Awful decision making again from Baz. There was an out ball to Cullen that he turned down and ended up doing nothing and giving them a free hit. Saved by the post.
Szmodics has been very good again so far.
Awful decision making again from Baz. There was an out ball to Cullen that he turned down and ended up doing nothing and giving them a free hit. Saved by the post.
Last edited by SkStu; 26/03/2024 at 7:30 PM.
This feels a bit too Kenny-esque so far, but without the ten minutes' pressure at the start
I didn't think so, not compared to Saturday, they were comfortable, we were chasing, and they owned the ball from the off.Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
Fairly poor so far. Thought we were better in possession and more dangerous from open play against Belgium. Missing the directness of Ogbene and the bit of craft of Smallbone. Like much of the Kenny era there’s a drop of intensity from this game to the previous and it feels like the opposition had us figured out from the start. Smodzic probably the brightest spark and Omobamidle has been quite good I think.
I think Szmodics, Omobamidele and O'Shea have done well. Wing backs have been pulled around a lot and questioning what the instructions are there as Coleman has been the furthest man forward a couple of times in that first half. Not easy to compare directly to the Saturday game but based on the evidence there is, it appears Smallbone/Cullen is a more effective/stable nexus than Knight/Cullen (and I am a Knight fan). Ferguson working hard but not much coming his way or working for him. Bazunu and Johnston have been disappointing. Overall pretty flat performance. I hate when you can hear the players call for the ball and stuff so seems the crowd is pretty muted too.
Very regressive substitutions
Yeah rather than change shape we've now got Ferguson RW, Idah CF, and Szmodics LW.
No debut for O'Brien yet?
Is it six or five subs for internationals? Must say off those subs tonight I dread the thoughts of O'Shea getting the job.
Failed the audition on this performance
That's that for the JOS talk anyway. Didn't test the Swiss keeper once.
Dara O'Shea showing that quick recovery pace which has seen him clock one of the fastest sprint times this season.
It was incredible.
Better, slightly, in the second half but ah that was very poor overall. Still an improvement on Kenny but we need a fresh perspective. Don't think O'Shea is it - he has potential to manage but i'd rather not him learn the trade in this role.
Would we expect Dara O'Shea to get a move to another premier league club, after Burnley's surely inevitable relegation ?
Is it too much to ask for a manager to be able to fcuking adjust the team shape and tactics mid game. Its like they learn one formation in coaching school and stick to that forever. All the subs we made tonight and not one adjustment to the shape. There was no need for 3 center halfs as that game went on. We had the top goalscorer in the Championship playing wide all night and then when he went off we put our 19 year old striker wide again. Why not try 4 at the back and 2 up top ffs. Something, anything, just not the fcuking same.
That looked like a Stephen Kenny end of days match with O'Shea on his coaching staff.... I hope to jebus the FAI have an Ace card to play
Its really not that complicated!!!
Didn't fancy that keeper based on how he dealt with those couple of late crosses either.
Can't think of anything particularly positive to come out of that tbh
I realize that most of the excitement watching Ireland under Kenny was born out of fear of imminent catastrophe, but even if we appeared a bit more solid over the past two games, there was also a sense of pre-Kenny deja vu... a sense that these are the solid, boring methods we used for years and started complaining about because it was so turgid and laborious at times. I wouldn't be overly excited about O'Shea getting the manager's job after the two games.
Will they ever score a goal again?
Would it be legal for fans to offer money for goals?
Can't think of anything particularly positive to come out of that tbh[/QUOTE]
Azaz?
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