FAI...June 2024 Friendlies v Hungary and Portugal

[Captain Scarlet]

For the most part they played abut when they could and hit tye channels too. The poxy goal was one of the few times that they tried to overplay it.

Lots of positive hard running and backing each other up. No lads hiding at all. Ogbene was awesome.

We still don't have world beaters, but we are where we are and left it all out there.

[Baile Brigín 2]

Tony O'Donoghoe gave Kenny a tough interview there. Sure we did not win, sure we did not score, sure the goal came from a mistake. But f*cks sake give the man a break, he got a plethora of stuff right tonight.

Kenny got that bang on. He can't legislte for Cullen teeing up their full back and poor set piece delivery until the end.

Play like that against the Dutch and who.knows?

O'Donoghoe throwing Josh Cullen under the bus, real classy

He did cost us the game...

[Milltown Row2]

Tony O'Donoghoe gave Kenny a tough interview there. Sure we did not win, sure we did not score, sure the goal came from a mistake. But f*cks sake give the man a break, he got a plethora of stuff right tonight.

Kenny got that bang on. He can't legislte for Cullen teeing up their full back and poor set piece delivery until the end.

Play like that against the Dutch and who.knows?

O'Donoghoe throwing Josh Cullen under the bus, real classy

He did cost us the game...

Did Ireland score? For 90 odd minutes Ireland had chances to win a game and didn't so the team collectively cost us Ireland the game

[Hound]

A big mistake by Cullen for the goal, but I thought O'Shea was worse. I'm sure either Egan or Coleman would have blocked that had they been in O'Shea's position, rather than turn away from it.

A pity it's so long until the next game. And we've been done solid re playing in Greece in the heat of June (France and Holland visit Greece in Oct/Nov).

We seem to play better against the better opposition. I think Mikey Johnston could be an important player for us, he has a trick in him to get past players, can see him setting up chances.

Ogbene was super!

[seafoid]

The noise from the crowd was fabulous. I hope this match was a turning point for Stephen Kenny. It is really important to back up this game with a performance against Greece the next day.

[Applesisapples]

A big mistake by Cullen for the goal, but I thought O'Shea was worse. I'm sure either Egan or Coleman would have blocked that had they been in O'Shea's position, rather than turn away from it.

A pity it's so long until the next game. And we've been done solid re playing in Greece in the heat of June (France and Holland visit Greece in Oct/Nov).

We seem to play better against the better opposition. I think Mikey Johnston could be an important player for us, he has a trick in him to get past players, can see him setting up chances.

Ogbene was super!

When you play out from the back you can expect mistakes like Cullen's, sometimes you get away with it.

[Captain Scarlet]

The noise from the crowd was fabulous. I hope this match was a turning point for Stephen Kenny. It is really important to back up this game with a performance against Greece the next day.

The issue is we have had a glorious defeat against Portugal and then we never follow it up. We never have an issue with good teams. That being said I think Ferguson is going to get more games now and will be even better.

[seafoid]

The noise from the crowd was fabulous. I hope this match was a turning point for Stephen Kenny. It is really important to back up this game with a performance against Greece the next day.

The issue is we have had a glorious defeat against Portugal and then we never follow it up. We never have an issue with good teams. That being said I think Ferguson is going to get more games now and will be even better.

The team is more settled after 2 years plus the recent additions add more depth. I think we are in a better position than before.

2020
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Randolph (West Ham); Doherty (Tottenham Hotspur), Duffy (Celtic), Egan (Sheffield United), Stevens (Sheffield United); Hendrick (Newcastle United), McCarthy (Crystal Palace), Hourihane (Aston Villa); O'Dowda (Bristol City), Idah (Norwich City), Connolly (Brighton and Hove Albion). Subs: Brady for McCarthy (70 mins), Robinson (Sheffield United) for O'Dowda (74 mins), Long (Southampton) for Idah (77 mins).

