QuoteTotal sh1te for the entire 90mins
A bit of deja vu from last night as the boys in green defended abysmally and let the white team back into the game which should have been put beyond them. Wrong attitude, we shot ourselves in the foot and made far too many unforced errors.
Total sh1te for the entire 90mins
As I said on Shels board:
They were TERRIBLE. No excuses, they were on a go slow or something. I have seen better league of ireland games. Portadown vs Shels was a better game. Terrible. Kerr should of freshened it up too. Bad all round. Lets hope France draw now!!
The lack of urgency was horrible. They seemed to thing the game was over after four minutes when Morrison grabbed the early goal. They were killing time just wanting to get out of there from the half hour mark. I just didn't see the passion or work rate there tonight. It was almost as though the lads didn't care and thought Israel was some bum team that would quit. They failed to keep the ball for long periods of time and just didn't create enough chances. With Keano and Carr out midweek things don't look too great although Israel usually travel badly. I'm extremely disappointed.
Was it even that good?Originally Posted by thejollyrodger
Total sh1te for the entire 90mins
I was trying to put a positive spin on it.
Im glad that Carr and RMK are out for the return leg. At least Kerr has to include Reid and a mid fielder who can really run. Defintely not Mr Invisible though. Kavanagh or Miller
Well did you think Roy has really put in a solid performance of international standard? Where was the hunger ? Reid is an attacking midfielder - something we need against israel so i dont know where the
definatly one to forget - straight from the Brian houllier school of defensivness.
only plus to come out of tonite is that so far after 70mins the french games scoreless
The lunatic is on the grass
The lunatic is on the grass
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs
Got to keep the loonies on the path
If Reird loses some weight he might deserve a starting spot. If anyone has to go it's Kilbane who's been out of his depth at this level for years.Well did you think Roy has really put in a solid performance of international standard? Where was the hunger ? Reid is an attacking midfielder - something we need against israel so i dont know where the
0-0 in paris - up to us in the home games now
now ye have it is right.....
I'm gutted. That Israeli team was utter muck. Quite frankly Kerr's honeymoon is now over. I don't how well prepared Ireland are he just didn't pick the right team. He was playing for a draw the moment he picked Finnan over Reid. Morrisson was simply not match fit and should have been taken off at half-time. We're now playing for second place and the buck needs to stop with Kerr pure and simple.
There is no such thing as a miracle cure, a free lunch or a humble opinion.
France 0 Switzerland 0 is a result thank god
How does that help us in real terms? France heads to Israel on Wednesday to pick up the win I assume.
There is no such thing as a miracle cure, a free lunch or a humble opinion.
IMO the best result would have been a France win. We know that they will almost certainly win the group and therefore they'd might as well eliminate our challengers for second place. I know that sounds negative, but beating France over a whole group phase is tough. I think we could beat them on a one off but they have some much qualifty compared to everyone else. Why not cheer for them (I know how much it hurts to do so) and hope we can beat them, Israel and everyone else at Lansdowne or where ever the hell we end up playing (if games are moved).
reality check !!!
France are a pale comparison to what they were. They didnt score tonight cos they are a mess. The French public dont trust them, the players dont belive in the manager. They are unlikely to get a win against the Israeli's to be fair.
We couldnt get passed all those Israeli defenders and I cant see how the french will. The pitch is incredibly narrow. They didnt get past a crap Swiss defence at home tonight.
The swiss are no world beaters. They have a good tatical set up and maybe 1 or 2 good players. Look how open at the back they were against us. All in all, I think the general standard of this group is poor tbh and we have failed to capitalise on it with a negative mindset and hyping up the opposition by saying how great they are.
I think on balance of the games so far there was no reason we cou;dn't have won the group. in fact we still can.
away draws and home wins will put us in the reckoning.as it stands if we win all our remaining games (home to france, swiss, israel and away to faroes) then we win the group.
dont we?
Code:World Cup Qualifying Group 4 Table P W D L Pts Ireland 5 2 3 0 9 France 5 2 3 0 9 Israel 5 2 3 0 9 Switzerland 4 1 3 0 6 Cyprus 5 0 1 4 1 Faroe Islands 4 0 1 3 1
in a word yes. providing France only gets a draw in Israel.
but didn#t france draw at home with israel so a win for them there is a must
Apart from Morrison's moment of genius did we create any chances? Whats the point of Duff working hard when nobody gets on the end of his passes.
Keane's booking was pointless and now means he's out of the next Israel game. 2 points lost could mean the difference betwen automatic qualification and a playoff - which we aren't very good at.
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