Republic of Ireland Team 2023/24 [old thread]

Kermit.de.frog · 04-09-2021 5:08pm

First useless cross from McClean

sonic85 · 04-09-2021 5:09pm

Playing some nice stuff so far - really good to watch

Duff · 04-09-2021 5:13pm

Coleman is like he's 25 again.

Kermit.de.frog · 04-09-2021 5:14pm

McClean is leaving acres of space for them on the left.

ben.schlomo · 04-09-2021 5:15pm

Ah now RTE!!!!

sonic85 · 04-09-2021 5:16pm

That was a brutal cross from Doherty. So much time and space - had to do better there

POKERKING · 04-09-2021 5:16pm

Great to see 5 key players from our last u21 qualifying campaign under Kenny playing key roles in this game. Great sign for the future.

POKERKING · 04-09-2021 5:18pm

I really wish we would just wear 1-11 too

Francie Barrett · 04-09-2021 5:23pm

In danger of going flat here.

Mantis Toboggan · 04-09-2021 5:26pm

In fairness to Azerbaijan they're decent, certainly causing us trouble.

breezy1985 · 04-09-2021 5:26pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117846656#Comment_117846656

Couldn't care if we wore letters as long as we win this one

PokeHerKing · 04-09-2021 5:28pm

Azerbaijan well in this in the last 15 mins. 50/50 as to who opens the score currently.

Kermit.de.frog · 04-09-2021 5:28pm

McClean is an accident waiting to happen here

McFly85 · 04-09-2021 5:29pm

We’re very uncomfortable dictating play.

sonic85 · 04-09-2021 5:30pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117846684#Comment_117846684

I think they're pretty useless - anytime we've pressed them they've made mistakes but in the last 10 minutes or so we're standing off them too much. There's a goal or two in this for us but we'll have to be more aggressive

Kermit.de.frog · 04-09-2021 5:33pm

Ah Idah

McFly85 · 04-09-2021 5:34pm

Great chance there.

FrankGrimes · 04-09-2021 5:34pm

What’s the story with the RTE coverage being mainly super wide angle? It’s like sitting in the cheap seats, hit the zoom button every once in a while to show the action a bit closer up!

sonic85 · 04-09-2021 5:34pm

We've had a few half decent chances - hope those misses won't come back and haunt us

McFly85 · 04-09-2021 5:37pm

I feel like we’ve missed the boat to coast it, we started well but got nothing and the Azerbaijanis seem comfortable enough now-so 35 mins in and already feeling like a 1-0 would be amazing.

Faugheen · 04-09-2021 5:43pm

A foul throw at this level is **** pathetic

Dr. Bre · 04-09-2021 5:44pm

Cmon! I expected more chances created here

DJIMI TRARORE · 04-09-2021 5:46pm

Not much experience in our front 3, half chaces coming, not sure where an Irish goal is going to come from, Egan/Duffy most likely

Did you smash it · 04-09-2021 5:46pm

A feature of the Kenny era has been we can’t get teams on the run. We create chances 15 or so mins apart.

sonic85 · 04-09-2021 5:46pm

Few errors starting to creep in a bit now. Need to get to half time and reset. Has Parrott done anything in this half? Other than a couple of flicks I can't recall him doing anything of note

Mr.Nice Guy · 04-09-2021 5:47pm

Bloody hell.

sonic85 · 04-09-2021 5:47pm

Ah FFS

DJIMI TRARORE · 04-09-2021 5:47pm

Fcuk

Kermit.de.frog · 04-09-2021 5:48pm

Great goal

y0ssar1an22 · 04-09-2021 5:48pm

disappointing at the stroke of HT

Mr.Crinklewood · 04-09-2021 5:48pm

Do I not like injury time.

Sudden Valley · 04-09-2021 5:48pm

Hope Kenny gives a rousing half time team talk, if he can't beat this team I don't think we can beat anyone under him. Will be disappointing if it ends up a draw and still people support Kenny for the job.

Faugheen · 04-09-2021 5:49pm

That's a cracking strike in fairness.

Hopefully that gives them a kick up the arse to up the tempo a bit.

RonanG86 · 04-09-2021 5:49pm

Feck's sake. Coleman or Cullen have to get closer to him than that. There's plenty back, it's not like he'd have had a clean run if they'd committed to a tackle and missed.

sonic85 · 04-09-2021 5:49pm

In all honesty that was fcuking rubbish defending. We've been standing off them and letting them have the ball for the last 15 minutes or so like they're Brazil. Yer man had all day to have a crack there - he wasn't even looking to shoot he wanted to lay the ball off to someone. Disaster

Mr.Nice Guy · 04-09-2021 5:50pm

Even without their goal this performance has been very disappointing. They lead us on possession and shots on target. These lads were beaten 2-1 by Luxembourg a few days ago and have won once in their last 12 games (against Belarus). Depressing they've asked us any questions at all. It looks every bit like the meeting of the two worst teams in the group, and at the moment we're bottom. Big improvement needed second half.

04-09-2021 5:50pm

Poor performance. Kenny under pressure if he doesn't win this.

ben.schlomo · 04-09-2021 5:50pm

Great hit but fcuk sake you can't just sit off lads like that.

Parrott has been very poor when he's gotten involved. He's lost out on the right though. Connolly largely wasteful in possession. McClean been poor and not doing anything going forward bar taking throws.

Huge second half needed now.

04-09-2021 5:51pm

As Miley in Glenroe used to say " Well holy god".

McFly85 · 04-09-2021 5:51pm

Once again, like Luxembourg, they sat off the man and let him shoot. I’m actually shocked he’s allowed them to play the same way again.

Big 45 coming up for Kenny.

Fromvert · 04-09-2021 5:51pm

Rubbish defending, but that's us for most of the half, standing off constantly. No aggression to our play. The sad part is I know for a fact we'll start pressing harder and being more aggressive in and out of possession now that we're chasing it.

Mervyn Skidmore · 04-09-2021 5:51pm

Shocking defending there, just stood off him and invited the shot.

Kermit.de.frog · 04-09-2021 5:52pm

Connolly has been completely ineffective and his decision making is really bad - taking put shots when he should be squaring it. Parrott as well has been absent. Don't see us getting two goals here.

RoryMac · 04-09-2021 5:52pm

4 players stood there watching him on the ball before he took the shot!!

Azerbaijan came into it more after the first 20 mins and we struggled to create anything. Don't seem to have a plan for attacking, wrong runs being made, wrong passes and loose passing.