FAI...Spring friendlies for Interim Manager - Belgium/Swiss

Started by Cúig huaire, November 19, 2009, 01:34:00 PM

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ross4life

Quote from: Capt Pat on March 29, 2011, 06:06:03 PM
Quote from: ross4life on March 29, 2011, 05:56:34 PM
Why didn't the FAI fix one of the home nations games for today instead of pointless friendly?

The home nations games arent pointless freindlies?

Not as much
The key to success is to be consistently competitive -- if you bang on the door often it will open

paco

They are completely pointess. Are the ticket prices any diffrent from competitive internationals? So many of the so-called star players seem to pick up injuries before these friendlies, no-one wants to play in them,and you can't really blame them because no-one wants to watch them, either.

Hardy

Quote from: ross4life on March 29, 2011, 05:56:34 PM
Why didn't the FAI fix one of the home nations games for today instead of pointless friendly?

What "home" are they talking about?

ross4life

 
Quote from: Hardy on March 29, 2011, 07:43:56 PM
Quote from: ross4life on March 29, 2011, 05:56:34 PM
Why didn't the FAI fix one of the home nations games for today instead of pointless friendly?

What "home" are they talking about?

Isn't played in Dublin where we play the home nations?
The key to success is to be consistently competitive -- if you bang on the door often it will open

Orangemac

Quote from: AFS on March 26, 2011, 11:34:22 PM
Quote from: Orangemac on March 26, 2011, 11:06:29 PM
Whelan was shocking tonight. Fahey needs to start with McCarthy in the middle.

Don't know if Dunne wasn't fit but was poor tonight.

3 points in Macedonia would leave Republic in good position. Seem to play better away from home.

Fahey or McCarthy coming into the midfield would improve things. Both would leave a vulnerable back four very exposed. Think Cyprus under Stan.
Fair point. Possibly with a five man midfield and 1 up front away from home they could both be accommodated There has to be a better option than Whlean (or Green). Has Wilson not been playing in midfield for Stoke this season ahead of Whelan?

Declan

Decided to bring the young lad along last night and enjoyed the game (40 euro for both us which I reckon is still about 15 euro too dear).Thought Fahey was good and Long was excellent - definitely worth a start ahead of Keane in the next game. McCarthy was very poor but in his defence it looked as if there was no plan or idiea of how to get the ball to him and consequently the game just passed him by. Clarke at LF looked a decent player but pace wise I thought he struggled and was exposed by the way Uruguay were set up with their wide men hugging the touchlines and really stretching our defence.
All in all not a bad nights entertainment.

Billys Boots

QuoteDecided to bring the young lad along last night and enjoyed the game (40 euro for both us which I reckon is still about 15 euro too dear).

They were flogging adult and child tickets in Elvery's (next door) for €30 on Sunday at the sponsored walk - did you not go?  ;)
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Declan

Quotedid you not go?

Didn't make it and got into trouble for organising a "friendly"

Hardy

Quote from: ross4life on March 29, 2011, 08:14:00 PM
Quote from: Hardy on March 29, 2011, 07:43:56 PM
Quote from: ross4life on March 29, 2011, 05:56:34 PM
Why didn't the FAI fix one of the home nations games for today instead of pointless friendly?

What "home" are they talking about?

Isn't played in Dublin where we play the home nations?

What?

Declan

Hardy the refernece to the "home" nations is the old tournament that used be palyed between England, Scot,Wales and NI that was cancelled back in the 80s but was revived under the aspices of the "Carling" tournament but with the RoI replacing England

Hardy

Thanks Declan. So it's just casual cultural imperialism again, in the same vein as "the mainland" and "the Open", etc?

muppet

Quote from: Hardy on March 30, 2011, 10:47:39 AM
Thanks Declan. So it's just casual cultural imperialism again, in the same vein as "the mainland" and "the Open", etc?

Royals?  ;)
MWWSI 2017

Hardy

We were royals when they were wiping the arses of their Roman slavemasters.

Billys Boots

Quote from: Declan on March 30, 2011, 09:44:52 AM
Quotedid you not go?

Didn't make it and got into trouble for organising a "friendly".

Yeah there was a ban on football imposed on our club for Sunday - in view of what happened (and/or didn't) on the 'walk of nightmares', it is being seen as a wasted day.
My hands are stained with thistle milk ...

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