One hour to go BS.Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Should McClean(32) and Coleman(33) have been dropped?
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One hour to go BS.Should McClean(32) and Coleman(33) have been dropped?
And answer these, or provide quotes of the answers you've already posted
Not mad on Hourihane playing either. I've just never seen any evidence that he can be a player for us and time is about up. Maybe he has a Hendrick type revival in him and is worth having around for the NL and Euros but....I just don't believe that. I'd have gone with Molumby and expect to see Egan and Collins having to step in to midfield now a lot to cover for Hourihane going missing.
Everything else looks good. I wonder will Keane play as the central striker or drift back a bit? Maybe we'll see himself and Robinson switching around a bit.
Hourihane has been annoying me less in recent games, with peak annoyance being that Andorra game. Not a ringing endorsement for him, but let's see how he does.
Manning and Keane the obvious two to keep an eye out on today I guess; that's where we're weakest.
Great ball by Manning there,shame it was just offside….
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
Was good football with Hourihane in the build up too
Keane looking a bit out of place so far.
Manning having a good game but not having much defending to do of course
Tough enough watch this,Manning and Hourihane the best of our lot so far ….
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
No creativity going forward. Browne anonymous, Keane looks like a L1 player, Hourihane being good at set pieces is a myth.
For 2nd half Id get Parrott on for Keane, Knight on for Browne to have a look at him in different position.
Hmmm.
All quite dull after a lively start. Not feeling the same sense of concern that I was against Luxembourg/Azerbaijan in the same circumstances, which is good. I think we've still an idea what we're doing, which is more than I could say in those games.
Keane and Robinson both poor; wouldn't mind seeing Hogan or Parrott on for the second half to shake things up to front
Anybody have a stream for this? Can't find a working one anywhere online.
The only person in the country enjoying this is Boom Boom.
Well we can still see what we are trying to do. Its rare we have 70% possession against anyone ever previous to this.
Its the typical friendly with no intensity all round
It’s very comfortable. It’s a game that feels like we’ll score and win by a couple. Main criticism would be we’re not really opening them up, it’s all balls in from the wings. Chio is the bright spot. Keane has disappointed, could do with him maybe dropping deep now and again to see if that helps create something, the three forwards are looking to do the same thing a bit too often.
On around 39 minutes my wife did say ‘ooh we’re passing the ball a lot’ so even a woman who can’t stand football can see and appreciate the style change!
Hourihane has had seven corners in the first half and we haven't even had a half chance out of them. At one point he tried a first time cross in open play, hit the first defender and then just walked back towards half way while the game continued around him. Honestly have no idea how he made it to the premier league.
Hourihane's done ok from play in fairness; mostly looking to make a good active pass.
Rare bit of excitement there from the selfie-taking pitch invader
We need to start learning about the offside rule.
Factoring in the opposition it’s been a pretty hopeless second half from us,Lithuania are really bad…..
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
This is pretty desperate stuff, especially considering who we're up against.
I've just checked there; Lithuania are ranked 137 in the world, 13 places behind the Faroes and a full 44 behind Luxembourg. This is poor.
the only good thing to say is.. if this was an actual qualifier I think we would win handy enough
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