No one is anywhere near the breaking ball. Its more than just a worry now.
I am not confident for Austria at all.
No one is anywhere near the breaking ball. Its more than just a worry now.
I am not confident for Austria at all.
Think Boyle's header hit the target there right at the end!
Well that was a waste of 5 days. I hate when they don't score. Foot.ie have some serious soul searching to do these next weeks.
Horgan looked good. Badly missing Wes or someone to pick it up between the lines.
Should have used a 7th sub for ranking reasons
Regardless of hoolahan I'm not sure how bar scoring himself. Our front row are not finding scoring positions and not getting headers but we keep hitting crosses in.
The free kick was not that good. We had a wall of small men and the smallest man, hayes, ducked his head. That should never have gone in.
The stadium atmosphere sounded like a swimming pool on a Saturday afternoon.
Westwood didn't have a chance for the goal; Hourihane should have put his head on it instead of ducking out of the way.
Horgan did well when he came on. Boyle looked good on the ball too, bar one bad pass.
Once again though, we didn't seriously trouble their goalkeeper at all. Hennessy wasn't tested either last Friday night. That's worrying.
Shouldn't there have been at least 6 minutes of injury time considering there were 12 substitutions?
What does that mean? Lots of splashing?Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Stating the obvious here, but we're badly in need of a decent striker.
Hourihane ducked his head; not Hayes. Hayes (#20) was standing to the left of the wall.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...psezswfbi8.jpg
The ball went over/between Hourihane (#3) and Hendrick (#13) - neither jumped with the left side of the wall - but I'd blame Hourihane more so for having ducked out of the way when he easily could have put his head to it.
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...psfe034d5b.jpg
Edit: Video of their goal here: https://www.facebook.com/eirSport/vi...2953252426107/
Lots of shouting/screaming kids and echoes.Quote:
Originally Posted by KrisLetang
Hopefully no candy bars floating around.
How many shots on goal total from the two games? Is it only one? That's what peeps are saying in the 42 comments on the player grades. That's ridiculous if so.
McClean had two shots in quick succession late on against Wales; the first was blocked, the ball came back to him and he then volleyed the rebound only for it to take a deflection wide off a Welsh defender, but it was on target. I think those were our only serious efforts on goal on Friday night.
Was Boyle's late header the only effort on goal from us tonight? Not that it really challenged the keeper, mind.
Westwood - 5: Caught flat footed for the goal. Looked ropey throughout
Christie - 6: Few decent moments
Egan - 6: Didn't have a lot to do
Pearce - 6: See Egan
Brady - 7: Obviously the best player on the park
McGeady - 4: Awful and predictably awful.
Hourihane - 6: A few good moments but struggled to impose himself
Hendrick - 6: Didn't look interested
Hayes - 6: Never really noticed him tbh
McClean 7: Gives you the same no matter where he plays. Always a handful but more effective in midfield
Doyle - 5: I'm not sure he's still up to this level anymore
Oh Ok.
It says only 1 tonight in the boxscore.
According to the BBC match reports:
v. Wales
Total shots = 13
On target = 1
v. Iceland
Total shots = 4
On target = 1
Only a simpleton like me would think the answer is to get more shots on goal. And yet....
Hmm, I can't remember 13 at all. It sounds a very high figure given just how poor we seemed to be on the creativity front.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Here are some extended highlights from the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DCvqfMUFMo
Just rewatching that, Keogh had a tame enough effort (at 2m16s) that bounced wide without threatening Hennessy after he got a foot on the end of a corner. Long also had a volley from just outside the box (at 2m30s), but it was blocked and deflected well wide of the Welsh goal. McClean's two efforts are at 3m20s in the video above. I think I recall McGeady also had a right-footed effort as he came inside from the left wing but it went well over the bar. I really can't think of much else. Are they counting merely getting a head on to the end of a cross (irrespective of where the ball goes) as a shot?
Dire match tonight between two dire sides. Between the Icelandic and Welsh matches we only managed 1 shot on target, that is a brutal record. Horgan, Gleeson, O'Kane and O'Dowda showed that they might have something to offer going forward. Aside from that I don't think any of the new caps did anything of note. Doyle should not play for Ireland again, he had his day and offers nothing anymore. We need to get someone like Scott Hogan on board, no ifs or buts. Another thing is that Jeff Hendrick has been living off of his Euro performances for too long now and IMO should be dropped from here on in. He goes missing in far too many matches. Brady is also wasted at left back and tonight was an opportunity missed to see Cunningham in that position with Brady further forward.
At least Austria weren't impressive tonight either in their draw against Finland with the added bonus that their goalscorer will be suspended for our match in Dublin.
No idea. Thought it seemed really, really high as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
After driving forward through the centre with the ball, O'Dowda had a left-footed effort that seemed to be on target until it deflected wide. Brady also had a shot late on with his left foot that was blocked; it never had a chance of making it near their keeper as there were about four or five Icelandic defenders in Brady's way. I assume Boyle's headed attempt counted as another "shot", although I'm pretty sure it was on target too. Not sure what the fourth "shot" would have been.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean