Serbia v Republic of Ireland Match Thread - K.O 19.45 24/03/21 - Mod Note in OP

JeffKenna

tanko wrote: »

Our crossing is shocking.

Get the ball in the box anyway!

tayto lover

Poor from Mc Clean with those attempted crosses.

crushproof

tanko wrote: »

Our crossing is shocking.

No, McCleans crossing is shocking.

The White Feather

McClean is infuriating. In close he crosses the ball almost out of play. Far out he barely hits it and it hits the closest defender.

So frustrating

Garzorico

I know this is a cliche but the ref has been brutle

Mantis Toboggan

Shocking from oshea

mzungu

Some of our crosses have been well below par. We need to get them in the box.

edgecutter

McClean is like a lad you just showed how to cross on Fifa

artanevilla

I think the people in the thread looking for Kenny's head have been looking for his head since McCarthy was the manager.

callaway92

PropJoe10 wrote: »

An awful lot of idiots in this thread. We've played well tonight even if we lose. Credit to the lads. Lots to build on.

The 5 team group doesn’t really allow for building on results. We need early results.

TheCitizen

Who's doing the shouting on the sideline for Ireland, doesn't sound like Kenny?

lawred2

Garzorico wrote: »

I know this is a cliche but the ref has been brutle

He hasn't

murpho999

callaway92 wrote: »

Second goal was miserable in fairness.

Not sure the ‘confidence’ thing should ever be brought up as a thing of ‘ah ya the lads will be confident now’..

Still a goal. They applied pressure and were up there to put it away when the mistake was made. That’s good play, not miserable.

Kermit.de.frog

We can't play this style. We will always lose to technically superior teams

We need to play to our strengths.

callaway92

murpho999 wrote: »

Still a goal. They applied pressure and were up there to put it away when the mistake was made. That’s good play, not miserable.

I was more wanting to comment on the confidence thing tbh.

Although we won’t get breaks like that every game.

tom1ie

lawred2 wrote: »

He hasn't

Peno?

TheRiverman

TheCitizen wrote: »

Who's doing the shouting on the sideline for Ireland, doesn't sound like Kenny?

Robbie Keane LOL.

The White Feather

Jeez Brady. What an awful corner there

Underground

With Randolph in goal I think we walk away with a point tonight.

Has to be Bazunu between the sticks in the next game for me.

pjohnson

Well we scored twice. Thats a huge win for Kenny.

namloc1980

Shocking corner by Brady there at the end.

My name is URL

Great performance in the first and last 10 minutes

TheRiverman

What game was George and Stephen watching ?

Soups123

Good effort lots of positives

Travers just not anywhere near the level and cost us the game , two CBs struggled too.

Mantis Toboggan

Not bad in fairness, it could have been a lot worse, defensively and goalkeeper very shaky, some positives but hard to see us qualify.

sheroman01

Is.....Stephen Kenny crying?!

Father Hernandez

Brady not being able to beat the first man from a corner and McClean with a woeful cross at the end there.

Atrocious not being able to do that with fresh legs.

Irish_rat

That's bloody harsh. Don't play that lad between the sticks again

gormdubhgorm

PropJoe10 wrote: »

An awful lot of idiots in this thread. We've played well tonight even if we lose. Credit to the lads. Lots to build on.

It wasn’t completely brutal. But 3-2 score line was flattering. Let’s be honest.

tayto lover

Inexperience was our downfall tonight.
Not a bad performance with a makeshift team.

ctrl-alt-delete

Obviously, the defeat is hard to take - but there are quite a few positives to take from that.

athlone99

My god the amount of people posting here who havent a notion about football is staggering. Great to have knowledgeable fans..😒😒

For Forks Sake

McLean has no business being near an international side, he lacks any footballing intelligence.

polarbearhead

What can you say at this stage about Hendrick, Brady and McClean?

breezy1985

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

We can't play this style. We will always lose to technically superior teams

We need to play to our strengths.

What are they exactly?
I have been watching Ireland play to "strengths" since Trap and been bored senseless for 10 years now

Doctor Jimbob

I'm not a Kenny fan. Don't have any complaints with that though. We gave it a good go.

ACitizenErased

That second goal could prove vital come the Serbia game in Dublin

statesaver

Another one of those gallant defeats that Irish people love.

TheCitizen

edgecutter wrote: »

McClean is like a lad you just showed how to cross on Fifa

McClean did nothing wrong when he came on, brought a bit of energy to the game. Usual stuff with some on here with certain players targeted.

10000maniacs

Good defeat lads. The beautiful game wasn't enough for us tonight alas.

Oat23

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

We can't play this style. We will always lose to technically superior teams

We need to play to our strengths.

We need to develop better players capable of playing a modern style of football.

Like some of us have been saying here for a decade.

Just give it time.

My name is URL

'A lot to be positive about'

This be the rhetoric until the next match

TheCitizen

Follow this up with a win v Luxembourg and maybe we're going places.

Underground

We've to beat Serbia at home then to have any sort of chance, not to mention hoping that other results go our way. I don't really back us to beat them at home.

polarbearhead

TheCitizen wrote: »

McClean did nothing wrong when he came on, brought a bit of energy to the game. Usual stuff on here with certain players targeted.

Ah stop!!!

edgecutter

Much improved against a decent side away from home.

Serbia just had more quality and that was always going to be expected when you look at our squad.

The FAI seriously need to get an academy going and asap

callaway92

statesaver wrote: »

Another one of those gallant defeats that Irish people love.

‘Brave’

‘Passion’

Like... a loss does nothing for us here, positive or not. It’s a short campaign and we needed early results.

This was identified as an early key game and its a loss.

Again though I’d have to say Kenny is hard-done-by with the squad available to him.

Irish_rat

artanevilla wrote: »

I think the people in the thread looking for Kenny's head have been looking for his head since McCarthy was the manager.

Yep vile. Kenny is the future. I've never seen Ireland play like this before.

For Forks Sake

TheCitizen wrote: »

McClean did nothing wrong when he came on, brought a bit of energy to the game. Usual stuff on here with certain players targeted.

How many of his crosses connected with an Irish player? That constitutes "something wrong" for a winger.

10000maniacs

Oat23 wrote: »

We need to develop better players capable of playing a modern style of football.

Like some of us have been saying here for a decade.

Just give it time.

The GAA have pinched all our talent.