isnt kaviedes the kunt that pulls the spiderman act? when he scores? (hope i didnt just jinx us!)
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isnt kaviedes the kunt that pulls the spiderman act? when he scores? (hope i didnt just jinx us!)
Potter and O'Halloran could definitely come into the reckoning at defensive midfiled and left-back. I'd say Murphy would be in with a shout as a physical option up front.
Not many IMO.I'd give Hunt more of a shot anyway and Potter and O'Halloran have to be given another go but no one else standing out that much yet.
More pics
Che Guevara
:D
Cheers Billy. I called them a couple of weeks ago and asked and the woman disappeared for about 5 minutes and then came back and said that while under 2's are normally free for the Revs that policy was not in place for this one. TBH it's probably for the best. He wouldn't sit still for 5 minutes anyway so unless there was a tiny crowd and he could run around it would probably be a pain.
Gamble getting stuck in.
KK controlling cm for the last minutes
worth repeating
KK controlling cm for the last minutes
Shouldn't have repeated it. Now he's injured.
Gleeson on for KK
geysir - wake up...wake up man... you are dreaming....surely...
whats left lads - 5/6 minutes? (thats my last question, honestly)
hope the coverage from SS on saturday is better than the freakin the Blurr-o-vision we got now...
8 min left
cant wait for saturday now!!! - this is a positive result if she stays locked at 1's....
Lapira!!!!!!!
Joe Lapira on for Murphy.
3 min left
Beglin gives Potter MoM
strangeirish - been a few minutes since we got a few pics :)
one of doyle's header please...
Potter MOTM. Fully deserved.
Lapira should be included in every squad from now on simply because he looks like a sun-kissed Justin Lee Collins. A million miles from the grizzled likes of Dunne.
3 min injury time
lapira to score the winner to seal the fairytale... before he goes back to school in the morning...
ECU have a man getting sent off
Castro ejected
ALL OVER, 1-1, well done fellas, good result
Thats it finished 1-1 and off to bed I go.
brilliant - better than the soccernet and fai matchtrackers anyday. thanks again.
Good result, very good performance despite poor defending. Sets us up well for Saturday and it's good to see the fringe players getting a run. Potter, O'Halloran, Doyle and Murphy have done their chances a world of good.
Very good performance in the 2nd half, we were a different team after half time.
Yep Potter by a mile.
No post match interview with Stan.
That rounds off a spirited performance very nicely, even though I could have done with that adrenalin reducer.
I just got home from the match. I would say the stadium was 85% Ecuador fans and 15% Ireland fans. My uncle told me it would be like that but I didn't buy it. He won the bet.
Watching it in person, I was most impressed by the play of Hunt and Murphy, as they were busting their butts up and down the pitch for the whole time they were in there. Kilbane seemed to take over for Hunt in that regard between the time when Hunt left and when Kilbane eventually left. #6 (Potter?) was solid. Both Doyles were also good. When Kevin Doyle went off it didn't really feel like there was a real threat to score a goal until Anthony Stokes got in there.
Keogh was dreadful in my opinion and Shane Long wasn't much better. Stan should definately start Stokes in place of Keogh next time.
I wanted to see more of Stokes and Joseph Lapira. Lapira had a nice burst of speed and it would have been great to get a longer look at him. The neat thing about Stokes was the guy wants the ball all of the time. I think he's going to be a great playmaker for Ireland. He didn't take his one decent chance he had but he really made it into more of a chance than it actually was.
By the way, when Lapira went on there was a nice little chant of "USA! USA!" that broke out briefly, so it was nice to see that that section of the crowd was knowledgable.
Overall, both teams wasted a couple of chances but all in all this third string Irish squad impressed greatly. Hunt, Murphy, K. Doyle and Kilbane set the example nicely for the young players with their effort. Ireland was the better team.
Hopefully we'll look back on this as the day a new team was born! And can we remember this the next time someone whinges that Kilbane is on the team ahead of McGeady or A Reid. If all our playes had his commitment we'd qualify every time
Brilliant reading lads.
Far better than a jolly in Portugal. Sounds like Potter has played his way into the squad at the very least, plus a few others. Doyle is really finding his feet at this level.
I was deeply critical of the decision to overlook Whelan & Garvan, but it seems that Stan had his thinking right in giving Potter the nod. Credit to that man.
I only saw the 1st half but I thought O'Halloran looked ok at left back. Kevin Doyle always looks to have a threat about him, O Halloran set him up well for when he hit the post. Didn't see the second half but thought they did ok. I suspected we were going to get mauled.
Have to say the exercise was all very worthwhile. Impressed by Potter, he had a really good game. Doyle is starting to look a real international. Murphy has come leaps and bounds. Lots to be positive about.