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I think sacking Trap now would be silly.
Tonight's performance was a massive improvement,
We tired in second half and let them back in it but look at all the positives: Walters, McClean, Long, Sammon, Coleman, McCarthy all played very well and we played real football as opposed to hoofball.
We dropped off and they cam back into it but we were definitely the better team overall.
I think we were unlucky.
They were running around with no plan and didn't attempt to play football! The better team?!
I can't understand the mentality of keeping Trap, what are the long term benifits?
He clearly does not think the Irish are capable of getting the ball down and playing it on the deck, he has no interest in blooding the younger lads that will do this.... e.g. Wes Houlihan & James McCarthy only got his chance because of an injury!!!
Its a joke, the man is clearly holding us back, out you go and bring on the younger lads
Can we change the name of this thread to "Tap out" and talk UFC instead?
No idea, as ever what Crosby's on about...
Normally agree with your posts, but not unlucky in the 2nd.half, more naive/stupid. We let them back into it. Bad by the players, never mind Trap.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
And Sammon? 'God love him', but yer man really is a fish out of water...
I think the dude smokes a lot, and I mean A LOT, of weed...Quote:
Originally Posted by ArdeeBhoy
Whatever it is, i like it, he always grabs my attention!
The table shows:Quote:
Originally Posted by tommy_c12000
Austria 8
Swden 8
Ireland 8
With half the campaign to go.
Panic over.
Yes, fantastic. From someone who claimed we'd take points from Germany...
It also show Germany in first place and what it doesn't show is the fact that whoever finishes second currently isn't going to the play offs.
Aye, panic over.
Not quite the full story, there. You've omitted some crucial details.Quote:
Originally Posted by mypost
The first 'e' in Sweden for starters.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
SWE has a game in hand.
True didn't realise that Sweden and Austria still had to play each other twice.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Ralf Rangnick
Thomas Schaff
Lucien Favre
Co Adriannse
Christoph Daum
Thomas Tucher
Mirko Slomka
They are what, exactly?
I thought Sammon did exactly what was asked of him and couldn't fault him. h exceeded my expectations.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArdeeBhoy
I think the point I was trying to make was that sacking Trap would disrupt the whole group. The players do seem very loyal to him and together as a group.
I did think we played well and were the better team. I think we got tired because we were jumping into every tackle for the first hour no holds barred.
Technically the Austrians were better than us and finally got the equaliser.
But we were the better team. We hit the post and nearly got an OG in the second half.
Their first goal was an unforced defensive error.
I thought we played a good mix of football last night, long ball and on the deck and it's much better football than we've played in years.
Should we have put Hoolahan in and left Long on? Of course we should have but I don't think sacking Trap now would do any good and it would possibly have a detrimental effect on some of the players coming through like McClean, McCarthy etc.
Respect your opinion, but unsure if many would agree with keeping Trap?
who would you replace him with?Quote:
Originally Posted by ArdeeBhoy
He has to go. If we're being realistic then qualification for 2014 no seems to be beyond us so our focus should now shift towards the Euro's in 2016, what we need to do now is start introducing younger players to the squad so that they can gain experience and develop into a more cohesive team so when the 2016 qualifying set begins we're not throwing guys like Sammon in with no international experience or experience of playing with his international team mates and expecting him to lead the line in a pretty high pressure situation (to be fair he did really well considering).
Trap has shown that he's not the man for this job.