Nigeria Game

1-0 to Nigeria at the moment. Ogbeche gave them the lead after 36 mins. Nigeria are all over Ireland!

Starting XI
Colgan (Hibernian); Finnan (Liverpool), Cunningham (Birmingham City), Doherty (Tottenham Hotspur), Maybury (Hearts); Miller (Celtic), Holland (Charlton Athletic), Kinsella (West Bromwich Albion), McPhail (Leeds United); Keane (Tottenham Hotspur), Lee (Cardiff City).

1-0 to Nigeria at half time! :mad:

Rowlands and Clarke on.

Martins came very close after only a few seconds! Colgan tipped it out for a corner!

2-0 Martins with a great individual goal!

Keane had a chance but he put it wide!

Ireland supposedly playing with different studs and find it hard to play! :rolleyes:

3-0 to Nigeria. Ogbeche tap-in!

I can't bare to watch any more.

Douglas on for Holland!

Mcphail just hit the post

3-0 FT :eek:

Nigeria are a top team on the up, fielding an understrength side
was suicide.

Stand in players not up to the job. At home we can beat anyone, away we are average.

Worst defeat in 8 years BTW!

Why was this so soon after the Rominia game?
Wasn't it less than 48 hours?
Crazy.

This would never have happened if Kilbane was playing :rolleyes:

Why field the players he did? McPhail, Kinsella, Colgan, Doherty? None of these have an international future. Lee will at best be a reserve striker but I suppose it's worth giving him time than, and unfortunately Maybury is all we have at left back after injuries. No real suprise we lost, Martins is the best youngster in world football bar none atm.

This tournament was a bad idea given the way the games are so close together. For starters Carr, Breen, O'Shea, Harte, Kavanagh, Delap, Duff, Kilbane, McAteer, Connolly, Dunne, Kennedy, S Reid have all been unavailale so far, so options are limited but a good chance to look at fringe players - but against Nigeria you will have to be at your best, they may be inconsistent but on a good day they are a match for anyone.

I'm worried about an embarrassing result against Holland - Kerr probably put out his most experienced side today while needing to rest a few players. Cunningham ( tired ), Holland and Keane were the only recognized first choice players out there really, I think Kinsella is no longer first choice, you can get away with maybe 2 or 3 second line players but with Colgan, Docherty, Maybury, Kinsella, McPhail and Lee it wasn't going to happen away from home.

Miller & Finnan are good but not coming off great seasons with injury etc.

I think Doyle should have played ahead of McPhail he likes to get stuck in, McPhail has only one gear.

It could get real ugly against Holland!