Ireland V Germany 12th October & Faroe Islands 16th October 2012 - World Cup 2014 Q

[p2011]

My "hysterics" are based on what I see "on the pitch".

If you are happy with the present set up and are blinded by the 2 playoffs, then you deserve what's coming.... We will have to agree to disagree.

[Noelys Guitar]

Where is Delaney? No vote of confidence yet or any comment of any kind. I bet he wasn't out buying pints last night.

[p2011]

You say we shouldn't concentrate on performances, but the results are muck too!

And I think it's defeatist to accept that Sweden and Austria would outplay this team:
Westwood
Kelly Dunne O'Shea Wilson
McCarthy Gibson
Brady Fahey McClean
Long

We are no worldbeaters, but competing with the likes of Sweden and Austria and not collapsing at home against 1st seeds should be the goal. We're failing this goal at the moment.

If things continue as they are, we won't be anywhere near 2nd and I wouldn't want us in Brazil anyway in our present disspirited and chaotic state. Pains me to say it.

[shaneker]

Laughable post - stick to your man OR NOT!!! Lots on here declaring him as the messiah - ha ha. Muck football for the ole ole brigade

Informed and insightful, thanks a lot for your contribution.

[NeverFeltBetter]

Trap has a press conference at 4 that RTE is streaming live.

[TrapAPony]

Trap has a press conference at 4 that RTE is streaming live.

Hope he steps down... but he will be too stubborn to do so

[harry crumb]

I believe we have a very poor team and Trap is attempting to get the most out of a limited group. Focusing on performance is somewhat futile since the vast majority of teams have better skilled players than we do these days, they'll outplay us. Regardless of who's in charge its a given that both Sweden and Austria will outplay us, I don't like that but thats the situation we're in with the low caliber of players at our disposal. We'll have to scrap, cling on and take our luck when we get it if we're to get out of this group.

When a team is not encouraged to play how can we put up performances.

Think you are doing our players a disservice to call them limited. Lots of talented young players from where I'm looking. Others haven't even been tried.

On the FAI, they gave him a new contract at the end of the last campaign because they were satisfied with the job he was doing. They'll have looked upon qualifying for the Euro's as a bonus and not judged him on what happened there. Since then he got a respectable away draw with Serbia, an unimpressive away win with Kazakhstan and a hammering to the 2nd best team in the world. They're not going to be pressing panic buttons or u-turning their position because of those 3 results. Why would they? They'll have expected 6 points from the first 3 games and they'll probably get that.
Why would they be concerned? Russia did something similar to us early in the last campaign which we spared our blushes a little with some undeserved consolations but they were a much weaker side than Germany and we recovered from that. Business games are coming up later in the campaign, he'll as always be judged on those.

Handing out that contract was a big mistake. Trap was putting a lot of pressure on them to get is sorted before as I think he knew what was going to happen in Poland.

Maybe we would have never beaten Germany but to lose in the manner we did is worrying.

As for the FAI not panicking, are you living in a bubble?, majority of football people in Ireland are disillusioned.

[SwanVsDalton]

Trap has a press conference at 4 that RTE is streaming live.

Is there any indication this is anything other than a standard day-after-game presser?

[Comic Book Guy]

Pains me to say it but its time for a change, but if trap goes then its also fair to say that Delaney has to go too. This defeat has been coming from a long way out. The slashing of our underage international budget is part of the reason that we are in such a state, while our CEO is on double his european counterparts.Remember the fai shafting Kerr in favour of stan?
whatever you say about the likes of kerr at least we would not have been humiliated like last might.

[NeverFeltBetter]

Not that I can see, but presumably he'll be addressing some of what happened last night if people are interested.

[Noelys Guitar]

Hope he steps down... but he will be too stubborn to do so

He looks like bluffing it out. And if you look back at all the comments from earlier this week (especially from Tardelli "we hope to be around for another 10 years") they are taking the **** out of the FAI. They want that pay off. Much as I dislike Delaney (he should be on his way out the door too) he should be playing hardball with these couple of chancers. There has to be grounds for sacking Trapatonni and his entourage and let them take it to court.

[geysir]

Joachim Low
"the Sweden game will be very different for us next week. The Swedes are well capable of creating opportunities and they do not just play the long ball like the Irish"

[geysir]

Here's a stat for TC

Ireland v Germany
total passes - 242
25% possession

Faroes v Sweden
total passes - 364
42% possession

[Paddy Garcia]

Joachim Low
"the Sweden game will be very different for us next week. The Swedes are well capable of creating opportunities and they do not just play the long ball like the Irish"

Ouch....

[Crosby87]

Why is he taking shots at us after a 6-1 win? Not very classy. And who would think that from a German?

[Crosby87]

Apologies if this was already posted from this morning:
Trap says he is not worried about his job, and we can still go to Brasil.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...many-loss.html

[pineapple stu]

Why is he taking shots at us after a 6-1 win? Not very classy. And who would think that from a German?

He was asked a question - possibly by a Swedish journalist - and gave an answer which talks down his side's excellent win. Nothing wrong with that.

[geysir]

Apologies if this was already posted from this morning:
Trap says he is not worried about his job, and we can still go to Brasil.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...many-loss.html

The only light is that we don't have to worry about going to Brazil and turning up again at a major tournament with this brand of football. There is not an earthly chance of us qualifying for the play-offs ahead of Sweden or Austria.
What we have to worry about is keeping our noses ahead of the Faroes and Kazackhstan

[Crosby87]

He was asked a question - possibly by a Swedish journalist - and gave an answer which talks down his side's excellent win. Nothing wrong with that.

Sweden has Journalists?

[pineapple stu]

Yes, Europe is quite the civilised place these days.