How do you feel right now?

Conor Messi wrote: A strange combination of tired, pissed off, disappointed and horny.

so true!

a bit p1ssed off actually , not least because I decided to wait until Cologne rather than Vienna.....Cologne will be a bit of a damp squib but it's all paid for now and the holidays have been requested so I'll go anyway . ...anyone having second thougths on going after thel ast 2 performances ?

Had given up on qualification long long ago

I have a feeling of "Meh"...after the euros I didnt expect us to get second in the group we had.
Our performances were all flat and lifeless and the trips to lansdowne were mostly big anticlimaxes.
Had resigned myself to watching the failure slowly unravel and the media circus that will follow.

As someone posted in another thread the other day..."Its the hope that kills you"

Thats all that was keeping me going..a glimmer of hope that messes you up and makes you think irrational thoughts like we could actually get wins against Sweden and Austria.

Now I just feel..ok its done..thanks and good luck Trap..who will we get next etc etc

Feel grand.
Wasnt expecting much so wasnt too disappointed.
Both Sweden and Austria are muck but we are mucker with a clueless manager.

BigStrongMan wrote: Felt little emotion watching that last night

Strangely enough I was the same, the inevitability of failure no matter what happened probably contributed.

If i'm brutally honest i'm glad its come to an end.

Realistically we were finished after the home game to Germany. It wasn't just the three points lost but the way we lost that game, there is a right way to lose a game and a wrong way. If Germany wanted to they could have scored 7, 8 or 9 that night. Nothing was right in the squad and everything was wrong.
I was never more pessimistic going into the home Sweden game, we had been awful at home in this campaign and there was nothing to suggest that anything was going to change.
Last night was poor stuff, there was only one decent player on the field and he made the difference.
How do I feel?... relieved it is over but frustrated and disappointed that this has been a wasted campaign. We are not at the level of Germany but we definitely should be competing with the likes of Sweden and Austria. Dropping four points to each of these sides is playing way below the level of our players and the responsibility for this must fall at the feet of the management.
We should be going into these last two games fighting for second spot and then crossing the fingers for a half decent draw in the play offs. We are out with two games yet to play.
How do I feel now .... hopeful ...because there is always hope. A new campaign awaits in a little over a year.


Edited by nice triangles - 11 Sep 2013 at 11:06am

I think looking for someone to blame really !!! Discussed the recent plan to reduce the number of foreigners in the Premier League and the possible  effects it would have on the Irish national Team and I came to a conclusion that it may not be a bad thing if players stayed here (league of Ireland ) a bit longer it would make the league a bit stronger or if players moved to continental Europe to the likes of the Dutch and Belgian leagues they maybe develop in to better technical players. It is no coincidence that Wales, Scotland, NI and ourselves had abysmal world cup qualifying campaigns when we all depend so much on the English system. I honestly think our grassroots football isn't that bad but as players develop they are thrown into the English system of playing the game. If anyone saw the highlights of the England v Ukraine game last night they were muck to watch.