Small victories, I guess.
Iād rescind the like I gave to Sidney there, but the cunt of a site wonāt let me.
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Disagree, they failed to create many opportunities in the first half against us even when they had the vast majority of the possession. Lucky not to concede a penalty and caught us on the break straight from that and it was much easier for them to counter when we had to push forward. Theyāll struggle against the better teams
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Fucki g hell @rocko. You are seriously suggesting getting second hand yanks in as the way forward ???
Iām incredulous.
As an aside. I doubt this irish team would survive in the epl. They would likely struggle in the championship. Itās just the way it is.
I think we have a great chance of a draw against Italy, but a win will be difficult.
Canāt see the IT management wanting to lose that winning momentum.
the SRFC youth academy is the only thing that can save Oirish football
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FFS lads thinking a draw agin Italy would be a good result,Ireland are shit at this soccer lark,the late 80s early 90s was an anomaly,we were rubbish before and weāve been rubbish since,weāre back to our level
Coaching is absolurely gash and the FAI have no idea what they are at.
Coaching education in general in Ireland is brutal.
People in Ireland only have a passing interest in soccer in the main. A place has to be absolutely soccer mad to get anywhere with a population such as ours, like Croatia or Uruguay
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football is by far the most popular team sport in terms of playing numbers
Thereās no culture to it though mate. Sad to say, but Ireland has little or no distinct football culture any more.
Weāre a shit england.
It will take a long time and a lot of work to change it. Sure, weāll rattle along to any big tournament we get to and have the craic, but at the end of the day, weāre just a shit england.
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Northern Ireland are a far superior team to Eire
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Eire must have huge number of soccer players just hoofing the ball 50 yards into touch every Sunday morning kid.
Correct. There are literally tens of thousands of players getting changed in prefabs or disused artic trailers every Sunday.
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Correct.corrupt governments goving grants to ethnocentric organisations to blame
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The fact is that qualifying for any major tournament is the limit of our aspirations. We just donāt have the resources or the structures to compete with the big boys on a consistent basis. Weāll always dig out the odd result but expecting us to go toe to toe with sides like Belgium is farcical.
Our domestic league is creaking. People moan about it - āitās shitā - but have never been to games or supported it. Stop letting your kids turn into fat PlayStation cunts and get them down to your local club, both playing for and supporting their local teams.
Hoolohan is a decent enough player but the fact a limited player like him is one of the few players we have who is calm on the ball is a damning indictment of where we are at. Weāve nothing coming through either, could be the last tournament we play in for a while.
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I had to laugh yesterday morning when the pinnacle of the Hoolahan hysteria almost reached itās peak IMO, the great Paul McGrath was on with whoever is in for Marian Finucane and he said that Hoolahan would get on any team in the world, heās in and out of the Norwich team FFS sake.
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Ireland punch way above their weight at most sports. They are relatively competitive on a global scale in soccer. What more can anyone ask?
There are too many other sports about and too rubbish a climate for lads to concentrate on honing soccerballing skills 24/7.
Be nice to get another game or two at the euros but tried their best, hey ho.
And Galway beat cletus and Co on their own patch so alls well.
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Look. Eire are only there for a piss up. They are not a serious football team. Everyone laughs at them because their simpleton fans sing a few songs and are great craic. Thatās about the height of it. Northern Ireland are a far better team
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Eire should concentrate on sports they are good at like Gaa. On a global scale, boxing and horse racing is the only thing I can think off where we are top class. Thatās where the real tinker in us comes out
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Look at the team yesterday.
Randolph - West 'Am reserve
Coleman - first choice for a mid table premier league team.
OāShea - kept out of a Sunderland team battling the drop at the end of the season. Great servant but the end is nigh.
Clark - first choice for one of the worst top flight aides in Europe last season.
Ward - couldnāt get a game at Burnley.
Brady - relegated with Norwich
Whelan - Stoke stalwart.
McCarthy - midtable premier league player.
Hendrick - struggling to get a game at Derby in the Championship.
Hoolohan - in and out at Norwich who were relegated.
Long - a striker who doesnāt score consistently.
MON and Roy did a great job getting us to France.
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