Ireland vs Denmark, Nations League, Sky Sports Football, 7.45pm

tayto lover

This is school yard football without the window breakages.
Awful Shyte to watch.

lawred2

Patww79 wrote: »

The latest in a line of players who perform for their clubs and then look like a Leinster Senior League player in an Irish shirt. If only we could pinpoint a common factor in it all.

Like how he showed Sisto the inside there.

ThunbergsAreGo

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

No danger of an Irish goal anyway.

Duffy missed a sitter

OldMrBrennan83

The only high point about tonight is the lack of paying customers.

yohan the great

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

All the hype about Doherty and he's been crap. Nearly cost us a goal there.

Lads put too much heed on club form when looking at possible Ireland players. It rarely matters a jot. Also playing in the Premier League is overrated. Hendrick has gone to **** for Ireland since his move, Brady was at his best for Ireland while in the Championship also

irishman86

fyfe79 wrote: »

He's not adapting well to O'Neill's tiki-taka.

Happens a lot with Barcelona, some players just arent capable of it

ERG89

lawred2 wrote:

Like how he showed Sisto the inside there.

Pretty sure that was Christie

10000maniacs

Richard Kee-hoe. FFS.
Jeez why is this match only on English tv? They should at least make an effort to pronounce the names correctly.

lawred2

ERG89 wrote: »

Pretty sure that was Christie

Urm lol I'm fairly sure it wasn't

Edit: just saw replay, it was the pair of them. Both stepping to the right of the ball

OldMrBrennan83

10000maniacs wrote: »

Richard Kee-hoe. FFS.
Jeez why is this match only on English tv? They should at least make an effort to pronounce the names correctly.

It falls under the existing TV deal as a friendly, and Sky have the rights to Rep of Ireland friendlies.

johnnyryan89

lawred2 wrote: »

I've seen Ireland play much worse. At least there seems to be a desire to keep the ball.

As a game though it's a bit pedestrian

Yeah defence has been solid, good shape to them and after conceding 9 goals in our last two competitive games. If we keep it scoreless then it's something to build on.

It's not pretty, it will bore the pants off you but if you prevent the opposition from scoring then you can't lose

Kermit.de.frog

10000maniacs wrote: »

Jeez why is this match only on English tv?

To subject the English to 90 minutes of torture?

johnnyryan89

lawred2 wrote: »

I've seen Ireland play much worse. At least there seems to be a desire to keep the ball.

As a game though it's a bit pedestrian

Yeah defence has been solid, good shape to them and after conceding 9 goals in our last two competitive games. If we keep it scoreless then it's something to build on.

It's not pretty, it will bore the pants off you but if you prevent the opposition from scoring then you can't lose

ERG89

lawred2 wrote:

Urm lol I'm fairly sure it wasn't

Just showed him hitting the post both let him inside when he hit the post.
Unless your on about him letting the ball through his legs which ain't exactly letting him inside.

alta stare

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

To subject the English to 90 minutes of torture?

They subject themselves with boredom of their own plenty of times when their own team is playing, no need to be watching the Irish.

lawred2

ERG89 wrote: »

Just showed him hitting the post both let him inside when he hit the post.
Unless your on about him letting the ball through his legs which ain't exactly letting him inside.

Yeah saw the replay just after I posted.. both of them inviting him inside

Kermit.de.frog

I think terrorist suspects should be made sit through 1,000 minutes of Ireland playing football meself.

They'll crack.

Zico !

We don't have the players their not there
you can blame O Neill all ye want we have
poor players

OldMrBrennan83

Zico ! wrote: »

We don't have the players their not there
you can blame O Neill all ye want we have
poor players

If the players were as bad as they look under O'Neill then none of them would be playing in the top three divisions in England.

Mr.Nice Guy

All the talk before the game was whether we'd go 3 at the back or 4. Turns out the answer was 10.

irishguitarlad

Just turned this on, massive crowd there.

Jeju

fyfe79 wrote:

He's not adapting well to O'Neill's tiki-taka.

This is the aerial - no press version O Neill has invented.

Mr.Nice Guy

Shocking free-kick.

Kristopherus

That was close !!!!

Kirby

Zico ! wrote: »

We don't have the players their not there
you can blame O Neill all ye want we have
poor players

This is total bollox. He isn't being asked to play against Denmark with Swords under 16 third team. These are all professional footballers.

