Whelan and Hoolahan
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Whelan and Hoolahan
Whelan
Hoolohan
Whelan and Lawrence
Whelan and Wes.
Glenn Whelan and Wessi for me
Whelan and Hoolahan
Whelan and Hoolahan
Whelan/Hoolahan also.
I'd agree on the Portugal one. The NI one was a fluke for me, it's not the type of corner that should have caused so much difficulty for the defence/goalkeeper.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Whelan/Wessi
Not much competition here it seems! Currently 9-0 and 8-1 in favour of Whelan and Hoolahan respectively.
Those two ties are still open until the morning, but let's see if the next set of knock-out ties are any closer. First up, two qualification-securing goals from J Mc - Jason McAteer v Holland, 2001 against James McClean v Wales, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ_l0d2r4Mo
And in the second tie of the evening, it's another qualification-securing goal up against a player who never made it to a major finals... It's Alan McLoughlin v Northern Ireland, 1993 against Liam Brady v France, 1977
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp9Bt18Rvv4&t=1m30s
Time is 1:30; time-stamped link is here.
It was poor defending by NI, but not a fluke if Staunton meant it, there was space in front of Quinn and Staunton aimed for that spot.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Staunton was a top class footballer and place kicks were one of his specialties.
He did these type of corner kicks, that was his thing when at Villa where he scored a few of them. The cross can go in directly or just need a flick. Here's a high profile close shave in the 1994 League Cup Final v Man U where he tried 2 in a row, the first was met by nemesis Roy Keane, the second corner kick was a beauty. It's just that EPL defences for the most part were wise to it.
For us he scored two and another as an assist from a short corner - flicked on by Quinn.
I'm not questioning his dead ball ability. The second corner there is similar to how I remember the Portugal goal, a really difficult ball to deal with. The first is more like the goal against NI, which any half organised defence should clear, as Keane did comfortably. Whether that can technically be construed as good fortune or not, I suppose it doesn't really matter, but I'd give him more credit for his delivery that resulted in the goal against Portugal.
McAteer/McLoughlin
McAteer and McLoughlin
whelan
hoolahan
mcateer
brady
McAteer, McLoughlin
Whelan
Wes
McAteer
Brady
Whelan
Hoolahan
McAteer
Brady
Whelan
Hoolahan
McAteer
McLoughlin
McAteer
McLoughlin
McAteer
McLoughlin
McAteer/McLoughlin.
OK - can call a halt to the opening day routs I think!
Glenn Whelan v Italy 13-0 Paul McGrath v Luxembourg
Wes Hoolahan v Sweden 12-1 Liam Lawrence v South Africa
Glenn and Wes through to the last 16.
Currently McAteer is 10-0 up on McClean, and McLoughlin is 7-3 up on Brady. Votes accepted until the evening on those two.
Two finals goals entering the fray now. First up is our last group winner against a goal which sneaked in on tie-break. Matt Holland N v Cameroon, 2002 v Ashley Grimes H v Spain, 1982
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9pYT3KCYOc
The second tie then is one of the tournament favourites against one of the first nominations I got, so this mayn't be straightforward. It's Ronnie Whelan N v USSR, 1988 v Kevin Doyle H v Andorra, 2010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3l5zUw8vGM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPIY1DAokEI&t=1m10s
Time is 1:10; time-stamped link is here.
Holland/Whelan
The context of the goals is having a huge influence, for me anyway. There isn't as much between them as the voting suggests perhaps. That's an incredible strike by Grimes really, the way he digs it out with so much power, same with Doyle, but Holland's is an important goal at a World Cup, hard to compete with that if it's any way decent.
holland / whelan
forgot that the doyle goal was so good though.
Holland/Whelan
Although if either of the alternative options were at a finals, and those were in qualifiers, I'd have selected them (if you follow)
Holland
Whelan
McAteer
McLoughlin
Holland
Whelan
Comes down to the definition of "best goal" I suppose. The Grimes and Doyle goals were better goals to look at. But the Holland and Whelan ones were excellent goals and far more important. And in fairness Whelan's was an unbelievable hit.
I'm going to split it and go for Grimes and Whelan.
Holland
Whelan
Some strike by Christian Martinez of Andorra in that 2010 game. He's surely wrapped up the Andorran version of this.
McAteer, McLoughlin
Grimes, Whelan
McAteer
Brady
Holland
Whelan