Sometimes you've just got to hold your hands up and say what a goal!
What's the best goal in terms of skill you've seen Ireland concede? I'll start the ball rolling...
It being a murky October day, I'm reminded of another murky October day in Lansdowne 15 (yes 15!) years ago....step forward an ageing gunslinger from eastern Europe....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be_C4bRYfiI
In work, cant see it, whats the goal? I know I could look up the fixture from 1997 but.......
Hagi freekick ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by elroy
There's been some crackers, in farness. Ortega in that friendly springs to mind.
Davor Suker last minute. One of the most clinical finishes I've ever seen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcwJm87ycY4
[QUOTE=osarusan;1638421]Davor Suker last minute. One of the most clinical finishes I've ever seen.
The first touch was unbelievable! Regardless of Macedonia, we really should have qualified for Euro2000 .....
Good thread. I always remember this guy Caminero's goal for Spain at Lansdowne...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGk-HfkKSzA
Super finish from Euro Final hero Kim Vilfort in the same campaign
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Zpm0nID7I
This was a little bit special from Rui Costa as well, that's my lot I think
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ni95OSCDvg
Thiery Henry at Landsdowne road in a world cup qualifier on 7th September 2005. France won 1.0 which effectively knocked Ireland out.
Yup, Henry at Lansdowne sprung to mind straight away. It was a jaw-dropper. That Andorra goal from the last campaign was pretty special too.
Jimmy Quinn at Windsor Park 93 was a great strike.
Andy reid hit the post that day. That was about all we could muster. We had become so stale under kerr.
Without watching the clip I always remember that goal for the mix up between McGrath and Packie, couldnt recall the finish which was decent in fairness.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
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Originally Posted by Cuyahoga
The final two matches of the group weren't much better (aside from the last minute of the Cyprus match, which was wonderful for me at least :p) either. Dire performance against Cyprus and a truly awful match in Switzerland. Had we won in Switzerland I believe we would have gone second and had a shot at the playoffs too, though I think we only mustered one real chance the whole match (I think Ian Harte headed wide from an early corner).Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Some great clips in fairness.
The one that stood out for me when I read the OP was away to Lithuania (from 50 seconds) -
Only five days earlier, we'd been in Iceland and conceded a very similar goal (from 1:30) -
Who was that who ducked under the shot?Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
probably John O'Shea...
Did this one take a slight deflection? Still probably one of the best.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ_2GGwDbKQ#t=0m54s
Israel away in 2005 was another one.
Austria scored some decent goals against us during the two games in '95, with the first one here probably being the pick :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Fpe0dxKZ4
Bizarrely, I'm fairly sure it's Tony Cascarino. You can just about see the shirt number when he lands, and it starts with a 1. Stan was 11 and was in shot; Cas was 10 so it must be him. So the tallest person on the team managed to duck out of the way!Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Weird, I thought it said 10 too but I didn't think it could be him. Strange since his face looks like it has blocked more than its fair share of footballs in the past.