Wow we managed to hold out for a full 3 minutes after we scored!!
Impressive!
Wow we managed to hold out for a full 3 minutes after we scored!!
Impressive!
5 things from the evening.
http://www.the42.ie/should-game-post...44122-Nov2015/
Mol says Irish will be more aggressive in Dubs. Funny quote from the Bosnia manager. Could only comment on the first half, didn't see much of the second.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...n-O-Neill.html
And Wilson was at fault for the goal. Good player but he was caught out, and I have no doubt Ward would have dealt with it better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colbert Report
My dad said the same - certainly looked that way.Quote:
Originally Posted by backtowalsall
Overall, we played well. Rode our luck as we tend to do, but they created little. Worry is that once we scored they shifted up a gear and scored, but if this is them at home then I think they may struggle away.
The guy saying the refs were on Irelands side is funny.
http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads/...00007/page-335
Whelan was invisible for most of the second half! :D
Ha ha!!! I just woke up somewhere.......... In a house. I told everyone that we got a good(not great) result.
But then there was nobody else in the house......... Hiccup. Or was there?
Anyway. About 2 minutes in, you could see what was happening. The Bosnians had qualified for little or no championships. And the danger of being the person who messed it up for everyone, had gotten to... everyone. These lads are ****less. The worst thing we can do is give them a stab in the dark. I doubt MON or RK are thinking this, but we are 1-1 going into a home leg.
Don't poke the bear.
Lets be clear here. I'm talking about a Kasparovian move to take the Bosnian King.
We could score in the 93rd and we'd concede in the 94th. Loss for words on that.
Reality is we should be riverdancing all the way back to Dublin to come away with a score draw. Hoolahan never got into the game. Think it was Hendrick who should've tested the keeper on a decent Brady cross. Not surprisingly, we offered the square root of zero generally in the second and final third.
Long balls were sexy as ever. O'Neill could be the tactical genius of our time, shielding our best playmaker between the sticks.
There were a few scrambles in our box, some from corners, that we were lucky enough not to be punished. They seemed to be winning an awful lot of headers around the top of our box - unnerving to say the least - hopefully we'll do a better job of cutting those out on the way in (easier said than done, given the way they were using their size/strength) or at least stay sharp reacting to the layoffs.
If you pair that performance with the Poland away - hell, most of the campaign - you'd wonder how we're even in with a shout. Chance is there though, can only hope we're brave enough to take it at home.
Whether we got 1-0 victory or 1-1 last night, it still means that a 0-0 draw or a 1-0 win takes us through. I'm quite happy with the result as beforehand they were meant to be a very good side. Last night was the night they were meant to batter us but appeared no more difficult than Georgia. The reality is Bosnia ain't up to much. With Walters, Long & O'Shea to return as well as having the advantage of playing at home for the final leg then I cannot see us not qualifying now.
PS. Did anybody else see Dzeko hobbling at full time when going over to shake the referees hand or was it just me?
Didn't catch any shot of Dzeko after the final whistle, but he seemed to strain his groin on what was probably his last time on the ball. He took a heavy touch, then lunged at the ball. Thought he should've got a yellow for it, cuz he took someone out in the process.
That's somewhere between an opportunity lost and a good result.
The away goal is nice to have but I tend to think if one away goal as insurance against one for them in Dublin.
Can we let Paul go unchallenged just this once when he says you see a game better live than in TV?
If Wes can get on the ball in Dublin we can finish this one off.
randolph looked very assured again and made a great block at 0-0. One of the CBs had a brain fart though.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Apart from that, big credit to Keogh and Clark. Defended well, kept concentration and above all showed big character, personalitee.
Whelan? I often use the terms "accretive" and "adhesive" to describe different types of midfielder. I think Whelan neither accretes nor holds together, he anaesthetises.
Was it Murphy who got the knock on for Brady's run in the build up to the goal? I can't really see. Any update on anyone who was there?
I'm not sure about that! Poor George Hamilton was in extreme difficulty describing the action and the Bosnian coach too. At least on TV they switched to the clearer angles from time to time. That said, I'm sure Paul had anticipated this and brought his anti-fog glasses. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Are you talking about the one where Randolph spread himself to save from Lulic in the second half? If so, that was Hendrick's brain fart I believe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Yes Hendrick smacked it off a Bosnian's ar$e. Randolph was brilliant in what followed.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
I also thought he was brilliant in the first half sprinting from his line to prevent a corner.
I thought Randolph was close to being a motm, not that he had a lot to do, but he dealt assuredly with what he did have to deal with and he oozed confidence and his early hand signals to indicate some dangerous looking shots were going wide, were helpful to reduce my stress peaks.
In the first half whenever the Bosnian centre backs tried to play the ball from the back they were closed down successfully by Wes and Murphy, the full backs were out of sync and mostly the ball had to be hoofed out by Begovic, reminded me of us under Trap. The Bosnian back 4 (and Begovic?) are their achilles heel.
As it turned out it wasn't a game where Wes could shine or/and he was off his game. Mostly our defending was sharp and alert but a huge black hole was down our left where a shaky Ward was left exposed. On our right side we had two and three players crowding out any threat but any real danger was coming down the Bosnians right flank against a lone full back. I think even Beglin on RTE was moaning as to why there not more attention paid to this by the rest of the team. In contrast, whenever Brady and McClean went wide, they were closed down by 2 and 3 players.
We succeeded to stop the Bosnians playing football and sucked much of the entertainment value out of the game, not a game for the neutral.
What's the worst that can happen now? to go out on penalties on our home ground? We haven't had that horrible experience yet.
Yeah, I love when a keeper signals wide before it actually goes wide.
For the away playoff leg in Iran, was it Ch 5 or BBC2 had a little offside flag which popped up a second or two before the commentator noticed
I like those type of things in games where you are dangling on a tightrope.
We could sneak a late winner against a plucky Bosnia in Lansdowne rd via a blatant Keane handball and then tell them afterwards to just get over it - such bad losers.