[QUOTE=Jerry The Saint;575979]I was saying Boo urns.
:D :D :D
They booed Barnes playing for England years ago and then voted him in the
best Engalnd eleven of all time before the world cup so I wouldnt get too
upset for him.
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[QUOTE=Jerry The Saint;575979]I was saying Boo urns.
:D :D :D
They booed Barnes playing for England years ago and then voted him in the
best Engalnd eleven of all time before the world cup so I wouldnt get too
upset for him.
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Originally Posted by Jerry The Saint
People in the West Stand were shouting shoot after his pathetic effort
I did stick my finger up at him at the end though when he was trying to lap up the applause
O'Shea seems to play even worse the poorer the opposition, that is a skill in itself
I do feel a bit sorry for him but he should do the decent thing if he's any sort of fan of the Irish team and retire and stop holding us back.
The only reason he's on the pitch at all, is because of his height>
He's ****ing rubbish, and needs a good kick up the ******!!!! (excuse language) but he's a waste of space, as well as he plays for the scum!!:D :D
didnt hear any booing myself-i was in the west upper and i have to say i wouldnt boo any of our players even if they are as utterly sh ite as oshea. i mean he doesnt pick himself so its up to the manager to make a call and drop him completely.
we have cover in his position and anyway this "cover" is better than him. Stephen kelly has shown more desire and has played better than him. Oshea should be absolute bottom of the pecking order until he sorts himself out.
would stan have picked him had carr been fit??? i shudder to think-he probably would have dropped andy reid for oshea.
Hahahahaa classic... Actually laughed out loud at that... Forget post of the month, this is a contender for post of the year !!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jerry The Saint
I didn't hear any booing either, plenty of groaning though.
Think he had a decent game against the Czech Republic at centre half. I too fell sorry for the guy, he has been played everywhere for club and country and hasn't managed to master any of the positions. He should concentrate on behing a CH.
not his fault people keep picking him , I'm useless and unfit but if Stan called me up to replace Robbie Keane upfront I wouldnt turn him down!Quote:
Originally Posted by youngirish
But it's hard for him to concentrate being and center-half when his managers play him at right back, left back, midfield and then once in a while at center-half. What is he supposed to do? Say to Sir Alex or Stan "ah, no Boss, not midfield again, would you mind putting me in at center half instead of Rio/Dunne"?Quote:
Originally Posted by drummerboy
I do believe that he is far too much maligned though.
He was getting some dog's abuse from a few people sitting near me. We all groaned as another pass went astray but some of the abuse was pretty bad and included this "joke" by a guy at the top of his voice.
"O'Shea has been going with the same girl since they were 16. They both met in Rehab".
The trouble with O'Shea, apart from the fact that he isn't very good, is that his laguid style makes him look as if he doesn't care. I think he does but just isn't up to it as a full back or midfielder. Central defender or nothing.
I'll never feel sorry for a pampered profesional footballer earing more in a week than many do in a year, especially if they consistently turn in absolute ****e for their country. We'd be better off if he stayed in Manchester. Or Stan could drop him..... jesus wept, that clown would never have the brains for that
Nearly fell of the seat laughing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jerry The Saint
Absolute legend
I had to google that to find out what this Boo-urns thing meant. :)
he totally got booed...he made two errors one after the other and people just had enough...it wasnt defening or anything and I think people realized that they were wrong to do it and it didnt take off.....
Wouldn't ever boo one of our players, unless he plainly was't trying. I do feel sorry for O'Shea, his confidence is shot. I had hoped that playing against the worst opposition I have seen at Landsdowne would enable him to have a good game, build his confidence, get fans behind him etc. Instead his performance was so constrained and nervy, that he wouldn't have looked out of place on the San Marino bench. He really is a footballer at the crossroads of his career.
I really think Stan should put O'Shea (and more importantly us) out of his misery and drop him from the squad. Everyone in Ireland knows the lad isn't up to it so why can't that ginger toss*r see the obvious and make the required decision. Kerr had the same problem but at this stage it's just gone past a joke.
It's starting to get ugly now with the boos and the boo-urns from Hans Moleman so it's time Stan woke up and smelled the sh*te.
