He plays in Spain, and you know where he learns the antics.Nialler said:
what did he do?
Ireland V's Israel
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what did he do?
Are you down to 10 men?
he's a pansy, the most theatrical goalie I've ever seenholyland red said:
Free Kick come on Ireland
you got 7 mins of Injury timeNialler said:
Are you Milan in disguise?
holyland red said:
yes, the goalie and O'Brien got into a small scuffle, both players struck each other but the goalie stayed on the pitch
how gayish of him...Nialler said:
his gayness has led to 7 mins of injury timeholyland red said:how gayish of him...
2-2 Shit!
full time 2-2
it's all over
2:2
2:2
by the sound of it we played like scousers...
2:0 down in no time, and then putting 11 men behind the ball.
You bastards are lucky there is no penalty shootout
2:0 down in no time, and then putting 11 men behind the ball.
You bastards are lucky there is no penalty shootout
Israel are a pretty resilient team, deserved the drawholyland red said:by the sound of it we played like scousers...
2:0 down in no time, and then putting 11 men behind the ball.
You bastards are lucky there is no penalty shootout
Well, it seems the lads put their shooting boots on tonight
Absolute farce.
Pure WWF that was.
That ref shold never be allowed to officiate again. He must be related to the Israeli keeper. I've never seen such a joke performance by an official, apart from maybe Jeff Winter in the Cup Final last year.
That said, we dropped a two goal lead, and the whole country could see it happening about 15 minutes before it did.
Pure WWF that was.
That ref shold never be allowed to officiate again. He must be related to the Israeli keeper. I've never seen such a joke performance by an official, apart from maybe Jeff Winter in the Cup Final last year.
That said, we dropped a two goal lead, and the whole country could see it happening about 15 minutes before it did.
I watched the match and was cheering for Israel (i.e. giving the Irish as much support as the Irish give England) - however, you were robbed, and I was almost hoping you would get a deserved winner as the Keeper's antics were really annoying me.
That's three matches in a row where a team has been totally played off the park but got the result they want. At least, as Holyland said, there were no penalties for Ireland to lose.
That's three matches in a row where a team has been totally played off the park but got the result they want. At least, as Holyland said, there were no penalties for Ireland to lose.
My thoughts exactly after that match. The last 3 games I've watched (FA Cup final, champ league final, Ireland - Israel) have been travesties of justice. Better team not getting what they deserve, commanding leads thrown away/not taken advantage of. Football is starting to piss me offgreen demon said:
Complete feck up on our part, we should have 6 points from the last 2 games and be set for winning the group. Now there's no margin for error and qualification is on a knife edge.
Judging by Israel's results and the manner they've got them (lots of luck) I reckon they're gonna finish runners up. It's one of those destiny/fate/written in the stars bullshit situations that happens so often in football
We have only ourselves to blame though - feck!!!!!
cheer up Niall.
we seem to struggle against the minnows, and we still have to play the Faroes twice.
we seem to struggle against the minnows, and we still have to play the Faroes twice.
Its been a totally shitty few weeks football wise, my 7-aside team is even starting to fuch up after a promising start.Niall said:
Havbe you just been back from a lengthy injury?Murt said:
Fifa or UEFA or some bunch of retards have dismissed our appeal over O'Brien's vicious left right combination on that tough Israeli keeper......the farce continues....I think Andy O'Brien has been arrested as well in connection with a spate of unexplained murders, but the keeper doesn't want to press charges for last night, saying he just wants to 'get on with his life'.
Yeah that appeal rejection is utter fecking bollox. Just when I thought last night's result couldn't piss me off more. I mean come on ffs, are FIFA fecking blind?!?! O'Brien didn't do a god damn thing, that gimp of a goalkeeper fell over, grabbed his face, then sat up, grabbed O'Brien with both hands, O'Brien shrugged him off and the keeper fell back down holding his face for the 39th time in 10 minutes.
It's nothing but a farce that FIFA won't overturn that red card. This has been one of the worst footballing months in memory, if not the worst. The whole footballing world seems to have gone crazy!!
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btw I'm fecking livid about this if you hadn't noticed!
It's nothing but a farce that FIFA won't overturn that red card. This has been one of the worst footballing months in memory, if not the worst. The whole footballing world seems to have gone crazy!!
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btw I'm fecking livid about this if you hadn't noticed!
The keeper punched O'Brien, who turned around as if to say wft? At no stage did he even raise his hands. Total farce.
It's clear that Andy was hit, look at his disfigurement.
It's clear that Andy was hit, look at his disfigurement.
don't start me on that poncey bitch of a so called goalkeeper............kidnap the cnut and force him to watch his antics last night, even he would have to own up and accept the fact that he's a pires of the highest orderKeane16 said:
Those antics were worse than Rivaldo's during the last world cup.
was it that bad? 
glad I did not waste my time and watched the farce
glad I did not waste my time and watched the farce
Yep, it was that bad. Worse than Ben Haim and Rooney as there was no contract.holyland red said:was it that bad?
glad I did not waste my time and watched the farce
Ben Haim v Rooney, Ben Haim v Trezeguet, Awat v O'Brien... Israeli players are certainly getting a reputation.
