The New Official Republic of Ireland Football Thread
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This Ireland game is a hard watch.
It's much like all of the games under Kenny. The players are conditioned at this point
This does not slip now.
How does that humble pie taste Kenny outers?
On a hiding to nothing at this point. Win the only 2 games you should win and that's all you can take away from this group. Overall the football hasn't been terrible, for the most part I think it's heading in the right direction, there's just zero creativity in the middle third of the pitch and the left side of attack is another gaping hole that needs to be filled. James McClean has been the best option there for this campaign and that says it all really.
Not saying Kenny should stay, I think he's had his chance, but it's always been a bit toothless and lacking intensity. Unless those two areas in the middle and on the left get sorted out, I don't see how it's going to be any more exciting or better under a new coach.
This VAR check is aging me
How the feck was that given?
He looked on to me. Level anyway
Ah here. I WANT to be positive. That's not the same thing. I'm having as little craic as anyone. Trust me.
Never thought we'd need VVD to save us for the Euros hah.
Miserable bastards. That McGrath assist was a thing of beauty.
Maths is life.
Not really, that was true at a time, but is no longer true. Ireland need to lose to qualify
Need the fairy godmother from Cinderella for that to happen
Im really not invested in the notion of a play off for Ireland as theyd lose anyway - but as a matter of interest who else is in that mix?
I'd say you get out the Tony Cascarino and Paul McGrath sticky head things from Italia 90 on match days.
There are effectively 24 teams who get playoff spaces before Ireland, and 8 spaces. So ROI need 16 of them to qualify automatically. There are 20 automatic places. Germany have already qualified as hosts and are one of the 16 teams that would have been entitled so ROI needs 15 teams certain teams + Germany to qualify
There's absolutely no chance of Ireland getting a play off spot it's over.
So wait a minute. In order to have a theoretical chance to qualify Ireland has to lose to us? 
We will easily lose anyway but I wish this happened to a Spain v Faroe Islands game or something similar.So wait a minute. In order to have a theoretical chance to qualify Ireland has to lose to us?
Do you score an OG late on? Can you practice making it as natural as you can ala Gerrard v Chelsea where everybody knows but you can’t do anything
And I thought Kenny was brought in to play scintillating, champagne football?!
Not possible with that group of players!
(They won 12-0
)Hopefully this will happen and not Neil Lennon
I don't know it just wouldn't feel right to have a total spoofer as massive as Poyet as manager without Dunphy, Giles and Brady there to give out about him.
Jesus wept... please God no. If we're going to go with a complete bluffer it should be a complete bluffer of our own, there's plenty about.
If we're going down the foreign manager route it should be one who brings something other than 'I used to play for Chelsea'.
Remember when Roy Keane gave him a welcome to the PL gift when his boot practically gave poyet a haircut?
Seems to be playing well for Luton as well
Next one off the LOI production line.
Sam Curtis. Most likely leaving St Pats once he turns 18. Plenty of PL and European clubs have reportedly shown an interest.
Sam Curtis. Most likely leaving St Pats once he turns 18. Plenty of PL and European clubs have reportedly shown an interest.
They are still trying
Haha good man Evan.
He’s always seemed like one of the good guys. So that’s no surprise. Extremely likeable young man.
Yeah, Pat's seem to have a good setup going at the minute. Curtis looks a good player and It's really only him and Festy that I can see pushing for that right back spot over the next few years. Hopefully he gets a good move and can push on.
There's definitely a good route there for players that are good enough to get recognised and possibly get good opportunities from it. Especially now that quite a few don't mind going beyond England and looking at other European leagues.
They are still trying
Apart from anything else that ship sailed a few games ago. He couldn't switch now anyway even if he wanted to (which he never did anyway) he's inelgible now due the number of games he's played.