FAI...June 2024 Friendlies v Hungary and Portugal

[rodney trotter]

Wales have Gareth Bale one of the best players in the world.kind of the reason why they get results, also Aaron Ramsey a top midfielder, Ireland don't have a player of their class.

Ben Davies at left back or Robbie Brady?

[JPGJOHNNYG]

Bale, Ramsey and 9 chumps but watching the game tonight we have 11 chumps so point taken

[PadraicHenryPearse]

As bad as Ireland are this commentary team on RTE is out doing them. Nice to hear there is an Irish crowd at the match also!!!!

[BennyCake]

I wish someone would research McGeady's ancestry again, to try and prove he is in no way Irish. He is f**king brutal. And has 70 odd caps. Baffling.

[seafoid]

The only way to improve the BIG would be to nationalise the Premiership and restrict the number of non UK and Irish players

[laoislad]

Fantastic atmosphere here tonight.
This is rugby soccer country.

[Itchy]

As bad as Ireland are this commentary team on RTE is out doing them. Nice to hear there is an Irish crowd at the match also!!!!

Beglin crying that long didn't foul her man in the corner when he blatantly barged into him

[JPGJOHNNYG]

Fair play they gave it a go in the last 20 mins, pity they didnt start like that. Win against Scotland and a result in Poland still very much needed and a slip up by Scotland in Georgia

[JoG2]

As bad as Ireland are this commentary team on RTE is out doing them. Nice to hear there is an Irish crowd at the match also!!!!

Beglin crying that long didn't foul her man in the corner when he blatantly barged into him

Think beglin was probably as frustrated as the rest of us with the systematic playacting and diving from the Polish players

[From the Bunker]

Fair play to the Irish team. Once again punching above our weight in Soccer. For the size, population, soccer infrastructure, we over achieve!

[moysider]

As bad as Ireland are this commentary team on RTE is out doing them. Nice to hear there is an Irish crowd at the match also!!!!

Beglin crying that long didn't foul her man in the corner when he blatantly barged into him

Think beglin was probably as frustrated as the rest of us with the systematic playacting and diving from the Polish players

That was Ronnie Whelan surely?!
But it was a foul yeah. I see the old British and Irish  mistrust of the 'continentals' cheating and diving is alive and well. McCarty slapped a Pole and was lucky not to see the line. I was listening to Ray Houghton by then and he was as bad as Ronnie  - blaming the Pole for provoking McCarty. Ffs.

[An Watcher]

McGeady is frustrating but without his goals in Georgia we wouldn't even be competing in this group.   Brady was poor and I expected more from his dead balls but much better than ward. Fair play to James McClean. His challenge lifted the whole thing. Pity there weren't more like him. Not sure how hoolahan got motm as he seemed to give the ball away alot

[ballinaman]

Poor enough Poland team there tonight apart from the 2 lads up top obviously. You could see 30 minutes from the end they didn't fancy it, were pulling out of 50/50s all over the shop.
The show goes on until June 6th when the jocks come to Dublin who aren't great shakes either, time for us to actually WIN a meaningful match or it's game over ball burst...2001 since we last beat a team ranked above us in a competitive match....

[rrhf]

North are a much better team.

[ballinaman]

North are a much better team.

FIFA rankings and current table standings would suggest so but I reckon it's slightly skewed by the fact that their group is entirely pish