2021 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Travers (Bournemouth); Coleman (Everton), O'Shea (West Brom), Clark (Newcastle United); Doherty (Tottenham), Molumby (Preston)m Browne (Preston), Cullen (Anderlecht), Stevens (Sheffield United); Connolly (Brighton), Robinson (West Brom).
Subs: Hendrick (Newcastle United) for Molumby, Long (Bournemouth) for Connolly (67 mins), Brady (Burnley) for Clark, McClean (Stoke City) for Browne and Collins (Luton) for Robinson (79 mins).

2023 Republic of Ireland: Bazunu, Collins, Egan, O'Shea, Coleman, Molumby, Cullen, Doherty, Knight, Ogbene, Ferguson. Subs: Kelleher, Travers, Omobamidele, Browne, Obafemi, Idah, McClean, Hendrick, Sykes, McGrath, Smallbone, Johnson.

[straightred]

A big mistake by Cullen for the goal, but I thought O'Shea was worse. I'm sure either Egan or Coleman would have blocked that had they been in O'Shea's position, rather than turn away from it.

A pity it's so long until the next game. And we've been done solid re playing in Greece in the heat of June (France and Holland visit Greece in Oct/Nov).

We seem to play better against the better opposition. I think Mikey Johnston could be an important player for us, he has a trick in him to get past players, can see him setting up chances.

Ogbene was super!

Can be a very frustrating player. Has tons of skill but over plays it or takes the wrong option far too often. He had loads of chances at Celtic but couldn't quite nail down a spot and is now out on loan and unlikely to get back in at Celtic. Maybe the change of scenery in Portugal will do him good. Wasnt getting a look in with Scotland either - that's why he came to us. 

[jcpen]

An excellent performance but a defeat all the same which seems to be a common enough theme for Irish football.
Ogbene was indeed superb and it's hard to believe he plays at the level of Rotherham. I actually though thought Jason Molumby was Man of the match, thought he was super last night .

[seafoid]

Ireland's qualifying fixtures:

16/6 - Greece v Republic of Ireland
19/6 - Republic of Ireland v Gibraltar
07/9 - France v Republic of Ireland
10/9 - Republic of Ireland v Netherlands
13/10 - Republic of Ireland v Greece
16/10 - Gibraltar v Republic of Ireland
18/11 - Netherlands v Republic of Ireland

[seafoid]

https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2023/0328/1366808-collins-devastated-by-super-save-that-denied-ireland/
"But I'm proud of the lads' performance, there is so much to build on.
"It should give us a lot of belief. We have gone toe to toe with one of the best in the world. It doesn't matter who we come against, if we play as a team, tactically right with the fans behind us, we can beat anyone."

[shark]

An excellent performance but a defeat all the same which seems to be a common enough theme for Irish football.
Ogbene was indeed superb and it's hard to believe he plays at the level of Rotherham. I actually though thought Jason Molumby was Man of the match, thought he was super last night .

I met a gang of Rotherham fans a couple of weeks ago, and they are absolutely certain they will lose him this summer.

[seafoid]

An excellent performance but a defeat all the same which seems to be a common enough theme for Irish football.
Ogbene was indeed superb and it's hard to believe he plays at the level of Rotherham. I actually though thought Jason Molumby was Man of the match, thought he was super last night .

I met a gang of Rotherham fans a couple of weeks ago, and they are absolutely certain they will lose him this summer.

He belongs on a different level . Rotherham are close to the Championship relegation spots.

[Capt Pat]

A big mistake by Cullen for the goal, but I thought O'Shea was worse. I'm sure either Egan or Coleman would have blocked that had they been in O'Shea's position, rather than turn away from it.

A pity it's so long until the next game. And we've been done solid re playing in Greece in the heat of June (France and Holland visit Greece in Oct/Nov).

We seem to play better against the better opposition. I think Mikey Johnston could be an important player for us, he has a trick in him to get past players, can see him setting up chances.

Ogbene was super!

We will be playing Greece at 9.45 at night by my reckoning so hopefully the heat won't be that bad.