And Scotland and the IFA Representative Team have to make it worse. Eugh.
I'm sorry to say I don't think he'll ever have a finals. I don't think he'll be backed long enough.
I'm still raging about Randolph. They made a fool of him.
And Scotland and the IFA Representative Team have to make it worse. Eugh.
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
That's hard to take.
& NI go through on penalties...making it that bit worse.
Last edited by The Fly; 08/10/2020 at 9:35 PM.
That Slovakian team were very poor. Hopefully now Kenny starts to phase out the likes of Hendrick, Hourihane and McCarthy. The midfield has been a weak link in our team for years now. Browne did more than all three combined when he came on.
We have three players in our midfield who are constantly criticised for going missing for their clubs for large spells of the game. Its hard enough to carry one of those players in your team never mind an entire midfield full of them.
Last edited by youngirish; 08/10/2020 at 9:44 PM.
and of course we werent missing anyone....Originally Posted by youngirish
Randolph moved too quickly, and should have saved the last one.
Of course the players who missed strikes, during the game and in the shoot-out have to put their hands up.
Another collapse of the Delaney dream, watching other teams play in Dublin next summer.
Wow, Sadlier tearing into McCarthy in the post-mortem.
Sadlier absolutely spot on there.
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
Sickener. We're behind the north and Scotland, now, as well as Wales and England.
There's a huge amount of catching up to be done.
Only Connolly was missing who would have started for us and he's certainly not one of our best players. Coleman, if fit, was unlikely to start.
Daggers out from Maloney
Disapointing end to our campaign, however now is the time to go with the young guns, Northern Ireland came through a tricky tie tonight and good luck to them against Slovakia.
Took our own Niall McGinn to get them there.
What did he say? I can't watch RTE here.
Give it a few more negative results in the next little while, and that will be the resounding chorus. So frustrating.
For whatever reasons International Football has not worked out for McCarthy ~ ~ He should retire and concentrate on Club Football.
Not sure if he believed his own line of questoning but really unfair from him and disappointing that someone in his position in RTE reacted by taking that tone.
That the most memorable moment from McCarthy's second era was the tennis balls.
Big Mick must not have Kissed Rte Ass Real Good ! !
Very poor going to fail to score against that Slovakia team in 120 minutes. They had little about them with their best goalkeeper, best defender and best midfielder all missing. And we still couldn't beat them. Just Duffy's header to show for 300 minutes of football in the last month. Nowhere near good enough. Northern Ireland now likely to be playing our home matches in Dublin next summer, if it goes ahead.
Not one player under 25 played for us tonight. Obviously circumstances partly caused that but still, it shows that a major overhaul of the team is now needed. I think we can more or less forget about the next World Cup with these players - especially our midfield, it's hopeless. Depends on how the draw goes I suppose. But there's an argument for a total rebuild now with a view towards 2024. Kenny's trying to play a brand of football that a few of these players simply aren't technically good enough to play. So time to bring in some that are, even if results take a hit in the short term.
When you look at our last Nations League campaign, the Euro qualifiers and the first two games of the current Nations League campaign, all we've managed is two wins against Gibraltar and a home win against Georgia. It's been a three year disaster since the win in Wales in 2017. It's time for a clear out, we literally have nothing to lose now - it can't get much worse.
Last edited by Eirambler; 08/10/2020 at 9:49 PM.
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