Austria V Republic of Ireland - Tuesday, 10th September 2013 - World Cup 14 Qualifier

[Charlie Darwin]

Dunphy whilst re-watching Alaba's equaliser in Dublin: "Here's the winning goal."
Ronnie eclipsed him moments later, responding to a question from his co-commentator George Hamilton: "Good question, Darragh."

[BonnieShels]

Clark on for Josh

[Fergie's Son]

Is he even going to bother chasing the game by making some (non-enforced) changes?

[Charlie Darwin]

We have a 4 on 4 and Long balloons it from 30 yards. Ridiculous.

[BonnieShels]

Long is driving me spare.

[Charlie Darwin]

Dunne and O'Shea out of the Germany game for practically nothing. I hope Darren O'Dea has packed his nicks and socks.

Our Northern Irish friends behind to Luxembourg for the second time.

[tricky_colour]

Crumbs Josh and Dunne miss Germany game

[Fergie's Son]

Seems a harsh yellow. Forde flapped at that free kick.

[tricky_colour]

That ref is bent.

Who is he? Hitler's son?

[Charlie Darwin]

That ref is bent.

Who is he? Hitler's son?
Yes. It's referee John Hitler. He's 80 years old.

[BonnieShels]

Dunne and O'Shea out of the Germany game for practically nothing. I hope Darren O'Dea has packed his nicks and socks.

Our Northern Irish friends behind to Luxembourg for the second time.

It's 3-2 now to the mighty Luxembourg.

EDIT: FT now.

HA HA HA HA HA!

Danny get over to OWC!

[Fergie's Son]

Need to freshen this up. They should have scored there...again.

[tricky_colour]

Germany only 1 goal up v Faroes.

[centre mid]

There'll be a token change with 3-4 mins to go so Trap can say "I play Wholeehannn and no difference, physicality, mentality"

[BonnieShels]

So leave on Walters and take off Pilkington.

POX!

[Charlie Darwin]

So leave on Walters and take off Pilkington.

POX!
Pilkington severely short of match fitness to be fair. He's looked tired in the second half.

[centre mid]

Faroes just had a man sent of - 20 mins left

[Charlie Darwin]

There is an Austria goal coming here. It's Dublin all over again. Alaba 92nd minute, put 50p on it tricky.

[Fergie's Son]

How have they not scored? Desperate defending by Ireland.

[tricky_colour]

Another of McCleans poor free kicks.

[tricky_colour]

Looks like we are Fuchsed

[Fergie's Son]

The fish on for Long. Desperate stuff now.

[Charlie Darwin]

Sammon on for Long. One player who earned his stripes in a non-existent league for another. Some would argue Sammon remains non-existent to this day.

[centre mid]

Sammon - for good sake, what is he going to add to this exactly? Gibson is right not to bother turning up

[Charlie Darwin]

Looks like the tactic is to pump long balls towards Sammon in an attempt to reward him with his first header at international level.

[Fergie's Son]

It was always coming. This has to be his last game in charge.

[Charlie Darwin]

There is an Austria goal coming here. It's Dublin all over again. Alaba 92nd minute, put 50p on it tricky.
Sorry tricky, I was off by 9 minutes. I'll send you 50p in the post to make up for it.

[centre mid]

Good night and good luck, cant say its not been coming

[SwanVsDalton]

It's Goodnight Waterloo right nuff.

I really hope Trap's departure is mercifully quick at this point. By the end of the week at the latest. Look at the rabbits there Gio...

[Fergie's Son]

No way to spin this other than to say that we're not very good, management is stale and a change is needed. Use the remaining games to allow a new manager to start rebuilding and hope for the best.

[tricky_colour]

Sorry tricky, I was off by 9 minutes. I'll send you 50p in the post to make up for it.

Ha ha I need a pound as I had 50p on both 1-0 and 2-0 wins for Ireland :p

[Charlie Darwin]

I don't expect Trap to have the humility to quit but it would be nice to see. It will be interesting to see if he revises his position once again and decides that 4th is a very good finish for a country of Ireland's standing with no professional league.

