If there was one player you'd expect to not make that mistake in a two on one it would be Szmodics. Think my neighbours thought someone was fighting we were shouting so loud at Szmodics to get onside.Originally Posted by sbgawa
He was generally ready to battle.
If there was one player you'd expect to not make that mistake in a two on one it would be Szmodics. Think my neighbours thought someone was fighting we were shouting so loud at Szmodics to get onside.
In the NFL every season they have an award called the comeback player of the year. I think its kinda cool that Parrott and Idah both round off their season with goals tonight and silence their critics a bit. Fair play to both. They could have gone the other way like Connolly, or Stokes before him. They have been super, and its exciting to see what next season holds in store for them.
Joint Comeback Player of the Year awards to both!!!!
Its really not that complicated!!!
The exuberance was really bad. He was kissing Paddy McCarthy's face and all. The entire staff were rejoicing.
He must think he has the gig. If anyone in the FAI had a brain they'd note the supporters' apathy and the symptomatic 29k present. And the initial selection and tactical set up were very disappointing for me. If your reliant on Brady and O'Dowda to cover a wing back spot then you shouldn't be playing with wing backs. And if you're playing three centre halves and one of them is Shane Duffy then you shouldn't be playing.wkth three of them either.
All this at a time when our player pool is gradually improving too. There's a good nucleus there for a strong 4-3-3 and with options in most positions, except midfield where things are tight.
Bazunu Kelleher
Coleman Collins O'Brien O'Shea Omobamidele Scales
Knight Cullen Smallbone Azaz
Szmodics Idah Parrott Ferguson Cannon Ogbene
Instead, we are going to have Brady, Duffy, two central midfielders and probably two wide forwards needing to tuck in and support the midfield.
Fair play to the lads. Idah’s goal was excellent and they fought hard against a well organised side.
But the winning goal was awful.
For two reasons.
1. It was a crap finish that was lucky to go in. Good break by Troy but a really poor effort
2. Szmodicz was offside the whole time leaving Parrott no option but to go alone. It should’ve been a tap in for him but he remained offside. If Troy had passed it would’ve been ruled out
Also, Parrott did this exact same thing against Scotland away in Nations League when the other player (Obafemi I think) was onside and it didn’t go in and he looked like a proper tit
I'd be inclined to give Parrott's fortunate finish a pass because Szmodic's run was so bad. Not only was he offside, he ran too close to Parrott and didn't give him a good angle to pass. It's bound to have put Troy off.
Szmodic actually had a poor enough game. He found himself in a good space twice in the 2nd half and both times put in a dreadful ball.
I'm happy to give O'Shea a pass on the celebrations, it's his first win as an international manager, the pressure was on after the first two games, and it felt like there was as many questions in the press conferences about his future in the job as about the game itself.
Let him have this one.
Last edited by tetsujin1979; 05/06/2024 at 9:00 AM.
whisper it quietly but the guy playing for blackburn might not be the difference maker many people think he should be at international level. that run was criminal.
a fortunate win but just the act of winning is (contrary to what many people seem to believe) important in itself. wouldn't be getting too carried away but felt like we kept a decent shape and looked a threat on the counter.
i'd say a decent performance in portugal and the job is o'sheas which is a bit mad really but we are where we are.
Actually it was more Obafemi won the loose ball after a Scotland corner and played Parrott in 1v1 for that chance. Obafemi was about twenty yards away from Parrott and had a Scotland defender between them.
That miss was the turning point in Kenny's reign imo, and last night he could have won JOS the job full-time. That goal goes in against Scotland and think we'd have gone on to win the game which would have put us top going into the last game I think.
Also a last minute winner.
Really - like we have already had Stephen Kenny
Was Szmodic actually offside or was it the camera angle ~ Surely a professional footballer playing at the level Szmodic has been playing at would Not be stupid enough to be offside in that position ~ Sometimes camera angles can be deceiving !
looks level if you follow the lines on the grass
Television angles can be misleading ~ It would be nice to see those off-side lines put up on a screen somewhere.
He looked like someone who hadn't played a game of football in over a month, which he hadn't. Was suprised he stayed on the full game.
Why shouldn't a manager celebrate a last-minute winner? What an utterly bizarre thing to fixate on. I want people showing they give a sh1t and it's good to savour wins, particularly when they don't come along very often any more.
Overall, the performance was poor. The team appeared to rush the play a lot, which led to the breakdown of a few counter-attack opportunities and the midfielders were very often second to breaking balls. In the lead up to Idah's goal, a roar of "CALM!" was audible on TV - presumably it came from John O'Shea or one of the coaches - and the players clearly heeded that instruction. Hungary were a bit loose, but the cross from Smallbone along with the movement and header from Idah were very well worked.
The set-piece we conceded from was a bit chaotic, with a deflection and the flick on. When the ball was just about to be flicked on, Doherty seemed to just abandon Lang, as if he gambled on us winning the header. I'm not sure if he was trying to step up to play him offside or what, but it was a bad decision and left us completely exposed. Could the first ball - the flick-on - have been dealt with better? Either way, you'd be expecting better communication and decision-making in those situations.
I thought Parrott had every right to back himself to score, albeit a square pass would have been the safer bet. We want our strikers to be confident and not afraid to go for it. Players with that type of confidence tend to get their share of luck too and thankfully it went his way this time. We've not had much luck in games recently, so I'll take it.
The clichés are true in football and winning against the odds after playing poorly will help instil belief and breed confidence. It's a start.
End Apartheid Now! One Team in Ireland!
couldn't agree more. you would be forgiven for thinking that some people don't like to see any joy around the team.
every time someone sees a chink of light through a players club performance there is always a poster ready to bring us all back down to earth, management over celebrate a last min winner, last min winner was lucky, last min winner could've been offside IF the scorer had passed. holy god its miserable around here most of the time
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