He has sucked the confidence right out of them. Countries with less money and weaker players at least try to play football. We simply don't. The formation, shape, training, and instructions all come from the manager.

It's the manager's fault. End of.

blueser

Shooting off at a tangent here (that's how riveting the game is!); how come the only Irish replica shirts you can buy have that fugly "three" logo on them. It's not on the players' shirts. When I go over to games in England, you see England replica shirts on sale in Sports Direct, JD Sports, etc and they don't have the Vauxhall logo plastered all over them. What's the story?

ricero

Just after leaving the stadium. Pure and utter scutter

sonic85

Kirby wrote: »

This is total bollox. He isn't being asked to play against Denmark with Swords under 16 third team. These are all professional footballers.

He has sucked the confidence right out of them. Countries with less money and weaker players at least try to play football. We simply don't. The formation, shape, training, and instructions all come from the manager.

It's the manager's fault. End of.

I agree with all of this. 11 players behind the ball for most of the game - it's like we're fcuking Gibraltar.

Has to be a better way of playing than this FFS

fyfe79

blueser wrote: »

Shooting off at a tangent here (that's how riveting the game is!); how come the only Irish replica shirts you can buy have that fugly "three" logo on them. It's not on the players' shirts. When I go over to games in England, you see England replica shirts on sale in Sports Direct, JD Sports, etc and they don't have the Vauxhall logo plastered all over them. What's the story?

More money for the FAI doing it that way.

Kristopherus

Silly by Christie.

Necro

Are we 3-0 up yet? :P

jive

Necrominus wrote: »

Are we 3-0 up yet? :P

No but we are playing some expansive attacking football, floodgates should open soon when the Danes tire a bit

MurDawg

ricero wrote: »

Just after leaving the stadium. Pure and utter scutter

Leaving a match 60 mins in while it’s all to play for? Best off without those supporters if you ask me

blueser

fyfe79 wrote: »

More money for the FAI doing it that way.

Would they not sell more shirts if they weren't ruined by that logo? And, being pedantic here, it isn't a true "replica" if it isn't the same as the one the players wear, no?

OldMrBrennan83

MurDawg wrote: »

Leaving a match 60 mins in while it’s all to play for? Best off without those supporters if you ask me

Only pity was him giving Delaney the money in the first place.

Royal Legend

MurDawg wrote: »

Leaving a match 60 mins in while it’s all to play for? Best off without those supporters if you ask me

fickle fly by night with plenty of money to throw away

Kirby

I've never left a match early. Ever. But I'm not going to castigate the guy for it. This is simply horrid stuff to watch.

Kirby

We had a shot on target!

Trigger

blueser wrote: »

Would they not sell more shirts if they weren't ruined by that logo? And, being pedantic here, it isn't a true "replica" if it isn't the same as the one the players wear, no?

Probably wouldn't sell as many more to make up the difference to the amount of money they get from Three

Mr.Nice Guy

Robinson's had a great effect.

Zico !

Mclean cant even take a corner hes awful

Mahony0509

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Robinson's had a great effect.

He's the only fella making things happen for Preston so far this year.

ricero

Patww79 wrote: »

Only pity was him giving Delaney the money in the first place.

Im not that stupid. it was a free ticket.

Young fella asked me to leave and couldnt blame him. Turgid ****e. Thank god for his club side who play good football or he would be turned off football for good.

irishguitarlad

Zico ! wrote: »

Mclean cant even take a corner hes awful

He's got great heart though.

Mr.Nice Guy

Robinson needs to start against Wales.

Corholio

Long just adding to his stats of games without a goal at this stage.

Players hungry to prove themselves should have been playing tonight not the eternally comfortable favourites.

Kirby

Corholio wrote: »

Long just adding to his stats of games without a goal at this stage.

Players hungry to prove themselves should have been playing tonight not the eternally comfortable favourites.

Long isn't the problem.

bennyl10

Kirby wrote: »

Long isn't the problem.

He's far from a solution

Mr.Nice Guy

All the optimism about Hendrick from the Euros but he's just another donkey. Glenn Whelan with sass.

Strumms

Nothing lacking in the way of effort but zero creativity, guile.... DULL.