There is Var. Didn't greece have two goals disallowed again England the other night? I m sure it was due to Var.
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There is Var. Didn't greece have two goals disallowed again England the other night? I m sure it was due to Var.
Yeah they just showed the replay. It was onside.
Let’s just ignore the penalty, eh?!
A few of the Irish players need a few too many touches to release the ball. Really killing any proper build up.
Troy Parrott might not be having the best game but he’s undeniably a VERY handsome man. Apparently he’s a talented singer/guitarist too. Can’t really blame him for being a bit off the pace. All that clunge must be exhausting.
We'd have fecking missed it anyway
Feckin’ Greeks got Pogue.
We need some decent midfielders. Cullen just goes backwards at any given opportunity, kills turnovers.
We're looking better now
Watching our team improve after some subs and a change in tactics is an unusual feeling for a contemporary Manchester United fan.
Great effort and great save.
Everything seemed set up for this to be a comical appointment that would end in doom but he’s shown a lot in these last 2 games. There’s hope yet.
Must be a mate of Doherty
Is it just me or are the Greek fans being a little bit… racist?
We're looking pretty good now.
One touch football all of a sudden
This is very enjoyable.
Yep, there is something different there.
Everything seemed set up for this to be a comical appointment that would end in doom but he’s shown a lot in these last 2 games. There’s hope yet.
Yeah I'd say we nearly deserve something on balance now.
Greeks possibly switched off a bit, but that would be understandable given the week they've had.
Ah no. Sad for Kelleher.
Jesus that's bad, even the pass he was looking to play was a bad choice - Collins had a second d lad running straight at him
Ah bit harsh. Kelleher was great and all.
Greece are just a cut above but that was promising.
Greece are just a cut above but that was promising.
feck him, wasting his career.
Oh Caoimhin…
Yup. Great example of when you can feel positive after a defeat. Which is very different to most weekends over the last couple of years, when it’s sometimes been hard to feel positive after a win.
Caoimhin Kelleher with total gift what was he at? Greece played better 1st half and didn't score. Score twice in the 2nd half in a more even half, that's football for you.
Hope he does it on Sunday as well.
Yeah, the second goal doesnt matter.
Good performance, good international break from us. If we can avoid a heavy defeat against England and get another win against Finland then we might be in a spot to have a crack at the qualifiers. Build on some positivity and see where it brings us.
That first half was some of the best I've seen Greece play. Think we switched off after the goal and Ireland played pretty decent. Really thought all those misses in the 1st half would cost us.
Yep, Greece were very good in the first half - you have a more than half decent team.
Greece in the first half were better than united have been all season.
All season? Probably going back a few years!
A loss but a Glass half full feeling. Look to be finally turning the corner albeit ever so slowly. It's not going to be done overnight. Hopefully another few small improvements next month
First international break in a long, long time that I'm not left with a sense of impending doom. In that regard, we have progress.
It’s annoying that we pissed away so many easy fixtures playing terribly and now we look like we might have a manager who can get performances out of this team we can’t get even two obviously winnable games in a row.
We actually look like Utd in how we press and the space we give teams. It's inescapable.
Didn’t mind that at all. The Greeks looked a really, really improved team. We did well in parts. Still some issues there but over the last two games they’ve looked well reduced, which is a real start. You’d worry about where we’ll find goals but I think Halgrimsson may be able to make us hard to beat and that’s always been the basis of overachievement for Ireland.
Ah cheers. Same players but the new manager seems like a huge upgrade on Poyet. Lucky you guys never took him!
I can only assume it’s because he looks like the sort of guy who is a college professor and has an affair with a student and gets her pregnant.
It’s certainly the first question I’d have asked at the interview, anyway.