Republic of Ireland Team Talk/News/Rumours 2019/2020

Coillte_Bhoy

Any stream? Dont have RTE

Duff

Afolabi doing very well with the few scrappy breaks he's getting. Good pace and strength.

Duff

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Any stream? Dont have RTE

Modbro/ RTE Player on your phone/tablet?

Mr.Nice Guy

Thought France had scored there. O'Connor with a goalline clearance.

vicwatson

Why did the ref drop the ball there?

Coillte_Bhoy

sugarman wrote: »

Rte player

Never works, got one anyway, thanks

https://www.skorlive.com/soccer

Mr.Nice Guy

France score. It was coming.

alta stare

Ireland at all levels seem to be more reactive than proactive. Some tidy players coming through especially Hodge but unfortunately as a collective we just cant seem to put teams under the cosh.

Mr.Nice Guy

We gave the tournament favourites a game so I think it's a respectable showing. Still a chance to progress as well against the Czechs.

Afolabi looked very good up top. Just looked him up and apparently he's without a club. Can't imagine that will be the case for long.

alta stare

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

We gave the tournament favourites a game so I think it's a respectable showing. Still a chance to progress as well against the Czechs.

Afolabi looked very good up top.

Afolabi done some running. We try to do the right things but we can never seem to sustain any significant amount of pressure near the opposition goal.

johnnyryan89

Unlucky for the U19s not to hold on for the draw. France are now guaranteed top spot in the group, if France hammer Norway a draw maybe enough to get out of group I think.

sugarman wrote: »

...and elsewhere tonight, Connor Ronan scored DACs equalizer away to Cracovia in their Europa league qualifier to take the game to extra time who are now currently 3-2 up

Fair play to lad. He's doing very well for himself over in Slovakia and they now play Atromitos F.C. (Greek) in the next round.

AhhHere

sugarman wrote: »

...and elsewhere tonight, Connor Ronan scored DACs equalizer away to Cracovia in their Europa league qualifier to take the game to extra time who are now currently 3-2 up

I'm very excited about Ronan. Great to hear he's getting European and first team experience.

Brock Turnpike

Josh Cullen starts for West Ham vs Newcastle in the Asia Trophy. Kicking off at 10am on Sky Sports.

AhhHere

Callum Robinson in squad for Sheffield Utd today. Should get his first minutes of game time

Dots1982

Stoke trying McClean at LB. Worth a go. He’s useless LW and the few times he was tried as a target man.

Sin City

Palace to take an 8 million punt on James McCarthy according to sky sports and BBC sport

Duff

Sin City wrote: »

Palace to take an 8 million punt on James McCarthy according to sky sports and BBC sport

Good move for him if it goes ahead. Watched the highlights of Birmingham's friendly yesterday, Crowley was instrumental, scoring and creating.

pjohnson

Robinson & McGoldrick have more competition as Lys Mousset has now arrived as a striker. Looks a stranger move for Robinson now.

Father Hernandez

sugarman wrote: »

Troy Parrott starting for Spurs v Juventus @ 12.30.

Great to hear. Playing on the same pitch versus Ronaldo and Buffon, some experience for a 17 year old.

Zico !

Father Hernandez wrote: »

Great to hear. Playing on the same pitch versus Ronaldo and Buffon, some experience for a 17 year old.

Can't belive that old fossil will be in goal for Juve again he wasn't great for PSG last season

Mr.Nice Guy

Amazing what Parrott is doing at his age. Delighted for him.

Team news for Ireland vs the Czechs which kicks off shortly:

https://twitter.com/FAIreland/status/1152965325845086209

caviardreams

Great finish by Afolabi - very good composure.

Mr.Nice Guy

Great goal from Afolabi!

And he should have an assist as well as he put a great cross in for Kavanagh earlier who should have scored.

Mr.Nice Guy

Not a fan of Maher in goal. Almost cost us there.

Christy Browne

https://twitter.com/rtesoccer/status/1152997338819911681?s=21

johnnyryan89

caviardreams wrote: »

Great finish by Afolabi - very good composure.

The lad has been doing some Trojan work as the lone striker in this tournament. Lovely finish for the goal and it's scary how quick he is. Be interesting to know why Southampton released him, as himself and Obafemi are the same age but Irish coaches at underage seemed to rate Afolabi higher given Obafemis lack of games at underage but Obafemi is the one that's progressed to the seniors at club level.

Utopia Parkway

Living dangerously now.

Acosta

Zico ! wrote: »

Can't belive that old fossil will be in goal for Juve again he wasn't great for PSG last season

Easy there, you're talking about an absolute legend of the game.

Coillte_Bhoy

wtf? Put on RTE Player and the France Norway game is on

noodler

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Not a fan of Maher in goal. Almost cost us there.

Been class in all three games tbh.

Surprised to hear someone say that.

johnnyryan89

sugarman wrote: »

France up 1-0

I'm assuming France need to win by two goals for us to go through if it was to end in a draw between us and the Czechs

Guffy

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

wtf? Put on RTE Player and the France Norway game is on

Irish game is on rte 2 which is also on the player

tayto lover

The young defender McEntee from Cavan is doing well.

johnnyryan89

sugarman wrote: »

Yep.

Just checked it there and seems we'd still go through if the Czechs score as long as Norway don't score as we've scored more goals than them.

Mr.Nice Guy

Damn, 1-1.

johnnyryan89

Wow

Mr.Nice Guy

2-1! That's how you respond to an equaliser!

Coffey with a nice finish.

tayto lover

Get in ya boy ya.

Duff

What a response. Great to see the confidence and ability to go for it.

johnnyryan89

Joe Hodge, for someone that's 16 is a serious player. Afolabi doing some serious work tonight.

Mr.Nice Guy

So close to 3-1.

tayto lover

These boys are a pleasure to watch. Proud of them.
Well done coaches and mentors whatever the result.

Mr.Nice Guy

O'Connor booked for time wasting and misses the next game.

And now Afolabi booked and misses the next game. FFS.

tayto lover

That ref has overreacted entirely.
Can we appeal these cards?

Mr.Nice Guy

We never seem to get much luck from these refs at youth level.

D14Rugby

This ref is absolutely ****e

Hammer Archer

There seems to be so many referees at this level desperate to hand out cards to make themselves centre of attention. Same with the referee at the U16s last year.
By rights, that Czech player should have gotten a second yellow because of his reaction to the first.

Bridge93

Another power hungry loser much like the bloke at last years u17s

johnnyryan89

If the u20 world cup was next summer then we'd have qualified by reaching the semis. Next year's tournament which will determine who'll qualify for the u20 world cup will be held in Northern Ireland.

tayto lover

Ref wasting time himself.
They lose the run of themselves.