Ireland V Cyprus - pre- match thread

[Maroon 7]

Absolute rubbish.

Cyprus are very comfortable and had the best chance so far.

[Emmet]

Jesus - what a let off!!

[Maroon 7]

Cyprus should have scored again. 3 v 1 break and the Cypriot player tries to chip Given from 25 yards.

Shambolic.

[Maroon 7]

The boos ring out at HT.

[McGinty]

my god.

[Soko]

Joey O' Brien. Its not your fault


Stan. Resign. If you have the interest of Irish football at heart, leave now


Suits. Grow a pair of balls and admit this has been a shambles. It can be salvaged, just not by this joker

[ken foree]

amazing! it's that bad? a country of 788,457 whose players play in a half-decent european league embarrassing us at home?? they must have a good manager so...

[cavan_fan]

Miller for O'Brien

[Maroon 7]

Miller for O'Brien

Not before time. Sticking a full-back/centre-half in centre-midfield was always an eyebrow raiser.

[Maroon 7]

Cyprus hit the post.

We should be getting pumped 3-0 here.

[Gaillimh Al]

Shocking bad.....can only get better.(in this game) Surely...

[DmanDmythDledge]

Joey O' Brien. Its not your fault


Stan. Resign. If you have the interest of Irish football at heart, leave now
Centre mid is O'Brien's natural position.

[tricky_colour]

The Czechs are 2-0 up, it's well and truely over now anyway.

[tricky_colour]

We couldn't even beat England at this rate.

[Irish_Praha]

San Marino have just scored against Wales and it's 2-1 to Wales at the moment. Some spin material for Delaney?

[biscuit]

such a ****ing depressing situation to be in....why cant delaney and stan the man please go....i feel sick watching this inept shower.....

[Maroon 7]

Centre mid is O'Brien's natural position.

Somebody should tell Bolton as they don't play him there.

Which might be the reason why he never looked like a central-midfielder tonight.

[dancinpants]

San Marino have just scored against Wales and it's 2-1 to Wales at the moment. Some spin material for Delaney?

Nah, Wales are only slightly less sh!t than Ireland.

[ken foree]

We couldn't even beat England at this rate.

their u-16s? no chance.

[Irish_Praha]

McGeady has added a bit of life to the game but his final ball is poor up to now.

[ger121]

Is it just me or is anyone else hoping Cyprus nick a goal coz it would hopefully mean the end of Staunton::o

[biscuit]

another miss from robbie keane.....suprised??? ehh NO:rolleyes:

[dancinpants]

Is it just me or is anyone else hoping Cyprus nick a goal coz it would hopefully mean the end of Staunton::o


Nope, you're not alone ;)

And while the battle to beat power house Cyprus continues, N Ireland, equalise away to Sweden. :rolleyes:

[beautifulrock]

Strange I though all the "suits" were staying in tonight to watch Corrie and the "real" fans were turning out. Cant see anydifference in the atmosphere if that is the case, does that mean we can stop blaming the suits going forward and take some repsonsibility ourselves.

[ger121]

N Ireland must really be regretting not getting anything away to Latvia and Iceland.

[Maroon 7]

1-0 Cyprus

[Dunny]

Is it just me or is anyone else hoping Cyprus nick a goal coz it would hopefully mean the end of Staunton::o
Theres your goal

[micls]

Embarassing shambles

[Irish_Praha]

Fupp!

[biscuit]

0-1 cyprus....
pffggh WE ARE A FUKIN DISGRACE ...... HOPE IT STAYS THIS WAY...IRISH FOOTBALL IS DYING.....

[tricky_colour]

Bye Bye Stan. 1:0 Cyprus

[CollegeTillIDie]

Stan out and take John O'Shea with you....

[Maroon 7]

Can't see how Staunton can survive this.

Then again this is the FAI we're talking about.

[Paddy Garcia]

what chanel is the rugby on ? .. even England

[sonofstan]

I leapt from the seat and cheered - they deserve it; we deserve nothing

[jockser]

ouch!

[Fergie's Son]

Sadly I think Staunton will survive a 1-0 beating. That's how #@*@@ useless the FAI are.

[biscuit]

lucy my TV doesnt have feelings....:mad:

[micls]

Stan out and take John Delaney with you....

Editted that for you :)

Actually Stan take the 2 of them

[Maroon 7]

Sadly I think Staunton will survive a 1-0 beating. That's how #@*@@ useless the FAI are.

1-0 going on 4-0.:(

[Closed Account 2]

Well 1-0, never in my wildest nightmares could I have predicted this.

The death of Irish football... I think so, hard to see how we can improve now.

[Maroon 7]

Good chance we could finish 5th in the group now.

[Closed Account 2]

Sadly I think Staunton will survive a 1-0 beating. That's how #@*@@ useless the FAI are.

Im waiting for him to trot out the "We didn't get the rub of the green" BS again.

[biscuit]

:mad:people shouldnt leave...they should stay and let those gits know what the people really think.....delaney wont be able to put a spin on that!

[ken foree]

from sportinglife matchtracker:

85 mins: Reid sums up the Ireland display by jumping out of a 50-50 tackle in midfield. Keane unimpressed.

84 mins: Ireland respond to going behind by passing the ball around the back four. Inspiring stuff, and it goes down a storm with the fans.


oh my..

[Irish_Praha]

Cyprus are our new Switzerland :o
My God, I'm lost for words!:mad:

[Closed Account 2]

There are only so many crummy teams you can lose to, like statistically it's harder for us to get worse

[ifk101]

Surely Stan will resign directly after this match.

[Maroon 7]

Cyprus are our new Switzerland :o
My God, how things have gotten so much worse under Stan than even Kerr!:mad:

The Kerr era was a time of milk and honey compared to the current farce.

[Fergie's Son]

Surely Stan will resign directly after this match.

He won't resign.