Republic of Ireland v Luxembourg - Match Thread - K.O 19.45 - RTE and Sky Sports

KungPao

Happy Monday wrote: »

Evenly matched teams.

First goal crucial!

Two poor teams, as Dunphy would say.

We’re are plodding along here. Hopefully the second half has more zip.

Basq

KungPao wrote: »

We’re are plodding along here. Hopefully the second half has more zip.

Indeed.. zero momentum would be putting it kindly.

Duff

Bazunu looks like he's been an international for years.

Oat23

Is George pronouncing Bazunu correctly (Bazuno) or is he just ignorant?

FixdePitchmark

Collins actually looks technically better than what we have seen in a while. ( i mean for Ireland).

Slow . But he is trying and has decent control.

ArielAtom

Duff wrote: »

Bazunu looks like he's been an international for years.

You can see the city coaching coming through, comfortable with the ball at his feet.

fullstop

Oat23 wrote: »

Is George pronouncing Bazunu correctly (Bazuno) or is he just ignorant?

George usually does his homework on pronunciations in fairness

Rossi IRL

Robinson the shining light of the team

Happy enough with the new lads like O Shea, Cullen and Knight. Bazuna untested but looks comfortable.

Think Stevens and Clarke are the weak links in the team.

Should be beating these comfortably

Faugheen

Upping the ante a bit here. Browne has been much more involved since my last post.

artanevilla

Oat23 wrote: »

Is George pronouncing Bazunu correctly (Bazuno) or is he just ignorant?

The latter. Kelly is pronouncing it correctly.

fyfe79

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

They actually look technically. They can knock it around better than us so far.

Well, they're generally brought up around German and Swiss football, so not that surprising.

wadacrack

Pretty underwhelming tbh. At this rate we may need a game v Gibraltar to get a win. But they have even proven tough for us...

Father Hernandez

We've been playing well I thought, obviously no goal.

Seriously missing that bit of world class quality to set us apart from these.

And someone to stick the ball in the net. Robinson looks the best threat.

athlone99

Alan Brown is very sloppy in posession, causing us problems with his poor passes

ctrl-alt-delete

Jesus, that was a scare.

ShamoBuc

Very good feet by Bazuno!!

namloc1980

We have absolutely nothing in the final third. Nothing.

Rossi IRL

Christ my heart

The Big Easy

fyfe79 wrote: »

Well, they're generally brought up around German and Swiss football, so not that surprising.

Do you know where Luxembourg is? :P

It's easy to mix them up with Lichtenstein though

We've struggled against them in the past too!

fullstop

**** me some save.

pjohnson

Good man Bazunu.


Travers take note.

athlone99

wadacrack wrote: »

Pretty underwhelming tbh. At this rate we may need a game v Gibraltar to get a win. But they have even proven tough for us...

Sorry about that, premier league is back next week for ya!

tayto lover

Great work from Bazunu.

Azatadine

The Big Easy wrote: »

It's easy to mix them up with Lichtenstein though

We've struggled against them in the past too!

I still remember that debacle!!

Greenlights16

athlone99 wrote: »

Sorry about that, premier league is back next week for ya!

Don’t worry about this lad, he allows zero negativity or constructive criticism towards the team at all.

Zico

Wouldn't have counted but they can't even put the ball into an empty net.

Luxembourg are better than I expected but Ireland are still very poor.

artanevilla

We're doing ok, just think back to the Gibraltar game!

Rossi IRL

Passing so bad, seems like every pass is being rushed

tayto lover

Is it Tsunami he’s saying. I keep jumping up on the back of the chair.

The Big Easy

Azatadine wrote: »

I still remember that debacle!!

Possibly the worst football match in history!

Francie Barrett

Three central defenders is clearly looking like overkill here. Kenny needs to take off either Clark or O'Shea and put another man in midfield so the defence can more easily find a midfielder to pass to.

