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You know it's bad when you look to Northern Ireland for positives!
I've just started drinking, but i don't think its going to help.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soko
Not one for knee-jerk reactions & and have been one of those who was willing to give Staunton a chance, but lets face it it's not working and its not likely to get any better under Staunton's leadership.
I've Been following Ireland for 24 years and this is the lowest point.
Rather than let it drag on for the whole campaign, i think the FAI need to move swiftly to terminate Staunton's contract and give a new manager the rest of the Euro campaign to re build.
It cannot be allowed to drag on past christmas.
Lets look at the positives the only positive I can come up with is I am very drunk and I will wake up tomorrow thinking this was all a nightmare. Then reality will set in which could lead to a never ending circle of drinking to forget. better that than having to remember that performance a horror show!
What is Aldridge saying? can anyone translate?
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AGREED.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuff Paddy
Get out now. Delaney out as well. Worst Irish Defeat that I can remember. Ever.
Papers will have a field day,,,really wish i Dunphy was given a one night transfer to RTE.
And what about the people that appointed him?Quote:
Originally Posted by co. down green
which Sunday papers does Dunphy write for if any?
Bet you feel stupid nowQuote:
Originally Posted by Qwerty
He should do the honourable thing and just go.
i actually feel a bit sorry for stan. he is completely clueless, cannot string 2 words together, should NEVER have been appointed and is surrounded by idiot staff.
remember our team tonight was decimated by injuries but the starting 11 have a lot to answer for. I missed the game as i am currently in a world top 20 FIFA country where the tools dont even watch football, but i am presuming that it was a soulless performance.
to lose to cyprus is one thing but 2-5??? i mean just how-ive read numerous reports and i still cant understand it.
The decison not to give interviews is a f*cking disgrace having been put through that sh*te we deserve answers and an apology!
Mick McCarthy got sacked after loosing the first two qualifying games last time round AND on the back of a decent world cup! Now, not that i'm a McCarthy lover or Staunton hater but why the double standards? Staunton out please!
I feel sorry for the 2,000 fans who payed a lot of money to go out to the game. The 10,000 who went last time but didn't this year had a lucky escape.
As has been said before the real villian of the piece is Delaney not Staunton
not surprised he didnt give interview-what would be the point-he CANNOT talk ffs.
i think that is actually the worst thing to come out of the night, if they cant be man enough to do an interview are they man enough to represent the country.Quote:
Originally Posted by skitz3
if results were good they would be rushing out of the dressing room to do interviews
Anyone fancy a protest outside the FAI or at squad training in Malahide during the week?
I've been boycotting our games for a while!
I think this is lowest we've sunk in 30 years...
I don't think Staunton is the person to get us out of it
Teams can be turned around but we need the right manager who has the respect of the players.. We beat Scotland easily at a low point 3.5 years and now thwey look a decent well organised side...
Dispicable - to quote Dunphy "I'm embarrassed to be Irish".
Players, Stan, FAI hang your heads in shame. Come out of that dressing room and apologise to us.
i thought before the game that it would be tough maybe 1 or 2 nil to ireland,can't believe what i just saw,i just feel sick!!!
Seriously though people should stay away from the Czech game. Delaney and his cronies only speak in euros, if they don't get them then they'll have to start listening. If the next two games have poor attendances they'll be in bother for Croke Park. It's not on. It's heartbreaking looking at that tonight. It's not on really. To say 111 people are logged into this forum says it all. I remember at the Swiss game in 2002 there were handouts to bring Roy back. How about doing the same to get rid of Staunton?
Joe Kinnear may the guy at least in the short term. Not sure if he would be still interested.
in europe these days nearly any team can beat any other team. cyprus beat spain 3-2 at home in a qualifier a few years back and spain beat them 8-0 in the return in spain. however ive been told by a mate that we didnt have one single shot on target in the second half.
maybe the players just dont care any more.
I was embarrassed watching it, disgraceful is a polite word for that performance. I could understand if the 2-5 result was against someone like Germany, but Cyprus !! They were by far the better team, and that says a lot, from the top of the fai, manager, team, should be ashamed of themselves. Only our f.a. would appoint a manager who has absolutley no experience, and try and con the supporters telling us it's about heart, pride, etc.
Cowards hiding in their dressing room. Come out and try to let us fathom how you let a nation down and digraced everyone with an Irish passport. I'm shocked and appalled to have this team of wasters, from hieracrchy to division 2 subs, representing our country in European competition.
We just lost 5-2 to Cyprus. I'm not an old age warrior but I hope the youth of today do not see this an think its not an abberation. I feel ill
Disgraceful performance Staunton must go now.He should stop hiding, be a man, do an interview, apologize and resign.
the way i see it is... we were never going to qualify for this campaign.... even the media were saying it after the germany game... the qualifying campaign is well and truely over.
Stans not up to the job obviously, but it doesn't help his cause when ye have 11 sacks of sh!t runnin' around the pitch for ye.
No, why? Asking people to sign a petition after only a 1-0 defeat away to Germany was silly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeza
Today's debacle of a 5-2 loss to Cyprus was not predicted or predictable by anyone, to suggest otherwise is stupid. I've criticized Stan on the forum for his behavior before today but he deserved his chance, but not after todays game.
In Darwin, Oz, my mate just text me the score feel physically sick, didn't believe it at first. Time for a complete overhaul, this can't go on. Stan a great player, but honest lads how can we have the walstall assistant manager as our boss. the fai (as usual) picked a cheap and cost effective alternative, no vision, no courage, haven't learnt their lesson, too feckin tight!!
good night god bless!
yes but at least we might salvage some pride or something in the rest of the games if staunton goes. i have never wanted an irish team to lose for any reason but if ewe get a battling draw against the czechs it could well give stan more time in the job. also with dunne injured and andy o briens confidence shot to sh it i expect a brutal defeat on wednesday.
btw does anyone actually think stan will get sacked if we lose to czechs?? i mean really???
From what I understand McCarthy's sacking had to do with Roy Keane as well, and the effort to get him backQuote:
Originally Posted by Guy Incognito
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Originally Posted by thew0rm2345
No it didn't
Spain's defeat to Cyprus was like our draw with Liechtenstein, a blip, and like the beatles would never happen again. San Marino for f***s sake will believe they can get a result against us now.
Delaney i agree is more interested in the euros than anything else, and rather than the result tonight, he'll be bricking it because of the money aspect. Let's see now if they will be looking for the 80 euros for a seat at Croke Park !!!!!!
If he gave a s***e about progressing Irish Soccer he would have forked out a few more hundred thousand and gone for a REAL manager, someone who has a personality, experience, and some pedigree, just because Staunton once upon a time wore the green jersey don't mean he can manage them. If that was the case he could have anyone who ever posted on this forum.
Thats not what the documentary I saw saidQuote:
Originally Posted by soccerc
Nail on head there. I am aware already of concerns that we will not fill Croker and the financial implications of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by rodoman
Bobby Robson was to be paid 250k a year to do something so if combined his wage with Stans could have afford a good manager. I don't see finances an issue unless you looking at the very top end.Quote:
Originally Posted by rodoman
FFS we just needed someone who had actually managed something before. Even kids football would have done. The FAI learnt nothing from McCarthy who took 3 years to figure out what he was doing & wasn't too bad from then on. Staunton has now been given a 4 year contract which was utter stupidity - any search on this forum will see many people highlighting that.
Staunton should go but if Delaney sacks him how does he explain after his 2010 World Cup team building comments?
He should go now.
Dunne will be suspended for the next game due to the red card.
We have no decent cover at CB. Again, Staunton makes the wrong choices at the wrong time.
Resign.
Now.