Only went and smashed the absolute granny out of Finland in the group, though, didn’t we?
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Quite the different story in the second half.
If by smashed you mean narrowly beat, then yes! The Finns, our old foes.
We had the last laugh - we made the play-off and that was England's final game.
Wouldn't be surprised if property prices fell in Dublin after this result
Sent them crashing out, in a way.
Collins apologised for the second half in his post-match interview, fair play.
Not even this will bring prices down.
I think there were a few other performances of his he should have started with.
Quite unneighbourly of them, to be honest.
Probably the worst thing they’ve ever done to us that I can think of.
Consistently!
When is our relegation play off? I don't think relegation would be a total disaster.
In the credit column, they have taken Graham Norton of our hands.
League D is the dream, only 3 teams in a group.
we’re just radicalising him before sending him back.
No returns after 30 days.
Ha! Sickener. Take that ye feckers.
Graham is lovely.
The most upbeat I've seen this thread in a while. Fair play lads. A resilient bunch.
That first half was the best 45 mins we've played in years!
Ireland was never going to be big enough for Graham and his many and varied comedy characters.
Honestly, no need. Not really disappointed at all played well first half, terrible referee. When you're away to one of the best teams in the world with a man less, you're always gonna concede a good few
Yep, I agree with you, but I still think its good that he addressed it though. "We need to be better" is always valid after a 5-0. Much better than "the non penalty in the first half was crucial" even if true.
half the scorers were irish, tough when our best players keep taking the soup
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Just seen the penalty decision and to be honest I can SORT of see why it wasn't given, because at full speed it looks like a 50/50 and Evan Ferguson gets his arm in there first, but then he has his shirt basically pulled off him? It's one of those you normally go with the referees call, but then the referee had a shit view of it. For me it's a penalty but I'd not lose sleep over it. To go from that to suddenly having a player given a yellow for a pretty innocuous foul in the box, and be down to 10 men seemed insanely harsh though.
...With all that said though, I can't help feeling that a lot of that second string English side would be Ireland's best players instantly, and there's an insane gulf in class these days. Swear it used to be closer, England aren't a special team or anything but they just seem to have so many players that are a level above everything else Internationally mainly thanks to the Premier League and the level it's at nowadays. That the 'average' English player isn't good enough to beat Spain or whoever, but the depth of talent is brutal when it comes up against anything else.
...With all that said though, I can't help feeling that a lot of that second string English side would be Ireland's best players instantly, and there's an insane gulf in class these days. Swear it used to be closer, England aren't a special team or anything but they just seem to have so many players that are a level above everything else Internationally mainly thanks to the Premier League and the level it's at nowadays. That the 'average' English player isn't good enough to beat Spain or whoever, but the depth of talent is brutal when it comes up against anything else.
What about when you are playing Englands reserves?
I see England are still sticking with the 'If you are English and play in the Premier League then you will play for England' policy.
I hope Tuchel can go back to the days when it really meant something to represent your country.
I hope Tuchel can go back to the days when it really meant something to represent your country.
19 Years ago today
I'll tell you wrote it! Rod Liddle. He's the guy who left his wife and ran off with a young one
I'll tell you wrote it! Rod Liddle. He's the guy who left his wife and ran off with a young one
'You started it' hahahaha
Genuinely one of the most famous moments in Irish TV history. I miss them 4, pure gold
You'd miss them lads, they made the post match stuff worth watching for every game they were on. Half the time I'd say they were arguing just for the sake of arguing and Eamon was probably half cut most of the time. Bill sat smirking away just stirring the pot.
Now all we get that is miserable gowl Sadler and a few other god awful boring pundits like Kevin Doyle and Stephen Kelly.
Bill was great for lobbing in a grenade or two and then sitting back as a row then kicked off
Brady nearly quit mid match at one stage as well after Dunphy called Wenger, Basil Fawlty. He walked off set but was talked into going back on.
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Dunphy's right. Liddle is a compound top hat.
Those days in the studio later with Brolly on the GAA rowing with whoever. Great television. Better than the actual sport.
Those days in the studio later with Brolly on the GAA rowing with whoever. Great television. Better than the actual sport.
Bill was great for lobbing in a grenade or two and then sitting back as a row then kicked off
Brady nearly quit mid match at one stage as well after Dunphy called Wenger, Basil Fawlty. He walked off set but was talked into going back on.
Think Brady missed the editorial before the show and said he wouldn't have come on if he knew they were going to have a go at Wenger. Dunphy made some smart comments about him missing the bus.
Looking back it was great entertainment, for all the shite they talked you still actually took something away from their analysis of games.
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Used to always enjoy watching RTE's coverage of football in general but it's fallen completely off the cliff. With Ireland games especially Sadlier and Kelly do nothing but p**s and moan without offering anything insightful or constructive.
Another of Dunphy's finest moments
Completely torpedoed Venables chances. JD was trying to shoe horn him into the job and was kite flying by a number of his minions in the media
Completely torpedoed Venables chances. JD was trying to shoe horn him into the job and was kite flying by a number of his minions in the media
Tom Cannon, Finn Azaz , Connolly , McGuinness are all after scoring in the 1st half . The future is bright
FAI voted to move to calendar year football at underage level to align the footballing pyramid. It'll be interesting to see how this develops over the next few years.
I know a lot of people in my club and league were dead against it. But honestly I think it's better for the kids, they can hopefully enjoy training and playing on decent pitches in decent weather. More game time will be better for their development and will mean less games & training being called off because of the weather.
The main arguments against seems to me that it will be clashing with GAA and older people who just don't like change, "because we always did it this way". From my experience over the last few years GAA never stops anyway, so no matter what way you try to run a soccer season, there's always going to be some clash. Winter seasons regularly run into May/June anyway due to fixtures being back logged from Nov - Feb.
I think it's a good move and plus I'll be coaching in it, so I can't wait to be able to stand on a touchline and not be freezing.