Moldova vs Ireland, World Cup Qualifier, RTE 2 & Sky Sports 1, KO 7.45

GLaDOS

My saorview box went so I missed the 2nd goal

Missed the 3rd goal looking for a fuse

BorneTobyWilde

McClean does fall over a lot due to fact his feet can keep up with his thoughts.

Kerrydude1981

Cat Scan

kevthegaff

Is o dowda any good?

AllGunsBlazing

nice_guy80 wrote: »

We still cannot hold onto the ball

Been the case for about fourteen years now, tbf.

BobbyPropane

Deleted User wrote: »

Former Soviet state though....bit dodgy?
I actually went to college with a Moldovan and she was a stunner. Absolutely lovely girl to talk to as well.

Dodgy if you go near that sub state inside Moldova, name eludes me now but that place is still fully communist and completely wack

Diabhal Beag

Wes has had a fairly shocking night for the mostpart. One of many though.

Damien360

GLaDOS wrote: »

My saorview box went so I missed the 2nd goal

Missed the 3rd goal looking for a fuse

I'd call that a good omen. Leave your tv off and I'll let you know when we score again

sky88

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Hilarious how much McLean gets slated

He's a winger who very rarely gets assists or goals. It's very deserved.

Tonight has been a rare exception.

gandalf

Liking to look of that Moldavian player Catscan, he has some good skills!

(sorry I know his name isn't that but it sounds like it on the commentary!!)

BorneTobyWilde

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

McClean does fall over a lot due to fact his feet can keep up with his thoughts.

What does this even mean?

ahlookit

GLaDOS wrote: »

My saorview box went so I missed the 2nd goal

Missed the 3rd goal looking for a fuse

If you knock it off again he'll get a hat trick. Guaranteed.

Jayop

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Easy to say now, but we all saw the performance from him before the goals.

Gave the usual one hundred percent he does, made more sprints than any other Irish player, had a few efforts on goal. Yeah he's limited but if all the playersnhad his attitude we wouldn't see the **** performances we're used to.

Kerrydude1981

I think Ward has been our best player in the two matches,

He has improved a ton

SlickRic

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Hilarious how much McLean gets slated

Rightly.

Ignoring how brainless he's been with the ball would be stupid. You'd also be basing your analysis of a game purely on the result.

I'm not going to pretend he's had a great game.

Jayop

M!Ck^ wrote: »

What does this even mean?

Typical armchair bollocks

Lemmy Scott

anyone know this rogers guy on the bench-hardly the dundalk keeper is it

applehunter

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Wes has had a fairly shocking night for the mostpart. One of many though.

Awful as usual.

BobbyPropane

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

I think Ward has been our best player in the two matches,

He has improved a ton

Hasn't had a bad game for us since before Germany game last year

The Moldovan who was just booked reminds me of Wayne the cat killer from love/hate

LuckyGent88

His arm got caught badly

BorneTobyWilde

If it stays like this it will be 1-3 to Ireland and we'll win the game

SlickRic

SlickRic wrote: »

Rightly.

Ignoring how brainless he's been with the ball would be stupid. You'd also be basing your analysis of a game purely on the result.

I'm not going to pretend he's had a great game.

Go away out of that

Goals get results

He scored the goals

Which in turn gets us the points

It's nonsense finger pointing that's all about an apparent dislike of a player that everyone jumps on because it's the cool thing to do

Fair play to McLean

Mushy

Lemmy Scott wrote: »

anyone know this rogers guy on the bench-hardly the dundalk keeper is it

Different Rogers.

Surely a second yellow there?

Mcclean has finished nicely, easy for him when he has no choice.

DDC1990

Moldova have been dirty ***** this second half.

Dedov is a brave man to pick a fight with Jonny Walters! He could end up Dedov

nice_guy80

Wes gets MOTM?

Arra here!

Billy86

nice_guy80 wrote: »

Wes gets MOTM?

Arra here!

Sure what else did you expect?

Wait for the fawning over him 'making the third goal out of nothing'. :pac:

JustTheOne

nice_guy80 wrote: »

Wes gets MOTM?

Arra here!

Only One trying to create something tonight. Coleman maybe too.

R00ster

BobbyPropane wrote: »

Dodgy if you go near that sub state inside Moldova, name eludes me now but that place is still fully communist and completely wack

Transinistria I think. Sheriff Tiraspol who have qualified for the EL group stages before are from there.

delaad

SlickRic wrote: »

Rightly.

Ignoring how brainless he's been with the ball would be stupid. You'd also be basing your analysis of a game purely on the result.

I'm not going to pretend he's had a great game.

So footballers have to be intelligent?

BOHtox

gandalf wrote: »

Liking to look of that Moldavian player Catscan, he has some good skills!

(sorry I know his name isn't that but it sounds like it on the commentary!!)

Great passer of the ball. He has x-ray vision :cool:

Kerrydude1981

Billy86 wrote: »

Sure what else did you expect?

Wait for the fawning over him 'making the third goal out of nothing'. :pac:

Street footballer lads

Osmosis Jones

delaad wrote: »

So footballers have to be intelligent?

intelligent with regards to the game, yes, of course.

ThunbergsAreGo

JustTheOne wrote: »

Only One trying to create something tonight. Coleman maybe too.

Coleman for me

Wes gives the ball away so much needlessly

BorneTobyWilde

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

If it stays like this it will be 1-3 to Ireland and we'll win the game

Do you run this twitter page?

https://twitter.com/MrObviousOwen/status/774583563870146560

LuckyGent88

nice_guy80 wrote: »

Wes gets MOTM?

Arra here!

Coleman for me anyway. Causing plenty of problems in attack and has been perfect in his defensive duties too.

Kristopherus

nice_guy80 wrote: »

Wes gets MOTM?

Arra here!

Well deserved too.:)

Kerrydude1981

Meyler has covered some ground since he came on

delaad

BOHtox wrote: »

Great passer of the ball. He has x-ray vision :cool:

I think he should play for Waterford, they need a ...... down there

Lemmy Scott

Mclean gets 2 and isnt even close to man of match

Kerrydude1981

Job done

Kristopherus

Jeepers those Moldovans are a dirty bunch !!!

applehunter

Best performance so far.

Good win.

martingriff

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Go away out of that

Goals get results

He scored the goals

Which in turn gets us the points

It's nonsense finger pointing that's all about an apparent dislike of a player that everyone jumps on because it's the cool thing to do

Fair play to McLean

Most are praising him for tonight but overall he is a headless chicken in most matches and to say otherwise is daft. If he put his head up he would be a better player has the skills

Mr.Nice Guy

McClean was poor for the most part. Gave the ball away a lot and ran down blind alleys.

Scoring two goals against a team that will finish bottom of this group, and who prior to this game scored none and conceded 7 goals, doesn't convince me he merits a starting place. I would have grave concerns about him vs Austria. Remember how awful he was away to Poland in the crucial qualifier in the last campaign?

Great result but Ireland huffed and puffed to 3 points.

edgecutter

Job done but the big test remains next month.

Jayop

Some of ye in here would want to have a look at yourselves. Some supporters.

sky88

Never mind how he played mcclean has some horrendous tattoos

The ref has certainly let it flow tonight. Not a bad thing either to be honest but unusual for a European ref who are normally rigid to the letter of the law.