good win and good goal.
first off thought the booing of roy was an absolutr discrace and just stupid to boo your own player!!
he was my motm.
i thought robie hogged the ball to much tonight..
Won £40 but the money was sweating towards the end.
Miller & Roy Keane played well Holland OK, Reid I'm not sure.
Maybury should not be allowed near a football.
Morrison is not an international class forward.
Robbie Keane is ball hoggin boll*cks always over doing it.
Romania gave us a good workout I've never seenan oppossing team that put us under so much pressure.
agreed totally..
good work out.....the booing was very minor and was only in a small pocket of the ground didn't like it but there are always gonna be a few like that...In general Keane got a great reception
Maybury is very limited
Miller was inventive and passed the ball brilliantly looked quality
Reid was quiet but worked hard with maybury
Roy was Roy
Holland played only in spots but it was his best game in over a year
Robbie needs to look up and play the easy ball
morrison is a stop gap.....if anyone half decent comes through he is gone
he is not up to international football
even With a number of players missing the team is taking shape and play good football..future is looking good
Bring back the plank
Copies and Pasted from what I said in another forum:
i'm delighted with the teams performance tonight. Its amazing to think that if you took Keane out of that midfield (even though he could have played better) tonight and replaced him with someone like Kinsella we wouldn't have played half as well. I'm delighted only a minority of the fans booed Keane and he settled in very well considering what had gone before.
The defence didn't look the strongest tonight but the quality of the midfield play made up for that. I don't think Finnan has been performing to his standards since his move to Liverpool and tonights performance was average. Carr still owns that spot but he also needs to raise his game if we want to go to Germany. The Cunningham-O'Brien partnership now looks certain to be the no.1 for the qualifiers. Maybury again didn't have he best of games but he was forced into giving long balls a lot of the time as Reid was playing inside a lot.
There wasn't a lot of width in midfield but that suited the team and forced them to play short passes (We're slowly moving away from the Jack Charlton era). We have a history of getting goals from set pieces or long balls but tonight we seemed able to break the Romanian's down and get in a couple of through balls. Miller played excellent out on the right and I think he could make that position his own, he's no winger but he has played on the right of midfield for Celtic a few times and always impressed. He doesn't get the chance to run with the ball as much playing in the middle. We have about 5 players in with a chance of partnering Roy and I really hope its not Holland. He plays so much better for Charlton and I don't think we need a player who doesn't give 100% for 'his' country. I also don't think he is the type of player that should partner Roy, Kavanagh would be my preference.
Morrison worked very hard tonight and unless McGeady shoots onto the stage he will partner Robbie for the qualifiers. I couldn't care if he scored 1 goal in every 10 games, he holds the ball up well and spots the right passes. The only other option is to play Duffer up front, a lot of people slated McCarthy for it but with Reid and Miller now in the team I think it would work. When McCarthy was in charge he would play Kilbane, Keane, Holland/Kinsella, McAteer in midfield. I think the team we have now would suit having Duff up front or just behind Keane.
Ratings: Given (6) - Nothing much to do, I always feel nervous when the ball is rolling to him and he stops it giving players time to attack him.
Finnan (6) - Nothing special but good defensively.
Maybury (5) - He passed the ball backwards to much and put Given under unnecessary early on.
Cunnigham (6) - Caught out on pace a couple of times but otherwise good.
O'Brien (7) - He was the best of the back four, worked hard and won nearly everything in the air.
Miller (9) - Every pass was spot on and many of them were long balls into the box. Was always in the right place at the right time.
Reid (7) - Gave the Romanians a bit of trouble and a few of his passes went astray but otherwise worked hard and had a positive effect.
Keane (8) - He played a lot more forward than usual and it nearly paid off on a few occasions. He could have put in more work but he wasn't 100% fit and not to be risked in a friendly.
Holland (6) -I would be repeating what I say after every match, he got the 6 rating for his goals and a few tackles.
Morrison (6) - If I was to rate him by his standards he'd probably get an 8 but he's not international class. He falls over too much and he never (ever) wins a header. His wide play was good and the assist was well taken.
Keane (6) - He got a lot of supply but didn't put it to good use. He should have passed it to Miller on one occassion but never even looked up to see him. But, worked hard and at 23 has a lot to learn.
Good match overall and I learnt a lot from a match a lot of people call(ed) meaningless.
Just back from the game. Thought Keane and Miller were excellent. Holland was better than usual, but still only ok. Wouldn't be my choice for the central midfield role alongside Keane at all. I'd stick Miller in there, with a choice of Kilbane\Reid\Duff out on the wings. Morrison is brutal, we need to do something, maybe fast-track McGeady, but we're in trouble up front in the qualifiers. Thought Robbie Keane was rubbish tonight, wasted some great chances. His first touch when through on goal is brutal. The more time he has, the more brainless he is. Very very frustrating.
Overall, a good workout, although Romania offered nothing going forward, and in that respect, they were sh.ite.
