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    Quote Originally Posted by pineapple stu View Post
    We can't even really hope for a red card or a penalty save given how many of those we've had lately.
    Well shut my mouth

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    Start Subbing to keep some legs fresh for Hungary

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    I can’t believe what I’m watching!
    Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.

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    4-0 and a draw will do us on Sunday!!

    Since this apparently is opposite day I'm open to anything
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    Alas, it will still leave us needing a win. A win still leaves us a point behind Hungary.
    Well now, a couple of more goals, a win on Sunday and Portugal trip over Armenia and...

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    Idah coming on, so both team's down to 10 men 😅

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    I’ve only stopped laughing at that now. Good enough for him. Crybaby Ronnie, eh?

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    Coventry has very hairy forearms.

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    Quote Originally Posted by placid casual View Post
    Idah coming on, so both team's down to 10 men 😅
    A little bit harsh! But I still laughed 😂

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    Is Ronaldo potentially suspended for the World Cup opener if they get there now?

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    Quote Originally Posted by pineapple stu View Post
    Is Ronaldo potentially suspended for the World Cup opener if they get there now?
    Just the next match I would have thought

    Or is straight red two games?

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    Depends what it was for. Violent conduct could be 2/3 games

    (I didn't see it - thought he was being booked for diving initially)

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    Vasco DaGama, Ferdinand Magellan, Eusebio, Jose Mourinho, Nelly Furtado, Ana Dias, Razors missus!

    Can you hear me Razors missus!

    Your boys took one hell of a beating! Your boys took one hell of a beating!

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    Jaysus.

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    It was definitely violent conduct. Elbowed O’Shea in the back and it wasn’t just a little dig it was a proper swing. I’d say it’s 2 games minimum.

    That was fun for a change. Probably should have picked them off for another one with the chance Johnston butchered. Festy was awful when he came on. Pretty much the only negative. Great save from Kelleher but amazing the he only really had to make one.

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    I've been sitting on this stat for a while, and I was soooo tempted to post it at half time.

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    Thought we defended superbly.

    Never let them play through the defence and forced them wide into crosses they didn't really want to be making, which were headed away pretty much every time.

    There was that one scramble before half time (partly because a clearance hit another Irish player and went back into the danger zone) and then Kelleher had one good save to make late on, but apart from that they threatened very little.

    They showed very little urgency and looked like they thought a goal would just come eventually, but that's their problem.

    It was always going to be about defendig the final third and hoping to nick something on the break or from setpieces, and we managed to do just that.
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    Yep, thought we were 100% gone after the Hungary result earlier. Still very much up against it, but even taking it to the last game (and still with a mathematical chance of winning the group) puts us in a different place than we have been at any point in the last five years.

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    Trap would have been proud of that performance. Overwhelmed at the mo. Even if they don't make it on Sunday, they gave us a full campaign and that's more that we've had in almost a decade. Considering all the injuries and suspensions this was monumental

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    Quote Originally Posted by passinginterest View Post
    It was definitely violent conduct. Elbowed O’Shea in the back and it wasn’t just a little dig it was a proper swing. I’d say it’s 2 games minimum.

    That was fun for a change. Probably should have picked them off for another one with the chance Johnston butchered. Festy was awful when he came on. Pretty much the only negative. Great save from Kelleher but amazing the he only really had to make one.
    Was it O'Shea who slapped Ronaldo (or who Ronaldo slapped) before the penalty in 2021? Proper grudge there if so!

    Agree on Festy. Three different between Idah and Parrott is night and day too. But all of a sudden if we have a decent keeper and a decent striker, we can go into any game with a chance. And Sunday is a game

    No idea how that's the same team that lost to Armenia

    Stadium still hopping. Great evening.

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    Great win. Everyone did great. Except for Ebosele who was brutal all round. Is he not used to playing on the left?
    He’s played so well against Armenia.
    He’s a pretty greedy player. As is Johnston, maybe to a slightly lesser extent. Johnston made a mess of his chance but tracked back well.

    It was a well organised performance. As was the Armenia game at home.

    I think we’re starting to see a bit of a personality to the team.

    Also great to see Robbie Brady there at the end. Good to see that inclusion even though he’s injured.

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