Seems he was the positive covid-19 case that ruled out a bunch of other players today. Not much Kenny can do about that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bielsa´s irish
Seems he was the positive covid-19 case that ruled out a bunch of other players today. Not much Kenny can do about that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bielsa´s irish
2 out of the last 5 managerial reignsQuote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
I thought we outplayed Wales, Shane Long was really good today, he needs someone else around to play off him as he does for Southampton, i would play him on the right and a tall 9 ahead
Can we call a few more guys for Finland? Does Uefa abide that?
They do if you sing ~ Abide with Me Nicely to Them !Quote:
Originally Posted by Bielsa´s irish
This is it, we've put all our eggs in the one basket, a gamble on the fact we require 2 or 3 players to fit this system, and also that one of those is a proper finisher. We've abandoned set pieces, where we could score from, for creating chances that we can't finish from. ITs all well and good saying where we can get to, but for years the mantra on here was square pegs and round holes, play your best players in their positions, setup favoured to your best players. Now that seems to have all been forgotten based off some potential pipe dream of playing like the Gods of football.Quote:
Originally Posted by Philly
I am all for balance, i want us to hold the ball and pass it about, but I'm not for just doing it all one way or playing possession football just for the sake of it. I know Mick and Danny gabby gabby are old school but they pretty much said this in the first 20 mins.
We had one shot on goal today, one shot from outside the box.Quote:
Originally Posted by jbyrne
And don't come back and say wales wales had only 1 or something. We always use defensive tactics here rather than looking for solutions to the problems. And i've already said that our positive was not conceding again.
Interesting to hear Ramsey say that Wales struggled to adapt to our pressing and possession game.
Hopefully Connolly can be recalled with McClean suspended now too. Possibly Idah too.
That team is close to clicking. There was a few examples in the second half were the passing was crisper and more one touch and Wales were in trouble. Hendrick looked like he was enjoying trying things and expressing himself, he gave it away plenty but there was lovely flashes too.
A major positive, and something that is a must to keep playing this style and to prevent players losing the confidence to try things, is that any time the ball was lost we reorganised super quickly and never got opened up.
todays ratings
randy 6
doherty 7
duffy 7
k.long 6
stevens 7
molumby 6
hourihane 7
brady 6
hendrick 6
mcclean 6
long 8
christie 5
horgan7
maguire 5
cullen n/a
You've been watching too much of Cork City Paul. Kenny has arguably gotten big performances from LoI players that supposedly have less quality than these accomplished cream of international player pool. Time will tell but I dont believe it is a repeat of giving Kerr the job without some 'big' management jobs. Kerr showed some lack of faith in his squad, negative when in front, slow to introduce form young players. We know this is more than rebuilding a squad but a complete change in how Irish football is currenty set up. Maybe a trip down memory lane for older fans from pre-Charlton.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Wales succeeded in doing what we use to do , drag the game down to their level.
Jesus there's some amount of sh1te talked on here.
In Argentine broadcasting they say it was ampadu simulation.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Some of the broadcasters today are big Shane Long's fans, at least the 3 of this game, they said they would like a fast forward like him for Argentina to run through channels for Messi's range of cutting edge passes
I'd go withQuote:
Originally Posted by Bielsa´s irish
Randolph 7
Christie 6.5
Duffy 7
Doherty 7
Stevens 7
Molumby 8
Hourihane 5
Hendrick 5.5
Brady 6.5
Long 6
McClean 6
My ratings;
Randolph 6
Little to do but might have conceded a silly pen
Christie 7
Did well, one mistake I think but positive on the ball, maybe lucky to avoid a second yellow.
Duffy 7
Solid as ever. Wales wanted him on the ball playing out and it worked for them a couple of times,
Doherty 8
Looked far more comfortable than might have been expected when pushed to left centre back so a higher mark than might otherwise have gotten.
Stevens 7
Looks our most likely option to create something. Delivery not always great but landed one on Horgan's head.
Molumby 7
Kept the midfield ticking over, solid if not spectacular, I did forget he was there for a bit first half.
Hourihane 6
Just doesn't quite do enough of anything.
Hendrick 6.5
Looked to enjoy the space playing almost beside Long at times. Some great touches and passes mixed with some awful ones.
Brady 7
One of his better performances, looked quite dangerous but should have hit target in first half. Almost put one on Duffy too from a set piece.
Long 5
Missed a sitter, tried a one two when he had space to turn and shoot. Pressed well but not in the game enough.
McClean 4
Did ok but can't forgive getting sent off at a stage we were pushing for a winner
dont think so. Finland can take a protest to uefa since it went to the public domain.Quote:
Originally Posted by passinginterest
Ryan Manning, Greg Cunningham. Cillian Sheridan. James Collins are next in line
another mistake by Kenny, got exposed again as the seats incident out the pitch this one on the field of play.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
brady was playing better and then mcclean got unfairly sent off
I missed the first half but today continued Thursday in the sense that we tried to play good football. That's a big start compared to the previous 10 years.
