well youre bang on the money so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
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well youre bang on the money so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Know an Austrian lad who I got tickets for tomorrow, who keeps telling me they won't qualify and is only obsessed about beating Germany, though guess they missed their chance there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Murfinator
All I'd add is they're a largely unknown quantity and one of Ireland's 'bogey' teams, enough said...
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Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
wow. That is one of the worst written, indulgent pieces of tripe I have read in a long time and I agree with his general premise...
Sometimes you wonder is Trap just taking the ****. Sammon has looked comically bad in his cameos so far. hopefully the nerves will settle and he can provide a threat. Dissappointing because i was sure it was going to be Hoolahans big chance to break into the team.
Such a positive performance last friday we really made progression, Mccarthy, Wilson & Coleman were the most important cogs in the way we played so i'm hoping having them there tommorrow will see us continue in the same vein. If they are still looking for the ball to feet and trying to keep it hopefully not even the great Glenn Whelan can stink it up.
Bit harsh. He played one friendly in which he admittedly wasn't great.Quote:
Originally Posted by the bear
He didn't see the ball for the ten minutes or so he was on against Sweden
Yes maybe a bit harsh, I just thought he didn't look like a footballer at all. I will be delighted if he proves me wrong tomorrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
Hyperbolic tripe. Granted, I'm biased (but would still have started either Hoolahan or Doyle), but off the top of my head, you've got -Quote:
Originally Posted by tommy_c12000
6-0 down against Germany
The Euro 2012 let-down
Henry's handball
San Marino's late equaliser
Ireland's late equaliser against Cyprus
5-2 in Cyprus
Sitting back on the 2-0 lead against Israel and blowing it
Saipan
0-0 v Liechtenstein
Chris Woods' rugby tackle somehow not being the penalty to send us to Euro 92
Any time John Delaney opens his mouth.
All far, far more disappointing than a Championship forward starting for Ireland.
I was hoping for a league one forward myself.
And being cheated by FIFA as far as back as 1965 and the play-off v.Spain.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Not to mention being cheated in the '80's in France, Belgium (or Holland. Or maybe even both?) and Bulgaria where the officials were probably bribed in keeping those times.
For all you optimists?
http://thescore.thejournal.ie/poll-h...44690-Mar2013/
:)
That poll has a blatant leading question/intro, designed to weed out optimism.
Sammon works hard, he can swim upstream as they say. He will do fine, as long as there is no roe during the match. He's a lover not a fighter.
I think he will go well with McLean who Nigel-Harps describes as kind of a "garlic mashed potatoes" sidedish of a player. And he is always in demand at weddings which makes him a well liked chap I suppose.
Absolutely. And turning down a place in the 1950 World Cup too.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArdeeBhoy
I was only going on living memory though. And even then, I got plenty.
And lets not forget those shorts Mick wore in the World Cup as manager, giving nightmares to Irish across the globe.
Sammon is an odd choice. Walters there to do what exactly? Seat holders at the Oscars are more effective.
Walters has been doing a job for Stoke on the right hand side of midfield all season long.
Except Wally should be up front and Brady play on the right. Sammon for the metaphorical glue factory...
In the fan's verdict on their club's season so far in the Guardian a couple of days ago he was singled out for having "struggled, playing out position" or words to that effect.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colbert Report
Walters usually looks like he's struggling no matter what, elegance or comfortable doesn't apply, Trap has a soft spot for the battler.
'Memory lane: Roy Keane on when Ireland lost to Austria but passed ‘Harry’s Challenge’': http://thescore.thejournal.ie/roy-ke...aign=from_page
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AFTER TRIPS WITH the Irish team, players would go back to their club at the end of an international week and swap stories with English players and those from other nations about the weird but wonderful Ireland camp.
Everyone had a laugh at the Irish. No one laughed harder than the Irish players telling the stories about the ****-ups, ****-ups and the various impediments you faced as a professional player representing your country. When I was young I told stories. And laughed.
Here’s a good one from Ireland’s qualifying campaign for Euro 96 – towards the end of Big Jack’s time as national team manager.
Because of injury I played only three or four games from the qualifiers. But Dennis Irwin and Paul McGrath were witnesses to this story.
Ireland were at home to Austria in a vital qualifying game. The day before the match, the team went to Lansdowne Road for a training session. On the way they stopped at a branch of Harry Ramsden’s on the Naas Road.
The photographers were on hand to capture the Irish team tackle their first big challenge of the week: Harry’s Challenge, a giant-sized haddock with chips and beans or peas, with a sweet to follow.
Eat up, lads, urged Jack. Some of the lads tucked into Harry’s Challenge. Then off to Lansdowne Road for the final training session.
Yes, Austria won 3-1. Some of the lads reported that their legs ‘went’ twenty minutes from the end. F**ked. But they’d passed Harry’s Challenge.
The story went down a treat in the dressing rooms around England.
Significantly, Ireland failed to qualify for Euro 96 because of that defeat. Holland beat them easily in a play-off game at Anfield. That was Harry’s Challenge.