Time to put the debate about Kenny to bed …. Why is that clown allowed to continue to embarrass us….. Latvia are ranked 143Quote:
Originally Posted by zero
Time to put the debate about Kenny to bed …. Why is that clown allowed to continue to embarrass us….. Latvia are ranked 143Quote:
Originally Posted by zero
Kelleher shocking there, even allowing for deflection.
its going straight into him without the deflection lolQuote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Watching the first again, he's very slow to move his feet, almost stumbles. Might be nitpicking but could've maybe done better.
There is nothing he can do about that it's shocking defending and a lazy leg from collinsQuote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
His name is James. We heard you the first time. Knock it off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bielsa´s irish
Latvia manager called one of the mids over to him after the second goal and changed the shape a bit and they were much more effective in the middle from there on.
Definitely a concern that we get so panicky at the back. Just no need for two players going for the same ball twice in build up to second goal.
Statistically we must concede a way above logical amount of goals from shots outside the box. There’s obviously an element of luck but also must be something about either the shape or the areas we lose the ball that contributes.
Hopefully still go on to get a comfortable win but anything less is going to really dent confidence for the France game.
Browne probably has been the weakest link in the middle. Although for all the good play I do think Smallbone goes missing a bit in his defensive duties. Deliveries from the wings and set pieces have been much better. Doherty is very rusty so he’s had some good moments and some very poor ones.
Thought Obafemi showed his football intelligence with the assist for Ferguson. Great anticipation to get to the ball and pull it back. Some lovey stuff from Ferguson but naive at times too. Great poachers goal. O’Dowda has been a excellent.
Outside of Liverpool fans, who can never see beyond their nose when it comes to a Pool player, anyone who thinks Kelliher should be in goal, is off their rocker.. I'm sick of listening to people make excuses for him.. he's too casual.. he should becroaring at players, getting defences set, coming out taking charge of high balls into the box..
Outside of being decent at penalty kicks.. he's ****e
just stop. McCarthy's career is over.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bielsa´s irish
The fella doesn't even play football anymoreQuote:
Originally Posted by Bielsa´s irish
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Originally Posted by Insidetherock
get it all out pet
Don't you ever get tired of churning out this fake shyte? I mean what's the point of it all?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bielsa´s irish
Once you get 2-0 you change the formation to a dull 4-4-1-1. Again Kenny doesn't use strategies, you have several football matches within one single football match.
Obafemi looking decent
The team needs a boost from.the sub's bring on Mikey asap
Ireland may go on to win this but it won't mask yet another serving of dross from kamp kenny.
Get subs on ffs
Agaim, 2-0 after twenty you change formation, 4-4-1-1 , streetwise football !!! Then they come you kill the game off, now Ireland looks fragile and vulnerable
Bring Mikey!!!!!!!
A fit and in form James McCarthy would be my first midfielder on the teamsheet Bielsa.
Thing is, he last played a football match for Celtic in October. And even then he only played 15 minutes.
So at this stage saying James McCarthy is the solution is like saying Roy Keane is the solution.
Kenny doesn't do subsQuote:
Originally Posted by Insidetherock
Pass it #25 asap!!!
Ray wonders would we go 352 or 343 against France
I'd say if we were allowed 555 we'd struggle
41000 attendance.. who are they fooling.. there's not 25000 there tonight
the kennyite spin is being constructed at this very moment.. best of luck, lads.
France isnt going to be pretty based on tonight. Hopefully we find better balance. Maybe its a confidence thing after conceding.
Second half was fairly laboured stuff. Johnston did well when he came on, a bit of energy about him.
Still, a win, no injuries (it looks like) and a goal for Ferguson can do no harm going into the French game.
More positives than negatives there I think.
3 super debuts from Smallbone, Ferguson and Johnston. Johnston could be a fantastic find, gives us something different. Ferguson and Smallbone were both excellent, and you cant ask much more than a goal from the new boy wonder on his 1st start.
10 minutes of madness took the gloss off it a bit. If Browne had scored when we were 2 nil up it might have been different but we need to cut out these stupid lapses of concentration in games. We will strenghten up our center with Bazunu, Egan and Cullen so hopefully that helps on monday.
We've gone from being a team that are hard to score against, but could only score through set pieces with Duffy, to now a team that creates plenty and scores goals but has a terrible habit of giving away stupid goals. It may be an age thing, lot of young defenders, but its something we need to cut out.
It was far from perfect, but with 3 goals and 3 exciting debuts Im happy overall with that.
