What's the difference with the one this coming Thursday? We'll know our WC group on the 5th if we get through the playoffs?Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
What's the difference with the one this coming Thursday? We'll know our WC group on the 5th if we get through the playoffs?Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Yep
Or technically I guess they might have "Europe 1" in the draw and maybe we don't know who that is
"The Cure of Troy" for the broadsheetsQuote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Take Szoboslai out of that Hungary team and they are awful, I don't care though, we have play off that I couldn't even envisage this time last week.
For once it fell our way in injury time. Hungary got what they deserved, ball boys disappeared towards the end,, their injury time subs took nearly a minute. Just thrilled that it fell our way for once.
If Kenny was an unlucky manager then Heimir is definitely a lucky one. I do feel like some of the foundations for this were built in the Kenny era. The experience those young players picked up under him was important. What he couldn’t consistently do was balance the organisation and pragmatism needed to maybe generate some of that luck (and the inexperience of the players didn’t help).
Hard to believe there’s a playoff to look forward to now. It was wildest dreams stuff before kick off on Thursday. It really is bonus territory now. Those players now really know what it feels like and what it means to have some success in the national jersey and that will feed them going into the next qualifying cycle.
Have we beaten two higher ranked sides in a row before?
Has anyone scored 5 in two games before?
Feel like my heart rate is still through the roof.
History repeats itself at Parrott and Scales echoes Keane and QuinnQuote:
Originally Posted by backstothewall
You had the full url in tooQuote:
Originally Posted by The Fly
Theres a good bit of football in the other groups yet, Scotland at home to Denmark as one which would automatically qualify them with a win. Im presuming higher raanked sides like Denmark, Italy would be straight in to a play-off final?
Nope - 16 teams to whittle down to 4
Seeding but no byes
Bound to be Iceland.
Nope they play a semi final against pot 4Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
You say, as Ukraine go 1-0 up against Iceland with ten to goQuote:
Originally Posted by punkrocket
Feel sorry for them, played very well and just switched off for 10 seconds. Never looked like getting back into it though. All about the Macedons nowQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
It was played in the stadium in Qatar after the penalty shootout win over Canada the last day too. Possibly that's what put it in the RTE producer's head. Thought it worked well in both cases. Though it's maybe a bit like Zombie with the rugby, a good song but you don't want to overdo it either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Ermm.... bound to be ScotlandQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
There has never been an away Irish hattrickQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Ever
Until now
I certainly don't work for RTÉ!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
I think so. As a rovers fan, what we did was special but to see our players and ex-players (and fans, hello Troy) do it for the national side as well.....really incredible. Phenomenal. I'm shattered.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Nah, I saw the winner on Facebook. "The Late Late Troy Show" :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Ah, that's brilliant in fairness. The early kickoff gives the headline writers plenty of time to steal their ideas from social media!Quote:
Originally Posted by TonyD
Up there with the indelible nights in Irish Football......right up there with the ones that are celebrated years later.
Fell in love with Scales as a footballer this window. He was great on Thursday, far from perfect today but he did big things where and when it mattered. That header at the end was monumental, like it was intentionally placed into the zone it landed. So smart. Azaz I fell out of and then back in love with him today. But he’s different class when he is in the middle. One assist and almost 2 or 3 more. Festy too I fell in and out of love with. He was equal crap and class but is so unpredictable that he brings something in those types of games that’s hard to describe but is valuable. We saw it against Finland. Kenny made an impression with me on his debut, not just in the oppo half but his work tracking back and down the channels. I like the look of him. Keeper pulled off a wonder save from him - Kenny did everything right. Speaking of which Kells was class again. Our back three was a bit of a mess but did what they needed to in a weirdly dysfunctional way. Cullen and Molumby worked so hard. Manning coming in for Jake was a good call in retrospect and he was solid. Feel so sorry for Ogbene, he was my MOTM up to when he went off - such a good out ball for us - wins frees and penos - and creates havoc with his pace.
Parrott.
It was a weird game actually. I feel like we had no right to win it but I’m watching it here again and, even though we didn’t really play that well at all, we had chances, proper chances and lots of half chances, they just had the ball and worked it well when they did. But they were too casual. We matched them more or less for all the big stats.
Agreed. And it was a pleasure to do it with this little community to share the joy and sorrow and joy with.Quote:
Originally Posted by the 12 th man
We were awful for long periods. 😂 Azaz was really bad. Until he wasnt.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
Just one of those games. Don't think either rside ever really controlled it. The players stayed in it and Troy wouldn't let us die. Scales has his faults but he will not stop and he's very smart in the box.
Azaz has to play centrally or not at all I think. Playing a 5-2-3 makes that hard to accommodate though. It was more a 5-1-1-3 for the last half hour really, a crazy formation in hindsight but it was all or nothing at that stage.
Your love is fickle, stand by your team.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
My only criticism that's stayed in my head is Idah and the offsides. He barely, barely got onside for the second goal and there were a handful. It's been an issue with him for years and he really needs to clean it out of his game.
Otherwise, while I was throwing my shoe at the telly at some points, they ground out a result and that's all that matters. Proud of the lot of them!
Just watching back the goals there on the iPlayer - couldn't hear in the pub - and it's fantastic to hear Houghton going mental at the winner. Couldn't watch the replay in case it looked offside. How many memorable goals has he scored for us, and now he's reacting like we did in 88 and 94 and even 1997.
"Slick as a Parrott"?Quote:
Originally Posted by TonyD
"Hungary's World Cup hopes des-Troy-ed"?
Would put you in mind of Steve Davis on another great night for Irish sport 40 years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
It's a tough stand having to speak to the press after something like that happening to you.
Still absolutely floating on a cloud after that result. What a game, what a team.
I do Geysir, I do.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
He is properly traumatised there, like reality hasn't actually hit him yetQuote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
What was his reaction ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Crosby87
Wasn't it him thumbing his nose at the Irish bench after they scored their second? That after the crying toddler the other night, Gotta watch those sarky wee gestures, karma's a bitch.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Second Captains post-game episode is an absolute treat.