Slovakia vs Ireland, Nations League Playoff - Mod Note in OP

ben.schlomo

Overall a really positive performance. Much more football played than the ONeill era in just one game. We just need to find the right mix in the final third. Connolly would have made a difference had he been there. More time under the manager should bring more improvement hopefully.

PTH2009

briany wrote: »

Pfft. Euro 2021 will probably be cancelled anyway.

hope it is now

TheQuietBeatle

briany wrote: »

Pfft. Euro 2021 will probably be cancelled anyway.

That or an empty stadium...not the same.

Fromvert

tayto lover wrote: »

Low and hard like a terrier’s mickey is the way to take penalties.

I'd much prefer see a lad miss it by putting it wide or hitting the post/bar but they at least hit it with conviction. Nothing worse than a weakly hit peno

corny

Signs are positive but too many players lack conviction. Hourihane virtually passed it to the defender 5 yards out and Browne was always going to miss his penalty. We all knew he would.

I'd bring in a lot of the younger lads next campaign. If we got a bit of belief about us we could make the major tournaments.

NewMan1982

Good performance. Plenty of positives. Anyone can lose on penalties.

I’m looking forward to the future.

smelly sock

Imagine the Nordies getting a game in the Aviva.

Mantis Toboggan

Even that shower up north got through!

golfball37

Unlucky tonight but some Gibraltar lad who scored an og is our joint top scorer over the campaign and don’t deserve to qualify overall. NI led in Holland and were competitive, I hope they see it through now.

McFly85

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

In fairness Slovakia had enough chances to win comfortable also, two bad teams.

Ireland are 3 games in with a new manager trying to change the teams footballing philosophy. There’s definitely been enough there to say that this team have more potential. Will need to work on scoring goals definitely, but it’s much better than it has been.

yourdeadwright

McGoldrock played great but what's the point if you don't have another striker to benifit from it,
We really need to go 3 5 2

dr.kenneth noisewater

Good performance, big step up from Kennys first couple games.
Thought we improved alot from the hour mark with the 2 subs and change of positions. Hendrick, McGoldrick, Duffy and Stevens were all very good. Browne was very good when brought on and O'Dowda showed well in ET. McClean and Brady were probably the poorest on show but still did ok.

Dont get the hate on Doherty, people seem to be in the Doherty or Coleman camp and pick on the others mistakes. Doherty was the best Irish player in the EPL the past 2 years. Didnt play great tonight but didn't play badly either, seemed to be trying too hard to me.

gmisk

pgj2015 wrote: »

We played ok in the end, good to see them stringing a good few passes together. Kenny obviously doesn't rate Jack Byrne.

Tragic that we wont be in the euros when there will be games played in Dublin.

I thought that was better than ok.

Jack Byrne isn't the second coming or anything let's be honest. I am sure he will get some chances down the line.

BonnieSituation

Sadlier absolutely spot on there.

golfball37

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Even that shower up north got through!

They played well in a much tougher group than us. Both teams are where they deserve ultimately

dr.kenneth noisewater

briany wrote:

Pfft. Euro 2021 will probably be cancelled anyway.

Wont be in Dublin anyway you'd imagine, cant see a competion being spread across multiple cities next summer, it'll be like the final stages of the the CL in on city/country depending on if fans are allowed.

Rikand

Oat23 wrote: »

Darragh Maloney talking sh*te in the studio.

Hes some wanker

Francie Barrett

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Dont get the hate on Doherty

Doherty had a poor game and nearly cost us a goal, easily our worst player tonight.

RonanG86

corny wrote: »

Signs are positive but too many players lack conviction. Hourihane virtually passed it to the defender 5 yards out and Browne was always going to miss his penalty. We all knew he would.

I'd bring in a lot of the younger lads next campaign. If we got a bit of belief about us we could make the major tournaments.

You can see the lack of a goalscorer in the side, they all want to pass the responsibility to someone else.

And Hourihane's miss was really shocking. Even with his weak foot he'd do well to scoop it over from there (not impossible, obviously, but not as common as "WORST MISSES EVER!" compilations would lead one to believe) and just needed to stick his boot through it instead of tamely sidefooting it.

Ohmeha

7 goals in 8 qualification games (with Gibraltar), 0 goals tonight in 120 minutes, missing penalties in shoot out...