Was he sporting a celtic jersey by any chance?Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Was in the south terrace and only heard him getting booed once, the first time he touched the ball after his misrable attempt at goal.
For the last time people were screaming "SHOOT"
Its probably not that harsh, he has been consistently well below par for his country for far too long, and was particularly atrocious last night, I honestly cant recall a more frustrating player in the green. He should be at least fourth in the pecking order behind Joey O'Brien, Stephen Carr and Stephen Kelly, who deserves a bit more credit after his excellent performance against the Czechs. A lot better than O'Shea has ever managed. For some reason, I'm not surprised that Stan singled him out for particular praise after the match. Vintage performance at this stage from "the gaffer"
well done. hope youre proud of that. were you that fat clown that held the game by running onto the pitch by any chance?Quote:
Originally Posted by Soko
as shown by the great support given by the fans against the chech rep its far more productive to support than moan, groan and grumble at the players. the way most people here go on about the players it seems they would be only happy if shay given took to the field on his own.... oh yes, with a few great eircom lge players thrown in also:rolleyes: if he was playing for any other club than man utd he wouldnt get half the abuse he gets. he had a very solid game at CB against the chechs
I was booing him anyway. His last two performances in Nicosia should have seen him dropped yet he is still there and the guy never seems to give close to 100%. Such potential but it wont be realised. Still dunno which is wore to have though, him or Carr playing full back!!!! How long will Joey O'Brien be out for???
First of all, please don't boo our own players for just being poor. You might think he's not giving 100% but of course he is trying his best. He just has no confidence as he knows what the fans think of him. Anyway, O'Brien is expected back within the next 2 weeks.Quote:
Originally Posted by carloz
Was just bout to say the same thing myself. Did it make you feel all good inside?:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by jbyrne
The booing is uncomprehendable.I have never seen any player on an irish team go out and purposely play badly. I'm losing my faith in the irish footballing public with every incident of such.
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Originally Posted by jbyrne
He epitomises everything I hate about modern day footballers and he can go **** himself if he thinks that rubbish, half arsed effort is good enough. The fact that he plays for Man Utd does actually have something to do with it, he seems to think he's actually related to a footballer. I couldn't give a toss if he played for Wayside Celtic, he's a loafer who puts in zero effort and is a huge fault of the team.
Despite his solid performance agaisnt the "chechs" at "CB" (do you even watch the games) he still sauntered back from half way leaving McShane all alone with Koller to equalise. I wouldn't have him in a pub league team, fraudster barely breaks a sweat and can't wait to get back to England. We should leave him there from now
ya have to agree, he was shocking the other night. and soko is right about the czech game as o'shea turned his back on the player to allow him play koller in for the equaliser.:rolleyes:
Too true. His laziness cost us the 3 points and any hopes of qualification went with them. He ruined an otherwise good performance (perhaps his only one in an Ireland jersey) but was still overshadowed by McShane.Quote:
Originally Posted by depor
No matter what anyone says he has been one of the main reasons why we have failed to qualify for the last three campaigns (I'm including this one) if you look at his individual mistakes and what they've cost us in matches compared to other players. He also doesn't do anything productive to make up for these mistakes so he's a liability all round. I remember he gave that silly peno away against Israel for no reason when we were coasting to victory in that group. After that it was all downhill.
He was also shocking against the Swiss away in the previous European qualification and was at fault for the goals. Another qualification f**ked up.
I can't remember any other player being as consistently bad for Ireland. I can understand the booing. He's a donkey.
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Originally Posted by youngirish
While you are at it, you may put him down for starting the iraq war as well. And maybe he's the cause of global warming.....
Of course he's a bad player, every non-Man Utd supporting Irish person would agree with that. It's ridiculous to say he deserves to be booed though. It's also ridiculous to think he's not trying his best for Ireland. There'd be nothing more satisfying to John than putting in a man of the match performance and having papers raving about him the following morning. He can hardly wipe the smile of his face for hours after he scores.
He's just a player hugely affected by confidence and has very little aggression to make him bully players and stamp his authority on games. If I was beside someone booing O'Shea I certainly wouldn't let them be.
