Gibraltar vs Ireland, Euro 2020 qualifier, RTE2 & Sky Sports Football, 5pm

crushproof

Jaysus, this could be embarrassing.

gormdubhgorm

PropJoe10 wrote: »

Wish Robbie Keane would pull on the boots at half time. We need him!

Yeah, no one slagging him off these days.

Mr.Nice Guy

Hendrick makes it 1-0!

Nice finish.

Father Hernandez

There it is!!!

Crisis averted

As I said, some chill required

Idbatterim

I’m watching through closed fingers when McLean comes near it. Goal

Rossi IRL

Well done McGoldrick

Duff

Bring on the Euros!

eigrod

Great goal. Well done McGoldrick

alta stare

There ye go ye miserable gits.

Bret Hart

Get in.

Hitchens

Jefi Hendrix .......yeeessssss!!!!

Neeson

A smile.

A smile of relief from Mick.

murpho999

ScummyMan wrote: »

Will never understand what Jeff Hendrick brings to the team

Now you do.;)

theoneeyedman

Great touch by McClean

ctrl-alt-delete

Nice goal, hopefully we can build upon that.

Strumms

Good goal. Very nice finish by Jeff and the feed by McGoldrick was pin point.

Neeson

The rock really did affect them in the first half. Good to have it on their backs now.

eigrod

Blow it up ref

OldMrBrennan83

Duffy needs to just start playing the simple pass. Does he try all these balls for Brighton?

TheCitizen

Hitchens wrote: »

Here I am from Paddy's land,
The land of eggs and bacon.
If you think I'll wear a poppy,
By Jaysus you're mistaken.

So McClean is the scapegoat for this. Always need a scapegoat

Father Hernandez

Great strength and vision from McGoldrick, cool finish from Hendrick.

Panic over, we should stay on top now and keep pressing. 1 more in it at least.

No injuries, take that home to Aviva Tuesday

gormdubhgorm

Jayus, Hamilton threw in a good dig there - 'When did we last see an Irish manager smile like that?'

OldMrBrennan83

TheCitizen wrote: »

So McClean is the scapegoat for this. Always need a scapegoat

Or people can just say who they think is playing well and who they think is playing badly. It's a crazy thought I know, so I'll give you a few minutes to digest it.

Hitchens

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

Jayus, Hamilton threw in a good dig there - 'When did we last see an Irish manager smile like that?'

not since the days of the gaffer

Idbatterim

People will say it’s all about the result. It’s Gibraltar and it’s a bloody worry. Expecting Georgia to control the game against us, even in the aviva, same as last time ...

Duff

Duff wrote: »

Bring on the Euros!

I thought Delaney was leaving?

Why is he taking Doherty off so soon out of interest?

Duff

A substitution before the 88th minute in a competitive match is strange and new.

Father Hernandez

Doherty off is a strange one, surely resting him for Tues?

Mr.Nice Guy

Doherty subbed for Brady is a surprise.

Strumms

Ok, Coleman kicked the defender there. On comes Brady, a bit more pace and guile hopefully.

alta stare

Father Hernandez wrote: »

Doherty off is a strange one, surely resting him for Tues?

Yeah i reckon so.

Father Hernandez

Hourihane and his set pieces are a lovely addition.

Christy Browne

Few fellas in this thread too used to playing FIFA and sitting on their arse watching Sky Sports.

There’s a mental wind out there, football is played in real life not on the telly. Doesn’t matter how good you are if the wind is swirling around and you can’t predict where the ball is going to go.

Relax.

OldMrBrennan83

Fred The Red wrote: »

Why is he taking Doherty off so soon out of interest?

Probably a rest, but he's been fairly poor too.

OldMrBrennan83

Christy Browne wrote: »

Few fellas in this thread too used to playing FIFA and sitting on their arse watching Sky Sports.

There’s a mental wind out there, football is played in real life not on the telly. Doesn’t matter how good you are if the wind is swirling around and you can’t predict where the ball is going to go.

Relax.

Who cares about the wind if they don't get a result? Will they get to apply for an extra place at the finals because conditions weren't perfect?

Strumms

Christy Browne wrote: »

Few fellas in this thread too used to playing FIFA and sitting on their arse watching Sky Sports.

There’s a mental wind out there, football is played in real life not on the telly. Doesn’t matter how good you are if the wind is swirling around and you can’t predict where the ball is going to go.

Relax.

Our lads wouldn’t be inexperienced when it comes to playing in similar conditions. We have for the most part been second best in this game and if Gibraltar scored you couldn’t begrudge them they have played most of this game in our half and looked more likely. That is worrying.

theoneeyedman

I can't understand how we don't press these guys. They're technically poor, playing on a hard pitch into a strong wind. Press up to fvck on them and hurry them up a bit, don't back off them and allow them to tip tap it and waste time.

eigrod

Strumms wrote: »

Our lads wouldn’t be inexperienced when it comes to playing in similar conditions. We have for the most part been second best in this game and if Gibraltar scored you couldn’t begrudge them they have played most of this game in our half and looked more likely. That is worrying.

Ah here, we’ve been poor but that’s downright wrong.

Idbatterim

Hail Mary balls into that wind in the first half. Some awful touches. It’s the lack of intelligence and awareness, it has nothing to do with the wind. Fingers crossed we don’t do an ireland now and sit back and protect our one goal lead, against Gibraltar...

Father Hernandez

Strumms wrote: »

Our lads wouldn’t be inexperienced when it comes to playing in similar conditions. We have for the most part been second best in this game and if Gibraltar scored you couldn’t begrudge them they have played most of this game in our half and looked more likely. That is worrying.

Certainly wouldn't be used to playing windy conditions on an artificial pitch.

This isn't Wednesday night down the astro with the lads

Mr.Nice Guy

That was a decent chance for Gibraltar. We need a second goal to put this to bed. I think their heads will drop then.

Christy Browne

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

Who cares about the wind if they don't get a result? Will they get to apply for an extra place at the finals because conditions weren't perfect?

Are we not winning 1-0 no? Must have missed Gibraltar going ahead

alta stare

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

Who cares about the wind if they don't get a result? Will they get to apply for an extra place at the finals because conditions weren't perfect?

Id say you would sh!t yourself if you were a Scotland fan considering they got beat 3-0 by the minnows of Kazakhstan. We are 1-0 up in the 63rd minute in an away game against an improved team in a gusting airport car park. Relax there tonto its all fine.

MD1990

We are awful.

Not much management can do we just have poor players who mostly are not top performers at their clubs.

Hitchens

Jim and George sound bored

OldMrBrennan83

Christy Browne wrote: »

Are we not winning 1-0 no? Must have missed Gibraltar going ahead

Are you just watching it on Livescore or something?

eigrod

Ridiculously stupid booking to get

super_furry

It’s mad the way your brain lets you forget just how awful Ireland are to watch. There must be something like a pregnancy hormone that makes you forget what it’s like to suffer through their games, so that you do it time after time.