Ireland vs Greece, UEFA U-17 Euros, 7pm, RTE2

Mr.Nice Guy · 03-05-2019 6:17pm #1

Worth a match thread? Ireland U-17s kick off their Euros tournament campaign this evening at Tallaght Stadium and RTE2 are broadcasting it. Team news:

https://twitter.com/FAIreland/status/1124350405071310848

Looking forward to seeing Bazunu in goal having heard a lot about him.

Hopefully a winning start for us.

Mars Bar · 03-05-2019 6:32pm

Some cracking surnames in there

mugsymugsy · 03-05-2019 6:34pm

Mars Bar wrote: »

Some cracking surnames in there

Yeah Carty is a great one

The Talking Bread · 03-05-2019 6:37pm

Need Brian Kerr on commentary for this one with those names. Not to mention the Greek names

alta stare · 03-05-2019 6:37pm

Good to see RTE showing it. Ill get down to the Ireland game at the RSC on Monday so hopefully they will have a win under their belts going into that game.

Harry Palmr · 03-05-2019 6:41pm

How many of these lads are playing thanks to the granny rule?

Vince135792003 · 03-05-2019 6:43pm

I taught Andrew Omobamidele in primary school. He seems to be doing very well at Norwich. A good lad who always stood out in all sports. I'll be watching for sure.

Harry Palmr · 03-05-2019 6:52pm

If the u17s have foreign born non Irish players then that's crackers*. This is a matter for debate on a different thread but really it shouldn't be on. I notice only four of the squad are based on Ireland as well but that's more understandable.

*yes I know the English players will have the right through blood.

piplip87 · 03-05-2019 6:52pm

Great to see a Virginia man starting in Green tonight.

Say Your Number · 03-05-2019 7:01pm

Poor enough crowd at it.

~Rebel~ · 03-05-2019 7:02pm

Disappointing enough looking crowd. Only one stand open it looks like.

Harry Palmr · 03-05-2019 7:08pm

So close, should have been on target.

tayto lover · 03-05-2019 7:10pm

piplip87 wrote: »

Great to see a Virginia man starting in Green tonight.

Who is the Virginia lad?

alta stare · 03-05-2019 7:22pm

Greeks dont look great. An Ireland goal soon could set up a comfortable win if Greece continue to play so poorly. Credit to Ireland for keeping the pressure on them and how good is it to see an Ireland team play the ball around.

Harry Palmr · 03-05-2019 7:23pm

What a chance! Beautifully floated dink straight to a free man at the back stick. Ireland dominating this.

~Rebel~ · 03-05-2019 7:24pm

Playing well so far. Keeping the ball on the ground, lots of good running and link up play.

Mr.Nice Guy · 03-05-2019 7:24pm

We're playing some nice stuff. Ebosele looks an exciting prospect.

tayto lover · 03-05-2019 7:26pm

Ebesoele would want to learn to pass the ball. Very selfish.

Amirani · 03-05-2019 7:30pm

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Disappointing enough looking crowd. Only one stand open it looks like.

Same night as LOI wouldn't be helping too much.

Harry Palmr · 03-05-2019 7:32pm

You could hear the boots colliding there.

No point in complaining about the crowd, it's LOI night, it's on free tv and Everton are playing.

alta stare · 03-05-2019 7:35pm

Our centre mids are good.

alta stare · 03-05-2019 7:37pm

Harry Palmr wrote: »

You could hear the boots colliding there.

No point in complaining about the crowd, it's LOI night, it's on free tv and Everton are playing.

Reasons one and two are fine the last one is the sad part. Some people would rather watch Everton than our own players play in a championship. I understand its just the U17s but id still rather watch this than an PL game.

DJIMI TRARORE · 03-05-2019 7:39pm

Mcevoy,No2, tough call for the young lad,missing the N I cup final tomorrow with Ballinamallard

Mr.Nice Guy · 03-05-2019 7:47pm

Decent half for Ireland, though the Greeks were getting on top near the end of it. Joe Hodge looks a tidy player in central midfield. Sobowale looks strong at the back. Just missing the cutting edge up top. Real pity that Parrott's not here.

