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

[Insidetherock]

Harsh decision or not, the penalty is down to septic defending by a player who's so composed for Brentford, but often looks like Bambi on ice for Ireland..

But, the ball should never have been in the box.. Manning won a tackle at the edge, ran forward, and passed it to an Armenian midfielder who with one pass left Manning and Azaz out of the game... then Collins ****ed up

But overall.. Josh Cullen does nothing.. nothing in the middle.. he's no presence whatsoever

Chedozie, God love him, is still the same player as he was when I first seen him playing against Cashel Town for Cork u19s.. a really fast runner. But nothing else.. absolute fair play to him for making a career as a footballer

Jake O Brien on throws.. its pathetic.. absolutely pathetic.. for a number of reasons

1. If you're going to use long throws as a tactic, have your tallest player in the box receiving.. not throwing

2. His throw isn't particularly long. Seriously, Megan Campbell throws further for the womens team, and hers actually cause chaos, unlike O Briens

3. Because if you want an effective throw, its got to be fast and flat. O Briens are big looping throws into the air, that are meat and drink to a defender.. Delaps throws in the past, were fast and flat so attackers didnt need to generate power, simply get a flick on. Even if we were winning the throw, there's no power on them

Corner kicks.. long loops over the top, with Ogbene deployed to nod back across.. more waste of time

I really want this team to do well.. but f**k me they'd test you

[SkStu]

The Armenian game plan is so simple. Focused on our defensive line. Press the fck out of them when they have the ball and cut off the outside. When they have it, turn the Irish defensive line - balls into channels. Looks like we expected them to concede the ball and put in a low block.

[nigel-harps1954]

The long throws are utterly baffling. We've hardly created a half chance out of any of them over two games, yet we continue to aimlessly throw the ball into the box to nobody.

Ogbene should be first taken off, at half time. Doesnt matter if the pitch is brutal, Johnston should be offered a chance to run at them now. Taylor for Idah should be given food for thought as well and have two big lads up top and allow them to play off one another and go back to basics.

[Razors left peg]

This is starting to feel like hanging on to an abusive relationship, just hoping that someday it'll eventually change

[SkStu]

The long throws are utterly baffling. We've hardly created a half chance out of any of them over two games, yet we continue to aimlessly throw the ball into the box to nobody.

Ogbene should be first taken off, at half time. Doesnt matter if the pitch is brutal, Johnston should be offered a chance to run at them now. Taylor for Idah should be given food for thought as well and have two big lads up top and allow them to play off one another and go back to basics.

Great shout Nige. McAteer instead of Johnston but you called the switches.

[Eirambler]

There have been a lot of calls for Taylor in recent months. Let's be honest, he was a disaster today. Molumby should never have been dropped from the squad.

[Razors left peg]

There have been a lot of calls for Taylor in recent months. Let's be honest, he was a disaster today. Molumby should never have been dropped from the squad.

Yep I was one calling for him and he was crap. Right subs at ht

[Eirambler]

Armenia are crap by the way. Absolute crap.

Just look at their recent results:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arme..._football_team

[rebelmusic]

Yep I was one calling for him and he was crap. Right subs at ht

I was the other and I hold my hands up as well. Better as an impact sub

[pineapple stu]

Ah **** me

[Colbert Report]

Caught totally napping.

[Fixer82]

This is so bad. Armenia are truly awful

[passinginterest]

Sweet Jesus. Azaz is like a lad you’d target for his awful touch in a united churches league division 3 game. The shape is non-existent. If that’s offside we’re blessed.

[the 12 th man]

There are no words

[Crosby87]

We are so, so bad. It would hurt but my expectations are zero.

It's just Charlie Brown and Lucey with the football over and over

[rebelmusic]

Right. I'll be opening a pop up stall selling rotten vegetables outside Dublin airport tomorrow for those interested

[SkStu]

Goodnight lads. Embarrassing.

[pineapple stu]

So, Portugal next month yeah?

[Eirambler]

So does John O'Shea come back in right away, or after the campaign?

Either way we're screwed.

[fc hammer]

Taxi for the dentist