QuoteWill it improve our seeding from the 3rd pot at all?Originally Posted by OneRedArmy
Best away performance since......?
Its done. Absolutely gut-wrenching, but no point whinging about Terry Henry, so lets accentuate the positive.
Lots of great performances and some bloody neat football.
A lot to be proud of.
Will it improve our seeding from the 3rd pot at all?
We technically beat a top side away from home today, first time in a long, long time we've done that.
Best performance I have ever seen of an Ireland team.
Maith Thu Trappa & the boys
Problem is the complexion of the team is going to change so its hard to say it will matter moving forward.
Duffs tears say it all.
No Somos muchos pero estamos locos.
im gutted but so so proud of Trappatoni and his team tonight.
Bring a couple of players through and we'll do alright.
Horrible way to lose out.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
Don't think it will change too much for the Euro's. All those players except maybe Kilbane will be around for another two years. Huge improvement this campaign and massive performance tonight.
We have played the World Cup champs and runners up four times and over 90 minutes have won one, drawn two and lost one. The loss came from a deflected goal. A lot to be proud of and a lot to build on and a few more players still to join that squad.
we have come a long way since the away defeat to cyprus,so proud of the lads tonight,proved they could get the ball down and play,brilliant team performance,ruined my a moment of madness!!
I was proud of the players today. They gave their all, it was a brilliant performance. Can't ask more than that.
Great performance. Deserved to go to WC.
i feel sick but like you all what can we do. nothing thats the annoying thing. i dont blame henry, if it happened the other end we would all take it. blame the officials.
im so proud of the boys, died out there on the field for us. we couldnt ask any more of them. no other country has the bond between players and supporters that we have. will make qualyfying for the euro's all the sweeter. we hope..
On a positive note I think we have discovered a decent centre half in Sean St Ledger.
We need a few more players to come through now.
Stephen Ward seems to be the only natural left full coming through at the moment. Think Eddie Nolan is more a right full, where we also have Foley.
Other players who need to be blooded are McCann of Burnley, Garvan, despite his omission by Keane at Ipswich; Fahey at Brimingham.
Always look on the bright side of life
We'd probably have lost on penalties.
Does last night constitute a win for Ireland of 1-0 (regualr time)? Just wondering does this remove this awful statistic of not beating a higher seeded team since Holland 2001
I'm trying to convince myself of that tooWe'd probably have lost on penalties.
I think it goes down as a draw for ranking purposes.
You can't spell failure without FAI
It was a great performance. The best I've seen in a long long time from an Irish team.
There were so many great performances from Dunne, Duff and Keane but I think the likes of Andrews, Lawrence and St Ledger deserve special mention. These 3 lads have barely 30 caps between them. St Ledger has never played in the Premiership never mind the Champions League yet invariably it was him that through his body in front or every shot, Lawrence never lost the ball, played with intelligence and some incisive passing, Andrews hassled and harried all night. The performances they put in last night were just brilliant.
I know this thread has the best of intentions but i am absolutely distraught today. I can't even be bothered to talk to co-workers about the game. This will take a while to get-over. Sorry for bringing the tone of the thread down.
Carry-on.
That's the big plus, the unheralded players put their hands up last night, reminded me of Holland & Kinsella in post-Saipan 2002.
I hope Duff stays on and I hope some young blood gets added and maybe with a more fortunate draw we might be looking to 2012
Two Touch, I know just how you feel.
What happened could galvanise the players even more, making them all the more determined during the Euro Championship.
Always look on the bright side of life
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