Friendly at Wembley confirmed for November 12th: https://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/inte...land-announced
And injure Duffy?
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
Friendly at Wembley confirmed for November 12th: https://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/inte...land-announced
I wonder will it be a classic like the last time in Dublin
Could Rice and Grealish make guest appearances for us ~ ~ A possible New Angle for FIFA. Was it Di Stefano or Puskas that played for three Countries ?
While it obviously makes more sense that we are in pot 2 than pot 3, right now we would be vying with a team like the Czech Republic or Norway to get into a playoff and then beat someone like the Ukraine or Switzerland in said playoff to qualify if we are a pot 2 side.
We haven't a prayer of qualifying for the world cup right now unless the likes of Parrott etc turn in to really top players two years faster than I think they will.
In that sense, getting experience of playing a top team is far better than grabbing the rosary beads that NI and Slovakia draw and we take 4/6 points from our next nations league games. Stephen will have had a lot of games before the qualifiers so no excuses imo not to begin seeing improvements by the time of wc qualifiers and that we can't give a decent account of ourselves and be ready for euro 2024 regardless of what group we get. We need to build a team here and that will take time rather than go with the short term approach. The Belgians did it for a few years. They had a better generation than we are likely to have but they got the structures right and gave up a few tournaments to do that and they have always been a very good footballing nation. Kenny has them trying to play football and is bringing through the youngsters. I couldn't really ask anymore at this point.
I'm a positive person for the future and we have a cracking bunch of talents coming through with some great lads at the even younger age groups but if the likes of Finland are beating you home and away, then it's hard to see us getting to Qatar or being remotely close.
Ireland were first football team to beat England on home soil
Ireland has always been a piece of corn stuck in the 3 lions teeth.
It's been 35 years since England defeated the irish, I remembered the game was broadcasted live in Argentina because of our big irish community, played Eamonn okeefesomething up front, played Liam Brady, he scored a goal. Frank Stapleton was soo good that game but got kicked the whole game. I think Kevin Ocallahan played a bit a remember he was a classy player. He worked with Stallone in a movie
Im sad because we are gonna get beaten by them by 3 or 4 goals in 3 weeks, thats not sensible football, plus with Grealish and Rice on the pitch. We are not a laughing stock. This Kenny is so naive
Which is it? You are disagreeing with yourself in the 3 posts in a row. We are either tough for England or gonna be beaten by 3 or 4 nil?
Anyway.... I think its a ridiculous decision to go ahead with this game. Financially it cant be amazing with no fans, the coverage of Rice and Grealish will be vomit inducing and more importantly we need some wins to kick start Kenny and to get into pot 2.
it is just to whow how ridiculous this decision is, first team to beat them.
we are gonna have a heavy defeat even if we play seamus coleman and james mccarthy.
4-0 for the 3 lions plus the mockery of bbc and sky on the irish misfits Rice and Grealish, maybe paddy bamford, redmond and delap get a game time for them to make it a laughing show
This is a ballsy move if Kenny had any say which he mightn't have had. I know it's just a friendly but get hammered by England, along with poor results v Bulgaria and Wales and then Kenny's position will be under threat. Whether you think that's right or not, that will be the case. I've mentioned it already in this thread but if he gets good results v England and the others, it will really kick off the Kenny era. This could go either way and these games that seem rather meaningless on first view, are of huge importance.
The game wasn't broadcast in Argentina. Stop making stuff up
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