Quotevery frustrating.
This ref is an embarrassment, every single bit of contact is a free kick.... you know the Norway players will just go down with every opportunity as this ref will give them the free.
very frustrating.
It was going to take a miracle once Norway took the lead. All they had to do was fall over and they'd get a free kick given the ref, it would be next to impossible to get any sort of momentum.
Bizarre subs from the management lost that,Phillips seemed more interested in trying to kick people and fighting with the ref than trying to affect the game,Kenny missed a glorious chance to make it 3-1 aswell,hopefully they won’t regret that one…..
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
Goes and takes our best performing player off early in the first half.Originally Posted by JR89
Didn't deserve to lose that game and a real tough loss to take.
Before the group the aim was win against Latvia,San Marino,Turkey with 6 points from 6. 4 points v Norway and then a free hit versus Italy. Now I think we can make up for this result if we can secure a point against Italy.
Turkey also play Norway so that could be crucial, Turkey need to win to realistically qualify from the group and if they do it damages Norway and puts us back in the driving seat for 2nd imo.
Crawford cost us that game, infuriating
Its really not that complicated!!!
100%, made that change way too early.
I would put the penalty in the bought variety, Norwegian player actually grabs hold of the Irish player first.
Way more annoyed losing that one because at 2-1 we're fairly comfortable.
Weird one. Thought the pressing was excellent, Emakhu, Armstrong, Roughan and Leavy in particular. That was a real positive. Threw away 3 points.
Changes were bizarre. The moment we went up, I was calling for Healy and Leavy to be pulled for Phillips and Murphy. Leavy wasn’t quite at his normal level and Healy tired really early, you could see it, once we scored, they started to press the midfield with more intensity and Healy looked leggy.
Mad to take off Emakhu. He was so bright and lively and was still causing defenders problems.
Penalty was very harsh - Norway player makes the first grab and then Healy is blocked off by another. Then the lad feels the light tug and goes down when he knows the ball isn’t going near him.
As for the late changes at 3-2 down, don’t understand why he didn’t take off O’Riordan and go to 4 at the back. You had Okoflex and Springett on the bench who were very good last month. Okoflex beats players with ease and knows where the goal is, Springett is pacey and has a real spark to him.
Biggest positive is that Norway look very beatable back in Dublin
Commentator mentioned the pitch being in bad condition. Every time the 21s play there, it's in rag order. They're arguing that it helps us vs the italians - not entirely sure that's true.
Grehan and Phillips the only two changes to the starting XI and they replace O'Riordan and Leavy. O'Riordan isn't on the bench so likely an injury there. No Okoflex on the bench but Gilsenan is fit again and on the bench.
It’s a shame Turners Cross is so poor at the minute,perfect venue for these games but I don’t think the pitch is helping either team….
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
Nice goal from Phillips and we take the lead after being second best all game so far. Good cross from Armstrong (he’s been generally wasteful again), assist from Curtisand decent finish from the on rushing Phillips.
Turkey 2-0 up against Norway.
Bosun Lawal just booked for passing the ball !
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
for the second game in a row we conceded a stupid penalty when ahead. frustrating.
The worrying part is it's quite clear this ref can be conned just like the ref in Norway. Would worry if there is a 50/50 challenge in the Irish box....
Two minutes into the second half and 2-1 up now. Good ball into the box from Grehan too. Usually it's us conceding early in the second half. Also finished 2-0 to Turkey so that's a good result for us.
Emakhu has been excellent. So have Lawal and Phillips.
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