QuoteShould have given it to a San Marino player, at least they earned it
Should have gave the MOM award to the san man fan who ran onto the pitch! or maybe he was one of their subs or coaching staff looking to get on tv?!
Just Read Ed Leahy on RTE.ie.
Very good read and quite interesting to see he is sying exactly what we are.
http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer//feat...ino_leahy.html
"Go back to Walsall". Dream on. They wouldnt touch him with a barge pole!
EL's closing comment:Originally Posted by tippex
"Otherwise, we're all off to merge with the IFA and jump on the Norn Iron bandwagon!"
Er, thanks, Ed - but no need to call us, we'll get back to you on that...
The mirror? Is that still sold over here? Worst paper there is.
To me Staunton's interview after was worse than the match - here is a man completely in denial.
Found this article which compares Staunton to Comical Ali - I think it's spot on - http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A19640568
I'm afraid that drunk buffoon was IrishShould have gave the MOM award to the san man fan who ran onto the pitch! or maybe he was one of their subs or coaching staff looking to get on tv?!
On a totally unrelated and pointless note: TV3's match clock was wrong - it was about 45 seconds too fast. This happened when the clock and scoreline left the screen for about 10 minutes. Ireland actually scored 8 seconds before the 4 mins injury time was up. Before I discovered this I was amazed that the ref hadn't blown for full time just before we got the throw in that led to the goal.
You know what? Everything you say here might be right if Staunton was a normal person and ex-footballer.... but you have to say (and i even thought this when he was a player).... the guy can't even talk and if he's not the forrest gump of football, i am not sure who is!.
"A silent mouth is sweet to hear"
Football is like a box of chocolates.............................
First off, I am as bewildered as everybody about last nights debacle and this is in no way a justification of that shambles:
I decided to do a little research on San Marinos last World Cup qualifying campaign to see if any other teams have almost come unstuck away to them. I was quite surprised at some of their results.......perhaps that Germany 13-0 clouded our expectations? Maybe we we're a little presumptious to expect to get at least 4 goals when teams like Bosnia, Serbia, Lithuania and Belgium(all at least around our level of quality, if not better) also struggled?
San Marino - Spain 0:6
San Marino - Bosnia-Herzegovina 1:3
San Marino - Belgium 1:2
San Marino - Lithuania 0:1
San Marino - Serbia and Montenegro 0:3
http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/...PRLCTrpn1stSG7
The number of goals / margin of victory is now a side issue.
It was the team performance that was so bad.
Ye, I'm in total agreement with you there.
I suppose those stats are for all the people who are harping on about how Germany beat them 13-0, as if this is the norm, when it quite obviously is not.
It's all about how bad the performance was, and boy was it shocking. Did we create one really good chance in the first half? Robbie's miss aside I can't really remember their keeper having to make a save.
It's not like their keeper had a Tomashevsky (no no idea how to spell it!!) 90 minutes, there was no pressure put on their goal at all.
Fair point, but your addressing the wrong people, Shels and Longford embarrassing themselves and the nation against teams from Malta and Liechtenstein respectively didn't put me off the LOI and this and the Cyprus result won't put me off the national team.
BTW how come this thread is full of the usual heads from the EL section ? Where are the usual gob****es who post ''should so-and-so be considered for Ireland now he's swapped the UEFA Cup for League One'' type threads this section? Have they jumped off the bandwagon already ?
Will go to Croker wish it was in Dalyer/Tolka !
EL grounds are like good episodes of The Simpsons, no matter how many times you see them they're still funny
Stan will or cannot go for the obvious reason than for some strange reason he was given a 4 year contract. The FAI cannot afford to sack him and shell out to Robson as well.
That was the main mistake in my opinion. I wasn't in favour of the appointment but who knows, it might have worked. The trouble is with a 4 year appointment there is no Plan B.
By the way, the support at the game was crap. Even early on before the true nature of the performance became apparent.
Bad night all round at the office. Amusing aside: the chant "Delaney must go!!" started after the equaliser. Then when Ireland scored the winner, some wags chanted "Delaney must stay, Delaney must stay!"
He got some stick from one fan in particular and he gave that fan some stick back when Ireland scored the winner. Thought it was unprofessional to be honest. He should have ignored it.
Come on you poison greens
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Going to matches for nigh on 30 years, and cyprus and san marino are probably the worst 2 ever, and stan has to take the blame, the man is not up to the job. We were misisng leadership on Wednesday, and Keane was nowhere to be found. The build up was so slow it was unreal, to quick passing, movement, I'd love to see an Ireland training session to see exactly what they do.
Also, Mick Byrne at the end of the Game, trying to get the crowd going, give me a break.
For the first time, I'd consider not renewing my BB, it's a shambles, something is seriously wrong here, and Delaney needs to get his finger out quick. In Robbie Keane's defence he was 1 out of 3 players who came over to applaud the fans at the end, even though he got dogs abuse. Duffer went half way they chagned his mind, and legged it down the tunnel.
No it's because we have an affinity with our country but not with an Eircom league club. How in the name of God is that our fault? I follow the Eircom league but I'll never be able to support a team as there's just no EL team in my heart. Will people ever get this into your heads? Very few people just decide in their 20's "Ah Jaysus I'll support Bohs today".
I have no affinity with Cardiff City eirebhoy, but I just go to watch them.It's live football at the end of the day.
If you dont care when your neighbours house is robbed dont be surprised if he laughs when your expensive mansion gets burned down....
have to say stans incompetance was obvious from the holland game....he should have went then.....but he got support from the very same people shaking their heads now and wondering where it all went wrong......
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