Republic of Ireland Team Talk/News/Rumours 2020/2021 - see Mod Note in OP [18/11/20]

tastyt

I am not anti Kenny in any way but he is terrible in front of the camera .

And it’s only a friendly but he really needs a win here

Ferris_Bueller

Will it be a diamond midfield with Parrott as the 10 or do we reckon Knight will play from the right? Kenny said Parrott will be playing in a central role.

johnnyryan89

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

Will it be a diamond midfield with Parrott as the 10 or do we reckon Knight will play from the right? Kenny said Parrott will be playing in a central role.

He'll play from the right.

The White Feather

Dare I ask what are the odds on an Andorran win or a draw?!!

Would you take a 1 goal win now?!!

Surely we have to win this comfortably

Christy Browne

Did you smash it wrote: »

It’s a friendly versus Andorra. As long as Kenny hasn’t picked Christy Brown to play left back we should be alright.

Reported for bullying :mad:

Soups123

22 players and not one note between them

Bridge93

Found that stat around the 20 game winless run in 60s/70s very interesting so had a look at who the team played during it. Shows how much European football has expanded since (and not for the better quality wise).

Drew with:
Poland
Austria
Scotland
England
Sweden
Denmark

Lost to:
Czechoslovakia x2
Poland x3
Austria x2
Italy x2
Denmark
Sweden
Hungary x2
West Germany

Plenty of very good sides in that run of games. Hopefully we don't see a 5 year winless run every again given some of the ****e knocking around qualifying campaign groups now.

ctrl-alt-delete

No Euro's but this match tonight still has us playing at the highest level in Europe.

Beechwoodspark

Lovely backdrop to the stadium in fairness

One of the few Western European countries I Havnt been in

Soups123

sugarman wrote: »

Its a good thing they're professional footballers and not professional singers then :rolleyes:

Sorry I should be taking this as serious as you are

is_that_so

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Lovely backdrop to the stadium in fairness

One of the few Western European countries I Havnt been in

Ah, the aprés ski Happy Hours!!

is_that_so

is_that_so wrote: »

Ah, the aprés ski Happy Hours!!

Good times. The background would make you miss them

Beechwoodspark

Woejus header

Francie Barrett

Andorra playing with a high press. Safe to say no team is intimidated by us anymore.

The White Feather

We havent really had a proper shot yet after 12 mins.

They seem to have started better pushing up on us making us give away possession.

Early days though

Mantis Toboggan

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Andorra playing with a high press. Safe to say no team is intimidated by us anymore.

Can't blame them, playing Kenny ball with the standard of player we have is very risky.

D.Q

Pure ****e haha

Amirani

Very poor stuff so far.

The White Feather

They actually look the better side so far

Amirani

Lots of longish balls not hitting anyone.

_Kaiser_

This is extremely poor so far

Diabolically bad. Zero quality in either team.

bazza1

Did you smash it wrote: »

It’s a friendly versus Andorra. As long as Kenny hasn’t picked Christy Brown to play left back we should be alright.

I think Christy Brown has switched allegiance...He'd rather wait for a call up for England, or Scotland or anyone!

Morrison J

How many more of these disasters can Kenny get away with?

tastyt

It’s like watching a Leinster senior league game , and I’m not joking

The White Feather

This has been really bad so far. 30 mins and we haven't had a shot yet.

Cullen and Parrott have both passed when they had chances to shoot.

ebbsy

He should be fired at half time.

A2LUE42

This is horrible. It's like watching a junior game.

Did you smash it

What were people expecting?

We are getting free kicks and corners around the box. Which is our best chance of a goal.

tastyt

A set piece will probably save us today

spurshero

McClean diving to get a free kick against Andorra . Mother of god .

The White Feather

Fella on commentary hoping they get tired and we can score really made me laugh there!! :pac:

~Rebel~

Stephen Kelly there saying how well we’re moving off the ball... I’m not seeing it...


Easy enough chance there, which - even if we were playing better than we are - is another big pointer to our lack of half decent goalscorers.

_Kaiser_

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Stephen Kelly there saying how well we’re moving off the ball... I’m not seeing it...

They have to try and find some positives I suppose.

The White Feather

Cullen has been one bright spark though. He has done good things when on the ball

_Kaiser_

Just over the top?? :rolleyes:

Francie Barrett

At least Curtis took a shot.

tastyt

Darragh says we are making Andorra look quite ordinary

Well that’s because they are ****ing shocking Darragh

OMM 0000

I hope Andorra win. They deserve it more. At least they have an excuse.

~Rebel~

The White Feather wrote: »

Cullen has been one bright spark though. He has done good things when on the ball

Think Knights been alright too... just really struggling with transitioning into the final 3rd. Our forwards not getting into good spaces enough. We’re not pulling them around and making openings at all.

Skid X

"Ireland keeping the tempo up and making Andorra look quite ordinary" says Darragh Moloney


Eh?

tastyt

Ah lads will ye at last wait until after the game to make the excuses

Wel will win this by a couple in the end

is_that_so

tastyt wrote: »

Ah lads will ye at last wait until after the game to make the excuses

We'll will win this by a couple in the end

So a game of two halves?! Not been that great a first half.

ebbsy

Did you smash it wrote: »

What were people expecting?

We are getting free kicks and corners around the box. Which is our best chance of a goal.

Depressing view, but true.

Bridge93

Latvia scored 5 against this lot a few months back. Malta and the Faroe Islands got 3 and 2 respectively. We haven’t looked close

_Kaiser_

I think some long pans of the fantastic scenery and background music for another 45 minutes would be a better use of the TV slot to be honest

Tchaikovsky

If it wasn't so sad you'd laugh. We're shocking

"Making Andorra look ordinary".

The commentator should be sacked for that.

tastyt

I don’t know lads , the lengths people will go to to defend Kenny . How many games now and there is zero evidence of any progress whatsoever unless you think the keeper and centre halves playing triangles is progress

Soups123

sugarman wrote: »

Im not really sure, because this is exactly what Andorra is known for. 11 men behind the ball for 90 mins making them very hard to break down and for opposing team to gain any rhythm.

Most teams tend to only beat them by a goal or 2 in a similar dogged performance.

Sure remember the 1-0 win under Trap in qualifying for 2012 against these?

There last 5 games

Malta
3 - 1
Andorra
Andorra
0 - 5
Latvia
Andorra
0 - 1
Albania
Poland
3 - 0
Andorra
Andorra
1 - 4
Hungary