One of the Italian forwards is Immobile :)
Trouble is both of ours are!! :rofl:
One of the Italian forwards is Immobile :)
Trouble is both of ours are!! :rofl:
I don't like that team.
Presume it has to be Hoolahan on for the last half hour?
Long and Murphy too similar I'd have thought? Long and Keane gives more balance surely?
Whelan and O'Shea out is bizarre unless they're injured. Wary of a whole new centre back pairing and formation this far into the tournament.
Not confident. Hoping to be proved wrong.
Presume Whelan has just been sacrificed for a more attacking player. Think the team indicates O'Neill is ready to really go for it. It's risky for sure. Could all go to pieces very quickly.
Dunphy is at it again. Can't see why the 3 oldest players in the team aren't playing for the 3rd time in 8 days. Idiot
**** it. 2-0 Ireland.
Bookies and market don't like the team either. Odds now drifted to 3.75 from 3.5 about 30 mins ago and 3.3 this morning...
Call me paranoid, but it's a definite trend. If gives me a sick feeling that someone knows something that I don't know...
Coleman captain?
Coleman captains. A sign of things to come?
Oh God, that pitch. Looks an utter state.
I am feeling strangely super confident now!
whelan left out is the biggest surprise for me, but maybe he is really tired. Not confident, but gave Galway no chance against Mayo at the weekend, so hope.
Hope it goes well for Coleman and Duffy,McClean and Long etc
Hope the fans don't drop off the noise if they go behind, like the Belgium game.
I always forget: that Italian anthem just keeps going, huh?
Good to see Coleman and McClean getting stuck in early. Not so so good to see one hopeless hoofball to Long already.
Bobble on the pitch is already causing problems for any ground passing and general control. Ireland being a bit too gung-ho with the tackles now, yellows are coming out soon.