Georgia vs Ireland, Euro 2020 qualifier, RTE2 & Sky Sports Football, 2pm

RicketyCricket

Didn't deserve to win that anyway. Awful stuff to watch. I'm no fan of Glenn Whelan but he was not the worst out there today. McClean for all his desire and running is a poor footballer. Hourihane never looked interested but Hendrick was an absolute abomination today. No idea how he lasted the whole game. Poor from Mick, should have changed it up a lot sooner.

Inquitus

So we likely need 4 points from the next 2 games, not looking too promising.....not sure why we didn't take a more attacking approach here, last chance saloon imo.

Soups123

More disappointing than the result was the ambition. We played for a draw from what I can see.

At the very least we should have got wide more and tried to earn some FKs and corners and try max out the set pieces.

Mick was way to negative it’s not a great place to go but we should have had some sort of game plan.

TheCitizen

Very frustrating. Connolly should've been on at the hour mark. Big mistake from Mick.

gmisk

Underground wrote: »

Browne has had enough chances ahead of Jack Byrne at this point. Fcucking anonymous once again.

I agree but he wasn't given long

Chardee MacDennis

Really dont see how we can justify Robinson, McClean, Whelan being in the team. I just cant see what they bring to the table at the moment for us.

Dr. Bre

Akrasia wrote: »

How dies this affect qualification?

Dies is correct

RoryMac

Awful performance from an awful squad of players. We lack any quality and the players seem to be lacking confidence as soon as they put on the jersey.

edgecutter

RicketyCricket wrote: »

Didn't deserve to win that anyway. Awful stuff to watch. I'm no fan of Glenn Whelan but he was not the worst out there today. McClean for all his desire and running is a poor footballer. Hourihane never looked interested but Hendrick was an absolute abomination today. No idea how he lasted the whole game. Poor from Mick, should have changed it up a lot sooner.

What drove me insane was when the ball lands to him he just hoofed it in the air, no desire to try and control and find a man, always the easy way out for him.

votecounts

Defintely 2 points dropped, Whelan a masterclass as usual. So dissappionted at that result.

Zico !

topmanamillion wrote: »

Desperate sh1t. Golden opportunity to take control of our own destinity.
Now we're hoping to draw our way to the Euros.

Connolly, Duffy, Egan, Doherty, Coleman and Randolph will hopefully be there under Kenny.

The rest of them are robbing living.

id add coleman to the list of sh1te

PinotNero

A terrible result.

Duff

Zico ! wrote: »

id add coleman to the list of sh1te

He has a good game more often than not, though. The rest are all scutter.

gmisk

Zico ! wrote: »

id add coleman to the list of sh1te

Nope sorry he had a decent solid game IMO.
He is clearly not the player he was but gives his all for Ireland

Strumms

Denmark vs Switzerland.... really ideal if that was a draw too now..

Kermit.de.frog

Strumms wrote: »

Denmark vs Switzerland.... really ideal if that was a draw too now..

It's over.

topmanamillion

topmanamillion wrote: »

Desperate sh1t. Golden opportunity to take control of our own destinity.
Now we're hoping to draw our way to the Euros.

Connolly, Duffy, Egan, Doherty, Coleman and Randolph will hopefully be there under Kenny.

The rest of them are robbing living.

Coleman is finished. The fact Doherty was shifted to the left to accommodate him is lunacy.

Nice lad, but he's finished.

Zico !

gmisk wrote: »

Nope sorry he had a decent solid game IMO.
He is clearly not the player he was but gives his all for Ireland

offered little going forward today and was caught ball watching more than once i disagree

Billcarson

Not too surprised 0-0 was the result but was surprised how badly we were. Absolutely terrible.

One More Toy

That was horrible to watch

RoryMac

Duff wrote: »

He has a good game more often than not, though. The rest are all scutter.

Not since his injury he doesn't

gmisk

Even Duff was very critical there.
What is Mick going to say?
It's not so much the draw, it was the performance....Switzerland and Denmark will really fancy their chances in the two last matches

statesaver

Strumms wrote: »

Denmark vs Switzerland.... really ideal if that was a draw too now..

What channel is that game on ?

TheCitizen

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

It's over.

What's over?

Zico !

thank god micks on his way out

Strumms

gmisk wrote: »

Nope sorry he had a decent solid game IMO.
He is clearly not the player he was but gives his all for Ireland

I thought Coleman was a disaster too. Giving your all and being solid isn’t good enough, I can pull on a shirt and ‘give my all’ too but in the context of why he’s there.. nahhh poor.

gmisk

Zico ! wrote: »

offered little going forward today and was caught ball watching more than once i disagree

It was hoofball forward I would guess as per instructions so hard to contribute to attacks.
He had a couple of bad moments, but the defence wasn't the problem for me today.

Duff

RoryMac wrote: »

Not since his injury he doesn't

Obviously he isn't the player he was but he still puts in a solid shift.

rgace

Inquitus wrote: »

So we likely need 4 points from the next 2 games, not looking too promising.....not sure why we didn't take a more attacking approach here, last chance saloon imo.

