Andorra V Republic of Ireland - Thursday, 3rd June 2021 - Friendly

**CSAD** · 03/06/2021, 5:55 PM

Our defense can’t be excused as it’s one of the areas we actually have good players in.

**TheBoss** · 03/06/2021, 5:55 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

The bad performances all add up though.

And that was a performance as awful as the result. I think Kilbane's goal on 50 minutes was our first effort on target

All add up? After that 5-2 defeat, the team lost 1 match in his last 12 matches. I think many Irish supporters would take that now!

**seanfhear** · 03/06/2021, 5:57 PM

I don’t know. I really don’t.

**pineapple stu** · 03/06/2021, 5:57 PM

Originally Posted by centre mid

Not sure we learned anything from that game tbh.

We learned I can call the part-timer impact

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Andorra concede a significant amount of their goals in the last half hour - not surprising if they're mostly part-time - so there's hope for a win yet

But yeah, Hungary won't tire after an hour and where will that leave us?

And Portugal will have us tired after an hour...

**pineapple stu** · 03/06/2021, 6:00 PM

Originally Posted by TheBoss

All add up? After that 5-2 defeat, the team lost 1 match in his last 12 matches. I think many Irish supporters would take that now!

The two games against Cyprus and the win in San Marino were three of the worst performances I can remember. That's a lot in an 18-month period for a team that included some genuinely top class players. (The 4-0 home defeat against Holland wasn't great either, but it was a friendly and Holland can do that to you at times)

I agree we had some good results too.

**Fixer82** · 03/06/2021, 6:02 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

The two games against Cyprus and the win in San Marino were three of the worst performances I can remember. That's a lot in an 18-month period for a team that included some genuinely top class players. (The 4-0 home defeat against Holland wasn't great either, but it was a friendly and Holland can do that to you at times)

I agree we had some good results too.

What results were good under Stan? 1-1 at home to Czech the best I can remember.

**pineapple stu** · 03/06/2021, 6:03 PM

Originally Posted by Fixer82

What results were good under Stan? 1-1 at home to Czech the best I can remember.

Drew with Germany too.

4-0 away to Denmark was notable, even if it was a friendly.

1-0 home wins and 2-2 away draws against Wales and Slovakia were decent enough.

**Trequartista20** · 03/06/2021, 6:05 PM

One win in 12 against the part-timers of Andorra is not in any real sense appreciably better than the previous no wins in 11. Especially when the performance was as bad as the one we all just witnessed.

**tommy_c12000** · 03/06/2021, 6:07 PM

Nice to get a win albeit Andorra. Wonderful to see Parrot notch two and Knight score. Hopefully they can build on it. Bazunu, Cullen, Parrott, Horgan did okay. Central defense will have better days. Poor game from J Collins, Hourihane, McClean and Curtis. Knight is not a winger despite his excellent assist, playing him out wide does him a disservice. Disappointing to see Duffy and Arter come on ahead of younger players at the end. Hopefully this will inject some confidence into the Irish side. Let’s see what happens vs Hungary

**osarusan** · 03/06/2021, 6:08 PM

Desperate desperate stuff for an hour against a team 111 places below us in the rankings. That the team finally pulled their individual and collective heads from their arses is not much to celebrate.

Teams like Andorra are so bad that it's hard to take any positives from games even when you play well, but hey, at least we won, Parrott broke his duck, no injuries.

**Fixer82** · 03/06/2021, 6:09 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Drew with Germany too.

4-0 away to Denmark was notable, even if it was a friendly.

1-0 home wins and 2-2 away draws against Wales and Slovakia were decent enough.

0-0 to Germany was a decent performance yes. Wales weren’t great at the time. 2-2 away to them was poor. Slovakia were ok.

I don’t count friendlies. If we were going only on friendlies Kerr would be one of our greatest ever managers

**Razors left peg** · 03/06/2021, 6:10 PM

Well I said I'd be out of excuses for him unless something drastic happened in 2nd half. 4 goals count as drastic.

We always under multiple managers play down to the standard of the opposition and rarely score 4 no matter who its against. Hungary will tell us more, but hes not dead yet!

Great to see Parrott showing that there might be a playing in there yet too

**pineapple stu** · 03/06/2021, 6:10 PM

Originally Posted by Fixer82

0-0 to Germany was a decent performance yes. Wales weren’t great at the time. 2-2 away to them was poor. Slovakia were ok.

I don’t count friendlies. If we were going only on friendlies Kerr would be one of our greatest ever managers

Yep, that's all probably fair enough alright.

**Exgrad** · 03/06/2021, 6:11 PM

To go back to an old topic, i think James Collins is the worst real player to ever play for Ireland.

Will be happy to never see him in a green jersey again. Curtis wouldnt be too far behind but maybe hes young enough to improve a bit.

**centre mid** · 03/06/2021, 6:12 PM

Gonna be a punch up in the studio

**TheBoss** · 03/06/2021, 6:12 PM

Originally Posted by Fixer82

If we were going only on friendlies Kerr would be one of our greatest ever managers

Well here is Kerr's record

TYPE	H/A/N	PLD	WIN	DRAW	LOSS	F	A	W %	D %	L %	F/pg	A/pg
ALL	TOTAL	33	18	11	4	39	20	55%	33%	12%	1.18	0.61
COMPETITIVE	TOTAL	16	7	7	2	19	10	44%	44%	13%	1.19	0.63
FRIENDLY	TOTAL	17	11	4	2	20	10	65%	24%	12%	1.18	0.59

**paul_oshea** · 03/06/2021, 6:13 PM

Good sense of perspective, I noted sadlier say on rte 2 that no one seemed to know where to stand for their goal. That they were all sorta looking at eachother not knowing who should be where , we also had a similar issue on 7 or 8 mins I think when they had a free kick and their player got a free header at the back post. As said we're strongest in defense so why are we so disorganised and porous?

**osarusan** · 03/06/2021, 6:14 PM

Originally Posted by centre mid

Gonna be a punch up in the studio

I turned it off - what happened?

**Fixer82** · 03/06/2021, 6:15 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

Good sense of perspective, I noted sadlier say on rte 2 that no one seemed to know where to stand for their goal. That they were all sorta looking at eachother not knowing who should be where , we also had a similar issue on 7 or 8 mins I think when they had a free kick and their player got a free header at the back post. As said we're strongest in defense so why are we so disorganised and porous?

Is this a case of over-coaching?

ie we weren’t told what to do when they are in this particular shape?

I haven’t seen the second half yet by the way