Let's look at the positives from tonight

**tricky_colour** · 07/10/2006, 7:18 PM

I was unable to see the match

**hoops1** · 07/10/2006, 7:41 PM

Maybe they will look more to the natioanl league if it sees the EPL isnt
producing the quality anymore

**pete** · 07/10/2006, 7:45 PM

Originally Posted by hoops1

Maybe they will look more to the natioanl league if it sees the EPL isnt producing the quality anymore

I believe only 5 of that squad play outside Cyprus. How did the eL side do against the Cypriot champiosn this year? BTW the Richard Dunne was a carbon copy of Dan Murrays into the same goal last July.

**hoops1** · 07/10/2006, 7:48 PM

Im not just talking about picking the players I mean inverstment in Grounds
training facilities,schoolboy academys etc etc

**ainsie** · 07/10/2006, 7:52 PM

First of all I'll say stan must go!!!!!
But who else, Delaney, O shea, O brien,Kilban...even go as far to say Keane. Where it easy to blame stan and he does shoulder a hugh amount of blame, what about the other bunch of clowns that pulled on the shirt that others have so proudly worn.
There was nothing out there.
Tell me did Scotland man for man have a better team than Ireland out tonight????

I dont think so, difference is they have an experienced compedent manager and 11 players that give a S**t about the country.

4 year plan my Ar*e...we'll be 6th seeds by then and not have a hope

**backstothewall** · 07/10/2006, 7:58 PM

A positive, we got everyone in Cyprus a day off work i would imagine.

**pete** · 07/10/2006, 8:00 PM

Originally Posted by backtowalsall

A positive, we got everyone in Cyprus a day off work i would imagine.

I doubt they really cared - they only had a few thousand home fans there.

**The Swordsman** · 07/10/2006, 8:02 PM

I'm not going to be hungover tomorrow.

**billybunter** · 07/10/2006, 8:32 PM

i thought mcgeady and duff did well. (just answering the question). mcdonald also made some key decisions. - stupid fookin kunt he is. we all knew about the cyprus front players - except stan and ronald mcdonald apparenlty. yet after 10 mins it was clear they would run riot - and what was done? - sweet fook all. stan to go, and take the other gimps to. (kelly, mcdonald and whoever else that muppet delaney brought along for the 4 year euro ride.

**John83** · 07/10/2006, 8:50 PM

Originally Posted by FootballsKing

sorry about that.not thinking properly!

Damg, I'm curious now, what did you wish on him? By PM if you would.

**Fivesilver** · 07/10/2006, 8:53 PM

Er, there wasn't an earthquake during the game . . .

**spaceghost** · 07/10/2006, 8:56 PM

staunton has to go before any more damage is done.tonight had to be our worst ever international performance.we made cyprus look like brazil.

**The Stars** · 07/10/2006, 8:58 PM

positive:
Stan : "The lads got a great colour on there arms and necks".

**Billsthoughts** · 07/10/2006, 10:21 PM

It might be a wake up call for Irish football. Might be reorganised from top to bottom. People in FAI might take some responsibility for decisions they made and resign.

**Scratchy** · 07/10/2006, 10:27 PM

My positive from this game is that TV3 will only be showing one more of our qualifying games and we might just scrape a victory against San Marino.

From memory I think that TV3 showed our defeats against Yugoslavia and Croatia,our draw with Macedonia and our victory against Malta(all in the Euro 2000 campaign).

**onenilgameover** · 08/10/2006, 1:03 AM

Originally Posted by dancinpants

The bright side SHOULD be "heads will roll"...from the top of the organisation to the bottom.

dya reckon?

i doubt it!

**mypost** · 08/10/2006, 4:28 AM

Originally Posted by d f x

Cyprus went easy on us in the last twenty minutes could be a positive

Er no, rather it was bad finishing that saved us from losing 2-8.

You know things are bad, when Cyprus are taking the pis out of us, passing the ball around for fun in open countryside.*

*Also known as the Irish penalty area.

Advice for Staunton: Don't even think about opening a paper, or turning on a radio/tv in the next 4 days, or you might run into a man on the loose, who carries more threat than the Irish team. His surname is: Dunphy

**drummerboy** · 08/10/2006, 9:15 AM

One positive is we only have to play Cyprus once over there in this round of qualificaion games

**Peadar** · 08/10/2006, 9:22 AM

It's definitely a positive that we're one game closer to being rid of "de gaffur."

**Hither green** · 08/10/2006, 10:04 AM

Originally Posted by loscherland

A Positive: This result will hopefully be a catalyst for Staunton's resignation... & thus limit the damage he's doing before it becomes unrepairable.

I agree with that. If we'd only lost 3-2, he'd have been able to make excuses and the team would have limped along, but nobody can dismiss the absurdity of this result.