Italy V Republic of Ireland - Tuesday, 7th June 2011 - Friendly - Liege

[DannyInvincible]

Forde not giving away anything tonight. That's a great result. Very pleased with that. Really unexpected.

[BonnieShels]

Hahaha look at the pitch invader with his man purse

Paul O'Shea?

[theworm2345]

I think we gave the Italians a lesson on how to play Italian football, grab a goal and then park the bus then grab a second on a counterattack.

[tricky_colour]

Paul O'Shea?

Could be, is that his laptop in the bag???

[BonnieShels]

I think we gave the Italians a lesson on how to play Italian football, grab a goal and then park the bus then grab a second on a counterattack.

That was the most disciplined Irish performance I've seen in a long long while. Beats Saturday by a long shot.

[elroy]

Trap out!!

[OwenGoal]

Ho hum. All this winning's getting a little tedious.

[centre mid]

What will the papers say tomorrow, Trap will be slated for a negative display.

Great week in many aspects; confidence, tream spirit & 3 vital away points. Role on September.

[rebelmusic]

Yup only player who didn't really perform too well imo was Keogh. Long could have done better too maybe, justified again Trap's decision to play Cox on Saturday.

Fantastic game, Hunt was mighty. Really starting to feel it now lads, feck, when was the last time we won 5 games in a row and more than that, scored 13 goals in 5 games!!

[tricky_colour]

Well I enjoyed that a lot more than the Macedonia game, had a decent stream too.
We looked pretty comfortable, shame we were not playing Russia!!

[The Legend]

touch of the twilight zones about this one...

[elroy]

That was the most disciplined Irish performance I've seen in a long long while. Beats Saturday by a long shot.

Discipline is the word!! The sooner the irish journos and certain fans realise that we aren't barca, but we are organised, we are disciplined and we have a system that works most of the time for a manager who knows what he is at. And it looks like there is a damn good team spirit there now as well. The lads will be itching to get back going in aug.

[MeathDrog]

Don't think we've ever won 5 in a row. We won 4 in a row under Stan (Wales, San Marino x2 and Slovakia).

[BonnieShels]

Hunt was excellent. Just rewound it to watch the goal again. That was some pass from Wardy. And Hunt rooting Cox up the hole. Class.

[legendz]

Enjoyed the game as well! Not quite USA '94 but hat's off to the boys in green! It's a shame RTE haven't the highlights.

[Sullivinho]

"Andrews.......Pirlo"
"Keogh......Polombo"

Passing: Poor
Ball retention: Poor
Result: 2-0 win.

That formula shouldn't really be working as well as it is. Every second ball from McShane and Ward seemed to be a speculative punt in any given direction. Fair f*cks to them though! Beating a resurgent Italy is no small feat. We might have a live one in Cox too.

That was the most disciplined Irish performance I've seen in a long long while. Beats Saturday by a long shot.

'Put 'em under pressure' ethos in full effect. Made more impressive by the fact some of them lads must be running on fumes at this stage. Long and Coleman in particular look to be in need of a rest.

[theworm2345]

Don't think we've ever won 5 in a row. We won 4 in a row under Stan (Wales, San Marino x2 and Slovakia).

The glory days

Enjoyed the game as well! Not quite USA '94 but hat's off to the boys in green! It's a shame RTE haven't the highlights.

RTE aren't bringing any coverage then?

[tricky_colour]

Cox looks like he has a bit of weight on him compared to Andrews.

[elroy]

Andrews interview referring to all the crap written over the last few wks about playing not turning up. Saying that they have a great team spirit and confidence.

[Sullivinho]

Enjoyed the game as well! Not quite USA '94 but hat's off to the boys in green! It's a shame RTE haven't the highlights.

Full game on TG4 starting at 10.30.