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

SteelyDanJalapeno

What's the attendance?

Some amount of fools out there imo

fyfe79

There was more of a buzz in the Croatia vs England crowd last night.

machiavellianme

Half the people there probably got free tickets. They were still ripped off at that price.

johnnyryan89

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Robinson needs to start against Wales.

Might be more of an impact player but I'd look to start him behind the two up front, have him as the furthest forward of the midfield trio.

Think Stevens is another lad that has to start Tuesday night.

super_furry

Turned down a free ticket myself, don’t think I made the wrong call.

edgecutter

machiavellianme wrote: »

Half the people there probably got free tickets. They were still ripped off at that price.

My sister got free tickets and she regrets going

super_furry

Good spot from the ref, embarrassing that and it’ll give O’Neill an out in the press conference after. He’ll be whinging about deserving a penalty.

irishman86

MurDawg wrote: »

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

Were **** and all but that is just stupid

retalivity

That was embarrassing by Duffy

Vincent Vega

Thanks be to fvck for the split screen function. So glad I wasn't stuck alone with this.

edgecutter

Christ, enough is enough. 2 million is spent on O'Neill and that is what we are serving up. FAI need a major clear out

Kermit.de.frog

Denmark embarrassed.

Mr.Nice Guy

Hendrick should have won this game for us. We can't even cheat properly.

irishman86

Zico ! wrote: »

Mclean cant even take a corner hes awful

Ssshhhh you will be accused of hating his political views
Also how man late tackles i stopped counting after three

tayto lover

irishguitarlad wrote: »

He's got great heart though.

And no feckin brain.

edgecutter

There is nothing to lose tonight and we still serve up some awful football.

OldMrBrennan83

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Hendrick should have won this game for us. We can't even cheat properly.

There was no cheating there.

irishman86

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

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

Better hair and tatts tbh :cool:

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Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

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

That's O'Neill and Keane's fault. They set him up for a fall by playing him in his favourite position

super_furry

Think they’ll need more than free tickets to convince people to go on Tuesday. Maybe pay the crowd by the hour.

Strumms

36% possession and 3 attempts over 90 mins. At home. McClean talking absolute bôllocks in post match interview, ‘sure we battled well’.

Corholio

I knew it wouldn't be long before Doherty was put into 'Hoolahan mode', where because people wanted him to play (and weren't saying he's Messi) he gets judged more harshly. He was no better or worse than anyone there tonight. When Christie gets the official MOTM you know that some things are wrong.

irishguitarlad

tayto lover wrote: »

And no feckin brain.

Yeah I was being sarcastic haha

sonic85

Corholio wrote: »

I knew it wouldn't be long before Doherty was put into 'Hoolahan mode', where because people wanted him to play (and weren't saying he's Messi) he gets judged more harshly. He was no better or worse than anyone there tonight. When Christie gets the official MOTM you know that some things are wrong.

+1. And IMO it'll take more than one start and a change in the approach to games before he'll be able to show his best.

Expecting miracles in his first start and in a team playing dire football is asking a bit much

LuckyLloyd

Strumms wrote: »

36% possession and 3 attempts over 90 mins. At home. McClean talking absolute bôllocks in post match interview, ‘sure we battled well’.

They definitely battled well? Valiant point against superior opposition all over the field. This is our new reality.

polarbearhead

Jesus O’Neill talk some ****e. Denmark were hanging on for a point at the end??

Strumms

Pretty classless interview by Schmeichel, giving out about the balls and fair play....hmmm

Iused2likebusts

All these free tickets are just being giving out as everything is alright propaganda. It would look bad on delaney if it was just the people that paid for their tickets in the crowd tonight.

siblers

Strumms wrote: »

Pretty classless interview by Schmeichel, giving out about the balls and fair play....hmmm

Casper comes across like a bit of a ****, I guess his dad was the same

Strumms

siblers wrote: »

Casper comes across like a bit of a ****, I guess his dad was the same

Yeah from some of his antics on the pitch to him loosing his senses off it during interviews...I wouldn’t be impressed, don’t see the comparisons with his old man however

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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?

You must be new to watching Ireland? Been the case for 20+ years.

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ricero wrote: »

Just after leaving the stadium. Pure and utter scutter

Edgy...

NIMAN

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?

Do what I did, buy a knockout one from China, you get the Irish kit without the '3' logo, and rub it up the FAI/3/New Balance for doing it in the 1st place, against the wishes of the fans for the last 20 years.

Banjaxed82

That was the ****test atmosphere I've experienced and an Ireland game. A collective sense of disinterest.

Septic football on show.

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Heard there were 46,000 tickets 'sold' yesterday. My hoop, empty seats everywhere

Minderbinder

sugarman wrote: »

siblers wrote: »

Casper comes across like a bit of a ****, I guess his dad was the same

It's a Danish thing.

Their coach looks like a right smug so and so too. Looks like he’s after winning 5 world cups the head on him. They’re actually a very ordinary team and have been really overrated in this country because of last year.

Zico !

