Georgia V Republic of Ireland - Tbilisi - 12th October 2019 - Euro 2020 Qualifier

[Razors left peg]

Georgia manager Vladimir Weiss: "McCarthy plays another system and plays four in the back now, but Ireland play every time like Michael Flatley dancing.

"We will see tomorrow who has better dancers, because Georgia also have good dancers."

What does it even mean I wonder.

All it means is that there is a guy trying to throw in that one of the only things he knows about Ireland is Riverdance! Makes him sound like a bit of an idiot to be honest

[Diggs246]

My guess is that he goes for Cullen and rests Whelo for the swiss

Collins to start

Matt at LB

[CraftyToePoke]

I think Whelan will start the game we have more of a chance in and have to take something from. I wouldn't be surprised to see Whelan start both.

[Razors left peg]

Id be very surprised to see Whelan start both games at his age

[seanfhear]

Georgia manager Vladimir Weiss: "McCarthy plays another system and plays four in the back now, but Ireland play every time like Michael Flatley dancing.

"We will see tomorrow who has better dancers, because Georgia also have good dancers."

What does it even mean I wonder.

The man likes dancing . Hopefully we are calling the tune tomorrow .

[Bottle of Tonic]

Georgia manager Vladimir Weiss: "McCarthy plays another system and plays four in the back now, but Ireland play every time like Michael Flatley dancing.

"We will see tomorrow who has better dancers, because Georgia also have good dancers."

What does it even mean I wonder.

That we perform with a kind of high energy panic, devoid of any classical beauty but with enough passion to please the philistine public it is marketed at.

[DannyInvincible]

All it means is that there is a guy trying to throw in that one of the only things he knows about Ireland is Riverdance! Makes him sound like a bit of an idiot to be honest

The Irish Times quote Weiss differently:

“They are a phenomenal team whose passion is unbelievable,” he said. “Like Michael Flatley dances. I like it. But we have some players who can dance too. We will see who has the better dancers tomorrow.”

By comparing them to how Flatley dances, it seems he might have been making reference to the passion our players show when playing.

Anyway, more importantly, Mick has confirmed Duffy will start and seems to be hinting towards starting Collins up front too, although he has also suggested Connolly will feature at some point.

[Kingdom]

Randolph
Coleman Duffy Egan Doherty
Hendrick Whelan Hourihane
Robinson Collins McClean

[tetsujin1979]

[liamoo11]

Hopefully doherty can force mcclean to play with his head up and with a lot more positional sense to actually give players an option to give a pass. Doherty wont be intimidated by mcclean like alot of ours seem to be.

[backstothewall]

I hate playing these lads. Always the same. Always a dreadful game to watch.

[passinginterest]

Such a frustrating game to watch. Always the same, half committed to the press, centre backs stay too deep, too easy for the Georgians to get out and suddenly we’re swamped in midfield. The lack of confidence in passing and moving the ball quickly in the Irish team is driving me mad.

[osarusan]

32 minutes gone. It's horrendous. We can't pass to save our lives.

[third policeman]

Such a frustrating game to watch. Always the same, half committed to the press, centre backs stay too deep, too easy for the Georgians to get out and suddenly we’re swamped in midfield. The lack of confidence in passing and moving the ball quickly in the Irish team is driving me mad.

Would love to see Byrne on the pitch.

[mark12345]

The Irish Times quote Weiss differently:



By comparing them to how Flatley dances, it seems he might have been making reference to the passion our players show when playing.

Anyway, more importantly, Mick has confirmed Duffy will start and seems to be hinting towards starting Collins up front too, although he has also suggested Connolly will feature at some point.

Game a half hour old. Haven't seen these tactics in a while - hit it long and hope for the best

[Bungle]

The sooner McClean is out of the team the better.

[liamoo11]

Mcclean giving the worst left sided display I've seen since Kevin kilbane's debut. Surely he cant come out for second half

[mark12345]

Would love to see Byrne on the pitch.

We all would. But then who would hit the long balls to no one in particular

[Razors left peg]

Too many empty shirts out there. Mcclean awful, Hourihan Mr Invisible, Collins offers nothing and Whelan cant pass 10 yards

[tricky_colour]

Well you can see how Denmark drew here, we may be headed the same way, get Flatterly on.