The New Official Republic of Ireland Football Thread

[Shark]

There it is. Feck me, we're gash.

 

[Ole'sgunnarwin]

Playing good football does not mean not look like scoring.

 

[Shane88]

I don't think we'll ever qualify for a tournament again. We're fecking shite.

 

[lsd]

Brown is such a clogger. Smallbone and Ogbene playing really well.

Yeah? I've never seen anything in Smallbone. Surely Brady has to go off here

 

[Semper Fudge]

Yeah? I've never seen anything in Smallbone. Surely Brady has to go off here

Nobody with that name can be good at anything.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Molumby off is a strange call.

 

[lsd]

McAteer coming on I would have started him

 

[Shane88]

'Member when Ferguson was worth £100 million?

 

[StamsShinyHead]

On the plus side, we're not watching this in person.

 

[Ole'sgunnarwin]

Smallbone is poor

 

[Pogue Mahone]

On the plus side, we're not watching this in person.

I actually nearly bought a ticket this afternoon. Bullet dodged.

 

[KiD MoYeS]

We are pathetic.

 

[Wayne's World]

We are fecking dreadful. San Marino would beat us

 

[lsd]

Well that's that, total lack of quality from the Irish players and after that attempt of a pass by Browne which led to their second he should never be playing for Ireland again.

Ah well least I can warn United playing crap now for a month before watching this lot again

 

[KiD MoYeS]

This is the worst it's ever been. Zero quality.

 

[McGrathsipan]

Matt Doherty still getting caps.
Sigh.

 

[KiD MoYeS]

This is essentially relegation confirmed. We have no business being in a group with these sides. We are genuinely worse than Northern Ireland.

 

[McGrathsipan]

I actually nearly bought a ticket this afternoon. Bullet dodged.

Turned down two free premiums.
Wouldn't bother at all.

Well done John Delaney. This is the harvest from the seeds he planted

 

[Wayne's World]

Our shooting is absolutely fecking terrible, no composure, even their technique when striking the ball isn't right

We are literally at rock bottom here and no end in sight

 

[Ole'sgunnarwin]

North Macedonia, Armenia, Latvia and them teams. That's our level. We can't score.

 

[KiD MoYeS]

I'd be happy for Heimir to put out a League of Ireland XI in one of the remaining dead rubber games.

 

[edgecutter]

What has this manager been up to for the last 2 months. Brady and Doherty still getting caps is just pathetic.

 

[sizzling sausages]

Bring on relegation, we might score some goals in League C.

 

[Semper Fudge]

What has this manager been up to for the last 2 months. Brady and Doherty still getting caps is just pathetic.

Check ups, fillings, root canals. Plenty to keep him busy.

 

[edgecutter]

Check ups, fillings, root canals. Plenty to keep him busy.

Jokes aside, this has been a calamity from him. Two months to watch the players and see that half of them aren't up for it.

 

[berbasloth4]

Can’t make good omelettes with bad eggs.

Doherty and brady only playing because there’s nothing better.

Not enough funding and effort put in at grassroots. Until we can find some quality random granny rule players or improved funding across the island it’s not going to change.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Jokes aside, this has been a calamity from him. Two months to watch the players and see that half of them aren't up for it.

What stellar talents does he replace that half a team with?

 

[Robertd0803]

That was proper grim.

 

[Withnail]

It seems I was lucky I was busy for the second half

 

[Kinsella]

What stellar talents does he replace that half a team with?

Exactly.

Essentially we’re really limited with what we can do given the midfield options we have, and there’s no way around that until better options emerge. The main job for this manager in the short term is to instil some confidence back into the team.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

It seems I was lucky I was busy for the second half

Yeah it got proper grim. First half was not terrible too. I allowed myself a glimmer of hope. But we don’t get nice things. Not for club or country. Not any more.

 

[RedC]

Matt Doherty is a joke.

 

[Tyrion]

This is essentially relegation confirmed. We have no business being in a group with these sides. We are genuinely worse than Northern Ireland.

I'm not sure why we are in this group. Didn't we dodge relegation during COVID because it was temporarily blocked? We are minnows really. 4th or 5th seeds now.

 

[moses]

Trying to stay positive, I'd say the first half was better than the second half.

 

[moses]

I'm not sure why we are in this group. Didn't we dodge relegation during COVID because it was temporarily blocked? We are minnows really. 4th or 5th seeds now.

Aye, the England game was between two teams, neither of which should be in this tier.

 

[edgecutter]

What stellar talents does he replace that half a team with?

Some good u21s that look promising. Plus, we need to tie down our young players or lose them like zefi.

 

[moses]

Some good u21s that look promising. Plus, we need to tie down our young players or lose them like zefi.

The step up is huge. Molumby took ages to show competency at this level after bossing it at U21

 

[edgecutter]

The step up is huge. Molumby took ages to show competency at this level after bossing it at U21

That'll always be the case, but giving the likes of coleman, Brady and Doherty mins is just pointless. Cap the young players and build a squad that will actually put a shift in.

 

[moses]

That'll always be the case, but giving the likes of coleman, Brady and Doherty mins is just pointless. Cap the young players and build a squad that will actually put a shift in.

You have to do that gently. Otherwise you risk sinking international careers with giving them their first five or so caps in chaos and defeat.

 

[Brophs]

I do like him as a player and sort of hate pointing these things out, but on the first goal, Collins is passively backing off, pointing to the danger without doing anything about it. Second goal, he gets his position all wrong, gets caught on the wrong side and then shows absolutely no awareness of what every other prick watching the match could see, that Tzolis was coming back onto his left. In the years since he left Stoke, he doesn't appear to have become any smarter as a footballer.