Nightmare stuff. Unless we get the next goal this could be 4 or 5 nil.
Jake O'Brien taking pointless long throws is winding me up too.
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Nightmare stuff. Unless we get the next goal this could be 4 or 5 nil.
Jake O'Brien taking pointless long throws is winding me up too.
7:45pm: Ireland are the last team in the world to enter World Cup qualifying.
8:00pm: Ireland's World Cup qualification campaign draws to a conclusion.
Our World Cup campaign is over after 15 minutes.
Yeah looks like another world cup supporting whoever's playing against England. I'd be seriously worried if I was Keith Andrews watching this display between his keeper and captain
I don't think this team was picked to chase a deficit either. Subs could be needed this side of half time.
HH should be considering subs already. This is diabolical.
I'd get Johnston or Ogbene out there straight away just to try something different. Probably just take Doherty off before he does any more damage and drop Manning back. Nothing to lose at this point.
It feels like our traditional identity of being hard to beat has just been completely stripped away over the last five years and we can't get it back. Without that we have nothing.
:D gallows humour, love itQuote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
Not to necessarily disagree, but who do we have on the bench that can turn this around?Quote:
Originally Posted by backstothewall
The way we're unable to hold on to the ball here hints at more fundamental problems tbh
Armenia will be enjoying watching this
(As a side note, the ref is giving them literally everything here)
I think we can come back here once the nerves settle and if we can set Manning up for more crosses.
I watched Armenia against Turkey in the last qualifiers. Good side, arguably better than Hungary. Given, they were playing Turkey and were very motivated.
If you open a restaurant and have lots of waiting staff,KP'S, front of house, but crucially NO CHEF's, what do you expect.
The LOI doesn't deserve to be aligned to an association that has this rubbish as it's flag bearers.
Ferguson is being made to look like a small child playing against a men's team. Hasn't been allowed a touch.
We're growing into the game here, one mistake and we'll have a one goal game.
Jake O'Brien is about our most potent attacking threat so far.
...or a three goal game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colbert Report
I don't see much football being played, just long throws and hopeful balls into the box.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colbert Report
If I was Hungarian I wouldn't be too worried.
This is so disappointing...argh
This could be Doherty's last cap. I know he maybe sees the world a bit differently, but how can you have as little urgency as he's showing in this situation?
Not a call for HH to be sacked but it’s difficult to see the progress tonight. The players with 4 at the back doesn’t make sense, there’s a natural 3 at the back that makes sense. But wtf do I know. Collins and Doherty should be ashamed of that first half.
Was thinking the same as he slipped there and gave them the chance that Kelleher stoppedQuote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
But it's who comes in that's any better than worries me
His colleague, Stu. Manning. Doherty as a LWB or left of a back three is disastrous.
Ah ref. Fck off.
Nobody. But we could maybe stop it getting embarrassing. There is no way back here. The game is gone, and by extension the World Cup has gone with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
So half time changes to try and make something out of this?
Doherty off. Manning back to left back. Johnston onto the wing.
Szmodics off, Ogbene or McAteer onto the other wing.
I'd get Molumby into the centre of midfield to add a bit of fight if he had even been picked in the squad.
We're missing Parrott hugely in terms of the bit of trickery he'd give us up top.
The whole logic of sacking Kenny was that his team was leaking goals like sieve, and that we needed a realist in charge. Well, look now...
he has great touch for a tall fella... skillful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
Manning and Azaz the pick of the bunch. Nice work from Ev there to give himself a shot on goal but services to him is awful. Heads weren’t right going onto the pitch and we didn’t even give ourselves a fair shot. That opening 20/25 mins was about as bad as we’ve seen.
They've actually played well for the last 15-20 mins.. but the two goal start was a disaster
For some reason, for a really good player, Collins always looks crap for Ireland
And while hes playing well, Jake O Brien is no winger
Jake O'Brien should be centreback, for Ireland and for Everton. Ideally he should have stayed on the continent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Insidetherock
Yeah, maybe so.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
Lot of boos at halftime. Understandable given the performance, yet very early in a manager's reign for that all the same. Bit of it earlier in the half too
Looking at Callum Styles swinging in the corner for the second - Molumby's teammate at WBA. I get it they've two Liverpool players, and one or two other decent players, but they've an awful lot of mundane players too. I can take losing the game but we're being outclassed here. That's a real worry.
Hungary have let up since the second obviously but they've had five big chances. We've had what - Ferguson's shot late in the half?
Abraham Lincoln has to go through a lot of generals before he got to Ulysses S. Grant. The idea that this fiasco is any sort of vindication of Stephen Kenny is nothing short of delusional.Quote:
Originally Posted by brine3
**** me, the last thing the ground needs now is a Temple Bar session...
hugely deflating. what are we going to do now, throw on idah? szmodics doesn't look right. everything has gone wrong in general. manning looking ok.
really ponderous build up play too. There was a moment where the commentator goes: "Knight wants to take this free kick quickly..." And what he wanted to do was pass it backwards. Hard to see us winning the World Cup at this moment, tbh.
Get Ogbene and Johnston on the pitch!
Ha!Quote:
Originally Posted by texidub
I needed that laugh! 🤣
This entire evening has been an exercise in trying to be something we're not. Some ballbag singing English songs, and 11 ballbags trying to play Spanish football.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
We'd be much better served get the rebs on (the very loud rebs) and getting the ball up to Ferguson in the way St Jack taught us to do it.
Your interpretation of my post is delusional, sir. I was not defending Kenny.Quote:
Originally Posted by backstothewall
These guys are no great shakes. We can win this.