Mexico have too much pace .
Yes. Itās not going well
I assume the FAI got a decent cheque for this ?
I guess this is the game to try it and then forget about it.
They probably had to pay for it.
Iād say heās only trying it because of our lack of options in other positions. We have 6 centre halves and no left backs in the squad. Weāre playing two wingers in centre midfield, Iām not sure why OāKane isnāt starting
How do OāDowda and Christie look?
Christieās been our best player going forward but thereās a lot of their play going down his side. OāDowdaās been poor but heās playing out of position tbf. Mexico are embarrassing us at the moment
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For fucks sake.
What changes did OāNeill make at half time (not that theyāre doing us any good)?
Ireland have never beaten Mexico. We wonāt be starting now, 3-0.
Why are we so useless against any decent side? Iām getting serious mocking here from the beaners.
Because we have been enslaved by the british way of playing football (loosely termed) which involves just hoofing the fucking thing as far as possible and running after it, instead of passing and moving. Itās called football for a reason. The sooner we start sending our young players to the continent instead of brexit land the better. This is what that fuckwit Delaney and the FAI should be doing, building relationships with academies and clubs in the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Italy etct etc and making sure no decent young Irish player ever sets foot in England or Scotland.
Neat finish from Stephen Gleeson, 1-3
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Or maybe weāre just shit and produce one or two class players every generation.
I donāt think we are. You donāt necessarily need to have monster world class players to compete. Our players donāt have the technical ability to play passing football as a team. Theyāre good footballers and I have no doubt there are plenty of young good footballers in Ireland who could be potentially very good professional and even representative footballers if they were playing in the right cultural set up. Our slavishness towards England as the only option has held our national teams back.
It has always amazed me how few Irish players have played professional football outside of England and to a lesser extent Scotland. We should be by passing these Neanderthal countries. Weāre a European country, maybe our footballing authorities should start acting like we are.
What the fuck are you talking about?
Very few English footballers have played on the continent mate, and they have 10x our population and itās their national game. At least we have the hurling and Gaelic excuse.
Iām just saying we have suffered from not sending young Irish players to countries other than Britain to learn their trade. That simple enough for you?
Yes and thatās gone well for them hasnāt it?
What heās saying mate is that Barca and the Madrids would be lining up to sign our budding superstars if it wasnāt for that embryonic leash we have with England and Scotland.