got away with one there.
thought the ref was alright tonight - gave us a nice call on the peno.
got away with one there.
thought the ref was alright tonight - gave us a nice call on the peno.
McGeady has been pretty good this game, much more consistent now last few games, won loads of frees and got opposition booked a couple of times
Robbie needs to get his ass in gear or he will be dropping the divisions because he is useless tonight
Trap is good to a certain level but not this one....
all over. Not very impressive. Not a good Slovak team but we're no good either so probably the right result.
Ha haQuote:
Originally Posted by cavan_fan
The Scots drawing 2-2 with Spain
Both sides were terrible, we blew our chance, the draw was the fair result.
Russia winning 1-0 is not good for us, especially with Macedonia missing a penalty on 73 minutes. It would have been great if we had scored our peno and so had Macedonia.
Thanks for that at the end referee. Stopping the last attack of the game because their lad felt like a bit of a lie-down.
I think we settled for the draw at half time.
Rough to say the least.
Oooh my god - now I have to listen to Stan!!!!
i thought the same but couldnt believe myself. I really really effin hope we didnt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
England Montenegro still 0-0
We got away with a point after a very poor performance. Hopefully we will have Duffer and Andrews back and Shay and Robbie will be playing regularly somewhere by March. The Norway game is a chance to test out some of the options we have at full-back and midfield.
Robbie had a bad night and needs to be playing. He's missed very few penalties over the years which makes it all the more shocking that he missed tonight. He's a confidence player and needs something good to happen for him quickly.
I'm quite disappointed with that result tonight, but I am optimistic - the performance was a definite improvement on Friday's, with Fahey in particular standing out.
Our result and Russia's win against Macedonia sets us up for a battle for second place.
McGeady very frustrating. Final ball terrible again. Thought Gibson did ok when he came on, better than Green anyway.
Robbie not great.
Fahey was my man of the match. Simple passing and never lost the ball
Long did well also
Overall not a great performance. Should have beaten what was a poor Slovakian team
We've lost 5 points in 2 matches, we should be 4 for 4 and top of the table, now we're going for a play-off spot with a draw in Moscow, a draw at home with Slovakia and beating Armenia and Andorra at home. Macedonia will take points off us and Slovakia.
Dropped two points big time. Very disappointed with the tactics second half. And it is the tactics as well as some poor finishing. Not enough urgency. Playing free kicks backwards when they could be sent into the box. It has to come from the management.
We are lucky the group is so even, could be fighting for second place by now, but still in it - can forget qualifying as best second place team anyway.
Has it come to this, that we are hoping for Keith Andrews to come back.Quote:
Originally Posted by EastTerracer
Disappointing result, a microcosm of 20 years of inability to win away in a competitive game against half decent opposition
Russia will win the group with so many of their remaining games at home. Shoot out between ourselves and the Slovaks for 2nd.
Could really do with 6 points now from the two Macedonia games next March and June.
great game between Belgium and Austria by the way.