[Fergie's Son]

I think his position is untenable at this point. We had a dreadful Euros and a terrible qualification. It's over. Time to move on.

[SwanVsDalton]

I don't expect Trap to have the humility to quit but it would be nice to see. It will be interesting to see if he revises his position once again and decides that 4th is a very good finish for a country of Ireland's standing with no professional league.

Sure he's improved the rankings! Oh wait...

[BonnieShels]

Pilkington severely short of match fitness to be fair. He's looked tired in the second half.

And even an unfit Pilkington was offering more.

Still moot with the substitutions that needed to be made.

I'm on the verge of tears here.

This is an absolute disgrace. Austria are a shocking side and yet we still lost to them.

Unacceptable.

[Charlie Darwin]

Sure he's improved the rankings! Oh wait...
He improved our rankings two years ago. That's all that's important. We all remember how we celebrated when we cracked the top 40 in the FIFA rankings... those were golden days.

[DannyInvincible]

****ing abysmal. I'm fuming at that. What a farce.

[centre mid]

I have to say I thought the ref was awful tonight, the Austrian defenders got away with a lot & how was that a free in the last min or so by Coleman?

[Charlie Darwin]

And even an unfit Pilkington was offering more.

Still moot with the substitutions that needed to be made.

I'm on the verge of tears here.

This is an absolute disgrace. Austria are a shocking side and yet we still lost to them.

Unacceptable.
Yeah this is Stan level of awfulness. He needs to fall on his sword, but of course he won't.

[tricky_colour]

Quick look at the table.

http://www.erichufschmid.net/img/Table_broken.gif

[Charlie Darwin]

Quick look at the table.

http://www.erichufschmid.net/img/Table_broken.gif


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adyC404_gEk

[SwanVsDalton]

It really is desperate. When the wheels came off the Trap Express, we didn't just grind to a halt - we burst into a fiery inferno. Richard Dunne and maybe Robbie Keane trapped inside...

He did have a taste for the theatrical did aul Trap.

[BonnieShels]

Eamon v Liam on RTE now!

[Charlie Darwin]

Brady doing the accounts and saying Trap brought in more money than he lost for Ireland. €8 million for the Euros, minus €2-3 million on bonuses versus his salary of around €6m (plus Denis O'Brien's contribution). So basically our attendances are higher because of Trap... would anybody like to tell the thousands who've stopped going to games? Surely Mypost isn't buying enough tickets to compensate?

[SwanVsDalton]

Brady doing the accounts and saying Trap brought in more money than he lost for Ireland. €8 million for the Euros, minus €2-3 million on bonuses versus his salary of around €6m (plus Denis O'Brien's contribution). So basically our attendances are higher because of Trap...

Add 'Turned Liam Brady into the FAI's accountant' to Trap's list of crimes.

Tabloid sweepstake time - I'm plumping for 'Trap's All Folks'.

[zero]

the cat is in the sack, but the sack is at the bottom of the atlantic weighed down with rocks.

feeble end to an awful campaign. sweden away aside it's been disastrous. a very lucky win in kazakhstan and two wins over the faroes.

1/10.

[centre mid]

Ah Chippy - you dont have to defend him anymore, its all over.

[Charlie Darwin]

Add 'Turned Liam Brady into the FAI's accountant' to Trap's list of crimes.

Tabloid sweepstake time - I'm plumping for 'Trap's All Folks'.
How much is he being paid? He'll have to add that to the credit column on his balance sheet.

[BonnieShels]

Brady doing the accounts and saying Trap brought in more money than he lost for Ireland. €8 million for the Euros, minus €2-3 million on bonuses versus his salary of around €6m (plus Denis O'Brien's contribution). So basically our attendances are higher because of Trap... would anybody like to tell the thousands who've stopped going to games? Surely Mypost isn't buying enough tickets to compensate?

I can't even begin to express how frustrating it is to watch Liam try to defend this.

"We didn't deserve to be on the same park as them"
A disgraceful thing to say. Chippy, get your coat.

[centre mid]

Dunphy talks some absolute ****e, hopefully he leaves at the end of the campaign also.