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Good performance and great last ditch effort. Have we moved forward under Kenny though. Unfortunately I dont think soComment
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Sickening result, promising performance. Poor from Cullen for the goal and pretty anonymous first half, you’d question if he can step up to the premier league next season. An excellent championship player though. I think he’s a bit overrated in what is the easiest position to play in on the field. Ogbene exceeded my expectation, good game. Just needs to stay wide and not central. Bazunu was excellent, no question who our number one is. Need to build on this performance and actually start getting results in our group. Set piece deliveries were largely awful, Cullen and McClean should not be on them. We need better.
Still don’t understand why Browne gets game time on the right wing.Last edited by tommy_c12000; 27/03/2023, 8:46 PM.Comment
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Great performance. THE BOSS is back.Comment
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Couldn't ask for much more. We were set up well, the starting lineup was the right one, the subs were brave and the players gave it everything. Deserved a point and would have had it if not for an absolutely unreal save.
The only complaint for is on set pieces. The final two Cullen hit were good and resulted in two excellent chances but otherwise we couldn't get it right.
Molumby had his best game, same for Ogbene. Coleman and O'Shea were superb. Doherty too. Ferguson worked hard and did what he could with what he got but Idah was a good sub. He has a bit more pace and it worked well.
Sickening really but on paper that should have been far worse.22 leagues and 26 cups and....well....none of you will ever catch up if we're being honest.Comment
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Can’t ask much more of that team against one of the best in the world,Ogbene and Coleman were excellent I thought,just a pity about the mistake and goal…..Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.Comment
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22 leagues and 26 cups and....well....none of you will ever catch up if we're being honest.Comment
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Just a shame that the goal we conceded was one we gave away so easily.
Apart from that, it was a solid performance all round, and we did give them a scare at the end.
Disappointing for Ferguson but it was always going to be that way for the lone frontman.Last edited by osarusan; 28/03/2023, 8:10 AM.Comment
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Its actually becase he trusts his players to come good. Im sure people can see the good and the bad in terms of taking someone off early. As Ive said before, its one area that baffled me on occasions when he was at Dundalk - a tactical change doesnt need to reflect on the player or indeed the managers starting off thinkig.
Ok so we were beaten by one of the outstanding teams in world football, one pass goes astray and we were punished. But by and large that was a good erformance and yes some will say its a result base game but once again we see how this squad is being developed. They were fearless considering who they were facing, not hammered by any means. The French will grab those points as not just with the Collins effort we finished on the font foot and they killed the game with subs and getting frees. To be expected! I'm a bit disappointed not to have gotten a result and thats is a guage of where things are going imo.Comment
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Collins header was a completely free one. Awful marking he had a lot to aim at
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That was really strong, probably should have got something out of it. As ever, it's about making that level of performance the absolute floor going forward, being consistent and doing it against Greece and beyond.
If the team and Kenny has finally unlocked that, we'll do OK.Ou-est le Centre George Pompidou?Comment
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Kenny got that game totally right and deserves credit even from the most staunch of the anti-Kenny faction. One mistake and the best in the world will punish you. That’s what it came down to. Greece will be the best gauge.
Ogbene, O’Shea, Collins and Doherty were brilliant. Egan solid. Molumby was a warrior but was tiring in the last 25 mins. Knight had a better second half. I was terrified that Coleman would be exposed but he did really well and Ogbene really supported him well. Bazunu pulled off some good stops.
Again, very much a full team performance and they all executed well. The substitutes were effective (McClean gave us a lift and the right type of energy, Idah impressed too) although Johnston didn’t see much of the ball apart from that carry thru midfield just after he came on.I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.Comment
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That's the the sickener about it is it was a sloppy mistake rather than a great piece of play from France that won them the game.
Yeah Ferguson had the thankless job of being the lone front man today but should see himself and Obafemi maybe back starting together for Greece away.Comment
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