Absolute sh!te. Ogbene decent but also lost the ball needlessly twice. This was the wrong adjustment by Kenny at the wrong time. GTF.
Which random Irishman will Andrews blame for this?
Kenny's successor is going to have a mountain to climb for the 2026 campaign.
Absolute sh!te. Ogbene decent but also lost the ball needlessly twice. This was the wrong adjustment by Kenny at the wrong time. GTF.
i'm not sure if i can remember a worse performance? the last days of the o'neill regime had some stinkers alright.
Totally.Originally Posted by joey B
Awful corner, 3 or 4 passes and well thats the sort of clinical efficiency that we squander - hesitate, cut back and let opposition reset. Be interesting to hear what Didi has to say (apart from give it to Ogbene) could be a bit throw back to Dunphy like analysis.
I really don't think he is plying well. Massive mistakes for both goals, no composure when he has had the chance to put in a decent ball, no link up with ferguson and lots of head down running into dead ends getting a few free kicks. No where close to international level attacker. That body position he got himself into when scales put in that great cross is just horrible . Great pace great athlete and needs to work on his defensive abilities and needs a wing back
Ogbene is being Ogbene. A live wire and our best player tonight, but also inconsistent to the point I still can't tell if he's any good or not
Scales having a decent game too. Super cross shortly before their second that a stronger forward than ogbene would have muscled his way to.
Knight looks a bit off the pace. Everyone else just looks poor without any particular reason. Bazunu's handling not great either.
Greece still in with a chance of automatic qualification. And fair dues to them; they've got our number twice with ease
It's a low bar at the minute liamo. He's a 5/6 out of ten in a team of 3s.
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The likes of Azerbaijan at home and Armenia away and Luxembourg at home?
Stodgy nonsense. This is up there with it.
Szmodmics should phone in at halftime and tell us how we're to play. Cos we don't know. It's all so incoherent since the opening ten. Again
Just more of the same. Complete ineptitude. Appalling.
I'll never understand why Kenny was received such an easy ride from the press. It's not like O'Neill had a team of prime all-stars to pick from, and yet, despite the results he was able to achieve, he received so much more criticism, and even hostility at times.
Obviously the quite inexplicable cult-like support Kenny received from a certain cadre of the support didn't help, though they will never accept their share of the responsibility for this mess. The press has been extraordinarily supine and even obsequious in the face of this over the past few years, refusing to hold their man to account. A complete dereliction of duty, really.
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The interview at full time is going to be painful to watch. Christ I’m dreading it already.
True. Horrible to see that idiotic management on the sideline shouting to get the ball out yo ogbene like it's an under q2s game with the dads coaching. How about trying to actually move the ball into areas where you will make chances rather than giving it to the fast lad who hopefully will run nowhere get fouked and get a free kick.
Jason Knight and Alan Browne. 54 caps betwen them. Is anyone able to articulate what either of them is supposed to be good at? Because i've watched the vast majority of those games and I honestly have no idea.
Is it u12s coaching or is it League of Ireland coaching?
Bring Back Belfast Celtic F.C.
Collins was awful for the second goal. Subbed for Manning. Wonder was he injured or is he under the bus?
Greeks sitting back and letting us pass the ball around, then surrounding a player who gets a poor pass, intercept the ball and slice us open on the counter.
Was happening all the time and nothing done about it.
I did cringe a bit when that was pointed out in the commentary. Reminded me of watching Bohs in Monaghan and Pete Mahon kept shouting “do a trick, Trevor” to Trevor Molloy when we were behind. The trick never came.
He was awful from the first minute. Hoofed it away way too often when a shorter pass was on. Dragged out of position multiple times and was poor for their second alright. Needlessly embarrassing to be hauled off at h/t though if not an injury.
he should have made three or even four changes. go 4-3-3, get someone up there with ferguson.
but nah. 45 mins of us knocking it around at the back and hoping the greeks don't go after more goals which they could easily score if they wanted. 0/10.
get knight off for god's sake.
Couldn't watch the first half. Switched on to see Doherty, Duffy, Scales and Manning as our back 4. Had a good old chuckle. And I like two of them.
21 leagues and 25 cups.
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