Hungary v Republic of Ireland - Sunday 16th November - 2026 World Cup qualifier

[pixiehead]

Uefa picked it out on their official twitter also

Troy also managed to win Player of the round for round 9 and must be odds on for round 10 at this stage also but vote not open yet.

[tetsujin1979]

Football is popular
https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2025...-magic-moment/

[Stuttgart88]

Fell in love with Scales as a footballer this window. He was great on Thursday, far from perfect today but he did big things where and when it mattered. That header at the end was monumental, like it was intentionally placed into the zone it landed. So smart. Azaz I fell out of and then back in love with him today. But he’s different class when he is in the middle. One assist and almost 2 or 3 more. Festy too I fell in and out of love with. He was equal crap and class but is so unpredictable that he brings something in those types of games that’s hard to describe but is valuable. We saw it against Finland. Kenny made an impression with me on his debut, not just in the oppo half but his work tracking back and down the channels. I like the look of him. Keeper pulled off a wonder save from him - Kenny did everything right. Speaking of which Kells was class again. Our back three was a bit of a mess but did what they needed to in a weirdly dysfunctional way. Cullen and Molumby worked so hard. Manning coming in for Jake was a good call in retrospect and he was solid. Feel so sorry for Ogbene, he was my MOTM up to when he went off - such a good out ball for us - wins frees and penos - and creates havoc with his pace.

Parrott.

It was a weird game actually. I feel like we had no right to win it but I’m watching it here again and, even though we didn’t really play that well at all, we had chances, proper chances and lots of half chances, they just had the ball and worked it well when they did. But they were too casual. We matched them more or less for all the big stats.

Damien Delaney says Festy's presence on the pitch pushes teams like Hungary back because no full bcak wants to be exposed to him getting in behind. Not sure if the video footage backs this up but it makes sense.

[Stuttgart88]

Day 2 of watching that RTE Sport 4 minute tweet on loop at work is well underway. I watch it 5 times then switch to TO'D's interview with Parrott, then start again.

Isn't Troy Parrott just immenseley likeable? All these lads are really.

As many others have said, this was huge. Yeah, it's only a playoff secured but it's about moments and man this was one of the finest. A whole nation was energised by it and the BIG are front and centre of the public's affections again.

[tetsujin1979]

I don't post on Reddit very often, but when I do...
https://www.reddit.com/r/AccidentalR...e/s/GqyaQW3UyC

[SkStu]

What was Collins thinking for their second goal by the way? Legitimate question. Like, there must be something in his brain, some footballing reason i'm unaware of, that said stepping off Varga was the right thing to do but I am not sure what that was. Molumby was tracking/jogging in that general direction, did he think that Molumby would get there and he could slip back and defend a pass or something? I couldn't believe what i was seeing in real time.

His attempt to win a free in the second half when they broke and Sallai stung the palms of Kelleher - he dithered going for the ball, got beat, got himself clipped and decided to take a dive and leave just Scales there to try and block Sallai...criminal.

Don't want to sh*t on anyone unnecessarily after that result but there are some major question marks around his decision making. Its not captain stuff. Not close.

[pineapple stu]

I don't post on Reddit very often, but when I do...
https://www.reddit.com/r/AccidentalR...e/s/GqyaQW3UyC

That's another spectacular image. Can you copy it in here? Doesn't seem to work with the reddit url and the (img) tags

What was Collins thinking for their second goal by the way?

Was he leaving it for O'Shea to close down? It looks like they both might have left Varge to each other.

Only thing I can think of anyway. Aside from "Ah sure he's never going to take it down on his chest, turn and volley into the very top corner from there; be grand lads"

Could well be a contender for one of the best goals ever scored against us.

[rebelmusic]

What was Collins thinking for their second goal by the way?

General consensus is that he thought O'Shea was going to close him down as he had started to move but then pulled back.

Regardless it's the main thing they both need to unlock as it's happened once or twice in every game