We will know more after Denmark play the Swiss.
2 points could be enough yet.

Zico !

TheCitizen wrote: »

What's over?

our qualification hopes euro2020 we wont qualify now

osarusan

Atrocious from start to finish.

Randolph didn't have much to do, Egan and Duffy were solid, Connolly showed some life about him.

The rest were somewhere between plain poor and a load of rubbish. McLean and Hendrick in particular were sickeningly bad.

Horrible tactics and in-game decisions by McCarthy too.

Tippex

I can't remember the last time I watched an international game and to be honest after watching the second half (was out for the first) by christ I won't be watching again in a long time it was putrid.

gmisk

Strumms wrote: »

I thought Coleman was a disaster too. Giving your all and being solid isn’t good enough, I can pull on a shirt and ‘give my all’ too but in the context of why he’s there.. nahhh poor.

He isn't the player he was definitely but he is not a glaring problem for me (he is on way out let's be honest).
Who else is behind him?

johnnyryan89

fullstop wrote: »

People were creaming themselves over a decent performance against Gibraltar saying mick had us playing great stuff. It’s been the exact same hoof ball as under MON.

And I can see it reverting back to this style of football not long after Mick leaves because I think Kenny will only get the one qualification campaign before being replaced.

TheCitizen

RicketyCricket wrote: »

Didn't deserve to win that anyway. Awful stuff to watch. I'm no fan of Glenn Whelan but he was not the worst out there today. McClean for all his desire and running is a poor footballer. Hourihane never looked interested but Hendrick was an absolute abomination today. No idea how he lasted the whole game. Poor from Mick, should have changed it up a lot sooner.

Yep. I think Mick takes the blame for this one. We needed changes earlier.

topmanamillion

It's all about the approach and mindset.
The management looked at this as a must not lose game. Instead of pressing the life out of Georgia for an hour and then get Connolly and Byrne on to pick them apart.

We had Premier league players out there up against players sprinkled over European minor league's.

Point gained my hole!

Strumms

statesaver wrote: »

What channel is that game on ?

Not sure, can’t seem to find it...

Ireland players being interviewed on another channel “yeah it’s a GOOD point”. :rolleyes:

tastyt

Connolly should have been on earlier, and i think Byrne should have come on too.

Hendrik, whelan, hourihane, McLean, Collins, Robinson all terrible. Full backs offered little going forward too.

But its been like this for the last 10 yrs lads, wev robbed wins against the likes of Georgia plenty of times. We have great spirit and work rate which a lot of international teams don't have and it often gets us through.

And talking of expectations and creaming themselves, theres a lot of people on here who think when Kenny takes over hel bring through these kids and wel be unreal.

Yes, Kenny tries to play it right and the 21's are doing well but a lot of people will be on here abusing Kenny in 2 yrs too because its not that simple

TheCitizen

Zico ! wrote: »

our qualification hopes euro2020 we wont qualify now

Eh no it's not over. A missed opportunity but no, it's not over.

Strumms

gmisk wrote: »

He isn't the player he was definitely but he is not a glaring problem for me (he is on way out let's be honest).
Who else is behind him?

He is 31 so he has about 2 years before you’d expect a noticeable decline...

noodler

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Im assuming we lose on Tuesday so if Swiss beat Denmark then a draw is enough for us V Denmark is it not?

A 0-0 yeah but a score draw and it gets messy.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

Definitely feels like 2 points lost and giving away our advantage in the group. But based on the performance both teams deserved the draw.

RoryMac

Duff wrote: »

Obviously he isn't the player he was but he still puts in a solid shift.

TBH I don't see it, he's been poor in every game of this qualifying

Duff

We'd disgrace the Euros with that brand of football anyway, lads. Probably better off.

johnnyryan89

TheCitizen wrote: »

Yep. I think Mick takes the blame for this one. We needed changes earlier.

100% takes the blame. Playing for a draw and his subs showed that.

gmisk

TheCitizen wrote: »

Eh no it's not over. A missed opportunity but no, it's not over.

It was a great opportunity.
What do you think our chances are in the two remaining games?

noodler

topmanamillion wrote: »

It's all about the approach and mindset.
The management looked at this as a must not lose game. Instead of pressing the life out of Georgia for an hour and then get Connolly and Byrne on to pick them apart.

We had Premier league players out there up against players sprinkled over European minor league's.

Point gained my hole!

Georgian squad play in decent leagues

Zico !

TheCitizen wrote: »

Eh no it's not over. A missed opportunity but no, it's not over.

we wont get any more points in this group so imo put a fork in it

gmisk

noodler wrote: »

Georgian squad play in decent leagues

Russia, Cyprus, Switzerland, USA, Belgium mostly...they are IMO worse than championship level.

You can do a lot with fairly average players just look at northern Ireland, Iceland etc

Duff

Zico ! wrote: »

we wont get any more points in this group so imo put a fork in it

Agreed. We shiit the bed tonight.