Ireland Vs Italia (inc scores)

[Stuttgart88]

For much of the Italian game we were all over the shop, the players didn't seem to know what their roles were. We conceed goals far to easily and could have ended up getting a hammering.

Kerr has a very poor record when it comes to competitive matches and I personally don't think he has a clue about senior international management, even with the two Keanes back I don't think we have much chance of beating the French.

As stated above I'm glad we looked at something new on Wednesday so I'm not going to knock Kerr for it. I've been critical of Kerr recently for other reasons. But let's not forget that his assistant coach, Chris Hughton, is an experienced international and a highly qualified coach. Between the two of them they should have the credentials to make something of this team. Does anyone know exactly what role Hughton plays? On paper anyway he's a potential future Ireland manager.

[tricky_colour]

A compilation of Duff's 1st half contribution:
http://s5.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=02Z9LW77YRSLN2KPKKAYBZAVRP

Too lazy to do the full match. Any request from the match let me know before I delete it. :)

Great thanks for that, I couldn't see the match so I really appreciate it.
If you have anymore of the match I wouldn't mind seeing it. Not much chance
of seeing the match in the UK when it clashes with an England game unless
you have Sky.

[Dotsy]

I cant understand the last couple of posts criticising the gameplan.

Kerr played 4-5-1 as an experiment to see how we could cope. If you play 4-5-1 then logically only one player can go up front so he cant play Morrison AND Elliot ? Thats what friendlies are for..changing teams and tactics. He moved JOS to centre mid rather than bring on another midfielder to see how JOS would cope in that system.

"finnan should have played 90 minutes" - yes, Im sure Rafa Benitez spoke to Kerr and said 'listen I know he has already played 7 competitive matches in four weeks -dont worry about it , give him another 90." - do me a favour !

We had a number of players out there last night who may not play again before France because of their club situations (Clinton, Miller, S Reid, Harte, ) so they have to take preference over players like Elliot who will play.

Im sure Kerr would have brought Elliot on if he could but I would think his main aim was to allow Morrison as much time as possible in the hope he would get a goal. If CM doesnt get a transfer in the next week that could be his last competitive game before France. We already know what Elliot is capable off and he needs no help with his confidence but I think if he had brought CM off for Elliot, Clinton would have been really disappointed.

We tried a system , it didnt work too well but we learn from the mistakes (expecially at the back). But there were a lot of positives in the performances of Given/Kilbane/Morrison/Elliots 15 mins/JOS/Duff/OBrien


Great post. Spot on regarding the players who might not get a club game between now and Sept especially Morrison.

[eirebhoy]

Great thanks for that, I couldn't see the match so I really appreciate it.
If you have anymore of the match I wouldn't mind seeing it. Not much chance
of seeing the match in the UK when it clashes with an England game unless
you have Sky.
Get a bittorrent client if you don't have one (I use Bitcomet). Then use the client to download the full match:
1st half (http://s5.ultrashare.net/hosting/dl/902f9d25f728e67d/) (240 mb)
2nd half and post match (http://s6.ultrashare.net/hosting/dl/56708da577bcf5c5/) (360mb)

[tricky_colour]

Get a bittorrent client if you don't have one (I use Bitcomet). Then use the client to download the full match:
1st half (http://s5.ultrashare.net/hosting/dl/902f9d25f728e67d/) (240 mb)
2nd half and post match (http://s6.ultrashare.net/hosting/dl/56708da577bcf5c5/) (360mb)


Thanks mate I will try -
Can't get it to work at the moment but I will try later, not sure if it will be
pleasent viewing but what the heck, it's the France game that matters anyway.

[tricky_colour]

Regarding game plan, I don't think it should matter whether you
play 4:5:1 or 4:2:2, players should have enough sense to adapt to the
envoirment. No point in playing a system which doesn't work.

[CollegeTillIDie]

I'd rather see the international team screw up in a friendly match than in one where so much is riding on it..i.e. V France