Good result, Rominia are a decent side, you can see why the beat
Gremany 5-1 or whatever it was.
.
Having said that I don't recall them having a decent chance in the
whole of the match, but they did get quite a bit of possession in parts
of the second half but never threathened with it.
Generally we defended very well.
Matt Holland showed his worth, cool head in front of goal, and I think
it was Morrison who supplier the cross
I though everyone played well particularly Miller, Roy was class as usual,
always aware and rarely wasted a ball, but then you expect that.
People who pay to boo their own players need their heads testing.
I think if Roy Keane was a Dub there would have been even less booing.
On the other Keane, I don't understand why the coaches at Spurs haven't forced him to keep it simply, he has a bad habit of holding on to the ball too long missing opportunities to release to players in better positions. I suppose I just don't understand why coaching seems to be so poor in the Premership, I can't understand why Ian Harte has got as far as he has without knowing the first thing about defending.
O'Brien & Miller definitely positives.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Nationalism is an infantile disease, the measles of mankind
Originally Posted by 1MickCollins
leaving aside the rights or wrongs of the famous bull & cow in saipan.............
the boy keane did well.the side definitely ticked better with him on board.his presence seemed to galvanise people around him and imho is an asset to the team.
as for the people who booed him,cop on to yourself,you are booing someone in an IRISH shirt representing YOUR country.
Booing a player from your OWN TEAM, tut tut tut ....
very poor game, good goal to win it.
should probably have had a couple of extra goals though, Roy missing a sitter.
ratings,
given had little to do, made one good save, doesn't inspire confidence though
finnan and maybury did little, but i guess that can be put down to not having played much with those in front of them
Cunningham and O'Brien started badly, caught out by the same ball three or four times early on, but they knuckied down and improved
miller did ok, but was nowhere near MOTM, looks promising, but needs a few more games under his belt
Keane and Holland played very well, the former doing all the basic stuff well, few surging runs, the latter getting stuck in and took his goal brilliantly, Holland just about shaded MOTM for me
Reid did ok, copy the comment for Miller
Morrison wasn't that bad, he won and held up a fair amount of ball considering poor service but seems to have no understanding with Robbie at all, great cross for the goal but we probablt need another option in there
Robbie, broke clear on goals four times I can remember, didn't shoot once, can't remember him having an effort, took too much out of the ball, between him and Maybury for worst player on the night (and that's not just because we expect more from him).
Rowlands got stuck in, but only for a few minutes, at least he took players on, hope we get a longer look at him over the next three days
I think Kerr told them all to take it easy though
I know the booing for keane wasnt right last night but cheering every time he touched the ball was really getting on my tits. It was a team performance but felt like the roy keane show. Fair play he had a good game but the non stop keano chants really started to get annoying.
Thought Miller was decent but imo a good bit away from motm. Holland was excellent as was andy reid who was my motm as he seemed to be the only one creating our chances. After a shaky start obrien and kenny looked quite assured as ever.
Robbie seemed to have an off night but at least he was getting in the positions to have the chances. Clinton is deffo still the best option we have unless we put duffer up front again and have reid and miller on the wings or kilbane ?
All in all decent performance and hopefully we will get to see rowlands given a full game on sat as he really got stuck in last night
Is Keane (Roy) coming over for the unity cup games ................
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Yea, some muppet standing infront of us cheerin 'Keano Keano' every time he so much as looked at the ball... - Sad.
Got home & watched a bit on sky sports... actually heard someone shout "GO ON ROY" -- When he gave a simple 5 yard back pass to Kenny Cunningham!
Hopefully that's the end of the Roy Keane show & we can just get on with it now...
Anyone headin to France? -- Got flights on Wednesday with Ryanair for €50!!! - Sweet! (And they're gone back up to €240 now!)
yeah hopefully people have had there day and can now cheer the team as a whole instead of a bloke getting rapturous applause for a 2 yard back pass. NOt saying he didnt play well he had good game but it really did get annoying after a while. He not going to unity or holland game but I am tmow happy days !
i think a few people overdid the cheering to drown out those who were booing every touch. it had pretty much died down by midway through the second half. at least it's all over with now.
lets just hope it is
I don't know if you were at the match or not but I watched on telly (twice). I always notice that people who go to the match always have different views than those who watch it on TV. Try and get a look at the match again on Sky Sports (they show it about 3 more times after the live coverage) and you will see Miller's impact.
Also, those who went to the match say Holland had a good game, I thought he was his usual self with a few extra tackles and a goal. He probably copped on that he has competition for his place, he won't be dropped though. I thought he had a much better game against Canada. He came on for the injured Kavanagh and played a lot better than usual. I think all he needed was to know he has a bit of competition for his place.
BTW - Was that Roy's bodyguard with him after the match?
yeah was at the game so maybe i would need to watch game again. Yeah cause i thought Holland had a better game than miller and most people around me on terrace were a bit shocked when miller got motm. Though andy reid was excellent again is looking like the real deal and hopefully he can get a decent move in the summer
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