FAI...June 2024 Friendlies v Hungary and Portugal

[BennyCake]

Irish Soccer is 100 years behind Gaelic games. Why? Because we oppressed it for those 100 years - well for 85 of it!

That's not true. Here in NI GAA was the oppressed sport, oppressed much more than soccer was in the Free State, and yet still outperforms the IFA in terms of participation and facilities. Bar the Stormont money the IFA would still be kicking ball in a Chernobyl-style Windsor Park and the 6'000 "safe capacity" Oval would be their second best stadium. The only major soccer clubs east of the Bann are Institute, Dungannon Swifts and Ballinamalllard.

How regularly soccer clubs in Ireland go to the wall are no fault of supposed traditional discrimination against soccer in Ireland. The idea that the financial mismanagement, ineptitude and corruption of the FAI should be bank-rolled by the state is a disgusting suggestion.

Fund pitches, coaches, small clubs and youths etc but the rest can get fcuked.

Aren't they west of the Bann? 

[Shamrock Shore]

Wheels are coming off the O'Neill/Keane wagon it seems.

One thing to lose matches............something entirely different to be losing players. Ok - one can say eff them if they don't want to play.......but if the man management is below what it should be then there is a problem that needs to be addressed.

However MON has a nice new contract in place and O'Brien's wedges no longer come in so don't expect any changes soon.

[laoislad]

Roy Keane falling out with someone... Who'd have thunk it....

[michaelg]

Irish Soccer is 100 years behind Gaelic games. Why? Because we oppressed it for those 100 years - well for 85 of it!

That's not true. Here in NI GAA was the oppressed sport, oppressed much more than soccer was in the Free State, and yet still outperforms the IFA in terms of participation and facilities. Bar the Stormont money the IFA would still be kicking ball in a Chernobyl-style Windsor Park and the 6'000 "safe capacity" Oval would be their second best stadium. The only major soccer clubs east of the Bann are Institute, Dungannon Swifts and Ballinamalllard.

How regularly soccer clubs in Ireland go to the wall are no fault of supposed traditional discrimination against soccer in Ireland. The idea that the financial mismanagement, ineptitude and corruption of the FAI should be bank-rolled by the state is a disgusting suggestion.

Fund pitches, coaches, small clubs and youths etc but the rest can get fcuked.

Aren't they west of the Bann? 

Depends what way you are facing.

[BennyCake]

Irish Soccer is 100 years behind Gaelic games. Why? Because we oppressed it for those 100 years - well for 85 of it!

That's not true. Here in NI GAA was the oppressed sport, oppressed much more than soccer was in the Free State, and yet still outperforms the IFA in terms of participation and facilities. Bar the Stormont money the IFA would still be kicking ball in a Chernobyl-style Windsor Park and the 6'000 "safe capacity" Oval would be their second best stadium. The only major soccer clubs east of the Bann are Institute, Dungannon Swifts and Ballinamalllard.

How regularly soccer clubs in Ireland go to the wall are no fault of supposed traditional discrimination against soccer in Ireland. The idea that the financial mismanagement, ineptitude and corruption of the FAI should be bank-rolled by the state is a disgusting suggestion.

Fund pitches, coaches, small clubs and youths etc but the rest can get fcuked.

Aren't they west of the Bann? 

Depends what way you are facing.

West is still west.

[From the Bunker]

Roy Keane falling out with someone... Who'd have thunk it....

Roy not happy about A player putting club over country it seems!

[lurganblue]

New kit looks well

https://www.balls.ie/football/new-ireland-home-jersey-201819-396080

[clarshack]

3-0 down already

[Itchy]

So so limited.

[SHEEDY]

Worst irish team ever?? Shocking stuff.

[Shamrock Shore]

Trap in

[Itchy]

They are a limited outfit but it's more than that tonight. No effort, no fight and no structure to them.

[seafoid]

RTE

"That visual of Ampadu bullying Walters off the ball for Wales' third goal sums things up perfectly and it's hard to see how Martin O'Neill and Roy Keane can do anything to turn things around - either tonight or in the long term. "

You wouldn't swap the grand slam for a decent soccer team though.

[SHEEDY]

It feels like the last days of trappatoni all over again.

[Capt Pat]

Who cares. It is not even on Irish tv.