Edit: of course not Fergusons debut but it felt like it
Looked fairly full to meQuote:
Originally Posted by Insidetherock
The bearded one delivered as promised for all those Catholics in the Republic, the bearded one was a tornado today in those twists and shouts, he looks a bit like a 23 years old Danny McBride!!, the aviva would have collapsed if the bearded one scored that solo goal after the 3-2
Cut out the drugs manQuote:
Originally Posted by Bielsa´s irish
Some positives:
Smallbone excellent
A goal a piece from two young exciting forwards
Controlled the game ( for the most part)
But it should of been more comfortable mostly due to silly mistakes that keep recurring.
France will destroy Ireland if they give away possession as much as they did tonight
I suppose we’ve learned to score and win against poor opposition in the last two games. That’s progress whether everyone wants to admit it or not. Obvious negative is we’ve also conceded two against poor opposition again. On the law of averages we shouldn’t be conceding so many to opt shots, hopefully the France game resets that balance and anything they try results in a wonder save or a near miss!
Good performances from Smallbone and Ferguson the obvious highlights. Johnstone showed some real spark and is definitely the type of player we didn’t have in the squad before. As mentioned, Cullen and Egan from the start should solidify that soft centre a bit.
Just about enough positives to head into France with some hope. With the seeming fragility when we do concede, really have to hope France don’t score early on. We look like scoring in games now so at least we have the prospect of causing them some problems if we can hold it together defensively.
Baffling as ever. Besides Smallbone, midfield was fairly unimpressive in terms of controlling the game and dictating pace, considering the opposition. Agree w/ RTE panel after the game that if it's a choice between Doherty and Coleman against France, you'd have to go with Coleman. Delighted Ferguson scored.. and Ogbene, of course.. tho Ogbene was fairly anonymous after that. Johnstone had an excellent cameo so lots of positives, but plenty of head scratching too. Team against France will be different and stronger. A draw would be an excellent result.
Just more of the same as the autumn unfortunately. But at least this time with a couple of encouraging performances in midfield and up front that would give you hope for a future era where the team might be properly set up and have some kind of defensive strategy or cohesiveness.
But that won't be for a while sadly. In the mean time we'll continue to concede worldies from outside the box and wonder how it is that it keeps happening. Must just be bad luck I suppose...
Cullen is our most important player by a mile I think. In and out of possession he controls our midfield. Without him we get a bit lost at times and it showed tonight.
It's begining to look a lot like the Staunton era. Purple patches of good play and then complete abandon of defensive structure and duties. We've gone so far away from the deep lying midfielder and low block to carefree attacking like cows out of the shed after a long winter in spring. Our players are playing with carefree abandonment. It's all so very naive.
I think it's clear Kennys lack of experience at a higher level is showing he just doesn't know how to set us up to play defensively and doesn't have the ability to see the gaps and structure cos he's just not used to having to deal with that quick turnover a few passes later and a goal. He's so tactically naive. How often can we concede goals from outside the 18 yard box from so called minnows time and again? They all look at our matches and yet we never learn. France could destroy us Monday
As eirambler says and a few others it's nice to see smallbone and Ferguson showing well for what hopefully are the near future and not " the future *
It is.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Just home now, I actually thought it was more, from inside the ground.Quote:
Originally Posted by Insidetherock
It was a comfortable enough win really. A crap goal given away, and a wonderstrike. Aside from that, it was largely one way traffic.
Can't learn anything from a game like that really, but it's minutes in the tank as a collective.
Bazunu, Cullen, Coleman, Ogbene and Johnston could all come in as starters potentially.
Regardless of what you think of Kenny, the positive from tonight is the average age for me. It was 23 I heard? The majority of that side won't peak until the Euros or next WC. Add in a few more early bloomers like Ferguson ( maybe Zefi, Sinclair, Moran etc) and the ones who will be even more experienced at that point (Cullen) and we will have a decent squad for whoever is the manager.
On the game it's more of the same issues against minnows which are frustrating beyond belief. We need someone to step up when we concede a ridiculously low probability shot like tonight and get the team rallied. Obviously stopping the shots would be more ideal but it was a phenomenal strike. It's disheartening how much it shook us though. The second goal came from pure panic in our box. We don't seem to have a captain and it's not coming from the sidelines.
Smallbone and Ferguson did well. I was more impressed by Smallbone to be honest. He might be the creative outlet we need. He made good runs and kept the ball moving with purpose after 1-3 touches. He was better in the advanced role than in the more withdrawn one. Ferguson was trying a bit too hard but he got his goal and that's brilliant.
Kelleher was unluckyish but he needed a top class performance to dislodge Bazunu if that was even being considered and he didn't deliver. Should probably have done better with at least one of the goals but he looked very comfortable with his feet. So languid it's almost as nerve wracking as Bazunu's less relaxed approach.