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Roy Keane YBIGs Donald Trump Joined: 13 Feb 2009 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 10470 |
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f**king hell.... can we start handing out bans to people who cannot spell f**king COLOMBIA... jesus christ it isn't that hard to know the difference between a country and a clothing brand
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Robbie Keane YBIG Minister of Doom & Gloom Joined: 25 Jan 2010 Location: Irish Riviera Status: Offline Points: 39761 |
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Yeah wouldn't disagree with that. Well they are better version of Ireland and a bit more sophisticated but not as sophisticated as the top teams. Still their preparation and coaching put us to shame. We are nothing short of a disgrace the way we approach games.
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deise316
Moderator Group Don't ask me about car warranty Joined: 11 Apr 2009 Location: The Déise Status: Offline Points: 10921 |
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Very good post chief The last line though- Jack was appointed by a slice of luck (and some FAI blazers changing their mind to get one up on other FAI blazers if rumours are to be believed) - the FAI aren't even capable of thinking on the same lines as yerself regarding managers, or evolving the style of play, so the only way it will change is if they appoint someone kind of accidentally, I don't mean the appointment itself, which of course has to be deliberate, I mean they appoint someone who takes us in a direction that most would have thought unlikely at the time of appointment. The chances of that happening while Royston or Big Mick are still in circulation has to be pretty small unfortunately. The one thing that could save us is ironically the poor (ish) financial state of the FAI with no cash from DOB, which might prevent the FAI going for the usual ' find the biggest name available who will do it & pay him over the odds' approach they have taken since Stan. The downsides of it is we could just as easily end up with another Stan. Either way, I don't think it is too far away, unless MON can pull some rabbits out of hats, the prospect of a half empty Lansdowne for the 2019 qualifiers might scare the FAI in to action. |
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Picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.....
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Daragho
Davey Langan Joined: 01 Dec 2011 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 805 |
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For lovers of the population argument, Croatia are in the World Cup Final. Population - 4.2 million.
Population of Ireland - 4.8 million.
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Jack Charlton Man City records obsession Joined: 20 Mar 2012 Location: Dundalk Status: Offline Points: 9647 |
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Would you go away with your ‘slightly better’ me arse None of those fancy champions league English players would get into the Ireland squad. Give me somebody who can kick hard and run harder everyday over fancy passers of the ball on the ground.
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pre Madonna
Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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It is the lack of fancy passers on the ground that is England's problem. When Modric started getting on the ball last night, England couldn't react. They couldn't keep the ball themselves, other than to pass it back to Pickford, often nearly ending in hilarity. Their problems are the same as ours, just with better versions of our payers and they have more pace and a better set-piece taker and, just to have an ever so sly dig at the 'no surrender ' elements in their support, the pace only came on the Windrush. That performance last night reminded me a lot of Ireland, even down to the bizarre substitutions.
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Icy Bread People
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And before people say we have the GAA and rugby to contend with - Sports like Basketball and Handball are big in Croatia. Take a look at their Olympics medals haul, it's ridiculous for a country that size. I suppose we're just big fat alcoholic unsporty types while they live in a beautiful country with a beautiful climate and are outdoors an awful lot more. But it's probably more about our football culture, it belongs in the stone ages, and the way people support English teams instead of our own. Apparently their FA is a shambles as well, but they keep producing great players, mostly midfielders for some reason.
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Icy Bread People
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Oh come on. Would have. Three times in one post, it just hurts my eyes. And I wouldn't have fancied us against Sweden, or anyone for that matter. I think we'll see this autumn how truly awful we are.
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Green Devil
Robbie Keane Aye Kes, I've pissed me-self again Joined: 06 Oct 2010 Location: Barbados Status: Offline Points: 22173 |
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The likes of Hajduk, Dinamo, Rijeka etc are all big clubs in a sense who have really good academies in place. If we had a strong domestic league, I have no doubt if it was ran correctly and there were plenty of investment pumped into it we would soon seen the benefits.
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"He drives two Ferraris; I think he's a very lucky lad to have 50 caps for Ireland,"
Eamonn Dunphy on Glenn Whelan |
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Icy Bread People
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Well that wont happen in our lifetime
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Gary McKay
Roy Keane Yo Adrian Joined: 21 Jul 2007 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 13816 |
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Ive been saying this for years whenever Ireland wins a solitary medal (aren't we a great little country) at the Limpics - look at Croatia, Czech, Norway etc and see how many medals they have won at the SUMMER Olympics. |
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"Smalling and Jones.... have the potential to be the PL’s best ever pairing in my opinion." - SlurAlex
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Icy Bread People
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I think they've an even bigger winter haul. So my main bullet point here is that they outperform us in many sports and GAA isn't a feckin' excuse! Either way, I despise the GAA and all it stands for.
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Maccatacca
Ray Houghton Joined: 01 Jun 2016 Status: Offline Points: 4204 |
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Sure that’s why 10,000 clowns go and watch Conor McGregor in a made up fight in Las Vegas. We’re sh*t at sport and jump on any bandwagon where we might have a sniff of doing well at something.
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Robbie Keane YBIG Minister of Doom & Gloom Joined: 25 Jan 2010 Location: Irish Riviera Status: Offline Points: 39761 |
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I shouldn't laugh but found this post very funny
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Liam Brady Joined: 13 Jan 2016 Location: Cork Status: Offline Points: 1731 |
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I would be surprise if we managed one win in the Nations League. Will put the new manager (if the FAI wants us to make Euro2020 at home) under pressure as we may not have the play off to fall back on.
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Icy Bread People
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I think it may be best for us to not qualify, and for the FAI to try and start things again from the ground up. Not that that will happen. They'll appoint someone like Big Sam and the same old rubbish shall continue. I'd happily miss out on the next few tournaments for the good of the game in future.
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Robbie Keane YBIG Minister of Doom & Gloom Joined: 25 Jan 2010 Location: Irish Riviera Status: Offline Points: 39761 |
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God help us when the next manager is appointed. Now that DOB has taken his money and left, do you really think that a certain individual will fork out for a top manager? It will be Alan Pardew or a 500/1 outside bet foreigner or Robbie Keane. We are doomed. Doomed I tells ya!
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E2016
Liam Brady Joined: 13 Jan 2016 Location: Cork Status: Offline Points: 1731 |
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Nah, it'll be the same whether or not we qualify. Look for the next short term manager and rely on England to develop our players, and hope a few from the LOI are gifted enough to make it in England when they get a move. Then hope we get a few decent sorts through grannies. Nothing will changed at Loi or underage level until Delaney leaves. Being too young for Saipan and having repeat exams during Poland, the Euros in France was the best craic in years, and if we made 2020 - one win and one draw at home would see us through. Result against Spain in Bilbao is irrelevant if we are able to manage the win and draw. I have respect for O'Neill for what was achieved in France, but his time is obviously up and it's flogging a dead horse at this point. If he leaves after the Nation's League we might have some hope.
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