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Thread: Republic of Ireland V Greece - Friday, 13th October 2023 - Euro 2024 Qualifier

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    You could sub about 8 of them tbf,take your pick….
    Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.

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    Doherty should be shot.
    Theres isnt a single remotely decent midfielder eligible for Ireland it seems, or am I forgetting someone who hasn't played for Ireland yet,cos the one's who have are woejus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SkStu View Post
    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.
    To be fair to Trevor he was a fine footballer but a poor athlete what we have here is a fine athlete .

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    Ronnie Whelens laugh when asked just before half time what should Kenny do/consider for half time … unprofessional or understandable … aside it’s time (has been for a time) to write this project off and reset with a new management team.
    Drogheda United in this together

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    At least we've lanced the boil. It's a shame a decent man like Stephen Kenny had to be humiliated like this to prove the point, but the argument advanced by John Giles among others under Mick and Martin O'Neill that we should be trying to dominate the midfield and playing good football has been proven comprehensively wrong by this whole experiment.

    We need to get back to what we do best. We need to re-adopt the Charltonism, red in tooth and claw. At the minute we're a nice side to play against. That's the last thing you should be able to say about the Irish team.
    Bring Back Belfast Celtic F.C.

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    We are absolutely clueless. So slow, players look like they've never trained together before and have no idea where anybody will be.

    An incoherent mess. It's truly awful to watch.

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    denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance
    Roughly here, skipped bargaining.

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    Quote Originally Posted by backstothewall View Post
    At least we've lanced the boil. It's a shame a decent man like Stephen Kenny had to be humiliated like this to prove the point, but the argument advanced by John Giles among others under Mick and Martin O'Neill that we should be trying to dominate the midfield and playing good football has been proven comprehensively wrong by this whole experiment.

    We need to get back to what we do best. We need to re-adopt the Charltonism, red in tooth and claw. At the minute we're a nice side to play against. That's the last thing you should be able to say about the Irish team.
    how so? has he been sacked at half time? we've let the boil fester to the point it's now gangrenous.

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    Our absolute nadir. The worst we've been in our lifetime. I never thought we'd see greater incompetency than we saw under Staunton. Incredibly Kenny has further lowered even that ground-scrapping bar.

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    Quote Originally Posted by backstothewall View Post
    At least we've lanced the boil. It's a shame a decent man like Stephen Kenny had to be humiliated like this to prove the point, but the argument advanced by John Giles among others under Mick and Martin O'Neill that we should be trying to dominate the midfield and playing good football has been proven comprehensively wrong by this whole experiment.

    We need to get back to what we do best. We need to re-adopt the Charltonism, red in tooth and claw. At the minute we're a nice side to play against. That's the last thing you should be able to say about the Irish team.
    John Giles made that point most persuasively during his tenure of management, surely.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zero View Post
    how so? has he been sacked at half time? we've let the boil fester to the point it's now gangrenous.

    It doesn't matter. This is obviously over.
    Bring Back Belfast Celtic F.C.

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    What does Josh Cullen do?

    Honestly.. he adds nothing

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    Quote Originally Posted by Insidetherock View Post
    What does Josh Cullen do?

    Honestly.. he adds nothing
    I think he's completely lost faith in SK and is just trying to keep himself out of trouble / conserve energy and stay injury free.

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    Show me a successful international team out there in 2023 playing Charlton hoofball.

    Just because Stephen Kenny is clueless it doesn't mean that we have to go back to the 1980s.

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    Take Ferguson off. He's been struggling for fitness and deserves better than this s**tshow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trequartista20 View Post
    Take Ferguson off. He's been struggling for fitness and deserves better than this s**tshow.
    Yep. Save him for the future.

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    Quote Originally Posted by brine3 View Post
    Show me a successful international team out there in 2023 playing Charlton hoofball.
    Show me any team out there playing Charlton hoofball.

    That's the point in many ways. Do modern defenders have any idea how to defend against it?

    What's absolutely certain is that this doesn't work.

    Edit: And FWIW, Charltonism was much more than long balls. It was an aggressive abrasive approach to everything we did. It was team spirit fostered over a few pints rather than spending the evenings sitting in video sessions being told Georgi Hagi wasn't half bad. It was players putting their body on the line for the cause. We really did inflict our game on the opposition, in every way.

    It was everything we lack.
    Last edited by backstothewall; 13/10/2023 at 8:41 PM.
    Bring Back Belfast Celtic F.C.

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    Mick McCarthy’s second era not looking so bad now is it?

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    Steaming pile of sh!t.

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    Quote Originally Posted by brine3 View Post
    Show me a successful international team out there in 2023 playing Charlton hoofball.

    Just because Stephen Kenny is clueless it doesn't mean that we have to go back to the 1980s.
    Maybe that's the point.. maybe we need to do something all the rest aren't doing

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