Portugal v ROI- WCQ 2022

Get Robbo back in, get Hendrick out. Big improvement

Long may it continue :grinning:

Jason Knight will be a big help too.

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Youā€™ve seen him once, not for the full 90 minutes

Cullen for me was excellent. Even McGrath. Flood of good youngsters in tonight.

Christy finishes the night on 111. A harbinger of bad luck that stuck on Nelson.

McGrath looked technically very good tonight.

Yeah I was trying to think how could they improve - defence now looks solid (touch wood) but we need to be able to control it further up the pitch to relieve the pressure. Idah could control it but he needs someone to play with - midfielders or another attacker. McGrath seems to have a good delivery, which we were lacking, but Hendrickā€™s whole game used to be about running and if he doesnā€™t have that anymore then heā€™s got nothing.

I would say put Molumby in for Hendrick and hopefully either Robinson or Parrott can replace Connolly.

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Thereā€™s been some horrible articles written about these lads, EPL cunts sniveling and laughing at the team in that disgusting fashion that can only be produced by an Irish EPL merchant. All this nonsense comparing the team continually to the WC 2002 side as its the fault of the players that they arent better( non value added nonsense by ken early and tommy conlon) , its almost disgusting you know- the players are ā€œcrapā€, ive never heard of them as they are outside my EPL top 6 neville and carragher circle so by default they are shit and i wont support themā€¦
I mean fellas blame Delaney but when you have toxic cunts like that in the country what else do you deserve. fucking hell

Look, i cant tolerate maclean but my God i fully respect the man , the effort he puts in and he gives 120% (now imagine what an off day would look like) and that to me is commendableā€¦ there is no money in this for these boys, is it 1700 a game maybe? there is no fame, they are ridiculed by their countrymen
look at jamie mcgrath, fella from athboy, played great tonight and youā€™ll have cunts roaring for Jota next week

future is bright lads
spock is the man

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Thatā€™s two ā€œIā€™ve seen those givenā€ type penalties that Connolly has been denied now in Belgrade and Faro. Two huge turning points in the campaign.

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Ya, Iā€™d admit its a snap judgment as Iā€™d seen nothing of him; but there seems to be big talk about him and looking at him tonight, Iā€™d say heā€™ll be very good. Strong athlete and a very natural defender who seemed to relish that defensive challenge. Most of the young defenders coming through the English academy system seem to love coming out with the ball playing passes so thought it was encouraging to find a lad like that who seems to be a natural defender.

The players are crap thing certainly isnā€™t fair on them. Promising players in there, many of whom performed well in underage tournaments reaching quarter-finals/semi-finals etc. Not in the league with Brian Kerrā€™s kids of the late 90ā€™s but giving us hope for the future nonetheless. Omabamidele acquitted himself very well tonight too when he came on.

100%, they can slate all they want but a Liverpool or Man Utd defeat would never hurt like this.

Was listening to Newstalk tonight and Byrne seemed to intimate that he can get fitter and is not there physically yet. Heā€™d have had to pace himself through that tonight so could hopefully see him really imposing himself on Saturday. His set piece is fantastic.

Knight and Cullen can hopefully develop into very solid, technically midfielders a la Mark Kinsella and that could knit the team together

yeah, continually comparing them to past generations and citing the " dearth of talent", " the lack of a personality", " nobdody who the floating supporter can identify with" what is the point in this ā€œjournalaismā€, what are they trying to achive aside from belittle the lads on the pitch?
we are where we are , the man is trying to develop a team of players and as long as each one puts in a shift you cant do any more

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Iā€™ll be at the Azerbaijan game too. The boys deserve the support

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I thought everyone was saying that the journalists havenā€™t been critical enough of Kenny and the team?

Nail on the head there lad,EPL fanboys would sicken your shit.

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Super post.

I admire what spock is trying to do. Still not sure he is the right man

Robbed??

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