For those of you selling your tickets for the game on Wednesday - good riddance and close the door behind you. You can come back again with the Ole Ole brigade if and when the bandwagon starts again.
Playing Eircom League players instead - always comes up when we have a bad result. Was tried once. I think we got stuffed 6 or 7 in Austria in the 1970s.
The national soccer league will never really get hold. The GAA is imbedded in every country parish - soccer will always play second fiddle in this country, expect possibly in the cities. Invest as much as you can I agree but don't expect miracles.
The FAI did not squander "the windfall of the 90s". There was no windfall. Have a look at the books sometime. I got hold of their annual reports which are available. A few million doesn't get you very far.
Dunphy - who cares what he says (n fact we know what he'll say). I thought Aldridge was great. Spoke with passion and from the heart. I will NEVER understand why he wasn't interviewed for the job - did he have some previous falling out with Delaney ?
This is the second time in a row we have been completely outplayed by Cyprus (for those who are singing Kerr's praises). We got away with it last time. This time due to woeful player errors (O'Brien and Kenny) we didn't.
What I can't understand is the organisation at the back that we showed in Germany disappeared overnight. The lack of a decent central midfielder was cruelly exposed. Leaving Ireland on so long.....:rolleyes:
O'Shea & O'Brien I thought were the two worst players on the pitch with Kilbane and Ireland not far beind. Keane and Clinton anonymous. McGeady ok but Duff was the only Irishman who stood out and kept going until the end.
The future. Hmmmm, 4 years of Staunton's contract to buy out (800k ? not to mention Robson) - how much will that leave for a decent new manager?
I will be there on Wednesday supporting Ireland. I won't be booing anyone but I hope those in authority will make the right decision which will be obvious I suspect after Wednesday.
