Republic of Ireland V Azerbaijan - Saturday, 4th Sep 2021 - 2022 World Cup Qualifier

[zero]

Had to switch it off. Car crash in slow motion.

[NeverFeltBetter]

Duffy seems to have switched the centre forward.

[CSAD]

Some of the misses we’ve managed under Kenny it would almost be easier to put on target…you’d swear the Irish players are trying to score a field goal or something with some of the misses.

[NeverFeltBetter]

All huff and puff out there, but there's a feeling of a lack of leadership on the pitch. No one is good enough to pull the strings.

[NeverFeltBetter]

Azerbaijani keeper getting to every cross going. I swear I think I just saw him yawn.

[passinginterest]

Can’t fault the effort. Just a dire lack of cutting edge at the crucial moments.

[pineapple stu]

This is getting close to panic stations now.

10 to go and if we're honest, we haven't really threatened since the first 10

[Colbert Report]

These guys are full value for their 1-0 lead. We are asking no questions whatsoever.

[NeverFeltBetter]

The amount if misplaced passes in the last five minutes...heads are gone. These guys want to be back at their clubs.

[centre mid]

He should resign after this its embarrassing

[Trequartista20]

Some context: Kenny's home Luxembourg defeat is widely accepted to be the worst defeat in Ireland's entire footballing history.

Luxembourg are ranked 96 in the world; Azerbaijan are rated at 112.

Let that sink in.

[Bielsa´s irish]

Absolutely

[seanfhear]

Halaluyah !

[NeverFeltBetter]

Biggest goal scoring threat, again. Keeper should have done better, but they all count.

[pineapple stu]

Duffy blasts the keeper into the net.

Still has the feel of Finnan's equaliser against Cyprus

[Colbert Report]

Long ball into the box and a goal off our CB's head. If only Kenny had been willing to play this way for the past year.

[passinginterest]

Can we do to these what Portugal did to us?

[Trequartista20]

We keep getting told by a certain cohort of our supporters that Duffy isn't good enough for the sophisticated Kenny and his 'system' - not sufficiently aesthetically pleasing or eye-catching on the ball.

Well, unfashionable though it may be to say it, he remains our best player.

[paul_oshea]

There'll be a few lads leaving foot.ie en mass tomorrow. Reputation in tatters. Some saw serbia as some sort of apocalypse and we lost to lux. Some saw Portugal as a superb performance and we draw with Azerbaijan. Hear ye hear ye. This is just awful. What more embarassment do you want upon your country, your team?

[passinginterest]

Solid result. Green shoots. Keep building for the Euros.