Good number of ex-LoI players starting as usual. Why oh why is this not highlighted more in positive terms for the league?
Another bad miss there by Long, he should be more clinical by now and has got to be.
Good number of ex-LoI players starting as usual. Why oh why is this not highlighted more in positive terms for the league?
Another bad miss there by Long, he should be more clinical by now and has got to be.
FFS take Long off and give Stokes some game time up front. We are going to get several more chances and Long isn't going to take any of them.
Long is still a very good player.
If he had the composure & finishing nous of say a prime Robbie Keane he'd be playing for one of the bigger clubs. He has everything else in his locker.
Poor by Coleman.
Look at the space out left there?woeful. Glad to see meyler.
All over the shop at the back.
Useless positioning by Keogh. Head in the clouds after he got a few claps for a block.
Yes Coleman should have cleared that first time, too much faffing around.
I think there is much to be positive about to be honest.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Ward and Keogh aren't good enough, but when Dunne & JOSH come back in they won't be near the 1st 11. It'll be Coleman Dunne O'Shea & Wilson at the back. Nice balance to that. Coleman will offer a threat going forward while the other 3 will usually stay back to mind the shop.
With the width Coleman offers I would like to see Robbie Brady on the right cutting in on his left foot. That setup is possibly what O'Neill is looking at, with McClean playing the wide right role in. I would like to see McGeady in the #10 role for half an hour. For me he is a better player than Hoolahan.
As i type that Pilkington has come on for Hoolahan so I might get my wish.
Bring back Trap!!
True comedy defending there. Had Forde falling over and everything.
Careless, sloppy and disorganised. We were all over the place there.
Awful defending by Coleman for that goal.
Ward is way out of his depth.
Think I have been proven right in saying that Delaney, Clark and Pearce would all offer more than Keogh; Duffy too if he continues his rate of progress. Thank God we still have Dunne and O'Shea playing at a high level too.Quote:
Originally Posted by backtowalsall
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Originally Posted by tricky_colour
Mmm silk purses & cows ears .......
O'Neill is probably scared that Long will throw a strop if he's taken off.
With that number of options one of them is bound to emerge as an heir apparent in time.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheOneWhoKnocks
Sows ears...
Coleman has been awful including first half who said he was class?
Coleman at fault for both goals!Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88;
Bring back Mick McCarthy!Quote:
Originally Posted by tricky_colour
Very few of our lot look up to international standard at all.
Murphy and Walters on. Hoofball beckons.
The Cavalry have arrived!
The era of the tall, muscular, powerful midfielder with driving runs. And we have that powderpuff Glenn Whelan getting muscled off the ball and barely able to break a stride.
FFS why the reticence to play Stokes? We keep talking about Keane this, Keane that and we could have a ready made replacement for him. Well, we will never know unless we give him a chance. He was very good against Germany and he wasn't even in position.
What in the blue hell is to be learned by bringing Walters on? If we were defending a lead, by all means bring him on and tell him to run around like a dog chasing its tail.
i thought mcgeady was pretty awful tonight. very concerning display all round since about the 35 minute mark.
Grim. Well outplayed tonight at home. Sure, Serbia are better than us but we are well short of the standard required to be a decent international side.
If the new era is characterised by the re-introduction of Murphy then we are in trouble...
Like he was the only one in that defence that came off badly..Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Well, some of the main contenders to come into the team started and lost 1-2 at home to Montenegro's U-21's, so.......Quote:
Originally Posted by Paddy Garcia
We've handled Walters, Cox and Sammon. Murphy is no worse.
Simple example there of something we can never do.
Goalkeeper kicks it out to the middle striker comes in, controls it and picks out another midfielder to pass it to and set up an attack.
We could never find the space in midfield to get the ball never mind control and find someone else from a kicjout!
Coleman needs to take some lessons in hoofing from Ward.
Give the lads and the management a break its early days, best to try things out in friendlies.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheOneWhoKnocks
For me it's St Ledger with with Dunne or OShea alongside him as our best CB pairing.
Whelan subbed - at least he knows which way sideways is....
Not so sure about that - I think he may be quite a bit worse..Quote:
Originally Posted by TheOneWhoKnocks
St Ledger is pushing 30, has spent the vast majority of the last 3 seasons on the shelf, has failed to retain his place in the team at his last several clubs and has looked dodgy overall at club level.Quote:
Originally Posted by the doc
He has served Ireland well but we have 5 or 6 players well ahead of him by now for various reasons.
Don't think Murphy has offered himself for the ball once. Pilkington decided to have a shot and then put his feet up. I know second half of friendlies are enervating for players, but whatever happened to guys grabbing their chance?
That's Walters. Slower than a dinosaur. Great play by Murphy to put him through.
Was a technically proficient leap right enough. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by TheOneWhoKnocks
Several clubs? Played every game at MBoro, same at Millwall, started as first choice at Leic this season until his injury.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheOneWhoKnocks
5 or 6 players ahead of him? Name them?
O'Neill's face has "What have I gotten myself into?" written all over it.