We have no one that can take a set piece not one of them can swing in a free kick or take a corner -that aint down to O Neill thats just the facts .McCleans corners were low going to the front post time after time thats non league stuff.
And itll be worse when Bradys back in hes another front post hoofer

fyfe79

siblers wrote: »

Casper comes across like a bit of a ****, I guess his dad was the same

Unlike virtually all other footballers, he grew up a millionaire's son so he's likely to have been spoiled. Add in the fact he's Danish (so he looks the part) and won the league with Leicester, I'd say he's insufferable. Wasn't he one of the ringleaders to get Ranieri out?

OldMrBrennan83

Wasn't expecting such baby tears over someone leaving early.

It has to be said again, Hendrick's miss was horrible.

Not sure what would have happened had he scored. The Danes would have been a bit upset. But he should have.

irishman86

Minderbinder wrote: »

Their coach looks like a right smug so and so too. Looks like he’s after winning 5 world cups the head on him. They’re actually a very ordinary team and have been really overrated in this country because of last year.

Were an ordinary team, the Danes are a good team
They are better in nearly every position than us

Minderbinder

irishman86 wrote: »

Minderbinder wrote: »

Their coach looks like a right smug so and so too. Looks like he’s after winning 5 world cups the head on him. They’re actually a very ordinary team and have been really overrated in this country because of last year.

Were an ordinary team, the Danes are a good team
They are better in nearly every position than us

They are technically better than us but we've been competing well with that disadvantage for a long time. Denmark are far from the best teams in Europe. They've beaten absolutely no one. They didn't even qualify for Euro 2016 when they were ousted by Albania with much of the same squad. Christian Erikson had probably the finest performance of his career one night in Landsdowne Road and for that reason people think we should be massive underdogs against them.

Minderbinder

irishman86 wrote: »

Minderbinder wrote: »

Their coach looks like a right smug so and so too. Looks like he’s after winning 5 world cups the head on him. They’re actually a very ordinary team and have been really overrated in this country because of last year.

Were an ordinary team, the Danes are a good team
They are better in nearly every position than us

They are technically better than us but we've been competing well with that disadvantage for a long time. Denmark are far from the best teams in Europe. They've beaten absolutely no one. They didn't even qualify for Euro 2016 when they were ousted by Albania with much of the same squad. Christian Erikson had probably the finest performance of his career one night in Landsdowne Road and for that reason people think we should be massive underdogs against them.

Mr.Nice Guy

Minderbinder wrote: »

Their coach looks like a right smug so and so too. Looks like he’s after winning 5 world cups the head on him. They’re actually a very ordinary team and have been really overrated in this country because of last year.

Minderbinder wrote:

They are technically better than us but we've been competing well with that disadvantage for a long time. Denmark are far from the best teams in Europe. They've beaten absolutely no one. They didn't even qualify for Euro 2016 when they were ousted by Albania with much of the same squad. Christian Erikson had probably the finest performance of his career one night in Landsdowne Road and for that reason people think we should be massive underdogs against them.

I disagree. I'd say if anything, they're underrated. They're unbeaten in 2018 over 90 minutes and have conceded only 2 goals in 10 games. This includes a draw at the World Cup with eventual winners France, and getting knocked out by finalists Croatia on pens. (Note - doesn't include the time they sent the amateurs out against Slovakia over the money dispute). They also outplayed a good Welsh side that had wiped the floor with us.

For a country of their size they're punching well above their weight and as we found out last year, when they have Eriksen they pack quite a punch.

irishman86

Minderbinder wrote: »

They are technically better than us but we've been competing well with that disadvantage for a long time. Denmark are far from the best teams in Europe. They've beaten absolutely no one. They didn't even qualify for Euro 2016 when they were ousted by Albania with much of the same squad. Christian Erikson had probably the finest performance of his career one night in Landsdowne Road and for that reason people think we should be massive underdogs against them.

I dont think were massive underdogs, but there is a noticeable gap between us
Look through there team and see how many 23 and under they have they could become the Croatia of the next ten years
Excluding Eriksen they have more talent than us in every position. We arent at there level and will drift further apart going by the players they and we have coming through
Our strongest position is in central defence imo. They have a Sevilla captain and a player who started for Chelsea most of last year. We have Duffy who i like and honestly think is our best player and wouldnt have him far off either of theres and Clark/Keogh/Long who are a big step down

pgj2015

Deleted User wrote: »

It has to be said again, Hendrick's miss was horrible.

Not sure what would have happened had he scored. The Danes would have been a bit upset. But he should have.

he should have squared the ball to long

rgace

I am a bit surprised how negative the majority seem to be about the match. We have just been hammered by Wales and Denmark destroyed us at home last year.

The players gave a decent, battling display and got a decent result. I'd imagine Danish fans will be quite disappointed with their teams performance and certainly would have been expecting to beat us comfortably enough.

irishman86

pgj2015 wrote: »

he should have squared the ball to long

With Longs current record, the end result would have been the same

pgj2015

irishman86 wrote: »

With Longs current record, the end result would have been the same

we would have had an open goal though. jeff made the wrong decision, we need the players to take the 1 or 2 chances we get in games.