Courtney Brosnan saves brilliantly from the penalty spot
Delighted for her.. a bad mistake by Courtney in the game v Ukraine probably cost Ireland a spot in the Euros in England.. hopefully that'll prove decisive by the end
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Courtney Brosnan saves brilliantly from the penalty spot
Delighted for her.. a bad mistake by Courtney in the game v Ukraine probably cost Ireland a spot in the Euros in England.. hopefully that'll prove decisive by the end
Portugal 3-1 up.. If Ireland win in normal or extra time they go through
Since the penalty Ireland had by far the better chances. Once they started getting McCabe on the ball more they had the Scots in trouble. The long throw is absolutely lethal, just unlucky not to get a slight touch on the one that went in direct.
Mad seeing one of the Irish players letting a ball roll out for a throw, when there was plenty time to take it on and whip a cross into the box..
The long throw is lethal...
Brilliant pass and goal.
What a finish from Barrett. Probably backs to the wall now. Pauw is a very negative coach. Hopefully they can hold on and maybe get another on the break.
Brilliant! Hang on for another 20 or so minutes. What a save right there from Brosnan
Will someone please kick the crap out of Hamiliton.. he thinks a draw here puts Ireland through to a play off.. they still have to wi
But go on Ireland.. nerves shredded here
TBF, she did bring Barrett on when the lazy option would have been to shore up midfield ...Quote:
Originally Posted by passinginterest
Going 5-5-0 when it was still 0-0 would have taken the negativity to a whole new level!Quote:
Originally Posted by culloty82
Pauw is one of the best ever Irish coaches (any sex), the progress this team has made under her tutelage is outstanding.
I think she's been very lucky to have arrived with a crop of players way better than any we've had before. I don't rate her coaching at all. The mess made of the last Euro campaign lingers.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Absolutely delighted to see them qualify for the world cup though! Brilliant for football in Ireland.
They've done it!
Bull, the team she inherited were bottom or at best, middle 3rd seed pot in Europe. Now the only team to win away in all the WC playoffs.Quote:
Originally Posted by passinginterest
brilliant stuff. congratulations to all involved.
Ditto! We didn't play as well as we can, but we win again. I think that's 7 in 8 now. I hope we are based in Oz for the WC, will definitely get to some of the games.Quote:
Originally Posted by zero
From Gary McKay to Amber Barrett....Hampden Park sure has been a place where historic breakthroughs for Irish football have happened
Well done girls great achievement
Gary Mc Kay scored in BulgariaQuote:
Originally Posted by Metrostars
Ahem, you might want to revisit the Gary McKay bit , but Mark Lawrenson did score a vital winner v Scotland at Hampden.Quote:
Originally Posted by Metrostars
We've qualified for the World Cup. Go in and compete!
Hard not to get emotional watching those interviews post match. Magnificent.
Great day to be Irish. May not be exciting to watch but it's all about getting results and qualifying for major tournaments. Other teams will be sitting at home and their pretty football won't be much consolation to them. The women will have a great time in Australia or New Zealand and may even suprise some people.
Is there anyone questioning the Irish women's team style of play or saying things like I'd rather we didn't qualify than to serve up that dross?
No I didn't think so either.
Well done to the girls and hopefully they'll get a good following from the expats in aus if they are drawn there.
Thanks Paul for your positive input!:) Pauw has the team play to its strengths and that is good enough for me. Just like with Big Jack.
Saw some hight-lights ~ Good goalkeeping from the Irish Keeper ~ Good goal, nice finish ~ Great long throw weapon from the Irish side ~ The high-lights were entertaining anyway ~ Congratulations to the Irish Womens Team.
Draw isn't too far away either - Sunday, 22nd October
Idiots my backside.. team is celebrating.. delighted for themQuote:
Originally Posted by Diggs246
exactly what place does chanting the name of a terrorist organization have in celebrating a sporting achievement?Quote:
Originally Posted by Insidetherock
given all the tributes and dedications that were made around last nights match to the victims of last weeks tragedy their chant is sadly ironic given what those they are chanting about did to hundreds of innocent civilians.
mentioned as role models for others in this mornings radio reports...... this action badly betrays those sentiments imo.
was delighted at last nights achievement but this action is a very poor reflection I am afraid.
Played very well last night, took the chance when it came and stood up well in the following 20 minutes, didn't give Scotland much of a sniff. It's not pretty football at times, but that make it hard for teams nominally better than them, and that will be important next summer you feel.
Tbh I didn't give the team much of a chance after the results started to come in in the group stage, the whole process seemed so convuluted and difficult for sides like Ireland, so this result is all the more remarkable and praise worthy, a real defining moment for women's football in this country.
But jeez, this nonsense with the chanting. Bad enough chanting "Up the 'Ra" like some stupid teenager adding lyrics to "The Fields Of Athenry", but in Glasgow. They couldn't have picked a better way to turn the positive headlines negative.
Completely meant it as positive, theres sinister nefarious elements who would poo poo a style of play than seeing us achieve big dreams of WC qualification. They know who they are.Quote:
Originally Posted by gastric
When I read that this morning about those chants I thought oh girls ye conducted yerselves so well, great interviews, articulate and well spoken and then all undone by a few singing silly chants.
Over-excited, not thought out and silly but so what? it's not the end of the world. They didn't mean it and let's let them celebrate. They've apologised, let's move on.
Also, whoever videoed that and put it on social media should get a slap!
Is it for the Royal and Ancient Golf ?
The very quick and multiple mea culpas from those involved is a fairly evident indication that they know it was a stupid thing to be seen singing, and will help in terms of drawing a line underneath a very regrettable addition to the great result. I'm not going to get into a debate on how much we should or shouldn't be praising the IRA as an historical entity that at one time represented the military forces of a democratically elected government, as a terrorist organisation, as a semi-organised group of murderers or whatever else anyone thinks the various subcategories and spin-offs were or are. What I will say is that entitles like the WNT need to be a bit savvier about how they conduct themselves. They really are in the big time now.
I might not go that far, but whomever it was, and they should be identifiable, should be spoken too alright. What happens in a dressing room should stay there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
It was a player and she is crying in her room as per veraQuote:
Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
The account name of the player who live streamed it is at the top of the video. Can't see any player being allowed to stream from the dressing room again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
Remember the photos of the players with the President after beating Bosnia? That's basically all that will be permitted from now on.
Yep.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
And that?s the way it should be.
In the age we live in, trusting dressing rooms to be PC/SFW etc while streaming from your phone just doesn?t fly.
Dressing rooms should be a sacred space.
They?re often not for the faint hearted
I get the whole being caught up in the moment of it. But it’s heedlessness in this day and age to be singing that 5hite anyway I’m sure the same players learned eeny eeny miny mo catch a tiger by the toe, not the saltier version some of us did, and they wouldn’t be caught dead doing the old one. Amber Barret (all hail!) being a teacher would definitely know that. So they know what’s what, and what to avoid especially in sectarian Scotland – imagine the outrage we’d have if the Scots team started into ‘the famine is over, why don’t you go home?’ in their dressing room. Heedlessness, not malice.
But they can’t be get a free pass for it. I’ve a PR background – I’d have it f%&!ing drilled into them: That. Song. Is. Out. You don’t make a cross for your own back.
No surprise, though, to see professional contrarians wilfully out of step and bigging up the IRA in response.