Why does the stadium announcer feel it necessary to tell us the half time score when the referee blows for half time ��
Setting Judge up to fail by utilizing him that way..
Maybe Murphy would be quicker to react to things, a bit sharper, if he lost some of that excess muscle; Adonis of a man that he is.
Thought Doyle offered a lot more than Murphy has.
Why does the stadium announcer feel it necessary to tell us the half time score when the referee blows for half time ��
Half Time Report (missed first 9 minutes)
Randolph has comfortably dealt with everything he had to deal with which wasn't a whole lot.
Centre Defence has looked good. Strong, composed and not at all helped in possession by the midfield.
Coleman has had a good half. Very effective in attack and defence. Again not much help from Judge or his mids when in possession.
Brady looks unnatural at LB tonight despite having been very impressed by him there in previous games. Hasn't done much wrong just looks a bit unsure and out of place.
Centre mids have been very poor in attack and in possession. Have done ok in defence managing to stifle out a couple of counter attacks but they are pretty much non existent from an attacking perspective.
Judge will be happy enough. Quiet debut but obviously needs to find the pace of the game and see how he can be effective. Doesn't look like a natural right winger. Believe it was his corner that led to the goal.
McGeady I'm happy with. Was fearing the worst but actually has been good in attack and defence. Won and took a few corners with one into the near post that was flicked goalward and was a chance.
Long was Long. Fast, worked tirelessly. Puts defenders under pressure.
Doyle looked sharp and fit. Very unfortunate injury. Murphy has been good too and does indeed look like a tank in that jersey.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
Don't want to be too hard on Meyler and Quinn becasue it's one hell of a task they have, both have been sloppy enough at times though, particularly Quinn. Waste of time playing Judge if they weren't going to give him a chance to impress in his proper position. McGeady is doing okay I think overall, working hard getting back and has won a couple of corners and that. Coleman and Brady like taking risks, fortune has favoured the brave in that respect so far! It's Trap/early MON football really, I thought we had progressed a little, hopefully it is just a case of the players available but it scares me a little that he's reverted to it, in the sense that something similar could happen in June. An out and out 4-4-2 against technically superior teams is a seriously hard watch. We're a serious threat from set pieces though.
Generally frustrating retro football from us. We do have the look of a basement price O'Neill team who excel on set pieces and have muscle.
Judge should be in the middle.
Brilliant tackle from Clark.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
I don't know if Keith Andrews adds much as a co commentator but I just find I agree with everything he says.
I saw this when the Swiss played Iceland a while back, but they are dirty féckers, spoiling and fouling in midfield when they lose possession, block the quick free and always mouthing off to the ref.
It's called being cute. Every team needs to be a bit cynical like that at times. Swiss seem to be getting away with it more than they shouldOriginally Posted by geysir
Daryl Murphy though.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
Randolph has a safe pair of hands, good feet and hefty punch.
He's ambi positive.
Xhaka though
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
3 Derry lads on the pitch for Ireland now. Has to be a first.
Hop Derry
O'Kane should have scored.
The lack of support for a game McClean at the end is shameful considering it's a friendly.
Murphy going off shows the folly of not bringing reinforcements for Walters and Keane; it could have been an opportunity for someone like Mason, Eoin Doyle or Madden.
Has Duffy jumped Keogh in the queue on the basis of that performance?
Judge wasted in that position.
Arter will probably remain ahead of Quinn and Meyler in O'Neill's thoughts without even playing; Gibson failing to get a loan move also works in his favour.
Is it time to ditch O'Shea?
Congratulations to Ciaran Clark on his first win of the season...
Much the same as the first but I thought the addition of McCarthy and O'Kane changed the tempo of midfield and quelled the growing Swiss threat.
Duffy/Clark were great. Better second half from Brady. Coleman was solid as before. Judge was as quiet as he had been in the first.
O'Kane should have buried his chance. Hayes was hard to figure out in terms of his role and position.
Good win overall and lots of positives to take from it. The Swiss put out what looked like a strong team and we contained them very well. Lots of shape, hard work and discipline in that team which is good to see. Will be interesting to see how we do against Slovakia.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
he's nailed on to be in the squad and it would be a huge call to not start him. positive is we have a good few options at centre half. i'd say wilson is the one in serious danger of missing out though he can play in a few positions.
mixed feelings on the game. swiss were poor in the second half and i thought we were a different prospect when mccarthy came on. one nice interchange between judge and hoolahan, though we're unlikely to see both in the same side very often.
i thought long looked good and obviously unlucky not to score. must surely be our #1 striker now. similarly randolph was composed and commanding throughout. he's a good bit better than elliot in my view.
we definitely wanted to win more than the swiss which in some ways makes it a hard to read game. gone it seems are the early MON days of placing no value in friendlies. this was serious business and the team was set up to win ugly particularly in the first half.
Swiss dominated possession but our defence was solid. Then we handed them back possession to have another go. To be fair though, we were missing a lot of first 11. Shows there's not much back up there. Judge was a little bit wasted on the wing alright.
Hoolahan showed what a class act he is with his small cameo.
It was a Brady outswinger.
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