Fire enough bullets and you will eventually hit something OR Even the blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes.Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
They were dark days CD, you know it, I know it, I know you know.
Stan also gave Kevin Doyle his debut.
Fire enough bullets and you will eventually hit something OR Even the blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes.
They were dark days CD, you know it, I know it, I know you know.
FYI they had grass on the field not artificial turf.
"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.
I think Steve Staunton's reign can indeed be best summed up by Joe Lapira.
Joe Lapira, an amateur footballer who was playing in the US 4th division. Capped for Ireland.
I suppose we will forget the games under Stan, such as being undone by late goal to deny us the pleasure of home and away victories against Slovakia. Under Stan we performed better (home and away) against Germany & Czech Rep than we did against Russia & Slovakia under Trap. Where Trap pulls clear are with some of the performances against the 4th& 5th seeds. And i can't say that we played with great distinction against Cyprus under Trap.
When you boil it down, we have not moved that much from the Stan 'era' considering how Traps fabled organisation of defence has been shattered.
The most disheartening thing for me (and particulary the old geezers) is that we have been around this block before. Giles persisting with a system (which was failing)and sticking with certain players who had long passed their prime. This is all leading (once more) to a one game disaster in the qualifyers. I see no benefit for Trap or the players by him staying in the job.
We only got two points from those games you mention under Stan.
Whereas we got three points from those games under Trap.
One thing we can say about Stan is that we put in distinctive performances against Cypurs.And i can't say that we played with great distinction against Cyprus under Trap.
Or 5 points against Slovakia and Germany under Stan as against 3 points under Trap against Russia and Slovakia.
As I said, re performance, the performance under Stan against those teams I mentioned does not compare unfavourably with those under Trap. I'm not going to go down the many potholed road of defending Stan or looking for positives in his management, but neither do I subscribe that his record was the pits, even if he was evidently clueless.
Trap (with such a pedigree) has not moved us forward on quality of performance.
9 minutes in and still goalless. Better start than before.
A couple of quality hoofs already, one in particular from McGeady. It's like watching Shamrock Rovers.
McGeady is wandering around like he did against Bosnia while Doyle and Keane are filling in on his wing. I like this shape a lot.
Sense we are not going to get much from this ref.
So much better, we are right in this and perhaps the better team so far.
Italy look poor!!!
Ref is Italian, he is poor too.
By far our best performance so far (not hard granted). We've actually shaded this over the first 30 minutes. Still not really creating any chances though.
Poor, poor decision making in the final 3rd for us. But a lot more encouraging.
Suicidal.
Bring Back Belfast Celtic F.C.
Shay again. He's had a nightmare tournament.
What the hell has happened to Given?
Like Packie a tournament too far
That ref is a qunt
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