Does anyone have the game recorded? I'm very curious about how there was only 4 minutes of injury time. There were a number of subs and Coleman was down for quite a while.
Seems like Ledley laughing and Taylor smiling.Originally Posted by TheOneWhoKnocks
Edit : Seen Taylor walking off the pitch apologising to the Irish management. Seemed pretty devastated. Only he knows what he meant to do.
Last edited by TrapAPony; 24/03/2017 at 11:59 PM.
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Does anyone have the game recorded? I'm very curious about how there was only 4 minutes of injury time. There were a number of subs and Coleman was down for quite a while.
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All due respect to you Backie but do they not have DVR in Belfast?
Ha. We do but unfortunately it doesn't pick up the EPG information from free state telly so recording from RTE is impossible.
I do have my copy of Ireland v Italy from 1994 on VCR, from back in the days when this sort of thing worked perfectly.
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And then there's this bull**** to deal with trying to watch something online. The irony of where the guy being interviewed is from being blatently obvious!
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Despite the poor game, I thought there was some great entertainment at times. The tackle was horrendous, and Bale also could have walked for his rash challenge only a minute earlier.
Was really there for the taking though, and while it was a game that was more must-not-lose than must-win, it really puts a bit of a spanner in the works now knowing that there was very little better chance for us to really grab 1st place in the group by the balls.
Also, it was incredibly, fantastically, and amazingly hilarious to see the band there after banning the Welsh from bringing in their trumpets. Saying that, I'd love to smash them over the heads of the lads playing. Terribly forced and annoying atmosphere, and blasting it through the tannoy was just needlessly ridiculous.
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
Pluses
- The McBride shirt presented by the Welsh side to Michael D. Classy.
- The applause on five minutes. Emotional.
- McClean's performance. It wasn't exactly world class, but serious respect for playing with controlled, sustained aggression. Can't have been easy after this week.
Negatives
- The game. The performance . The ref.
Nightmares
- That Taylor tackle
- This entire miserable week
There are no words
- THE TRUMPETS
Thought Bale was lucky to stay on the field, particularly after he appeared to kick McClean in the chest. But had a different view at the game (for instance, was far away from Taylor's tackle knew it was late but had no idea how badly Seamy was injured until later).
Absolute disaster for Coleman. Gutted for him.
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I can't agree. He was so poor on the ball and so immobile. He was sitting on our centre halves. We can never press the ball when he plays cause he does not have the athleticism to cover the ground. If people who love whelan on here for his positional sense mastery want that great but we will never get those high octane Italy performances where we are on the front foot when he plays.mccarthy was a huge miss.
I thought it was really pointless, childish stuff.
There were 4 subs - one at half time and two while Coleman was down. I thought four minutes was about right.
Haven't been able to check the forum since last night, and haven't read all the thread, but I'd appreciate it if you didn't share any photos of the tackle itself, please and thank you
ruined what should have been a great atmosphere. everyone around me giving out yards everytime they piped up. who comes up with this nonsense and surely a home team is not allowed pipe music over the pa system during the match??
A brutal game all round. I'm devastated for Séamie. It couldn't have happened to a nicer character in football; awful for him. The tackle was simply disgraceful. Taylor obviously didn't mean it and you could tell he himself was gutted, but, sweet Jesus, it was just so, so reckless. Séamie's absence, presumably for what will be much of the remainder of the campaign, will be a massive blow for us. The injury actually made the result feel a bit like a loss.
Bale should have seen red too. Ref was rather casual.
Generally, we were very poor going forward, created little and left it way too late to make a final push or even take advantage of the extra man. We looked very limited and although McGeady provided a bit of a spark when he came on - he should have been on way earlier - we still didn't create much. It might also have been worth throwing Horgan on. We were completely impotent through the middle though and seemed limited to crosses. Although Horgan wouldn't necessarily have helped on that front, maybe we needed someone like Hourihane in there too. Hard to know considering it'd be a big call to give a player a senior international debut under such circumstances.
Whelan played terribly. Slowed everything right down and could well have been sent off for an idiotic and inexplicable attempt to elbow his Stoke team-mate, Allen, in the face. Hendrick played very poorly also.
We weren't troubled a huge deal at the back.
McClean gave everything on what was an emotional night for him. Deserved man-of-the-match.
Who on earth was behind the trumpet idea? It was an embarrassment - trying to contrive an atmosphere - and was absolutely murdering the genuine atmosphere that developed during the final push for a goal.
Just on this photo doing the rounds that allegedly shows Ledley "laughing" and Taylor "smiling" just after the tackle and within metres of Coleman lying on the ground, I think it would be unfair to jump to conclusions on the basis of a solitary photo. Ledley's face is certainly contorted but he could be grimacing at the horrific nature of the injury for all we know.
Meanwhile, Taylor was clearly genuinely upset. He apologised to the management team on his way off and Shane Long claimed that he had been in tears. I definitely don't think his facial expression in the photo there is a smile. It looks more like despair to me.
Between singing 'Stand up' and the trumpet, you could have been at an Ulster rugby game!
I really enjoyed the last 20 minutes. It was a real old-fashioned game then - long throws, Terry Butcher bandannas, two arms up for a corner (have players stopped doing that these days?), proper sliding tackles, hoofs clear, pump it long into the box.
No skill at all on show bar Bale of course, but feck it, skill isn't necessarily required for entertainment.
The first 70 minutes were utterly dire of course, and if we do go to the World Cup, it'll be as a team who are killing football.
We could have won that. McGeady demonstrated why he should have started. I thought Whelan was okay and I thought Meyler and Hendrick were poor and I think that's the root of the result.
But, honestly, I'm utterly gutted about Coleman. The only positive is I don't think anyone in our squad would be as incredibly diligent about their recovery. The man is an inspirational character in every aspect and demonstrates some of the most honorable traits a man can e.g.Work ethic, honesty, loyalty, passion... I could be here for the day. I hope so much that he comes back as quick as possible and as recovered as possible.
Was the trumpet pumped through the P.A.?
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There was a microphone in front of the band, so yep, relayed around the ground.
The fake cheering at half time was almost as bad.
On a separate note, I missed who took over as captain after Coleman went off. Was it Whelan? (I presume Coleman started as captain, but I only got to the ground at kick off, and didn't even notice until half-time that McCarthy had failed a late fitness test)
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