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Thread: Armenia v Republic of Ireland - Tuesday, 9 September 2025 - 2026 World Cup Qualifier

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crosby87 View Post
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    I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fixer82 View Post
    Well it’s not NI though is it?
    It’s Northern Ireland.

    I will also accept Awr Wee Contray with a pic of a fleg somewhere
    Part of the North of Ireland.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fixer82 View Post
    Going back to the games (my previous message deleted for some reason), one huge problem we have is our passing from the back.
    So often, we pass the ball behind a player so that they have to go back and get it. All our momentum is gone then and the opposition has had a chance to regroup.

    It’s baffling. It’s not like these lads can’t pass 20 yards into someone’s path.
    So often they pass it to where the player is instead of where he’s going to be in 2 seconds

    It’s completely a psychological thing
    Memories of my old man. He used say exactly the same thing about the "modern day" players of the 70's and 80's. Yelling at the TV: "pass the bloody ball in front of him, not behind him."

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    Quote Originally Posted by mark12345 View Post
    Memories of my old man. He used say exactly the same thing about the "modern day" players of the 70's and 80's. Yelling at the TV: "pass the bloody ball in front of him, not behind him."
    I have memories of watching Mexico 86...there was one game - i cant remember who was playing but i do remember the h/t analysis and the analysts (i'd swear it was Johnny Giles) lamenting that the ball was being played to or behind the player receiving it and how in the hell do players not know that they should pass it 5/10/whatever yards ahead of him... a tale as old as time...
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    As bad as things are, and have been going (and might get), we still have a squad of decent players, playing at good levels. We are just far less than the sum of our parts.

    Sometimes it feels like we are two midfielders short of being competitive. A midfielder like Szoboszlai for example would probably completely change this Ireland team.

    A good coach/manager would obviously help, but maybe we also need to get away from picking the squad based mainly on which players are playing at the highest level. If we have a team of water carriers with nobody to dictate the play and be brave, we aren't going anywhere. I'm not particularly recommending we call up players from lower levels who fill the roles we need filled....but....ok I am a bit. Would Matt Healy or Dawson Devoy give us more balance than the various versions of Cullen/Knight we have available? Could they raise their game when surrounded by better players? We joked about Burke earlier in this thread but my jaysus I'd have trusted him to get on the ball and not be worried against the likes of Armenia. Our PL and Championship lads shat themselves.

    I don't know. I really don't. If Jack Byrne was at his previous levels I'd be suggesting him but that's another story.

    I said earlier that I think a well drilled LoI side would've done better against Armenia. Well Rovers in particular. They might have lost the game, but the manner in which we lost was so painful. We were a shambles. Maybe you couldn't pick a single player from the LoI or elsewhere and expect them to rise to the level, but maybe it's time to find a few square pegs for square holes and forget levels. Desperate stakes.

    Or maybe not. It's very deflating.

    Maybe Keane or Duff would instill a bit of pride back into them but there'd still be glaring holes in the team, however we set it up.

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    I don't think Robbie would want next nor near the Ireland job. And I would bet money there are people on this very forum who would not swap their 9 to 5 for the Ireland job. It is in its current state a deep whole from which there is no apparent escape.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ontheotherhand View Post
    As bad as things are, and have been going (and might get), we still have a squad of decent players, playing at good levels. We are just far less than the sum of our parts.

    Sometimes it feels like we are two midfielders short of being competitive. A midfielder like Szoboszlai for example would probably completely change this Ireland team.

    A good coach/manager would obviously help, but maybe we also need to get away from picking the squad based mainly on which players are playing at the highest level. If we have a team of water carriers with nobody to dictate the play and be brave, we aren't going anywhere. I'm not particularly recommending we call up players from lower levels who fill the roles we need filled....but....ok I am a bit. Would Matt Healy or Dawson Devoy give us more balance than the various versions of Cullen/Knight we have available? Could they raise their game when surrounded by better players? We joked about Burke earlier in this thread but my jaysus I'd have trusted him to get on the ball and not be worried against the likes of Armenia. Our PL and Championship lads shat themselves.

    I don't know. I really don't. If Jack Byrne was at his previous levels I'd be suggesting him but that's another story.

    I said earlier that I think a well drilled LoI side would've done better against Armenia. Well Rovers in particular. They might have lost the game, but the manner in which we lost was so painful. We were a shambles. Maybe you couldn't pick a single player from the LoI or elsewhere and expect them to rise to the level, but maybe it's time to find a few square pegs for square holes and forget levels. Desperate stakes.

    Or maybe not. It's very deflating.

    Maybe Keane or Duff would instill a bit of pride back into them but there'd still be glaring holes in the team, however we set it up.

    we do lack in midfield but *ducks* loi level is still just way off whats required at international level imo. I also agree with d.delaneys analysis of the game. we were set up all wrong way too much space between the lines. midfielders arent mobile yet are expected to cover loads of ground because of the space we let open. surely we can find a manager who can mask cullens lack of legs? he doesnt look this bad for burnley. we definitely have the players to win that game last night comfortably by 2 goals.

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    Our father, Roy Keane, who art in Engerland, his Son, Damien Duff who doth be whereabouts unknown, and the Sacred Heart of Poverty herself, Robbie Keane, who always wanted to manage in Hungary, would make an interesting management trinity.

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    Mourinho God love him.. would get better results with that team.. they'd bore the hole off you.. but they'd be hard to beat

    Same as Mick Mc Carthy teams.

    3-5-2.. is a load of balls..

    4-4-2.. keep it as simple as possible

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    I'm just sick of explaining to lads at work why we're so crap.. we need a Glen Whelan badly.. I'm sick of Cullen

    A Kevin Kilbane cause I'm sick of Ogbene

    James Mc Clean cause I'm sick of Doherty

    Just a bit of fight at this stage

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    11 Roy Keanes is the answer.

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    All sorts of names being bandied about down the bus stop earlier. Podge and Rodge was a good one, I thought, but there's no way we could afford them both and sure how could ya pick one over the other?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jd2793 View Post
    we do lack in midfield but *ducks* loi level is still just way off whats required at international level imo. I also agree with d.delaneys analysis of the game. we were set up all wrong way too much space between the lines. midfielders arent mobile yet are expected to cover loads of ground because of the space we let open. surely we can find a manager who can mask cullens lack of legs? he doesnt look this bad for burnley. we definitely have the players to win that game last night comfortably by 2 goals.
    I really don't understand why any remotely competent manager can't see what you just posted. Bar the LoI bitz which is heresy of course.

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    The hate for Ogbene is something else

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    What hate?

    People pointing out he didn't play very well at all?

    Has HH hate for Ogbene for hauling him off at halftime?

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    They were all ****e expect for Ferguson and Kelleher.

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    Yep, that's fair.

    So where's "The hate for Ogbene is something else" coming from?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ontheotherhand View Post
    Would Matt Healy or Dawson Devoy give us more balance than the various versions of Cullen/Knight we have available? Could they raise their game when surrounded by better players? We joked about Burke earlier in this thread but my jaysus I'd have trusted him to get on the ball and not be worried against the likes of Armenia. Our PL and Championship lads shat themselves.
    I don't know Devoy as well as I do Healy, but the consensus is he's the best player in the league this season. He's probably more attacking, more dynamic. But I've just been so impressed by Healy this season. The bravery to look for and receive passes even if under pressure which is lacking in the senior team is exactly what he brings to Rovers. Sure the standard is lower but football is football and it's a basic part of the game. He's not even remotely physically imposing but it's his technique that makes him so hard to dispossess or knock off the ball.

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