No doubt there was clearly audible booing of O'Shea at least once on the TV. Can't agree with booing any Irish player though. It must be really demoralising for the whole team to hear a crowd just waiting to get on their back.
It is a disgrace Booing your own countries players. :(
How is a player supposed to perform to his best with a few eejets booing him ruining his self confidence..
I don't think O'Shea is as bad as everyone is making it out, as it was said earlier in this thread he wouldn't get half as much stick if he didn't play Man United!
Its like everyone is blaming only him for Irelands poor performance lately, but there's 10 other players on that pitch and a useless manager who are just as equally to blame...
It's Staunton who picks him for the squad so if you're not happy with him starting go to Stan and blame him..
Stay at home if you aren't happy with him, but don't boo at matches it ruins it for the majority of fans and players :mad:
I was in the South Terrace and everyone was shouting 'Shoot' when he got the ball. I couldn't hear anyone booing. Granted, in Cyprus he got a bit of stick. This thing about Man. United is b******s. People don't care who he plays for. The fact is he is a talented player who doesn't give a s*** about playing for Ireland. And he is as bad as everyone is making out. Watch him when he gives the ball away. Mr. Casual himself. We should get him a deckchair for the next game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eire06
Checked the Wikipedia (the encyclopedia , who's who yoke) write up under John O'Shea. Thought it might be a non-commital, non - critical run through the career so far. I've a feeling this write up may have been infiltrated and amended by a disgruntled Ireland fan. A few choice quotes:
"O'Shea earned his first senior cap for ROI on 15th August 2001, when he came on as an 84th minute sub at home to Croatia. His debut ended in disappointment, however, when he gave away a penalty in injury time that resulted in Ireland conceding their lead......."
It gets worse.
".....he frustrated many Manchester United supporters with a series of technically inept, slow and clumsy performances displaying poor accuracy of passing".
You sir epitomise everything that I hate about football fans. Just because O'Shea doesn't run around like a headless chicken does not mean that he doesn't care. Not everyone has to show Roy Keane's level of visible passion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soko
If O'Shea had sprinted back against the Czechs he still probably wouldnt have gotten back to deny Koller. McShane got caught out for the goal, but he seems to have been absolved from all blame because he's a fan favourite with bandwagoners like you.
Furthermore, John O'Shea frequently comes back to Ireland and makes himself available to his schoolboy clubs to help train their youngsters. Hardly something that sits comfortably with the caricature you'd like to peddle but nonetheless, thems the facts.
John O'Shea is a decent footballer. He rarely makes mistakes that cost either Ireland or United goals. The people that booed him the other night have no place at football games.
Wrong O'Shea would have got back if he hadn't been acting like he was strolling around in the park on a Sunday afternoon. McShane could also have been better but it's hard for a young player when he has to cover for his idle defensive partner.Quote:
Originally Posted by barney
Who cares? He's sh*t for Ireland. Extremely sh*t and should be dropped. That's all that matters. He should long since have been given the boot as he's keeping younger, infintely more talented players from the team and has been for 4 years now. If we are to progress he is the first player that needs to go.Quote:
Originally Posted by barney
Pure deluded sh*t. Are you John O'Shea in disguise? He's cost us more goals than I care to remember. Why are you sticking up for him? No one dislikes him for any other reason than he's pure c**p. I have nothing personally against the lad but he's rubbish and has always been so for Ireland. If he was anyway half decent he wouldn't get any stick.Quote:
Originally Posted by barney
As for the boos I agree they don't help but maybe they might convince that ginger idiot Staunton that O'Shea is not up to the standard required for an International footballer and he might finally decide to stop accomodating him in the team, though to be honest I unfortunately can see him hanging around while he still continues to get the odd game at Man U.
Make up your mind man.Quote:
Originally Posted by Collyontour
I have said it before and I say it again, I think booing is an acceptable method of expressing your frustration with a player/manager/team.
Ther's no doubt that he has talent. He's s*** for Ireland though. Anyone remember him having two good (or even decent) games in a row?Quote:
Originally Posted by osarusan