Ireland v Switzerland

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Yikes from Sykes.

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O’Shea has failed the audition

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Knight was very poor

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If you could put Sykes pace and power into Johnston you’d have a passable winger

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Game but limited and has had enough chances

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He was terrible

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Sheazy out

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Mick “at least he knows all the players”. Jesus surely there’s more qualifications needed.

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With O’Shea and Collins pace-they should quit the 3 at the back

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No goal in two games.

That Ogbene fuck up after a couple of mins v Belgium looks to have put the kabosh on things .

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Hopefully the Poles deal with Giggsy’s lads here

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Collins or Obama-dembele could play the holding midfielder role comfortably enough I’d say

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Goalkeeper unsettled the back 4. He’ll surely be no.2 from here out.

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Coleman is becoming one of those nicely cantankerous older players since his pace has gone. Still mixing it & playing well but committing loads of fouls due to being beaten for pace & then berating ref & opponents.

Bazunu was disappointing for the goal.

Ireland’s passing was absolutely brutal in the first half. Any hint of a press & we coughed it up & there were loads of occasions when simple passes went astray under little pressure too.

Good cameo by Idah there.

The lack of guile in midfield is killing the team. I think we’ll need to have a look at playing someone centrally off a striker in the ANDY REID / WES HOOLAHAN role who can play a bit. Dunno if Azaz or Szmodics could do it.

Don’t think you’ll score enough goals against half decent sides without having someone central who can pick a pass. Most organised sides can defend crosses & clipped balls down the channels.

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Ferguson is woefully out of form. Very low on confidence and way too easy play against tonight. He gets manoeuvred out of the way far too easily. Hopefully gets a break soon and scores at club level,

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Mikey Johnston has been excellent in his short Ireland career so far. Would be a bit weird to get rid of him based on a friendly

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Confidence is shattered. Could do with a summer break.

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I missed this evening’s match and only caught some of “Stuey’s” post match analysis on Off the Ball on the way home.

Did Andrew Moran get a run at all? He was being hyped up seriously by @EstebanSexface last year

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He won’t go past a top full back I don’t think. He isn’t really a massive outlet or a big presser. He’d be better in a team that dominates posession which I don’t think Ireland will do against top 20 or 30 teams.

He is one for home games against smaller countries, against a low block when Ireland have plenty of ghe ball.

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I think it was @Bandage said after his debut that Johnston is a great player off the bench to mix things up but often struggles as a starter. Seems to be following the same trend with his Ireland career

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