Republic of Ireland V Latvia - Wednesday, 22nd March 2023 - Friendly

**Razors left peg** · 22/03/2023, 5:44 PM

Originally Posted by JR89

I like it and great to see Obafemi, Ferguson, and Smallbone starting. Need to find a better back up for Cullen. I like Molumby when we need him to do what he did in the Nations League against the likes of Scotland. Playing as the deeper midfielder though you're gonna get mostly sideways passing.

By all accounts Cullens back up could be Luca Connell in the not too distant future. Having a good season and apparently was excellent against Sheffield Wednesday yesterday.

Tonights team has an average age of 23 years old. The future is bright with these young players Kenny has brought in.... now he needs to get the results to be around long enough to get the benefit of his rebuild

**JR89** · 22/03/2023, 6:03 PM

Originally Posted by Razors left peg

By all accounts Cullens back up could be Luca Connell in the not too distant future. Having a good season and apparently was excellent against Sheffield Wednesday yesterday.

Tonights team has an average age of 23 years old. The future is bright with these young players Kenny has brought in.... now he needs to get the results to be around long enough to get the benefit of his rebuild

Would love to see someone like Luca progress and make it to the senior team because the lad has some left foot on him. Would have included Hodge and Coventry this window to get them integrated into the squad.

**osarusan** · 22/03/2023, 6:08 PM

Originally Posted by Kingdom

But then again, I don't classify Kenny as underperforming, you do.

Seriously?

You don't think he's underperforming? You think that the results like Luxembourg and Azerbaijan at home are where we are as a team?

Or is it that in general, across his tenure, you think he's had us punching our weight more often than not, despite bad results like the above?

Either way, I certainly disagree.

**ontheotherhand** · 22/03/2023, 7:05 PM

Ok take him off now. that's enough minutes!

**backstothewall** · 22/03/2023, 7:06 PM

Can we take him off yet?

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**Insidetherock** · 22/03/2023, 7:06 PM

Smallbone started well

**ontheotherhand** · 22/03/2023, 7:07 PM

Originally Posted by backstothewall

Can we take him off yet?

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Only logged in to see if you posted! ??

We might play the B team against France.....

**backstothewall** · 22/03/2023, 7:08 PM

Although one second thoughts I've money on him to get two (at 7/1).

Maybe chance him for another 25 mins.

**ontheotherhand** · 22/03/2023, 7:16 PM

Originally Posted by Insidetherock

Smallbone started well

He has. Don't think he has taken more than 3 touches at a time. Just shows for it and keeps it moving.

**passinginterest** · 22/03/2023, 7:18 PM

There is a reasonable argument to take him off after the half hour! Nice start and they look confident.

**Insidetherock** · 22/03/2023, 7:19 PM

He really has a great delivery.. its very flat, like Rory DeLap used to throw in

**Insidetherock** · 22/03/2023, 7:20 PM

Give Ferguson a half, and Parrott a half

**passinginterest** · 22/03/2023, 7:21 PM

Unreal strike but yet another conceded from ‘that’ area of the pitch!!

**Bielsa´s irish** · 22/03/2023, 7:24 PM

Impossible goal but again we are to open, they seem all of them to score screamers aren't they?

**Razors left peg** · 22/03/2023, 7:24 PM

Kelleher was poor for that, stumbled going across goal and went for it with wrong hand.... a match sharper Bazunu saves that

**Bielsa´s irish** · 22/03/2023, 7:26 PM

I have no problems to concede a screamer but if we score at least one more it s OK, we need to get more goals then

**MichaelCherrito** · 22/03/2023, 7:27 PM

You can’t avoid wonder strikes like that but you can avoid mistakes like the one Doherty made in midfield, losing the ball and prompting the Latvians counter which ended in a goal.