The U19s mangaed to turn a 1 goal advantage in the 75th minute into a 4-1 loss to Portugal. 
Mediocre line by Rob Hawthorne there.
Will Keane looking to land a decisive blow tonight, somewhat like another Will in Hollywood the other night. Too forced for my liking.
Ogbene with a good finish but disallowed for offside. Excellent play by Robinson and Manning. I like how Ogbene gets into central goal scoring areas from a wide starting position.
We’re all over these cunts
That deteriorated quite sharply after a bright opening 10-15 minutes. Ireland have been sloppy on the ball and Lithuania have offered nothing. They’re just sitting in and defending and we haven’t been good enough to create anything.
A dreadful half in fairness. Manning in particular looks devoid of any ability.
This isn’t very inspiring
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They’ve woken up. Doherty has been better the last few weeks both for the country and club.
Hourihane will shoot on sight for the rest of the game now
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Great to see Kenny giving some inexperienced players a try as he brings on James McClean for his 90th cap
McClean is about 30 caps over the hill at this stage.
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I would have liked to see Kenny keep a similar team to Saturday tonight. A consistent team at international level, especially for smaller countries, is very important in my view.
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Fair to say it didn’t go too well for Manning and Keane tonight. A bit better in the second half with Doherty and Ogbene instigating most of the positive stuff.
A Chris Morris special from Doherty.
Poor by McClean
Oh a third disallowed goal.
Parrott too slow to release the ball.
Manning is still on the pitch. Must be O’Shea who went off. I must up my concentration levels.
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Timed the ball to perfection! Far too slow releasing it
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How’s Scott Hogan doing this season? I’d have an Obafemi or a Scully in before him at this stage.
Actually it seems Hogan is having a decent enough season in the championship for Birmingham.
He had to give that to McClean as he was bombing into the space instead of using him as a decoy and then giving it to him after he’d gone offside. McClean’s going full pelt and can’t just stop abruptly.
Browne is a trier and he makes good runs into the box (see Saturday). But Christ he’s an untidy footballer, poor touch and lots of misplaced passes.
Robinson is a bit of a dick, I think.
Very little of any quality on show tonight from Ireland. Just good old fashioned honest endeavour.