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

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    A country that views it's standard of football based on the lower reaches of a foreign league, with zero incentive or finances given to developing international players at home is a system akin to a castle made of sand.
    You reap what you sow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by placid casual View Post
    A country that views it's standard of football based on the lower reaches of a foreign league, with zero incentive or finances given to developing international players at home is a system akin to a castle made of sand.
    You reap what you sow.
    But sadly our domestic clubs are incapable of producing the standard of players we require so we have no option but to export them. They play in Ireland, then they go abroad and it takes 18 months minimum for them to get up anywhere near the required standard. Our clubs have no money to improve and football will never be a government priority in a western first world nation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tetsujin1979 View Post
    They've conceded 21 games in five games this year, including conceding five (or more) three times. They haven't won at home in a year, including a loss to the Faroe Islands in November.
    If we can't win this, it's time to give serious thought to giving up on football.
    What I said. Time's up.

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    Embarrassing.

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    Cherrio HH. Shameful.

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    Sick listening to the commentary team going on about Armenia’s ranking. Who cares!? Give them some credit. They’ve been far better than us in nearly every way.

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    Disgraceful. Sickening. I've lost all interest now. A humiliation as a nation.

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    I suspect Hallgrimsson will walk of his own accord. Doubtful that we can get rid of O'Shea and McCarthy as easily though. Maybe bring Duff in for the four games just to generate some interest. But, to be honest, I'm more interested in the Under 17 World Cup than four meaningless senior fixtures.

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    That's worse than anything under Kenny

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    The scoreline flattered us.

    We were abysmal in defence, invisible in midfield, impotent in attack.

    Only Kelleher can come out with any credit. It could have been a couple more without him.

    With 10-15 minutes to go, and 2-1 down, why in the world are we bringing on a full back and a lad who forms the centre of a St Mirren low block?

    All we had was to throw it or lump it into the box, and we didn't even do that with any organisation.

    Genuinely atrocious. As somebody who was very critical of Stephen Kenny from an earlier stage than most, I'd say that rivalled any of Kenny's terrible efforts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nesta99 View Post

    We lack something in midfield but more importantly we lack something psychologically.
    Agree with this.

    It’s been this way for a long time. For quite some time we’ve always found it tough in Eastern Europe with a partisan crowd against us and just seemed unable to handle it.

    Many times in the past we got away with murder against small teams away with last minute goals, or jammy goals.

    This is not a surprise. It’s very disappointing.

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    I remember the excitement at times in the 90s and now reasonable conversation on here and across all socials about disbanding the team....we wouldn't have believed it.

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    Two wins against Portugal could put the cat in a hat ! !

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    Here we go now…with the ‘transfer value’ of the Irish players.

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    Quote Originally Posted by osarusan View Post
    The scoreline flattered us.

    We were abysmal in defence, invisible in midfield, impotent in attack.

    Only Kelleher can come out with any credit. It could have been a couple more without him.

    With 10-15 minutes to go, and 2-1 down, why in the world are we bringing on a full back and a lad who forms the centre of a St Mirren low block?

    All we had was to throw it or lump it into the box, and we didn't even do that with any organisation.

    Genuinely atrocious. As somebody who was very critical of Stephen Kenny from an earlier stage than most, I'd say that rivalled any of Kenny's terrible efforts.
    We have two players. A d̶e̶f̶e̶n̶d̶e̶r̶ goalkeeper and a striker. We might have another forward but he's injured. We have a centre back who should be good enough but goes to pieces when he plays for his country. There's nothing else there.
    Last edited by Eirambler; 09/09/2025 at 6:16 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by seanfhear View Post
    Two wins against Portugal could put the cat in a hat ! !
    You know Hungary are going to win tonight. Wouldn't shock me if we bottomed out in this group

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    May as well play a LoI eleven or the U-21s for the rest of the campaign.

    Gross incompetence and corruption from the FAI for many years bearing its fruits.

    Sums up the nation in many ways.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eirambler View Post
    We have two players. A defender and a striker. We might have another forward but he's injured. We have a centre back who should be good enough but goes to pieces when he plays for his country. There's nothing else there.
    Did you mean a keeper and a striker?

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    Quote Originally Posted by pineapple stu View Post
    Did you mean a keeper and a striker?
    I did indeed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eirambler View Post
    I did indeed.
    Whew!

    The only two who did anything tonight

    I've said before our team is crap and there's absolutely a bias in us that we view them better than they are

    But still we shouldn't be getting hammered by Armenia like that

    I don't know where we go from here tbh. I guess relegation to League C is the next thing to tick off

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