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Thread: Greece V Republic of Ireland - Friday, 16th June 2023 - Euro 2024 Qualifier

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    Quote Originally Posted by SkStu View Post
    Collins, that’s two or three times now, way too lackadaisical. Agree that Doherty is not helping. I think the problems are mostly about where Smallbone is supposed to be covering.
    Agree re Smallbone. For all his quality on the ball his defensive play is not as disciplined and with Doherty off the pace and getting caught in no man’s land it’s a big weakness that the Greeks are exploiting.

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    Our defence is an accident waiting to happen it feels

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    The back line is really struggling. I'm not sure what the issue is but they look disorganized and nervous.
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    Maybe a bit too confident from Ferguson...
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    Anyone other than Ferguson should have been subbed off immediately for that effort!

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    Quote Originally Posted by passinginterest View Post
    Agree re Smallbone. For all his quality on the ball his defensive play is not as disciplined and with Doherty off the pace and getting caught in no man’s land it’s a big weakness that the Greeks are exploiting.
    There’s an example about 35/36 mins in where Smallbone was on top of Lenihan on the left but I assume is supposed to be covering that right side channel. They worked it quickly back right into massive space. He’s all over the place and exposing Doherty and the rest of the back line.

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    As much as I thought there was potential in the front two, it’s probably contributing to the issues closing down the Greeks out wide. Maybe Knight for Idah and have him and Smallbone close those channels more with just Ferguson through the middle.

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    Idah's been really poor

    Smallbone is the main positive here I think. But overall this feels more how I expected the France game to go

    Not the only one mind. We're giving the ball away far too easily. If we do draw this, it'll be a really bad performance and not a positive for Kenny

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    Idah is just filling a shirt out there, no more. Bring in ogbene who will at least do his defensive work as well as put the opposition under pressure. Idah is just like parrot, an Irish striker who has managed to pave out a great living for himself in english football but has no real burning desire to be anyway successful.

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    Greece giving us more problems than France...

    Bazunu good, Ferguson good. A few others are OK, but the back line and Idah are a disaster. It's been poor overall, Ireland are letting Greece dictate everything.

    This is a huge half-time for Kenny. He's got to send them out better organized and ready to go for the win.
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    Aside from the defence being loose , Kenny seems to have set the midfield up to play as a non midfield I.e. shambles , clueless and useless …. And yet it’s 1-1

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    Tsikas or whatever his name is is just shredding us

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    In general that was awful,that we’re level is the only positive,hopefully a big improvement in the second half….
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    We should have been down 3-0 in the first ten minutes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by placid casual View Post
    Idah is just like parrot, an Irish striker who has managed to pave out a great living for himself in english football but has no real burning desire to be anyway successful.
    I think that's harsh. I've said before on here that Idah is like Conor Sammon. His work rate is superb and it brings him up to a level where he's still not really good enough

    It's why Cannon was such a big loss. We're desperate for options (plural!) up front

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    Midfield is non existent.

    I think it’s time for a formation change. Kenny needs to do something….

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    Definite traces of end of season sleepiness. Great to get a goal back quickly, but they need to bolster midfield. Bazunu brilliant.

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    Yeah it was always an uphill swim for Sammon.

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    I really wish there was a world where Bazunu would get a chance at a big club, one where he wouldn't be constantly left exposed by the 3/4 in front of him.
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    Don't know. But has anyone else seen the laser on the faces of Irish players and the ref?

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