Happens after every good result. They spend as much time validating their pre match nonsense as they do analysing the actual game.
Republic Of Ireland Football Thread
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Totally justified in turning down a jolly to this game. 
Just got home. Mon dafuq, Ireland!
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeooooooooowwwww!
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeooooooooowwwww!
Absolutley buzzing, Wales are nought without Bale, barely tested our defence. Time to reset and do it all again in a few weeks.
Denmark in play off please
Wohoo
Get the feck in! Still all to do, but bring on the playoffs
Please get France in the playoffs.
Ireland created one clear chance all game and are the joint lowest scorers of all the second placed teams so Eamon's criticisms of O Neill aren't entirely unjust
Cundy on Talksport saying it was a masterclass just to wind folk up. The Dick
YA F.U.C.K.I.N.G BOYS!!!!
Go suck a f**k xo
Is correct. His negativity cost us top spot imho.
Yet we beat two teams higher ranked than us away from home in this campaign - compared to doing this only once since 1987.
And probably with one of our most average squads as well in quite some time. Let’s not kid ourselves, 4th best team in our group on paper.
International games is results driven, little room for error. Sooner people get their head out of the clouds the fecking better
COYBIG
See you in Dublin for the play off xx
You can't play against them check here the updated FIFA rankings, don't know if Sweden wins tomorrow they can pass Denmark.
https://www.fctables.com/fifa-rankings/
Thanks.
Better be a Friday or Saturday - no holidays left....blew them for Benfica away next week
It is a testament to the players we got through.
The tactics are awful. We look absolutely shattered by 70m every game because of how we play.
Duffy and Clark we're immense today but wales were not particularly threatening. They are just as likely to give up a mistake next game. Same with ward
Meyler will be a big loss in the first leg hopefully we don't revert to whelan. Nothing player.
It's a great result but in all reality we should have won this group. We were 5 points clear at one point and gave up pathetic points because our manager does not trust our players. It is a shame but the press will gloss over that fact and the result will mask the deficiency. If Iceland can top a group of Croatia, Ukraine and turkey we can and should have the belief to top Serbia, Austria and Wales especially with a 5 point lead
I can't see us beating anyone seeded in the playoffs to be honest. Our best bet is Sweden(I think, unsure of when seedlings are from) over Italy, Croatia and either Switzerland/Portugal but here is to hoping our players courage and guts can see us through because I don't believe our managers tactics will.
Also would love to see Coleman back to lead us at World Cup especially knowing it was at the expense of Wales. Absolute dirt bags of a team I don't care what anyone says
The tactics are awful. We look absolutely shattered by 70m every game because of how we play.
Duffy and Clark we're immense today but wales were not particularly threatening. They are just as likely to give up a mistake next game. Same with ward
Meyler will be a big loss in the first leg hopefully we don't revert to whelan. Nothing player.
It's a great result but in all reality we should have won this group. We were 5 points clear at one point and gave up pathetic points because our manager does not trust our players. It is a shame but the press will gloss over that fact and the result will mask the deficiency. If Iceland can top a group of Croatia, Ukraine and turkey we can and should have the belief to top Serbia, Austria and Wales especially with a 5 point lead
I can't see us beating anyone seeded in the playoffs to be honest. Our best bet is Sweden(I think, unsure of when seedlings are from) over Italy, Croatia and either Switzerland/Portugal but here is to hoping our players courage and guts can see us through because I don't believe our managers tactics will.
Also would love to see Coleman back to lead us at World Cup especially knowing it was at the expense of Wales. Absolute dirt bags of a team I don't care what anyone says
These aren't the days of Harte, Duff, Staunton, Keane, Keane, O'Shea, Given, Quinn, McAteer, Holland, Kilbane, et al (even the likes of Connolly).
To reach the European Championships and a World Cup play off with this squad (McCarthy and Coleman, two best players injured) is a fecking great achievement. O'Neill has done very well. This is the worst Irish team on paper in decades.
To reach the European Championships and a World Cup play off with this squad (McCarthy and Coleman, two best players injured) is a fecking great achievement. O'Neill has done very well. This is the worst Irish team on paper in decades.
We're also one of the worst 2nd place sides though.
8th second placed in 9.
The other way to look at that is that we were five points clear (and ultimately finished second) in a group where we had probably the fourth best group of players?
If we underperformed so badly and still finished second then the Serbians, Welsh and Austrians should be absolutely ashamed of themselves.
Meyler, Duffy and McClean all epic tonight. Martin O'Neill has been making critics eat their words for decades. I'm a fan. It's not tiki taka but it's not as bad as sections of the media (Dunphy) try to make out. Thoroughly enjoyed that
Greece is arguable, I think there's a bit more about us and Sweden weren't up to much when we played at the Euros.
I would say were more of a cup team in terms of stats. This squad won't consistently score goals or play expansive football for a period of time but we fight to give ourselves a chance every game we play.
I wasn't saying my opinion, I was checking the rankings of second placed teams in Wikipedia, if we tomorrow don't beat Switzerland the unseeded team I would like to get is Greece, even after 2004, and avoid Sweden at all costs.
Couldn't agree more.
Bit of a shit match between us tonight. The second I knew we were going in without Bale, I didn't have much expectations. We lack the cutting edge.
Good finish by McClean tonight and on the whole, defended well.
Congratulations.
Good finish by McClean tonight and on the whole, defended well.
Congratulations.
Totally agree its not like Wes is gonna make the whole team perform like barca even when we had keane and keane in cm and cf we still played pretty similar obviously Keano would put his foot on the ball in his latter years but under jack it was even worse than under O Neill and he had a far superior pool of players to pick from probably our best ever
Its the Ireland way after all we're just here for the craic
Good win. We scored a good goal too, well made and well finished.
Hard to see us beating any of the seeds over 2 legs but at least we are there.Great spirit in the side.
Hard to see us beating any of the seeds over 2 legs but at least we are there.Great spirit in the side.
You play to your strengths. We can play Wes and have a few nice passages but we're still unlikely to score. Focusing on our pressing, counter attacks and set pieces win us games. Our strengths are our work rate, tackling ability, set pieces and most importantly, our attitude. You can tell that almost all of the squad absolutely love playing for Ireland which I feel really gives us an edge. Murphy can't start again though, Long for all his faults helps the team much more. Hopefully we see more Maguire instead of Murphy also who has been sensational for 18 months (and Whelan should be put away for Rice/O'Kane).
Just to also note, players like Hendrick, McClean and Brady aren't pub players like media make out. We've all seen them exceptional moments over the past few years - turn off RTE and let your own eyes do some work. And Liam Brady is talked pure crap too - there's a decent selection of young players coming through with O'Dowda, Maguire, Rice and Cullen on the fringes as well as O'Connor, Molumby, Kelleher, Ronan, Parrott, McAuley further down the line.
Awful match but a wins a win! Well done Ireland
He was class. Yea, think they had that treatment coming. Fair play to the ref, let a bit go.
Just got home from the pub. Epic night. Savage performance from the lads. Great singing by the Welsh. One Welsh lad in the pub he was ... eh, gracious. But we went mental when we scored. The last five minutes was excruciating, but we totally deserved it. Great save by Darren Randolph i teh first half. The goal was a thing of beauty. Yesssssssssssss..... come on, Ireland.
Well said, mate.
Might be more interest in your post in this thread. I read it and forgot how many feckin playoffs we have lost
Thanks yeah it would've been better posted in here!
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