Spose at least NI and Wales didn’t qualify either so we don’t have to put up with that shite.
The New Official Republic of Ireland Football Thread
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On the plus side, we'll still.have 47 teams to support at the world cup.
Heartbreaking. So frustrated with that, feck Czechia too the east German wankers
Is it really a World Cup without El Mencho?
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Hard one to take but we have come so far from Kenny’s ridiculous management. Pretty much sure to be a home team at Euro 28. Our dentist manager knows what he is doing.
I know people will be loving the effort and journey, the usual heartbreak etc. I don't understand players giving away stupid penalties in non dangerous positions.
Football is all about momentum and that idiotic shirt pull changed everything. Don't want to see Manning being given any abuse but he really cost us today
Football is all about momentum and that idiotic shirt pull changed everything. Don't want to see Manning being given any abuse but he really cost us today
What did I do?
How is nothing being made of their player deliberately targeting Szmodics? The replay clearly shows him ignoring the ball in the air, looking at Szmodics and smashing him. Absolute cnut.
Like that Fergie quote. Could have killed him. Turns out he nearly did.
Went to England
If we managed to get to HT 2-0 up the game would have been so different.
If we managed to score the pen after the save. Fecking heartbreaking
Heimar said so after the match, yes.
Fecking hell he really got hurt badly.
Yeah! You never felt we had the guys to step up and slot one after the first couple though.
Just back from the pub. Christ that was crushing.
Looked pretty innocuous.
It really didn't. He was unconscious in mid air. Watch it again.
This is going to feel worse in the morning.
Game was 100mph from start to finish
Pity we dont have anyone to put foot on the ball and slow tempo down.
2 nil up no talent there to just take step back and say let's keep it simple here.
Pity we dont have anyone to put foot on the ball and slow tempo down.
2 nil up no talent there to just take step back and say let's keep it simple here.
Pure dirtbaggery of the highest order. Was only ever looking at Szmodics not the ball.
Poor Troy sounds absolutely heartbroken. Seamus Coleman never getting to a World Cup is a feckin travesty. Suspect he may throw in the towel after the Qatar game (which might help the FAI shift tickets)
What a kick in the balls that was.
He'd have gotta red card in rugby.
Yellow with bunker review and then elevated to red.
Future captain there.
He was holding his oxygen mask as he left the pitch, pretty impressive if the medics got him doing that whilst unconscious
You'd get sent off in rugby for that. It was a clear red card, just shoulders him mid air with no intent to play the ball, but the ref just let them away with that shit all game. 25 fouls - 1 yellow card, that just emboldened them to keep going.
So this is going to take a while to get over, isn’t it?
Even after sleeping on it still beyond pissed at Manning. Can't recall the last time I've been so annoyed at one individual Ireland player as much. It's just feck me we were on top they were really rattled and he handed them a lifeline
The good news is that after the week of disappointment that will follow last night, we will have an awful reminder in June when that 1st group game comes round.
He's a fecking clown.
Totally inexcusable. He was even on the right side of the attacker and he still shit the bed.
Sure, but he definitely fell unconscious again later if so. Heimar commented on it. This report is accurate.
Heimir didn’t seem to know how to articulate consciousness in the interview after. I suspect it might have been a language issue.
Yep, exactly what I said. Bunker review and red card.
In rugby, it's very clear that it's foul play if your intent is to take out an opponent. They were doing it all night with body checks.
Is it just a football blindspot that wiping out a player with your upper body can be just as dangerous as a two footed tackle? And in Szmodic's case, even more dangerous.
I think targeting a player in the air with no intention of playing the ball should be a straight red card. I've noticed it creeping in a bit more lately, even when I was playing and it definitely needs to be stamped out. Incredibly dangerous, especially if you land wrong, at best you might get winded, but at worst you get knocked out or if you land awkwardly, you could seriously feck up your knee. Which I've seen happen.