Kenny's football looks more positive but he has a job on his hands to get Irish players to stick that ball in the net

fullstop

Pity we didn’t have a few of the lads on the thread available to take a penalty, we’d be getting ready for a game in windsor.

Richard Hillman

I have a ticket for the opening game of the Euros. I'm sad but I am very happy with how they played. Its all we ever ask from our team. Show some gusto. Give it a go. Kenny did a very good job tonight.

colly10

Oat23 wrote: »

Darragh Maloney talking sh*te in the studio.

Hard to listen to, of course it’s disappointing but he’s really pushing hard on the negativity.
For me, it’s the most positive performance i’ve seen from Ireland in a long time. We’ve been lucky and beat better teams but we deserved the win tonight

BorneTobyWilde

Some of the chances were easier than penalties. If you can't score into an empty net then you don't deserve to win.

RoryMac

Kinda baffled by posters saying it was an excellent performance!

We had a decent spell in the second half and were slightly the better team but Slovakia aren't much of a side either. Nice to see us passing the ball a bit more but we're very sloppy at times in our passing and didn't create enough clear chances.

We're very weak in central midfield both in creating chances and breaking down the opposition play. Also short of a goal scorer up front.

ratracer

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Unlucky Ireland. Loads of positives though. If we develop an end product we'll be formidable

It’ll be interesting to hear the true story re Connolly and Idah, either of them could have done a job there in extra time by running at that Slovak defence.

At least I feel positive about the team at the end of a campaign for once! Hopefully the attacking type football will become more prevalent for us!

Richard Hillman

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Doherty had a poor game and nearly cost us a goal, easily our worst player tonight.

Bollox. That was the best game I had seen from him for Ireland.

dr.kenneth noisewater

Francie Barrett wrote:

Doherty had a poor game and nearly cost us a goal, easily our worst player tonight.

Fairly harsh imo, thought McClean, McCarthy and Brady all did less than him

vicwatson

Rikand wrote: »

Hes some wanker

So is Hamilton, the glee in his voice. Asshole

smelly sock

RoryMac wrote: »

Kinda baffled by posters saying it was an excellent performance!

We had a decent spell in the second half and were slightly the better team but Slovakia aren't much of a side either. Nice to see us passing the ball a bit more but we're very sloppy at times in our passing and didn't create enough clear chances.

We're very weak in central midfield both in creating chances and breaking down the opposition play. Also short of a goal scorer up front.

We struggled against Gibraltor and Georgia under Mick. We created 3 clear cut chances. We dominated a team away from home.

Stop with the codding lad.

magma69

magma69 wrote: »

We weren't great. We weren't even close to great imo.

Ah here. We had loads of possession deep in their half . We lacked a finisher . That's all . Robbie Keane would have filled his boots tonight

Soups123

pgj2015 wrote: »

We played ok in the end, good to see them stringing a good few passes together. Kenny obviously doesn't rate Jack Byrne.

Tragic that we wont be in the euros when there will be games played in Dublin.

When it comes to Byrne he needs to rate himself more and try push himself on. It’s a huge jump in level from LOI to International.

He’s not going to play a key role in this team while a LOI player that’s the truth of it. If he wants caps he needs to play at a higher level

RoryMac

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Doherty had a poor game and nearly cost us a goal, easily our worst player tonight.

Robbie Brady says hello

RonanG86

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Fairly harsh imo, thought McClean, McCarthy and Brady all did less than him

Brady's knackered imo.

Dillonb3

Disappointing in the end but improved performance. Badly need someone to step up and start scoring. Potentially N Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England going to the Euros

Arthur Daley

Be tough to get to the WC out of Europe and anyway it's in bleedin Qatar in November.

3 years to get to Euro 2024. Lots of time to build on that. That's what you'd call transition.

LuckyLloyd

Oat23 wrote: »

Darragh Maloney talking sh*te in the studio.

Just playing Devil’s Advocate, as he’s obliged to do. It’s a results business.

smelly sock

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Some of the chances were easier than penalties. If you can't score into an empty net then you don't deserve to win.

Who missed an open goal?

Ohmeha

briany wrote: »

Pfft. Euro 2021 will probably be cancelled anyway.

100% fans, 25% fans, Zero fans it will go ahead, whether any games will still be held in Dublin is another story

DJIMI TRARORE

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote:

Fairly harsh imo, thought McClean, McCarthy and Brady all did less than him

Jeff says hello, how is he a pro footballer

Kermit.de.frog

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Good performance, big step up from Kennys first couple games.

