US commentators saying Keane is one of the best overseas signings in the MLS
US commentators saying Keane is one of the best overseas signings in the MLS
is that Pilkington to right full?
Doyle and Cox on for Kelly and McGeady.
This is interesting!
Maybe playing 0-6-4 makes more sense than keeping that defence on.
We've turned into Holland 2001 now... Cox and Doyle on for Kelly and McGeady. 4 strikers!
undeserved, but we were our own worst enemy there
Bad defending from Keogh, he has to stay in the centre.
We seem to do this a lot and it is a major gripe of mine, we forget about
everyone else on the pitch and all attack the man with the ball.
Of course we are then left wide open, what is the point in doubling and trebling up
on a man if you are going to leave 2 unmarked, you don't have to be a genius to figure
our he will pass to the unmarked man and then it's game over!!!
Keogh has been consistently bad at least.
In fairness, should've been a definite free to us in their half. Someone was bundled over.
Hm
Stutts may well correct me, but for the last two goals, Forde has just shovelled the ball straight out in front of him. Am I being too harsh to say that he should go for Goalkeeping 101 and push the ball away to one side wherever possible? I know they were both point blank saves really, but still.
I feel for forde but why cant he hold onto the ball?
Ronaldo spends half the game whining at the officials.
Mcclean is by far the pluckiest irishman since damien duff.
He's been quite lean for a couple of years now I think.
Get up Nani, not anything close to a penalty
Bloody hellfire.
Our system seems to be to mark empty space to prevent empty space scoring.
That's 3 hours sleep I won't get back.
Ok, we are leaving. 3 matches in person for me 3 horrible results. I give up.
FFS This is embarrassing at the back. Gonna have to move out of the gaf now, the mrs wont let me live this one down for a long time!!!
No idea. Straight into the tummy = instinctive catch in my book.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crosby87
Offside.
Thank God.
Diabolical stuff. We've been absolutely torn apart.
Worst Ive seen from us in a very long time... worse than the Euros. Keogh the worst central defender in green since Butler played him half a cap against Jan Koller.
All over.
Man of the match for us was Curtis Fleming, I thought. Enjoyed the commentary, which makes a big change. Thought it was at times insightful and at times involved; you could hear their frustration.
45th to 75th minute was decent. Other than that...
Georgia and Gibraltar is a nice start to the Euros.
And now I have to get up for work in six hours
Ha, did Ronaldo just refuse Pearce's jersey swap proposal? Brass neck on Pearce asking for his jersey.
I agree stutts he needs to learn to cradle it and hold on.
I keep thinking about now this place would explode tomorrow if trap were still in charge. I know the players are tired and looking forward to vacation but how long in mols grace period? Is the honeymoon over?
Hmm, starting to wonder where our next win will come from...
:(
Certainly won't be expecting France in two years time, unless there's a massive shift?
All I can grasp from this is that O'Neill must surely now know who makes the grade and who doesn't.
Meyler, Hendrick, Doyle, Wilson and Pilkington have all played themselves firmly into O'Neill's plans.
Pearse neutral. Ward, Keogh and Kelly nowhere near good enough.
Hoolahan essential.
Coleman, O'Shea, McCarthy and Wilson certain starters. Dunne might be licking his lips. Delaney not threatened by anyone on this tour.
Goalkeeper a worry. Definitely a chance for Westwood to get into that team and the door is also open for Reid and Brady.
Is the honeymoon over? Yes, but if we learn the essential facts I think we can stem the flow and get better.
oman is looking like an inspired choice of opposition.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArdeeBhoy
Agree with pretty much all that. Im confident that O'Neill will take the lessons from it whereas Trap would have stubbornly ploughed on. We wont know until the qualifiers but when we get out first choice team on the field Id be confident enough, especially with Wes in the team, he makes us play some lovely dangerous footballQuote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
2 defenders is a pretty good idea...
Another friendly down, another chance to learn. We had four strikers on the pitch for 15 minutes and no centre halves for 90. Ahh friendlies, always good for an aul experiment.
I think that was his problem, he half tried to catch it. He should've just shovelled it away. Header from six yards out at power when the keeper was coming across is not a handy claim.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
There's what should be a decent side in that lot. Throw in Gibson too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Ward is in the camp, O'Neill likes him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Not many chip shops in the USA.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Ya jokin? Ive put on nearly a stone in 3 months since I moved here :)Quote:
Originally Posted by tricky_colour
Kerr saying Hendrick isn't good enough, that the last time he saw him he was in the U21's against Montenegro
Yea too much fast food over there and the portions are too big.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
I quite like Ward too, he put in a good tackle at one point I think, not sure who was responsibleQuote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
for a lot of the goals, all I see is blurry green blobs on my stream, like having 10 Andy Reids of the old days.
as an aside to the result, and the team, Portugal's defence didn't impress me at all
They've a tough group against Germany, Ghana and the US. I can see them going out in the first round.
So just in the door. Read the thread from where I left the office... I'm going for 5-1...?
EDIT: Well done lads. Noice summation.