Denmark V Republic of Ireland - Aarhus - 19th November 2018 - UEFA Nations League

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poison. MON will be delighted and call it progress. depressing.

[Kingswood Rover]

Newstalk reporting that some flags were taken off irish supporters as they entered the ground by the stewards including the "LO1 PROBLEM CHILD" one, just shows Delaneys priorities.

[Fixer82]

We’re organised without the ball.

But when we have the ball we don’t know what to do.
No composure.

[tetsujin1979]

Ireland finish a calendar year without a single competitive win for the first time since 1986

[tricky_colour]

0-0 away from home, looks like we have turned the corner :)

[tricky_colour]

I see from the advertising boards that the whole black friday thing has crept into Denmark from America as well.

It's that kind of game.

Certainly a black day for Irish football, be it Friday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Saturday or Sunday ��

[geysir]

Even at our blackest, we still finish ahead of the North.

[Razors left peg]

No goal scored in the first half of any game in 2018.
4 games in row without even a shot on target at all.

O'Neill is literally stealing a paycheck

[samhaydenjr]

Ouch - that sounds like it was another rough night. So, any positives from the recent games? Well, we've conceded only two goals in five games - that's something, right? Plus, the emergence of Callum Robinson and now Obafemi - so if we ever get the ball into the opposition area, we have a couple of players who may be able to score - although surely Robinson should have been on from the start - of the forwards in the squad tonight, he is our form player (yes, yes, low bar), has performed well and still likeliest to play a significant role in the qualifiers, unless Obafemi bangs in a few for Southampton before March.

[tetsujin1979]

No goal scored in the first half of any game in 2018.
4 games in row without even a shot on target at all.

O'Neill is literally stealing a paycheck
Two shots on target against the North on Thursday. That's not much better, I know.

[zero]

denmark missed 2 gilt edged chances. we created nothing.

i really think we would have been better off losing. o'neill simply has to go.

[geysir]

Their goalkeeper was excess to their needs this evening. He could have spent the whole game texting his friends and having a laugh.

[the 12 th man]

Their goalkeeper was excess to their needs this evening. He could have spent the whole game texting his friends and having a laugh.

He did.
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[Cathalsmart]

Boy I’m SOOOOOO looking forward to the Euro’s campaign now!

[Eminence Grise]

If O'Neill had any honour and integrity he'd resign. A manager who oversees relegation in any competition cannot expect to continue in the job. But I'm afraid that his salary is above what he might be offered by a club, and we're his last big pay day. And what kind of club would take him on anyway? Tactics, motivation, organisation - he's a spent force in every department.

Take a lesson from your mentor, Martin: even Clough knew when it was time to walk away. Coincidentally, that was after an avoidable relegation, too.

[Paddy Garcia]

If O'Neill had any honour and integrity he'd resign. A manager who oversees relegation in any competition cannot expect to continue in the job. But I'm afraid that his salary is above what he might be offered by a club, and we're his last big pay day. And what kind of club would take him on anyway? Tactics, motivation, organisation - he's a spent force in every department.

Take a lesson from your mentor, Martin: even Clough knew when it was time to walk away. Coincidentally, that was after an avoidable relegation, too.

He should offer his resignation, and in doing so demonstrate some sense of integrity.

[Olé Olé]

4 million quid has a serious impact on one's honour and integrity.

[EAFC_rdfl]

Can we give Denmark back their 'n' in the thread title :-)

[Fixer82]

Can we give Denmark back their 'n' in the thread title :-)

Demarkation

[DeLorean]

Two shots on target against the North on Thursday. That's not much better, I know.

And five against Wales before that, and one against Denmark before that.

[tetsujin1979]

Can we give Denmark back their 'n' in the thread title :-)

done, sorry about that

[OwlsFan]

What can one say? If it was the first match in the group, we might have come away happy with a point. Alas it was not and there was no sign of progress on the field other than defensively but with 10 men behind the ball one would expect some progress in that regard. As Brian Kerr has said, the Irish football team is now a hard sell and I even went to the kitchen to make a sandwich without putting the TV on pause - unheard of behaviour up to 12 months ago. With rugby on the up, this makes this harder to swallow and according to my friends at the game there were a lot of chants such as "we are f*ing sh*te" from presumably die hard supporters as well as lots of anti-Delaney stuff but that's another matter. MONKE seems to be losing the fans and with perhaps -20K attendance per game which is around a drop of €1 million in revenue a match, it might eventually not be worthwhile keeping him in the FAI's eyes. However, the lot of the Irish fan is to be optimistic (sometimes too optimistic) and hope that despite all the signs to the contrary, it will be improved. I wouldn't be surprised though at some stage if MON got his marching orders and RK was handed the job for a couple of games (cost savings in not paying him off) to see how he'd get on. I'll be honest though, the last few Irish performances in the 50 years or so I have been following Ireland have been the worst I can remember.

[Fixer82]

The last match in which we actually played some nice football wasn’t over a year ago, it was against Poland.

Williams looked composed in midfield and looked for the ball constantly. He’s barely played since.

[DeLorean]

That's true, Fixer. Now, Poland looked extremely half arsed but at the same time we looked like we were trying to do the right things at least. Denmark weren't exactly at full throttle last night either and we couldn't string two passes together. Williams was a no-brainer for last night, we basically didn't have a midfield and that was clear without any need for hindsight.

[centre mid]

RTE primetime have a programme about the management of the FAI at 9.30pm. Hopefully it's the beginning of the end for Delaney.

[Olé Olé]

RTE primetime have a programme about the management of the FAI at 9.30pm. Hopefully it's the beginning of the end for Delaney.

Well it wasn't very powerful. It was a very quick video followed by an interview with Pat Dolan in which he managed to make very few coherent points. 5 minute segment or so.

[DeLorean]

Yes, a pitiful space filler.

[Stuttgart88]

The last match in which we actually played some nice football wasn’t over a year ago, it was against Poland.

Williams looked composed in midfield and looked for the ball constantly. He’s barely played since.This has been a wasted year of friendlies and NL games. Of course low key half baked friendlies are only that, but two or three things stood out for me over the year in terms of personnel (apart from Rice's excellent showings): Williams can play a bit of ball, and in just the way we need - a guy who takes a pass and gives a pass. Stevens looks good at left back and left wing back. Horgan likes to get on the ball, goes looking for it and goes both ways with it, inside and outside. He was excellent when he came on against the USA, as was Stevens. These are only crumbs of information given the context of the opposition but if I was managing the team I'd have acted on them. I'd have found a role for all three and earlier.

[tricky_colour]

We have become Luxemburg


We're not that good! ;)

[tricky_colour]

We have never done well without two proper defensive midfielders really, but we did scrape a draw in a non-competitive match, some would call that progress.

[tetsujin1979]

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