he did create the goal CR.
he did create the goal CR.
if the initiative is all we lose tonight we'll do well now. Looking poor now.
Thinking you're being very harsh on Fahey Colbert. One of the best attacking players tonight. Hamilton saying he's gone off with an injury too
thought gibson was gonna score
we are bricking it
Fair enough if he was injured, that sure would explain why he didn't run for the fifteen minute period before he got subbed off.
why Gibson and Keogh on.. not up to the standard really
Fahey was excellent first half
Robbie you idiot. you have done nothing bar miss a penalty
lucky to hold on here
both teams bad
come on ireland, nick a scabby one
Robbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbie! You need a move away from Spurs son.
good god.
dam over the top
everything right bar the finish. brutal.
No wonder Keane cant get a game for Spurs. What wrong with him?
Keane's confidence is gone. The Slovaks are doing what they did to Russia (and what we should have done) lash into the opposition and break fast. Gettign ropey!
Ref hasn't protected us, but he and his buddies are happy to whistle marginal calls against us, same happened last Friday. We need to play the officials better!
got away with one there.
thought the ref was alright tonight - gave us a nice call on the peno.
McGeady has been pretty good this game, much more consistent now last few games, won loads of frees and got opposition booked a couple of times
Robbie needs to get his ass in gear or he will be dropping the divisions because he is useless tonight
Trap is good to a certain level but not this one....
all over. Not very impressive. Not a good Slovak team but we're no good either so probably the right result.
The Scots drawing 2-2 with Spain
Both sides were terrible, we blew our chance, the draw was the fair result.
Russia winning 1-0 is not good for us, especially with Macedonia missing a penalty on 73 minutes. It would have been great if we had scored our peno and so had Macedonia.
Thanks for that at the end referee. Stopping the last attack of the game because their lad felt like a bit of a lie-down.
I think we settled for the draw at half time.
Rough to say the least.
Oooh my god - now I have to listen to Stan!!!!
England Montenegro still 0-0
We got away with a point after a very poor performance. Hopefully we will have Duffer and Andrews back and Shay and Robbie will be playing regularly somewhere by March. The Norway game is a chance to test out some of the options we have at full-back and midfield.
Robbie had a bad night and needs to be playing. He's missed very few penalties over the years which makes it all the more shocking that he missed tonight. He's a confidence player and needs something good to happen for him quickly.
I'm quite disappointed with that result tonight, but I am optimistic - the performance was a definite improvement on Friday's, with Fahey in particular standing out.
Our result and Russia's win against Macedonia sets us up for a battle for second place.
McGeady very frustrating. Final ball terrible again. Thought Gibson did ok when he came on, better than Green anyway.
Robbie not great.
Fahey was my man of the match. Simple passing and never lost the ball
Long did well also
Overall not a great performance. Should have beaten what was a poor Slovakian team
We've lost 5 points in 2 matches, we should be 4 for 4 and top of the table, now we're going for a play-off spot with a draw in Moscow, a draw at home with Slovakia and beating Armenia and Andorra at home. Macedonia will take points off us and Slovakia.
Dropped two points big time. Very disappointed with the tactics second half. And it is the tactics as well as some poor finishing. Not enough urgency. Playing free kicks backwards when they could be sent into the box. It has to come from the management.
We are lucky the group is so even, could be fighting for second place by now, but still in it - can forget qualifying as best second place team anyway.
Russia will win the group with so many of their remaining games at home. Shoot out between ourselves and the Slovaks for 2nd.
Could really do with 6 points now from the two Macedonia games next March and June.
great game between Belgium and Austria by the way.