Mr.Nice Guy · 03-05-2019 8:15pm

1-0 Ireland! Everitt with the goal from close range.

~Rebel~ · 03-05-2019 8:16pm

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

1-0 Ireland! Everitt with the goal from close range.

Wahey!

Deserved on balance.

Do they use goal line technology in this comp actually?

alchemist33 · 03-05-2019 8:18pm

Mars Bar wrote: »

Some cracking surnames in there

I'm more impressed with Festy as a first name. Imagine his ma calling him in for his dinner in a Dublin accent

Say Your Number · 03-05-2019 8:23pm

Lad with a first name of Anselmo coming on, are his parents big Pantera fans?

DJIMI TRARORE · 03-05-2019 8:28pm

Say Your Number wrote:

Lad with a first name of Anselmo coming on, are his parents big Pantera fans?

Jaysus,he's shocking white for someone who lives in Spain,does he only play+train at night:)

~Rebel~ · 03-05-2019 8:34pm

DJIMI TRARORE wrote: »

Jaysus,he's shocking white for someone who lives in Spain,does he only play+train at night:)

Could be our very own Iniesta!

~Rebel~ · 03-05-2019 8:36pm

Say Your Number wrote: »

Lad with a first name of Anselmo coming on, are his parents big Pantera fans?

he'll forever be known as Phil in my head now.

LuckyLloyd · 03-05-2019 8:38pm

Irish right back having a comically bad game - just one of those days where it’s all going wrong for him - not for the lack of trying of course!

Ireland haven’t been great but any win here sets them up

Mr.Nice Guy · 03-05-2019 8:41pm

Pity Everitt got the weight of the pass wrong on the break as a second goal would have surely finished it. Hopefully we can see the final minutes out.

Mr.Nice Guy · 03-05-2019 8:52pm

Ah ffs. Greeks equalise in the last seconds.

OldMrBrennan83 · 03-05-2019 8:53pm

sugarman wrote: »

**** SAKE!

...flag was up!

Shouldn't have been though by the looks of it.

Utopia Parkway · 03-05-2019 8:54pm

Literally the last kick of the game FFS!

Don't think he was off. Was just defended poorly. Greeks kept it in the mixer and it broke for them. Irish lad touched the ball straight into the scorer's path.

DJIMI TRARORE · 03-05-2019 8:54pm

That's tough

Faugheen · 03-05-2019 8:55pm

If our fullback doesn’t play that, then surely the ball goes to the offside player?

Is that still not offside?

Genuine question by the way.

Mr.Nice Guy · 03-05-2019 8:57pm

Real shame it ended like that as it takes the wind out of our sails. Thought Hodge, Everitt and Ebosele stood out. Our best stuff came in the first half.

alta stare · 03-05-2019 8:58pm

Tough to take that considering they played well. We seriously need to take our chances when we get them as things like this seem to usually catch us out.

daheff · 03-05-2019 9:01pm

Faugheen wrote: »

If our fullback doesn’t play that, then surely the ball goes to the offside player?

Is that still not offside?

Genuine question by the way.

Could be deemed the offside player is interfering with play, so a referee could!! give a free out

LuckyLloyd · 03-05-2019 9:03pm

Jaysus, McEvoy touches the ball to the Greek attacker for the equaliser. Poor kid.

That's a gut punch for them as a group.

gebbel · 03-05-2019 9:55pm

Harsh ending. Very frustrating in the second half but we were the better side. Impressed with Ebosele, he looked dangerous and has skill. These guys are kids really but some of them have great potential. Looking forward to seeing them on Monday. Need to close out these close games and not concede at the end like tonight.

~Rebel~ · 03-05-2019 10:11pm

gebbel wrote: »

Harsh ending. Very frustrating in the second half but we were the better side. Impressed with Ebosele, he looked dangerous and has skill. These guys are kids really but some of them have great potential. Looking forward to seeing them on Monday. Need to close out these close games and not concede at the end like tonight.

Great engine on him too, was all over the field at times. Bit selfish with some of his decisions, but looked a cut above most.

Ireland vs Greece, UEFA U-17 Euros, 7pm, RTE2

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