of their games...before the tournament i honestly thought they would have got thumped in every match