I think a warning is required on this.

Firstly let's look at Scotland, for example, for the last 20 years. Always played free flowing, passing etc...where did it get them? Nowhere.

Jack Charlton, in his time as manager (particularly when he started), had the players to play ole football (Brady, O'Leary etc).

But he said at the start in an interview - quote "If we try to play continental teams at their game we are going to get stuffed"

That's what he said and he was right.

What is the point in the passing game if there is no end product?

There is a balance to be struck and I think some are getting ahead of themselves in regards the passing game.

We were stuffed tonight and we were stuffed against Finland.

PTH2009

Euro 2024 qualifers is next real chance of going somewhere, World Cup 2022 a bit too soon

We need to build for the future from now on. Wales could hammer us on Sunday esp with our heads down

smelly sock

Dillonb3 wrote: »

Disappointing in the end but improved performance. Badly need someone to step up and start scoring. Potentially N Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England going to the Euros

Id love Slovakia to beat the Nordies. Hopefully if the Slovaks have their full contingent available they will win. Cant see it in Windsor though.

kona

Ah sure didnt we try to play like barcelona.

****in joke some of the misses there tonite.

Weve no striker, so we need to play defensively and hope to nick a goal with our best top scorer centre back duffy from a set piece.

Thats our strength. Play to it.

gmisk

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

I think a warning is required on this.

Firstly let's look at Scotland, for example, for the last 20 years. Always played free flowing, passing etc...where did it get them? Nowhere.

Jack Charlton, in his time as manager (particularly when he started), had the players to play ole football (Brady, O'Leary etc).

But he said at the start in an interview - quote "If we try to play continental teams at their game we are going to get stuffed"

That's what he said and he was right.

What is the point in the passing game if there is no end product?

There is a balance to be struck and I think some are getting ahead of themselves in regards the passing game.

We were stuffed tonight and we were stuffed against Finland.

We were stuffed tonight?
Utter rubbish
Did you even watch that match?

ebbsy

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Ah here. We had loads of possession deep in their half . We lacked a finisher . That's all . Robbie Keane would have filled his boots tonight

And then he would have been slaughtered again.

smelly sock

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

I think a warning is required on this.

Firstly let's look at Scotland, for example, for the last 20 years. Always played free flowing, passing etc...where did it get them? Nowhere.

Jack Charlton, in his time as manager (particularly when he started), had the players to play ole football (Brady, O'Leary etc).

But he said at the start in an interview - quote "If we try to play continental teams at their game we are going to get stuffed"

That's what he said and he was right.

What is the point in the passing game if there is no end product?

There is a balance to be struck and I think some are getting ahead of themselves in regards the passing game.

We were stuffed tonight and we were stuffed against Finland.

Because we have been playing with no cohesive style or plan for a long time now and its been embarassing at times with no hope in sight.

With the greatest respect Jack said that in 1986 or so.

~Rebel~

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

I think a warning is required on this.

Firstly let's look at Scotland, for example, for the last 20 years. Always played free flowing, passing etc...where did it get them? Nowhere.

Jack Charlton, in his time as manager (particularly when he started), had the players to play ole football (Brady, O'Leary etc).

But he said at the start in an interview - quote "If we try to play continental teams at their game we are going to get stuffed"

That's what he said and he was right.

What is the point in the passing game if there is no end product?

But, like, what's the point in any plan if there's no end product? Do you think we'd have been more likely to finish if we had less possession and less chances? We have a problem with a lack of goalscorers, that's just a reality and not something we can do much about. All we can do is play in a way that creates chances, and hope the players we do have will take some of them. That's what we did tonight, but alas the chances weren't taken. I'll have that any day over the week ahead of just not even trying to score or find another irish player.

There is a balance to be struck and I think some are getting ahead of themselves in regards the passing game.

We were stuffed tonight and we were stuffed against Finland.

We demonstrably weren't.

JeffKenna

DJIMI TRARORE wrote: »

Jeff says hello, how is he a pro footballer

I wish I got more game time

Father Hernandez

Disappointing result. Thought we deserved more vs a poor Slovakian side.

If we don’t have a player to stick the ball in the back of the net, we’re always at a loss. Desperately need a goal scorer.

Annoying to watch another international tournament with no national interest.