Performance of a lifetime from Dunne.
On a par with McGrath in the Giants Stadium. Unreal
Bring Back Belfast Celtic F.C.
Shattered after that. Have to say happy with the point but some serious questions to be asked about Trapatonni and his tactics. Giving a team like Russia that many chances is not good. It was the individual brilliance of Dunne and some great positioning by Shay saves us in that game.
That team could teach Bear Grylls a thing or two about survival. Unbelievable stuff. Vintage displays from Given and the McGrath-esque Dunne. Nerves absolutely destroyed.
Where's my Armenia shirt.
Richard Dunne does a pretty good Paul McGrath impression. Shay was fantastic. Stephen Kelly stood up to the plate and was excellent. O'Dea solid. Whelan and Andrews not good enough on the ball or looking for the ball. McGeady did well. Cox was very good when he came on.
Trap is too stubborn to change his tactics. He should've taken a striker off and stuck McCarthy or Foley in to stop them ripping us apart....
I get the impression Tardelli was telling him the same but Trap wasn't listening
Folding my way into the big money!!!
In many ways don't mind if we don't qualify if that's the best we can play...
A decent team would have ripped us apart tonight.
Credit to Shay, Kelly, Dunne & Hunt, though. The midfield were again woeful. None of them deserve to play again.
Don't know if even McGrath ever put in a performance like Dunne tonight. That was beyond legendary.
This performance by dunne is as good as ncgrath v Italy but won't be remembered because it was a draw with Russia which might not mean anything unfortunately
Dunne enjoying three independent McGrath comparisons within the same minute here says it all about his performance really.
I thought pretty much everyone did well except the midfield 2 who were just passed by, again. Ward's crossing was sh1te though. Worse than sh1te.
I was really impressed by O'Dea. Dunne was the star but best supporting actor from an unfancied player was O'Dea.
Jeez I need a swig of whiskey after that.
"Jacques Santini...will be greeted in every dugout of the country by "one-nil, one-nil" - Clive Tyldsley, 89th minute of France-England June 13, 2004.
"Ooooohhhh Nooooooo" Bobby Robson 91st minute.
Given -9
kelly - 7
Dunne - 11
O'Dea - 7
Ward - 3
Duff - 6
McGeady - 7
Andrews - 4
Whelan - 4
Keane - 5
Doyle - 6
Cox - 7
Hunt -6
Trappatoni - 1/10
Was thinking the same myself.Originally Posted by backtowalsall
What a player.
how long left ?
They were a top seed, that means there's not many teams better than them in Europe. They couldn't score, and the team that shipped 5 goals to Cyprus has now gone ten and a half hours without conceding.
do i understand correctly that if we win our next two games we will finish at worst second?
Ditto. I feel guilty being so surprised at his continued strong performances tbh.
Richard Dunne deserves a medal of honor or something after that. Beyond unbelivable his commitment to the cause.
Same for ALL the players. I'll never question their commitment thats for sure.
The fact that we are rubbish at actually playing football is the problem.
I'd let Richard Dunne do unimaginable and unspeakable things to me...what an epic performance from him, he was by far the star of the game and he almost single handily stopped Russia by himself...Thought O'Dea and Kelly did well as did most of the team part from the usual suspects in the middle and Ward who was disappointing
With how we played, it's a great point...we're still alive in the group and probably have the easiest run in of the three teams competeting to win the group
Yes I must agree. Possibly even better than McGrath with that clearance off the line
Folding my way into the big money!!!
They are decent and they did rip us apart.
They just didn't score.
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