FAI...New Manager Hunt continues

[Capt Pat]

That is one nil to the Swiss.

[Boycey]

That is one nil to the Swiss.

They're on a roll now 

[BennyCake]

Ffs where was the urgency after levelling? Get up off your arse and get back for the kick off and try and win the feckin' thing. Over a minute wasted and another with McGoldrick subbed. All smiles on the bench with a draw. f**k sake. Big chance missed.

[laoislad]

The comments on Walters were in very poor taste but what was even worse was the audience lapping it all up. Keane still acts like he is the hard kid down the back of the school bus who calls the shots.

Any links to that?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJysMDzt6rQ

Not defending Keane but maybe because he's lost his own father lately, and not crying on TV about it, that's what he was getting at about Walters. Still, no need to bring in his personal circumstances into the discussion.

Nope, he was just being a cnut, which doesn't take much effort for Keane.

[laoislad]

Ffs where was the urgency after levelling? Get up off your arse and get back for the kick off and try and win the feckin' thing. Over a minute wasted and another with McGoldrick subbed. All smiles on the bench with a draw. f**k sake. Big chance missed.

Wouldn't say it was a big chance missed, the Swiss were by far the better team tonight. Some great defending from Ireland tonight and fair play to them for getting back into it but they were blessed to get a point from that game imo.

[BennyCake]

Ffs where was the urgency after levelling? Get up off your arse and get back for the kick off and try and win the feckin' thing. Over a minute wasted and another with McGoldrick subbed. All smiles on the bench with a draw. f**k sake. Big chance missed.

Wouldn't say it was a big chance missed, the Swiss were by far the better team tonight. Some great defending from Ireland tonight and fair play to them for getting back into it but they were blessed to get a point from that game imo.

Better team doesn't always win. 5 minutes left, have momentum, crowd behind you, great opportunity to nick a winner, and they piss about wasting time. Lump it up, nothing to lose. You need to win your home games, as I doubt Ireland will get the win out there.

[Baile Brigín 2]

Ffs where was the urgency after levelling? Get up off your arse and get back for the kick off and try and win the feckin' thing. Over a minute wasted and another with McGoldrick subbed. All smiles on the bench with a draw. f**k sake. Big chance missed.

Wouldn't say it was a big chance missed, the Swiss were by far the better team tonight. Some great defending from Ireland tonight and fair play to them for getting back into it but they were blessed to get a point from that game imo.

Better team doesn't always win. 5 minutes left, have momentum, crowd behind you, great opportunity to nick a winner, and they piss about wasting time. Lump it up, nothing to lose. You need to win your home games, as I doubt Ireland will get the win out there.

Except the ball, and they were hitting on the counter at that stage.

Lump it up ffs. Its international football.

[From the Bunker]

Have been enjoying Ireland under McCarthy. O'Neill had us in such a low place. Things had to freshen up!

We are not Brazil, but the guts and effort is back!

[BennyCake]

Ffs where was the urgency after levelling? Get up off your arse and get back for the kick off and try and win the feckin' thing. Over a minute wasted and another with McGoldrick subbed. All smiles on the bench with a draw. f**k sake. Big chance missed.

Wouldn't say it was a big chance missed, the Swiss were by far the better team tonight. Some great defending from Ireland tonight and fair play to them for getting back into it but they were blessed to get a point from that game imo.

Better team doesn't always win. 5 minutes left, have momentum, crowd behind you, great opportunity to nick a winner, and they piss about wasting time. Lump it up, nothing to lose. You need to win your home games, as I doubt Ireland will get the win out there.

Except the ball, and they were hitting on the counter at that stage.

Lump it up ffs. Its international football.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hSSOXkoNPVY


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RJup10szLr0

[laoislad]

Have been enjoying Ireland under McCarthy. O'Neill had us in such a low place. Things had to freshen up!

We are not Brazil, but the guts and effort is back!

I think our friends in the 6 counties have already trademarked that phrase....

[Baile Brigín 2]

Ffs where was the urgency after levelling? Get up off your arse and get back for the kick off and try and win the feckin' thing. Over a minute wasted and another with McGoldrick subbed. All smiles on the bench with a draw. f**k sake. Big chance missed.

Wouldn't say it was a big chance missed, the Swiss were by far the better team tonight. Some great defending from Ireland tonight and fair play to them for getting back into it but they were blessed to get a point from that game imo.

Better team doesn't always win. 5 minutes left, have momentum, crowd behind you, great opportunity to nick a winner, and they piss about wasting time. Lump it up, nothing to lose. You need to win your home games, as I doubt Ireland will get the win out there.

Except the ball, and they were hitting on the counter at that stage.

Lump it up ffs. Its international football.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hSSOXkoNPVY


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RJup10szLr0

1. 17 years ago and losing in injury time

2. 20 mins to go, targetted long ball for a runner in space as Germany held too high a line.

It would have been bonkers to start launching high balls at 1 - 1 the way they were set up.

[shark]

Have been enjoying Ireland under McCarthy. O'Neill had us in such a low place. Things had to freshen up!

We are not Brazil, but the guts and effort is back!

Agree. The standard of football last night was awful, yet I still thoroughly enjoyed the game. It's the weakest pool of players available in my lifetime (I'm older than any of the Ireland players!), yet they are still competitive due to collective effort and organisation. If they qualify with this group of players it will be fantastic, and bridge the gap nicely to what looks like a promising next generation of players.
If they get 3 points in Georgia (far from a guarantee), then 2 draws against Swiss and Danes will do the trick, provided there is a winner when those two teams play each other. If Denmark win in Geneva, then we could have a situation in the last game where Denmark and Ireland are both happy to draw with one another. Although a long way to go before that.

[BennyCake]

Ffs where was the urgency after levelling? Get up off your arse and get back for the kick off and try and win the feckin' thing. Over a minute wasted and another with McGoldrick subbed. All smiles on the bench with a draw. f**k sake. Big chance missed.

Wouldn't say it was a big chance missed, the Swiss were by far the better team tonight. Some great defending from Ireland tonight and fair play to them for getting back into it but they were blessed to get a point from that game imo.

Better team doesn't always win. 5 minutes left, have momentum, crowd behind you, great opportunity to nick a winner, and they piss about wasting time. Lump it up, nothing to lose. You need to win your home games, as I doubt Ireland will get the win out there.

Except the ball, and they were hitting on the counter at that stage.

Lump it up ffs. Its international football.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hSSOXkoNPVY


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RJup10szLr0

1. 17 years ago and losing in injury time

2. 20 mins to go, targetted long ball for a runner in space as Germany held too high a line.

It would have been bonkers to start launching high balls at 1 - 1 the way they were set up.

Ireland played Germany off the park in 02, and creating little. One long ball, they score.

If anything, lumping it in would have put the Swiss under pressure. Ireland mightn't have won the ball, but the Swiss has to at least deal with it.

[seafoid]

If the RoI soccer team was a GAA county, which one would it be ?
Maybe Antrim   ?

[imtommygunn]

No. ROI always punch above their weight. Fermanagh...