It appears very likely that we will be third seeds for the wc draw. Maybe an outside chance if we could win two of the next three games that we could get in pot 2. Ideally within two years, we have a team of high quality young lads who are seasoned to international football ready for ec 2024 qualifiers. I hate giving up on a tournament but it's hard to see us finishing ahead of a team like Ukraine or Switzerland and then beating a similar quality side in a two leg playoff right now, but no reason that the likes of Parrott, O'Shea, Connolly, Knight, Molumby and Idah can't be able to go toe to toe with those type of teams by the end of wc qualifiers.
There’s a simple way of avoiding a Ukraine or Switzerland...get 2nd seeds...if there is any lesson we take from the previous regime it’s don’t treat these games as nothing games, they are very important and right now we are at the cusp of second seeds if we do our business.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bungle
Cillian Sheridan.
1 Yes. We need a 9.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
2 Is Derrick the player with a positive test?
Call up the 2 leading scorers in the LoI. Nothing to lose by giving them a shot, oh wait one of them got a tap in for Ireland alteady.
Sure put Pele, sorry Jack Byrne, up front.
Robbie Keane proved that our style of play is more suited to a small in stature striker.
is Derrick the player infected that some said?
Do you mean the lads who've flopped at Preston, Gillingham, Oxford, Grimsby and Mansfield?Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrufil
Who cares if they flopped in those foreign places, our so called successful players are no good. They can be no worse.
We were after losing out in dramatic fashion in a play-off penalty shoot out a few days ago in the other side of Europe, now with a weakened starting team shorn of a good few players. Wales just had a warm up game beforehand and should have pumped us silly, or at least come with some adventure, instead they were mundane as if the dullest of draws would do just fine for their league position.
I'm curious to find out from those that are saying that today was terrible if they would rather have Mccarthy back? The same Mccarthy who only had to win 1 of our last 3 group games to qualify and went out to Georgia playing for a draw and had the team wasting time 15 minutes into the game. Then in the last 2 games against Denmark and Switzerland never looked like we were even competitive.
If you don't think the last few games are steadily getting better from that I don't know what you are looking for watching Ireland
Lots of nonsense in this thread (specifically this page)
Obafemi has to come in.
He has spent long enough on Kenny's naughty step.
Every effort must be made to bring Connolly and Idah back in.
We must insure that on the flight to Finland all players all sitting 2 metres apart this time.
The rest of the backroom team can bunch up for all I care.
People are acting like these games don't matter.
If we string a few wins together in the next 4 games we will be in the second pot for the World Cup.
Our Fifa ranking value went up today slightly thanks to a draw with a higher ranked team.
Yes there is progress and it will take about 5 games after this to see the fruits but that does not preclude the fact we need a striker.
I not nonsense speak eekers!
The good news on that is that we have at least 6 that were not there today for 1 reason or another. That is massively encouraging. If we had a performance like that with our best strikers on the pitch I'd be very concernedQuote:
Originally Posted by Scrufil
Molumby is so much better than Hourihane and Hendrick even at this early stage of his career. How anybody can see otherwise is beyond me. He just looks so much better on the ball, plays the right pass when required, almost never loses possession and wins it back so much more than these guys.
Hourihane might as well walk off the pitch when we don't have the ball. You wouldn't notice.
Hendrick has a poor first touch and too often loses possession due to dodgy passes or just by making the wrong decision when breaking from midfield. Case in point, his silly cross field pass to McClean when Christie broke with him in the second half instead of just returning the ball to the latter who had a simple run through on goal.
I just read on other places that Kenny is gonna bring Manning, a center back for McClean robinson egan odowda and browne are out.... and another number 9 for the remaining fixture plus 1 or 2 under 21 if they are injury free after tuesday.Quote:
Originally Posted by eekers
Dan McDonnell saying that Dara O'Shea and Jason Knight are the two coming up from the under 21s. I assume O'Shea is going to start against Finland. Knight presents an option given the minutes Hourihane and Hendrick have put in and McClean's red card.
Thank f**k for that. A midfield of Cullen, Molumby and Knight will be so much better than McCarthy, Hourihane and Hendrick once they get a few caps playing together.Quote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
Whoever comes in should wear hazmat suits and train away from main group. There has to be way more Covid in the camp now, plus close contacts. I'd dread the next few days if I was an Irish squad member.
I think obafemi would have been a very good option the last couple of days and what transpired. Surprised he wasn't called in doesn't make much sense really
If the original member of the travelling party who tested false positive caused two players to be unavailable, does that mean they are back available now? Or is there a rule in play I misunderstand?