Macedonia V Republic of Ireland - Saturday, 4th June 2011 - Euro 2012 Qualifier

[EastTerracer]

Fuppin' brilliant! Keano! Keano!

[passinginterest]

What a mistake. Brilliant!

[DannyInvincible]

Robbie Keane; my hero.

[Crosby87]

Wow.
Now, dont give one back before the half.

[tricky_colour]

Roberto de Keanio

[shakermaker1982]

YES KEANO!

How the hell are we 2 nil up?! Brilliant.

[BonnieShels]

Come on Robbie!

[tricky_colour]

Yes!!! This is almost as good as the Britain's got Talent final!!

[BonnieShels]

Given has a groin injury.

[DannyInvincible]

The two-goal cushion has settled me a bit, although it's certainly no reason to try and soak up pressure for the next half.

[Crosby87]

Why does Hunt still have his hair like Kenny G back in the day?

[theworm2345]

****s sake

[passinginterest]

So so silly...

[shakermaker1982]

**** what the hell

[BonnieShels]

Frightened the **** out of the cat when Keane scored there.


Fupp a peno!

[Crosby87]

what a ****ing joke.

[DannyInvincible]

For God's sake. That's a crazy decision.

[EastTerracer]

O'Shea can't complain - he kicked him in the hole.

I love Macedonian bars though.

[theworm2345]

Lucky us

[shakermaker1982]

Yes yes!!!

[BonnieShels]

****in blessed.

[DannyInvincible]

Yes! Fantastic.

[passinginterest]

Well, well, sometimes it's your night.

[Crosby87]

Are we going to have to score 3-4 goals to end up winning here?

[BonnieShels]

O'Shea can't complain - he kicked him in the hole.

I love Macedonian bars though.

The greatest bars in the world.

[Philly]

My God we really need to start doing something in midfield in the second half...

[Crosby87]

Any changes from Trap?

[tetsujin1979]

We got away with the penalty, but they should be 3 down with Cox's shot that wasn't offside. 45 minutes to go.
O'Shea's ball watching is a big liability, Hunt giving their number 3 (Popov?) far too much space to move into.

[Crosby87]

You need to self medicate Tets.

How does Pandev not take that penalty shot?

[BonnieShels]

Yeah. Still on bits. It must be a trite boring being a Spanish fan.

[shakermaker1982]

Thank God we played in the Celtic Cup. Keano looks sharp and when he's like that he'll score every chance he gets. Without him we'd be in a world of trouble right now.

Hunt pressing well but we cannot keep the ball. So much for not going long every time. Midfield overrun again and the defence is defending on top of Given.

[BonnieShels]

You need to self medicate Tets.

How does Pandev not take that penalty shot?

Cos he got a root up the hole from O'Shea to get the peno.

[Noelys Guitar]

The longest 45mins of my life. ****ing hell. Robbie brilliant. Hunt putting in a great shift. Shay superb. Definite peno not given. I knew the next incident (o'Shea again) would be a peno. They won't get another one but we might. Kilbane laying OK and then the last 5 mins of the first half all over the place. The back four looks like it might be breached everytime and that is a huge worry for the second half. We need another goal to make this safe. 2-0 up though is a beautiful thing.

[Noelys Guitar]

We got away with the penalty, but they should be 3 down with Cox's shot that wasn't offside. 45 minutes to go.
O'Shea's ball watching is a big liability, Hunt giving their number 3 (Pandev?) far too much space to move into.

Completely forgot about that. Definetely onside and a good finish.

[tetsujin1979]

Kilbane is the best defender in the Ireland back four tonight.
There, I said it.

[Crosby87]

Cos he got a root up the hole from O'Shea to get the peno.

Doesnt matter. He needs to man up and take that. No pun intended having anything to do with long cox.

[shakermaker1982]

If we get another 2 goals I'll be able to relax. 4 goal lead = even we cannot mess up.

[BonnieShels]

If we get another 2 goals I'll be able to relax. 4 goal lead = even we cannot mess up.

Shut up. Don't even tempt fate like that.

[Crosby87]

Slov 1 nil?

[tetsujin1979]

Their keeper is there to be shot at, Fahey to come on and give something extra from central midfield
Andrews and Whelan have done nothing wrong, but we've nothing coming through the middle

[DannyInvincible]

From RTÉ's updates:


One worrying development is that Shay Given is carrying a groin injiry, with David Forde warming-up throughout the first half on the sidelines. Given was given some painkillers from the Ireland medical team in the hope that it will hold off the injury.

When did he pick that up?

[Sullivinho]

Delighted with the 2-0 given what's gone on. Defense looks terrible dodgy, O'Shea and Kelly gone on holidays already. Only realised during the anthems how short Cox is, we won't get much out of lumping balls at him. Robbie looks sharp as a stanley. Disappointing night so far for his detractors.

[Crosby87]

From RTÉ's updates:



When did he pick that up?

I think he would have to get shot with a paintball gun repeatedly from the stands to have to come out.

[DannyInvincible]

Slov 1 nil?

Yeah, final result. Can't imagine Slovakia played too well with a result like that. Only saw bits from the first half but nowhere near enough to judge how they played overall.

[Crosby87]

So all we do in the group is hold serve with a win, correct? (Essentially?)

[BonnieShels]

Midfield constantly dropping off the man and inviting them to run on.

[Crosby87]

Oh boy.

[theworm2345]

Would like to see Coleman replace McGeady...McGeady has constantly failed to produce an end product and Coleman offers more defensive protection (though, as Tets mentioned, Kilbane has been our best defender)

[DannyInvincible]

No booking this time for Pandev? He should be on one already for that hairline.

[Crosby87]

Danny you are in rare form tonight haha.