FAI...June 2024 Friendlies v Hungary and Portugal

[EC Unique]

Stephen Ireland should be told to go and fcuk himself.

[Captain Obvious]

In fairness Stoke gave Stephen Ireland a good squad number.

[magpie seanie]

Doyle, Gibson, Stokes & Andy Reid IN
Cox and Sammon OUT

Well done Noel King. Tús maith.

[ballinaman]

Dussledorf 7am flight and train to Cologne, should have a beer in the paw by 12pm...if you spot a group of lads with indian tricolour headgear and the white away jersey from 94 world cup you'll probably spot me..Looking for a convincing win, hope to make up a bit of goal diff vs the german part timers....

[rrhf]

Say hello to Angela merkel from the rest of us

[laoislad]

WTF was Stokes at there. Was he going for a point.

[camanchero]

Decent second half

With a better manager, better tactics and some belief and positive play Ireland have god hung players tha could do well in the euro qualifiers .

Gibson and stokes showing great signs of potential
Def a huge addition

[Syferus]

Decent second half

With a better manager, better tactics and some belief and positive play Ireland have god hung players tha could do well in the euro qualifiers .

Gibson and stokes showing great signs of potential
Def a huge addition

Steady on, Caman.

[Captain Obvious]

Will take a good team to defeat the Germans in the world cup.

[camanchero]

Lol
f**king typos
Good young players I meant!

Not bad for a rudderless side that didn't have any cohesion et
A bit of organisation etc and the same bunch with diff formation and some positivity and belief...

[laoislad]

Lol
f**king typos
Good young players I meant!

Not bad for a rudderless side that didn't have any cohesion et
A bit of organisation etc and the same bunch with diff formation and some positivity and belief...

Bad result for yer lot against Azerbaijan.

[Main Street]

Lol
f**king typos
Good young players I meant!

Not bad for a rudderless side that didn't have any cohesion et
A bit of organisation etc and the same bunch with diff formation and some positivity and belief...

The team stared with a handicap considering  their campaign was over and there were a couple of  bizarre positional selections and this was against a top team in their own back yard, so I'd agree about the positives. A new manager has plenty available to work with, to improve on that last night.

[From the Bunker]

In fairness to King, he actually has done some of the donkey work for the next manager, bringing back quite a few of the outcasts. Stokes, Reid, Gibson and to a lesser extent Doyle have all got a feel again of international football. Last night no matter how you looked at it was a damage limitation exercise. King was not going to be starting a new revolution in two dead rubber games. That is for the next Messiah. Anyway that's where we are. New Manager needs to be sorted. I have a feeling that the FAI are waiting for the end of the English domestic season to see what other potential Managers become available. Anyway, we are in a sort of limbo at the moment. We will still have high enough ranking for the Euros but we are thin on the ground with classy players in key positions.

[Main Street]

The criticism of the team from rte, both in commentary and in the studio  was the worst I have come across.
I'd say it was  RTE's blackest contribution to sport commentary and punditry. It wasn't just the negativity in the studio but that whinger Whelan never let up for 5 seconds, with a relentless whinge all through the commentary.
King is a caretaker manager brought in for 2 games, wtf did they expect?  a  5 days that shook the world revolution in Irish football? and here he was  thrown into the deep end against Germany where apart from a few obvious criticisms of the team positions  -  King did well.

[camanchero]

Lol
f**king typos
Good young players I meant!

Not bad for a rudderless side that didn't have any cohesion et
A bit of organisation etc and the same bunch with diff formation and some positivity and belief...

Bad result for yer lot against Azerbaijan.

Good result for your lot v Montenegro