FAI...June 2024 Friendlies v Hungary and Portugal

[laoislad]

When Robbie retires(probably sometime around the year 2030)he will rightly be regarded as the greatest ever striker Ireland have ever had and one of Irelands greatest ever players full stop.
Looking forward to tonight now, with a bit of luck we could be 4 ahead of the Scots with two games left to play.

[oakleaflad]

Ireland team

Given; Coleman, O Shea, Clark, Brady; McCarthy, Whelan, Hendrick; Hoolahan; Walters, Keane

[5 Sams]

Such an important game and its not a sell out. Times have changed...what's the problem? Ticket prices?

[Muck Savage]

Such an important game and its not a sell out. Times have changed...what's the problem? Ticket prices?

165k in Croke Park over the weekend. Maybe no one has money left!
Hard to watch this style of football.

[galwayman]

Such an important game and its not a sell out. Times have changed...what's the problem? Ticket prices?

Ireland are extremely hard to watch.

[Bord na Mona man]

Such an important game and its not a sell out. Times have changed...what's the problem? Ticket prices?

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It would be a factor. People are now out of the habit of going. They should offer the tickets at a nominal price for the friendlies to try and get people interested in going to the qualifiers.

[From the Bunker]

Such an important game and its not a sell out. Times have changed...what's the problem? Ticket prices?

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It would be a factor. People are now out of the habit of going. They should offer the tickets at a nominal price for the friendlies to try and get people interested in going to the qualifiers.

Monday night?

[general_lee]

Poor enough from Ireland apart from last five or ten mins with the tempo upped a bit. Georgia are well organised at back/parking the bus and are incredibly hard to break down. Big second half needed. I'd bring Shane Long on for a bit more physicality, Robbie Keane not getting much joy to be fair.

[laoislad]

Whats the official attendance tonight? 30-35k?  Most Premier League clubs outside the top 4 would only get that so its not really that small of a crowd.
It's a Monday night also and a huge amount from outside Dublin go to Ireland matches so its understandable many haven't travelled tonight it being a Monday.

Fair shite match alright though in fairness.

[Itchy]

I can hardly watch it on TV, can't imagine paying in to watch this rubbish. Only Brady and Hoolahan are trying to play. The rest are too afraid to pass the ball into feet and go for return.

[JoG2]

It's the central midfield that dictate the tempo.  Whelan is slower than my great aunt Mary and McCarthy is very overrated

[CitySlicker11]

To be fair, Coleman is trying too.

[JPGJOHNNYG]

Painfull to watch. Why are they so bad. Turned over to northern ireland and in 5 minutes saw them look more dangerous than the rep with suppossed more limited players. Every must win match in this campaign has ended up with ireland playing so negatively. High balls to robbie and wessi - says it all.

[JoG2]

The Scots level with Germany at half time as well. 

[Shamrock Shore]

Really really awful stuff.

I think a scrambled 1-0 win is best we can hope for