Ireland v Switz (scores, everything)

Bard

1/2 time scores : Ireland 0 - 0 Switzerland , England 1 - 1 Poland , France 3 - 0 Cyprus

Bah.

[edit: corrected France score. They've got 3. ... Arse. ... oh and Poland's... they equalised.]

Ruu_Old

we need to pick up the fight next half, playing better though. now watching KFC ad in chinese

mewso

You need another edit Bard - Poland scored.

Ruu_Old

yer man on the chinese coverage half time analysis seems to be mentioning Stephen Carr alot thats all i can make out

mewso

look up the word crap in chinese - probably appears alot in the analysis too.

Bard

Why, if you are in Illinois, are you watching the match with Chinese commentary?

Ruu_Old

on business in St.Louis, have high speed wireless in the hotel, so watching it on PPLive

Memnoch

i hate robbie keane all he is good for is falling over

Ruu_Old

bah pityful attempt at a bicycle kick, Keano!

Bard

Keane is vastly over-rated alright. Why the hell did he go for that bicycle kick just there? ... he should have just calmly chested it down, turned and slotted it home instead of being a glory hunting gimp with his show-off acrobatics...

(although, yes, he did FAIRLY well against Cyprus... well, in that one incident where he nearly scored by chipping the keeper...)

mewso

Holy cow a shot on goal.

Bard

Stephen Eliot is warming up. Hopefully he'll replace one of our woefully underperforming forward players shortly.

mewso

Whatever you say about Keane I would rather Morrison come off.

Bard

67:00 Stephen Elliot replaces Robbie Keane

Ruu_Old

ah here, we're getting a lot of well positioned free kicks and making an absolute sham of them!

Bard

Looks like we're still relying on there being a foul providing us with a well-placed set-piece to score from. Not the best state of affairs. I don't see anyone on that team at the moment who's going to break this stagnant deadlock. Still hopeful though... 16 mins or so to go...

mewso

Might as well take a free kick where Kilbane is concerned. He 'aint gonna do any better with it.

Pacifico

Why is O'Shea still on the pitch!?

Pacifico

Given is God

mewso

Yep. Pity his team can't supply the same kind of class.

joe.

91st minute. Shay Given knocks the ball in from a corner. That's the only way I can see us winning. Just after saving the team again.

Guy:Incognito

If we somehow manage to rob this, I think Frei deserves a brown envelope, hes done his best to make sure the swiss dont score.

Bard

Feck Roy Keane and Damien Duff... Shay Given is Ireland's best player bar none. Brilliant save.

Cloud

Come on Ireland!

Guy:Incognito

Is morisson afraid of doing what every other striker finds natural? the guy has no instinct at all

Pacifico

He'd be a great midfielder. Holds up the ball well......

**** i though that went in! :eek:

Bard

Side net... crap... I thought that went in.

*shakes fist at tiny central European country*


... and now he's bringing on Gary Doherty... is this a GOOD THING ???

Guy:Incognito

Here comes the savior. :rolleyes:

mewso

Time for the Doc. Don't know whether to be glad or cry.

Ruu_Old

we're inviting them to score at the back, disgrace!

Pacifico

I'm crying anyway.....

Guy:Incognito

Whats with th elike for like subs with 3 minutes left? he should have about 6 strikers on at this stage.

bizmark

Ah well.....

Pacifico

yeah, shame really

Guy:Incognito

Looks like roy's 2nd retirement will be gas his fist.

Bard

All over. 0 - 0. Ireland out of the World Cup.

FECK.

Cloud

Ruu_Old

ah feck it, the Irish fans deserve better than this!

BKtje

toothless as usual if im honest.

What about only 2 mins of stoppage time tho? Isnt it 30secs per sub (i counted 5?) and the minute or so that your man was winded. Not that it would have made a difference

Royale with Cheese

I'm living in Germany for the year and Ireland aren't gonna be here. I think I'm going to go cry in the corner for about 2 hours

mewso

Yep no real surprise. We don't have a great team but yet again those who make the big decisions have no faith in our ability to play football so we end with a familiar scene, hoofing the ball at the swiss.

CrimE

Shame lads.. thats it

joe.

Only bit of class for the Irish team was Given. Roll on "Austria and Switzerland 2008" etc..

R.I.P. Brian Kerr

Chong

Well speaking from a neutral point of view its disappointing to see that Ireland have not gone through, but on the whole they haven't deserved to get there but its a huge pity Shay Given wont be able to play in the world cup. What is kerr thinking what some of his descisions , Gary Doherty a centre half playin as a striker again.

Bard

...and in the night that Ireland go out of yet another major competition, England win 2 - 1 at home to Poland and progress to next year's World Cup finals in Germany. Tonight's result didn't matter to them. It did to us.

scojones

You know, I've been defending the manager up until today. Ok, so the ref was an absolute ****ing joke. Please someone tell me, why did the take keane off, and not morrison? What that was about I will never know. My guess is that he was praying for morrison to get a free kick for heart. IMO keane had a good game. Arse anyway lads, we should have done the business against Israel.

Chong

I have to laugh at the fact of Kerr getting the chop as he dosent deserve it even though he makes some risque decisions like Gary Doherty, but Kerrs record is excellent.

Guy:Incognito

Bard wrote:

...and in the night that Ireland go out of yet another major competition, England win 2 - 1 at home to Poland and progress to next year's World Cup finals in Germany. Tonight's result didn't matter to them. It did to us.

By all accounts they playe dgreat too. Surprise surprise when one of Gerrard/Lampard wasnt playing,

d22ontour

Brutal performance once again.

Guy:Incognito

WDK wrote:

I have to laugh at the fact of Kerr getting the chop as he dosent deserve it even though he makes some risque decisions like Gary Doherty, but Kerrs record is excellent.

No its bloody not, its terrible. Forget meaningless friendly draws against Brazil.