Cyprus 5 - Republic of Ireland 2
In the words of a fat, bigotted, Mancunian working men's club 'comedian': "What a fucking disgrace!"
This must be the worst Irish performance I've ever seen. I think it even outranks the dreadful 3-2 defeat to Macedonia in Skopje in 1997. Despite a promising start - we went 1-0 up after 8 minutes - the team lacked direction and were disorganised in defence and more or less anonymous in midfield. Andy O'Brien (normally reliable) had an absolute shocker and was at fault for at least two of Cyprus's goals. We were lucky to get away with conceding only 5 goals. The Cypriots should have got 8 or 9 with the post or crossbar only denying them. We were really that bad.
I can only imagine what the newspapers will say and they're will be many in pubs across the land calling for Stan's head. It might be a little premature, but it does appear to have been an unwise decision on the part of the FAI to appoint an inexperienced manager. Obviously the thinking behind his appointment was that he would be popular with both players and fans and easy to influence. It doesn't help that Stan doesn't have Bobby Robson's counsel - due to ilness - to call upon at the moment. However, that wasn't that an inexperienced team that was put out and Stan's managerial shortcomings were cruely exposed. If we play like that on Wednesday night, we'll be torn apart by the Czech Republic.
This must be the worst Irish performance I've ever seen. I think it even outranks the dreadful 3-2 defeat to Macedonia in Skopje in 1997. Despite a promising start - we went 1-0 up after 8 minutes - the team lacked direction and were disorganised in defence and more or less anonymous in midfield. Andy O'Brien (normally reliable) had an absolute shocker and was at fault for at least two of Cyprus's goals. We were lucky to get away with conceding only 5 goals. The Cypriots should have got 8 or 9 with the post or crossbar only denying them. We were really that bad.I can only imagine what the newspapers will say and they're will be many in pubs across the land calling for Stan's head. It might be a little premature, but it does appear to have been an unwise decision on the part of the FAI to appoint an inexperienced manager. Obviously the thinking behind his appointment was that he would be popular with both players and fans and easy to influence. It doesn't help that Stan doesn't have Bobby Robson's counsel - due to ilness - to call upon at the moment. However, that wasn't that an inexperienced team that was put out and Stan's managerial shortcomings were cruely exposed. If we play like that on Wednesday night, we'll be torn apart by the Czech Republic.
posted by Kealo at 00:03
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A much better performance on Wednesday. Ireland defended well and Lee Carsley added a lot more bite in central midfield and provided cover for the defence. We were still poor up front with Keane and Duff being below par. Keane could have one it at the death, but headed wide. However, a draw was probably a fair result.
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