Ireland v Denmark match thread

Think this has been coming for a long long time. A defeat like that to a by no means exceptional side. Very simple, set up wrong tactically allow time and space and the team youre playing plays the easiest of simple passing football. Something that isnt embedded in Irish kids at a young age or this Irish side. You can say thats the way they play and you may grind out a few results but eventually like tonight you will be caught out. Big overhaul in the mentality and approach to the game needed in the country. Georgia a prime example doing the simple things well. basic passing coupled with fight  ,pressure and intensity. The fight part we usually have and we miss out on the basics but tonight we didnt have either.

Ebbe_Sand11 wrote: Bad luck fellas. It really wasn't your night. I have to say after listening to MaccaTacca I started to believe that we were little better than a pub side. A career in journalism or at Liverpool football club awaits you mate . The World Cup won't be the same without the Dutch and YBIG fans. Until the next time we meet, good luck guys.

Good luck to Denmark, good team and people. The World Cup won't be the same, because there will be nobody playing our outdated football!

Robbie Brady's still looking for his brother and girlfriend in the crowd since Lille it seems

Bizzare is the only word for the whole show.

Will be taking a break from this forum and Irish football for a few weeks after this one but here’s my confused and angry thoughts on game:

For a start, I don’t feel particularly devastated. Last nights performance was utterly sobering, a 2-1 loss or a 1-1 away goal defeat in extra time would be devestating, but to go out and take the lead against such an average side, and then to capitulate in such dramatic fashion is not devastating its just eye opening.

Eye opening to the complete lack of tactical nous on behalf of Martin O’Neill.

So we went 1-0 up after a few minutes, and what followed for about 15 minutes was pretty decent. We were first to every ball, winning every tackle and making chances. While Randolph had two good saves to make, we genuinely could of been 3-0 up at one stage, we were creating chances and had that one that skimmed the side netting, and I think McClean was put through and dragged it wide.

Then we conceded the worst goal I have ever seen us concede in Lansdowne Road, and the players just fell apart and starting attacking like fooking mad men.

What was O’Neill trying to achieve? It was 1-1 after 30 odd minutes - Denmark had the slight advantage, but just 5/10 minutes previously we were first to every ball and doing things for the most part right. But, clearly the players were instructed to go hell for leather In search of a second goal, and that’s where we gifted them their second.

After they scored the second, what followed didn’t really matter because we were never scoring two with 50 odd minutes to go - but when we conceded the equalizer, why didn’t Mr O’Neill instruct the players to relax, take the sting out of the game and get it to 1-1 at HT?

His substitutions were woeful, and Long should of started this game, we had enough chances inside the opening 25 minutes to win the game, and Longs pace in behind surely could of added a chance or two more.

When you are a team built around organization, and hard work, the last thing you do is change your formation to something that resembled 2-7-1 and hope that you nick a goal, we absolutely gifted Denmark this game, and there was actually a moment at around 25 mins when their manager was shown on the big screen with his head in his hands, I fully believe that he thought Ireland would hold onto to 1-0 at that stage, and he probably couldn’t believe his luck when we gave away the two softest goals ever seen, and O’Neill starting making rediculous subs like bringing on Aiden McGeady and changing around the back line drastically.

Martin lost the head last night, and embarrassed us infront of the worlds eyes. The 6-1 against Germany was bad enough, but 5-1 against Denmark from a WINNING POSISTION is attrotious and for this reason he has to go.

PS: for any Wales fans, how did your game against Panama go last night?

Maccatacca wrote: What was O’Neill trying to achieve? It was 1-1 after 30 odd minutes - Denmark had the slight advantage, but just 5/10 minutes previously we were first to every ball and doing things for the most part right. But, clearly the players were instructed to go hell for leather In search of a second goal, and that’s where we gifted them their second. After they scored the second, what followed didn’t really matter because we were never scoring two with 50 odd minutes to go - but when we conceded the equalizer, why didn’t Mr O’Neill instruct the players to relax, take the sting out of the game and get it to 1-1 at HT?

adineen98 wrote: Gary McKay wrote: adineen98 wrote: If ever the FAI needed an example as to why football in Ireland needs an overhaul it's tonight. Absolutely embarrassing It is being overhauled, started 2/3 years ago, it will take ten years. Even then it may not work.   You sir are embarrassingly ill-informed. In fairness, when I was posting that, I let my emotions get the better of me and admittedly wasn't thinking straight

Heartbroken after last nights performance. I can't get my head around the sudden change in formation, the panic at 1-1 and incredibly disappointing half time substitutions. As much as I would like to take some positives from the game I really can't. I can only imagine how awful the players and management feel this morning looking back on the game and all that went wrong. We really threw it away and allowed an average Denmark team to look world class!

inlikeflynn wrote: At half time, MON knew he had to go for it. Do or die. Nothing to lose. You can’t blame his tactics. When we went one up in the first five minutes, I had a feeling it would be curtains and I said it to the guys with me. It’s like instead of trying to extend the lead we try to kill the game with 85 minutes to go. And Randolph saved our skin on numerous occasions. He is some shot stopper alright. It could have been 10-1 were it not for him. His performance is a massive positive to take from last night. All is not lost.

This has to be a wind up?

You think it was a great idea to take off our two defensive midfield players leaving us with no protection whatsoever in front of the back four and allowing Eriksen drift around that pocket of space to do as he pleased?

Don't know where I am after last night. Left after the 4th goals, was distraught.