Johnston.. brave substitution. I approve.
Good example of the difficulty of Irish position there: Molumby encouraging more players to get forward and enact a defensive press, but when we do France break, should probably score, and Molumby gets booked for a cynical foul.
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
I assume he wants to stay in the game as long as possible and then set things up for a rousing last 10-15. It’s not the worst thing in the world against a team as dangerous as France.Originally Posted by paul_oshea
As NFB says, it’s a difficult situation we’re in.
Come on Ireland
Our set pieces have been shocking…
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
Great run by McClean, doubt the shot would have heat the keeper. The chances are there...
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
Fantastic entertainment.
Wonderful effort by ireland and a lot of positives but need goal otherwise counts for nothing except the stereotypical “heroic Irish” effort but fall short
Ogbene has been outstanding.
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
And to think I was glad when Lloris retired.
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
What a save!!! That was 1-1.
Getting annoying right now
A sickner of a save that!
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
Real shame. The point was there if we were just a bit more clinical. There's a good team in this group, but the debate will continue as to whether Kenny is the one to lead them.
Wish they would play like this more often. Too much "Heads held high" sentiment.
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
I don’t know what to say. Done fantastically all game, made one mistake and got punished. Deserved something from that. Gutted but also very proud. Players and manager can hold their heads up high after that. Still null points I suppose but that was a strong performance from us.
They were fantastic since going 1-0 down.
One sloppy error and we got punished.
Ogbene & Coleman both excellent,
Stupid goal to give away such a pity … then again any team that has a manger that still picks McClean ( wasted a corner and then wasted shot when he should of squared the ball ) deserves nothing …
Good performance and great last ditch effort. Have we moved forward under Kenny though. Unfortunately I dont think so
Sickening result, promising performance. Poor from Cullen for the goal and pretty anonymous first half, you’d question if he can step up to the premier league next season. An excellent championship player though. I think he’s a bit overrated in what is the easiest position to play in on the field. Ogbene exceeded my expectation, good game. Just needs to stay wide and not central. Bazunu was excellent, no question who our number one is. Need to build on this performance and actually start getting results in our group. Set piece deliveries were largely awful, Cullen and McClean should not be on them. We need better.
Still don’t understand why Browne gets game time on the right wing.
Last edited by tommy_c12000; 27/03/2023 at 8:46 PM.
Great performance. THE BOSS is back.
Couldn't ask for much more. We were set up well, the starting lineup was the right one, the subs were brave and the players gave it everything. Deserved a point and would have had it if not for an absolutely unreal save.
The only complaint for is on set pieces. The final two Cullen hit were good and resulted in two excellent chances but otherwise we couldn't get it right.
Molumby had his best game, same for Ogbene. Coleman and O'Shea were superb. Doherty too. Ferguson worked hard and did what he could with what he got but Idah was a good sub. He has a bit more pace and it worked well.
Sickening really but on paper that should have been far worse.
21 leagues and 25 cups.
Posting Permissions
Bookmarks