The world should prepare for another 'show' in the world cup. With the luck Israel have had so far in this tournament, I'm certain they'll qualify.
C'mon Amir, don't rush to conclusions re trends. It's so tempting to slag off the team which has used everything possible to reach a decent position for making it to the WC through a European qualification group. I don't like the diving one bit, but we are only as bad as anyone else in that department.Amir said:
Owen, Ronaldo, Figo, Pires, Ruud...the entire Porto XI last season and so on...
Diving is bad, pretending to have been hit when you weren't touched or only mildly touched is the worst. And thats what Israeli players have been doing.holyland red said:
It's been funny enough when they've done so in our own league. It's like an internal joke, that Israeli footballers can't actually play so they act, but on the international stage its DISGUSTING.
Amir said:
I don't like it one bit, but still think that you are a bit harsh in claiming we invented these dirty tricks. I'd think the Israeli players only follow the example of others.
Amir is not claiming Israelis invented diving, cheating, etc but sounds like at least in the Irish game your keeper (by the accounts I've read here as I didn't see the game either) did his part in bringing the game down.
That said, the Irish can ony rue the 4 dropped points. Qualification can rest on errors like we've seen against Israel I just hope that the Irish can make up the points somewhere else - and have a few other results go their way.
That said, the Irish can ony rue the 4 dropped points. Qualification can rest on errors like we've seen against Israel I just hope that the Irish can make up the points somewhere else - and have a few other results go their way.
nobody is saying Israel invented those cowardly theatrical antics, what they are saying however is that Israel or to be more precise, their goalkeeper, has adopted those antics and its disgusting to see in an international match. That goalie should hang his head in shameholyland red said:
holyland red said:
If you played like us you'd be European champions.
Or 5th place in league, 3rd rd dropouts in FA Cup, and losers in the League Cup final.Nate said:
But keep your chin up...maybe your club can be the first to win the Champions Cup/League and then win the UEFA Cup the following season.
We made the mistake in the first half of being complacent and to be honest a little bit arrogant. At 2-0 up we thought the game was won and let Israel back into the game.
That said we were unlucky in the second half but the desperation lead to volatile finishing.
I'm not going to go on about it too much but the ref made some very strange decisions and the Israeli keeper was a prick.
That said we were unlucky in the second half but the desperation lead to volatile finishing.
I'm not going to go on about it too much but the ref made some very strange decisions and the Israeli keeper was a prick.
Keep your fecking chin up Yankie.MrMarcello said:Or 5th place in league, 3rd rd dropouts in FA Cup, and losers in the League Cup final.
But keep your chin up...maybe your club can be the first to win the Champions Cup/League and then win the UEFA Cup the following season.
I'd not swap our season for yours.
Kerr is being very good about it. Considering the ref was bent, the keeper acted bent, and UEFA turned down a dead cert appeal without even looking at it, I'd say he had a right to go feckin' potty. He's probably trying to keep his head for the game on Wednesday. If this was England suffering bullshit like this, there'd be feckin' murder.Lynott said:
The Israeli's were a disgrace to the sport.I haven't seen that level of gamesmanship in a long time, the Italians would have learnt something from their performance and that's saying something.
At the end of the day though they are getting points, and it seems to be the way the game is going ie the best football team doesn't always win.Look at Greece, look at Liverpool and there is a good chance this band of time wasters may make the world cup.
I know in the past Ireland have beaten better teams by playing to its strengths which included crosses for the likes of Cascarino,Quinn,Stapleton etc to attack.That's fair enough but for these teams to rely on aspects such as time wasting, feigning injury etc is out of order.
The World Cup will be a better competition with genuine teams like Ireland than a bunch of cheats like Israel.
At the end of the day though they are getting points, and it seems to be the way the game is going ie the best football team doesn't always win.Look at Greece, look at Liverpool and there is a good chance this band of time wasters may make the world cup.
I know in the past Ireland have beaten better teams by playing to its strengths which included crosses for the likes of Cascarino,Quinn,Stapleton etc to attack.That's fair enough but for these teams to rely on aspects such as time wasting, feigning injury etc is out of order.
The World Cup will be a better competition with genuine teams like Ireland than a bunch of cheats like Israel.
It's down to the ref though, if he'd dealt with them early enough (they started playacting right after half time ffs), then it wouldn't have gotten as out of hand as it did. He completely lost control of the Israelis and didn't seem to have any interest in getting it back. I remember him laughing at one stage as Duff complained about the time wasting or the diving something.
nothing particular against Israel here but I wonder why Fifa doesn't look at the game video and if they decide that the Irish player was ejected unfairly then they should rescind the red card. I'd like them to take it further though and have them impose a (say, 3 match) ban on the player that was using the theatrics.
The incident with Rivaldo at the last WC was another example where I wish they'd ban him for his actions at that time. maybe then that kind of behaviour will cease. I know it's hard to do but there has to be a better way than the current system.
The incident with Rivaldo at the last WC was another example where I wish they'd ban him for his actions at that time. maybe then that kind of behaviour will cease. I know it's hard to do but there has to be a better way than the current system.