Irish Football team - Euros and World Cups

[678904673]

I have a grandson who plays both codes and woe betide he miss GAA training to play a Soccer match, he wouldn't get a game again that season. The GAA has a stranglehold on the junior scene, it's as if the ban was never lifted. Fcuking Mafia

That hasn't been my experience. But we'll respectfully agree to disagree

[marhay70]

That hasn't been my experience. But we'll respectfully agree to disagree

I suppose there have to be places that have moved into the 21st century, just not enough of them.

[Setanta]

Nil all at half time....France are off the boil abit....I dunno much about soccer,but I think Ireland are doing well so far.....with players who would be limited enough

[678904673]

Ireland are playing well. The question is can they keep it up for another 45 minutes

[Del.Monte]

Have it on in the background. I know less than nothing about soccer but given that the pundits were expecting Ireland to be massacred they are going well so far.

[Apelles]

1 - 0 to France, bar the goal, Ireland are doing pretty well & holding their own.

[quodec]

A team of mainly championship and first division players holding their own against the French! Great to see!

[Setanta]

Ireland look gassed out,hard to see em keep it at 1 nil

[Setanta]

Ireland look gassed out,hard to see em keep it at 1 nil

I'm a pure tool,made to eat my words here!!


They've had enough chances to win it

[Del.Monte]

Good to see the team confound the experts.

[Berties_Horse]

That was a tremendous effort, had France pinned back at the very end and only Maignan brilliance denied them a deserved equaliser. Ogbene ran circles around Hernandez, Coleman had Mbappe tucked away in his back pocket and Molumby was imperious. Reproduce more performances like this and Ireland might actually qualify from the group

[marhay70]

Magnificent in defeat. How many times have we seen that over the years and it was a schoolboy error that did the damage in the end.
I'm not one for cliches but every one of those lads can feel proud tonight, indeed the whole camp.

[quodec]

Greece 2 Ireland 1 in Athens tonight. And a very poor performance all around. I just think Kenny has very little options available, no matter how far down the squad he goes. We have no special player, not one, who will win a game for us these days. Fact of life!

[678904673]

Greece 2 Ireland 1 in Athens tonight. And a very poor performance all around. I just think Kenny has very little options available, no matter how far down the squad he goes. We have no special player, not one, who will win a game for us these days. Fact of life!

You've pretty much hit the nail on the head. The quality of player available to Kenny is pretty poor. You could put Pep and he'd struggle.

This Irish team is going nowhere for the next few years

[Setanta]

I taught Ireland looked a poorly prepared side tbh.....while they mightn't have the quality of other teams,some of the stuff they were doing was nuts.


teams have cottoned on that they try and play it from the back,and while it's good to see it tried,some of the passes are madness and amount to poor onfield decision making....passing a ball 5 yards to someone who is marked within 20 yards of the goal is stuff a child wouldn't do....and encourages other teams to press up onto them as they will in every game give up a half dozen or so chances this way



Whether anyone could better than Kenny is another question altogether....I doubt it,but a stronger midfield is what's needed,that would break up/pressurise teams....god knows if we have the players for that though

[quodec]

Liam Brady is doing his last punditry tonight for the Gibraltar game. Presently recalling some of his memories, both on and off the pitch. He's the last of the old guard on RTE, so its the end of an era.

[quodec]

So, after the handy away game in France the other night, this game this evening against The Netherlands should be a bit of a walk in the park for Kenny and his bhoys - or will it? Kenny gets a bad press but he has basically only Championship calibre players to draw from, so how are we supposed to have a chance against these top-rated teams?

[jmayo]

So, after the handy away game in France the other night, this game this evening against The Netherlands should be a bit of a walk in the park for Kenny and his bhoys - or will it? Kenny gets a bad press but he has basically only Championship calibre players to draw from, so how are we supposed to have a chance against these top-rated teams?

Kenny and his backroom team haven't a scooby do as highlighted by Dunne and Delaney on Virgin.
Koeman changed his formation and it took about 20 minutes for Ireland to react.

And Championship players are not that bad, their top teams would give most leagues in Europe a run for their money.

[Setanta]

Not to heaping pressure on a young fellow,if even Ferguson was playing last night,I'd have backed him to score a minimum of 2 of the chances in first half

[jmayo]

Not to heaping pressure on a young fellow,if even Ferguson was playing last night,I'd have backed him to score a minimum of 2 of the chances in first half

The problem now is Ferguson is going to have so much pressure heaped on him.
He is the one player with some true class.
We have no one else.
Bazuna has probably found his level.
Kelleher really needs to get out of Liverpool.
People rave about Collins, but so far really he makes too many mistakes.
Egan was terrible the other night and will probably be going back to the championship with Sheffield.
And we had to rely on old Duffy to add some steel.
I can't be bothered going through the rest as there is no one with real .

So poor young Ferguson is meant to carry his not so great teammates and the inept management.

[678904673]

You know things are bad when McClean a player in the old division 4 is still getting his game. I do have some sympathy for Kenny as from a quality perspective we have very little at the moment. In saying that he's ran his course and a fresh approach is required

[DeletedUser]

Bring in Lee Carsley !!!

[jmayo]

Bring in Lee Carsley !!!

They can't afford Carsley and there is no way in hell he would leave England setup to take over the shyteshow that is Ireland.

[DeletedUser]

They can't afford Carsley and there is no way in hell he would leave England setup to take over the shyteshow that is Ireland.

Sadly true !

[quodec]

Ireland 0 Greece 2. Only 3 pts from 6 games and Kenny is more or less a dead man walking. Yet, no one is talking about the absolute dearth of quality he has throughout the squad. How can a manager hope to change and improve and progress when he hasn't the material to work with. Put Pep in Kenny's place and he would make little or no difference either. Bar one or two hopefuls all we have are a bunch of mediocre players - and that is the sad truth!