I seen a great photo somewhere online that shows Troy stretching for the ball with the Hungarian defender elbowing him in the ribs. It has now become my phone screen :)Quote:
Originally Posted by passinginterest
I seen a great photo somewhere online that shows Troy stretching for the ball with the Hungarian defender elbowing him in the ribs. It has now become my phone screen :)Quote:
Originally Posted by passinginterest
https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2025...ation-stopped/
Enjoyed reading this. Most of the posters here grew up on the glory days. Five year old me in 1988 fell in love with football and that Irish team. Obviously Ronnie Whelan scored that volley and was automatically my favourite player. He played for Liverpool so they had to be my team. And then there was 1990 and I was in Wexford general for a small operation, I'll never forget the nurses being annoyed with me and my mother for being too loud and waking up the other patients when O'Leary scored. And then there was 94, I was only 11 but I cycled to the local pub to watch Ray Houghton score against Italy. I came home from the same pub after the Netherlands game thinking Paul McGrath had scored a brilliant goal, even if only a consolation, only to discover later that it was disallowed. 2002 I accidentally punched the ceiling light when Robbie scored against the Germans. All those memories and I was still a teenager. In a way it made us all believe we could achieve anything. It's nice to have that unifying light in the world to some degree again, that genuine pride and love for the flag that's been hijacked. Anyway, it's been emotional.
what a ball from Dara O'Shea to Ogbene too for the penalty. I think it got missed in a lot of the commentary around the game but it was exquisite.
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Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Thats the one, might be my favorite Irish football photo ever. Barry, get working on prints of that!!
Into the feckin Louvre with it. On the toes of one foot, fully outstretched with the other. Troy Paryshnikov.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Was talking to a mate about the game this morning and he made a great point about Troys work ethic in the last few years leading to that goal. I dont want to be negative about other players because its still celebration time, but there was a time a couple of years ago where it looked like Troy was hanging out with the wrong crowd and he was struggling in L1. His career could have gone the way of Aaron Connolly, but instead the move to Holland has led to him being ultra professional. He has worked his b0llix off to become a really good player in the last couple of seasons and you could even see when he took of the shirt that he is in brilliant shape. All that led to him having the work ethic and fitness to make that run in the 95th minute and be able to stretch out every last fiber to get on the end of that ball.
That goal just does not happen if he didnt put the work in, and I hope that is inspirational for the players around him, but also the young lads coming behind
One thing about the strike itself is that he doesn't actually kick the ball, that would have put it straight into the keeper's hands, he rolled his studs down the ball to divert it under three goalkeeper, and he had about 0.1 seconds to realise that was the correct shot to take
It would have been similar to the Kenny chance if he had put a clean strike on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
I'm not sure he could have gotten a clean strike. He's completely outstretched and just about gets his studs on it. Pure determination and technique combined to get his foot there. Magic.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
I watched that back and it’s a good effort and a natural effort from a striker but if he had slipped it inside to his right Idah had an open goal. Of course a split second decision.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
I think you forgot "brilliance"Quote:
Originally Posted by ontheotherhand
It's a really excellent finish. The kind of unexpected finish that'll throw a keeper
Total poacher’s goal. We haven’t seen such a naturally instinctive goalscorer in an Irish shirt since Robbie KeaneQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Absolutely. It's a work of art. His second was excellent as well. Thought he'd run out of time but he just waited for the keeper to commit.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Was watching back the Portugal goals there and his second is great too - he had a huge amount of work to do just to get a shot away, let alone find the bottom corner.
Actually, I think all give of our goals were great in a direct football kind of way. Scales' header back into the six-yard box on a plate for Parrott; O'Shea's ball to free Parrott down the wing and him making the space for the shot; O'Shea's ball into Ogbene, and the control to take it down before being kicked; Azaz's lovely dink over the defence to send Parrott in; and then Scales' knock-down and Parrott caressing the ball in with his studs. All different, all great, all of them pretty much out of nowhere.
Love it. You can't coach that hunger and desire. And Only a handful Hungarians in the crowd seem to know what's coming. As another poster said - haven't seen that 'by hook or by crook' hunger in a striker since Robbie.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Can anyone convince Stephen McCarthy to drop the link for the high res file?Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
https://www.sportsfile.com/id/3294395Quote:
Originally Posted by elatedscum
He'll let you buy it
I don't want a physical print, which is what's for sale (trust me I looked). I want a high res version that I can make my screensaver/wallpaper.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
I let my phone increase the resolution on the image and its perfect for the wallpaper on the phoneQuote:
Originally Posted by elatedscum