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Feel free to translate Paul.Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Patrick the Irish slave, christian brother impregnated
Hard to see how anybody has enhanced his CV out there. Duffy and Keogh looked OK together, McClean gets a free pass because he was obviously in the wrong position, but I think everybody else has given more reasons not to get picked again. Most worrying is Forde, who was truly dreadful.
Keane very quiet.
Whelan surpassed himself this time. Green is bad but he puts himself about. Whelan never breaks a sweat. He has no presence whatsoever. Maybe dropping him would light a fire under his ass. It works wonders every time he's dropped for Stoke.
Doyle very impressive. Fantastic throwback header. Won a couple of free kicks in dangerous positions. Got a man sent off. Constantly dropped into midfield and did the work of two men, doing Whelan's job for him.
Really should have brought Hendrick, Hoolahan and Long on sooner. Hopefully lesson learned.
That was a Trap team in a Trap setup and they reverted to type. I think a few of those guys, Whelan for instance, might be Trap traumatised, possibly beyond repair. Either way, I think this friendly only points towards a very different outlook come Sept. If it helps O'Neill towards that conclusion, then friendlies like tonight are worth it.
Hendrick was one, but Hoolahan (Holla!han) and McGeady were others who actually got on the ball a bit and tried to play through them rather than around or over the top.
Considering we were playing against ten men, that spell from 45 to the 75th minute was atrocious. Between the penalty conceded and penalty miss it resembled a Macedonia or Lichtenstein. Total nightmare.
We were never as good as the Italy match and we're not as bad as tonight. That's friendlies. It'll sharpen the management's thinking for the start of the campaign and, I hope, settle their resolve to pick players who are confident and on form.
Ou-est le Centre George Pompidou?
With a depleted squad and another game in a few days, I don't think too much can be read into the subs. Everyone will get game time I'd say
You should really capitalise medical conditions like Trap Trauma.
These friendles are just too dispiriting sometimes...you can only pray the competitive games will be much better. In terms of attitude and application.
Won't hold my breath though.
I can kind of understatement why no Irish station bid for the rights now.
I sincerely hope the pressure of not winning several games in succession will scare O'Neill out of giving Simon Cox a sentimental start against Portugal.
Sure put on a footballing clinic when they went down to 10 men.
ya I hope you're right svd that cements in oneills head what we should not be doing and who we shouldn't be paying. The only thing we can learn from this as you say is the trap era players are not up to it.
The squad is very threadbare after the first 11. I'm worried about not getting the luck required with regards injuries. I think we are ok if we can pick our strongest 11 otherwise we will struggle.
I'm not making an excuse for forde but was it very humid. He looked really dopey and slow and heavy/turgid, perhaps the heat was having an effect on him.
Costa Rica played like the team with 11 and us with 10. what I hope is that when hoolahan and the rest came ok it wasn't a case of Costa Rica struggling from playing half of the game with 10 men and it was down to our players.
I'm very worried about robbie he was way off the pace. I fear that like the system and what went on he becomes a victim of the system. when we need a goal he will be sprung from the bench.
One of the lads over there said the subs were pushing wes when he went to take the corner towards the end.i remember seeing 6 or 7 of them down there and thinking of are they allowed stand there.
Didn't see the match, but press reports haven't been that harsh on Forde - one or two references about a dropped cross. Why was he so bad other than that?
He gave away a pretty needless penalty and looked shakey throughout.
highlights here, sort of
http://balls.ie/football/ireland-vs-...ca-highlights/
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I missed the game. If you don't see it, then it didn't happen.
Looking at that line up suggests we'll put out the best of what we have against Portugal.
from the score.ie Although he has produced some fine saves as well in recent matches, Forde was also culpable for more than one key goal during Ireland’s World Cup qualifying campaign.
svd did you mention the scarring of the trap era in certain players:
"It's important that we play good teams and certainly teams who keep the ball and have good possession because come September and playing in the qualifiers, we are going to be playing against teams that are very, very good on the ball,” he said.
"At times, we are going to have to be sitting back for 10, 15 minutes and trying to soak the pressure up."
I don't expect that from robbie and i doubt oneill is too happy with that attitude. at the very least it's frigging Costa Rica! !!
Forde needs to drop the e from his name. I dont like it.
PS possibly RIP comedian tracey morgan.
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