Browne is not good enough. Gives the ball away with poor touches for sport. Stevens looking like a league 2 footballer and not a PL player with how hopeless he is with his passes

johnnyryan89

Father Hernandez wrote: »

Seriously missing that bit of world class quality to set us apart from these.

A Wes Hoolihan would make the difference TBF. Wouldn't need to be a world class act but someone that's comfortable on the ball and open up a team with passes.

clsmooth

I’d be interested in seeing Stevens passing stats tonight. Seems to have given the ball away an awful lot..

Bob Harris

Is this a friendly match?

Mr.Nice Guy

Desperate half of football. Really bad. Struggling to create against a team 98th in the world, ranked behind the giants of Bahrain and the Kyrgyz Republic. They've even had more shots than us (4 to 3).

Can only imagine the reaction if this were Trap, MON or McCarthy's 10th game in charge.

ShamNNspace

Could be worse

ctrl-alt-delete

Seeing plenty of the ball but not able to do much with it. Giving it away sloppily at times too.

The spark is missing where it matters and it looks to have 0-0 written all over it.

Robinson has been decent, but a bit wasted on the wings.

fyfe79

The Big Easy wrote: »

Do you know where Luxembourg is? :P

It's easy to mix them up with Lichtenstein though

We've struggled against them in the past too!

When I started typing 'German football' I was thinking Luxembourg. By the time I was typing 'Swiss football' I was thinking Leichenstein, yes.

I blame the whiskey.

Dillonb3

johnnyryan89 wrote: »

A Wes Hoolihan would make the difference TBF. Wouldn't need to be a world class act but someone that's comfortable on the ball and open up a team with passes.

Shame Jack Byrne got that injury this would be a perfect game for him to come into

testtech05

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Three central defenders is clearly looking like overkill here. Kenny needs to take off either Clark or O'Shea and put another man in midfield so the defence can more easily find a midfielder to pass to.

Has to be clarke of the pair of them for me. At least O Shea looks somewhat comfortable bring the ball out.

edgecutter

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Desperate half of football. Really bad. Struggling to create against a team 98th in the world, ranked behind the giants of Bahrain and the Kyrgyz Republic. They've even had more shots than us (4 to 3).

Can only imagine the reaction if this were Trap, MON or McCarthy's 10th game in charge.

Have a look at the Irish squad, it has hard working players but none of them are very creative.

LuckyLloyd

45 minutes
Drawing isn’t an option
Needs to be quicker, straighter, simpler and more physical.

nullzero

Hard to believe international breaks used to be something to look forward to.

frisbeeface

Having more possession in this game is really showing up now poor some of our players are on the ball. Couple of nice moments though.

johnnyryan89

The Big Easy wrote: »

Do you know where Luxembourg is? :P

It's easy to mix them up with Lichtenstein though

We've struggled against them in the past too!

Luxembourgs underage national teams play in the regional German leagues. Well I assume they still do anyway.

Bob Harris

I'm not surprised...most of their players are in second tier Euro.leagues...most of ours are in the second tier in England. That would suggest a tight, low quality encounter and lo and behold...

ShamNNspace

fyfe79 wrote: »

When I started typing 'German football' I was thinking Luxembourg. By the time I was typing 'Swiss football' I was thinking Leichenstein, yes.

I blame the whiskey.

"it was the whiskey talkin not me" great song Jerry lee

LuckyLloyd

edgecutter wrote: »

Have a look at the Irish squad, it has hard working players but none of them are very creative.

Then don’t ask them to be creative. They’re better athletes and used to playing at a higher tempo with greater intensity than their opponents. They want to be nice and tidy and play a structured contest. And we’re letting them.

Hopefully we’re more direct and purposeful in the second half.

Bazunu, knight and stephens look well. Robinsons drifting wide a lot but I suppose that's where the space is. Collins is playing awful no striker should be missing from that distance.

I'd like to see both night and molomby in a game there both lively.

A decent striker would make the world of difference to this team