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lassassinblanc
Paul McGrath Cheese, it’s not just for eating Joined: 27 Sep 2010 Location: Clairefontaine Status: Offline Points: 16469 |
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2012 will live long in the memories of sh*t shows alright. I remember thinking before the tournament like most nick 4 points from Croatia / Italy and we'd scrap through as we weren't getting anything against Spain. I remember hearing the Spain v Italy result and thinking go out and get the win over Croatia and we're in a good position. 3 minutes in and it was just down hill, St. Ledger gave some little hope but as soon as Jelavic score it just was terrible. As said didn't expect anything from Spain game but we were simply dreadful, I haven't even watched it back in years but if I remember correctly Spain went easy on us in the second half and in sense 4-0 was probably flattering as it could have been more. The Italy game as people have said it was a dead rubber not giving some other players a chance to play in a major tournament was probably Traps downfall. Overall as people said the preparation for the tournament was a farce, we overtrained, certain players were injured/not 100% fit and I believe the team stayed in the Ayia Napa of Poland i.e. party central not great for preparing for a tournament
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FrankosHereNow
Roy Keane I like Klopp Joined: 02 Jun 2011 Location: El Sadar Status: Offline Points: 12168 |
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Jack Charlton Man City records obsession Joined: 20 Mar 2012 Location: Dundalk Status: Offline Points: 9647 |
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This for me too. Every other tournament we had some great memories. We made mistakes but we also had some luck too. It’s was an extremely difficult group but we seemed to do everything wrong. But the last game was the final straw. Not giving other players a game was nothing short of a disgrace.
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Jimmy Raggatip
500 Club la la la Joined: 28 May 2018 Status: Offline Points: 727 |
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full time v Sweden
thought we'd completely f**ked it and didn't expect us to get anything from Belgium or Italy
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Trap junior
Robbie Keane YBIG Minister of Doom & Gloom Joined: 25 Jan 2010 Location: Irish Riviera Status: Offline Points: 39842 |
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Loved Italia 90 but looking back we played dire hoofball and scored 2 goals and never won a game. We broke football so badly that they had to change the rules on account of us amd scrap the backpass and award 3 points for a win.
Edited by Trap junior - 20 Jun 2019 at 12:56am |
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Gerry Geary
Kevin Kilbane Joined: 30 May 2018 Status: Offline Points: 396 |
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Not playing Stapleton/bernie slaven ... a single minute and the Liam Brady omission. 0-0 with egipt was hard
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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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For tournament games I was at, that Italy game is my choice too. Wasn't as disinterested in a game in a long time as that one, it near enough defied belief that more or less the same obviously tired, weakened by injuries & knocks team was picked that had conceded 7 goals the previous week. We basically conceded that game just by the act of naming that team. I've always maintained that this game was where Trap lost the dressing room, or at least the sizeable proportion of it that didn't get an opportunity to play even though we were already out. One thing that sticks in my mind is a fairly large section of fans deliberately trying to re-create the misery/eh, unique atmosphere of the Spain game by attempting to get a similar version of the fields of Athenry going when we went 2-nil down (It's a song I've always detested anyway, though I suppose its sheer misery is somehow appropriate for some of the muck we play on the pitch) - f**kin spare us lads will ya. Other than that, I would go for Holland in 1994, Bonner hadn't been a top class keeper since around 1991, and what made it worse was that Alan Kelly was one of the form keepers in England at the time, it was an error that Kelly at that stage, would have been extremely unlikely to have made. Yes the Dutch were a better team, but back then we used to justifiably not give a hoot about any team's reputation, though that was more difficult when we shot ourselves in the foot with a few selections in that tournament, not just Bonner. Stan's struggles with the extreme heat spring to mind there too. There is a also a theme there that continues to this day of lads playing for us on the basis of what they did 3, 4 or 5 years previously and not current form (Matt Doherty would probably agree with me there) and is seen in the current senior team with the continued selection of Whelan, Hendrick, McClean and Brady, regardless of their own form or performances, never mind those of others. 2016 was MON's highlight, Belgium aside, we performed admirably for a limited squad, but if we did scrape qualifying with this group for 2020, unless new players make it into the team, or some of the aforementioned regain long lost form, the thought does strike me that the experience could be more like 2012 than 2016, especially with the more or less guaranteed presence of Spain in the group, even if they themselves are not at their 2008-2012 level. |
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Picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.....
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Trap junior
Robbie Keane YBIG Minister of Doom & Gloom Joined: 25 Jan 2010 Location: Irish Riviera Status: Offline Points: 39842 |
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No. MON is the ultimate dinosaur. How is Given's ability to dive for a header anything to do with tactics? That 2012 was a hiding to nothing. We played Spain who won 3 tournaments in a row playing unbelievable tiki taka football. They are probably the best international team of all time. We played the finalists in the same group (who Spain also beat 4-0 yet nobody mentions it). We also played Croatia who almost knocked Italy out. 3 world class sides. If we had qualified for the 2010 world cup we would have done very respectfully as the team were reaching a peak around then and the draw would have been far easier. 2012 was a disaster because the team was getting too old, the teams we were up against and the injuries and preparation was overdone. Given was a major reason it was over after the 1st game. He was at fault for 2 of the goals because his reactions were that of a 80 year old man.
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The O'Shea
Jack Charlton I know everything and I’m NEVER wrong Joined: 16 Aug 2013 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 9558 |
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O'Shea most certainly was a full back (and a fine one), but not after the blood clot in his leg sustained in 2009 which completely robbed him of his pace. Coleman may not have had a great season, but he still should have went, it's not as if he was incredibly young player at the time, he was 23/24. At the very least Foley should have been brought.
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We're decent enough..
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horsebox
Robbie Keane Born n bred in darndale. Joined: 03 Feb 2010 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 34868 |
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I never said he was, although he played many positions including goalkeeper, the point is that a number of our defenders were carrying knocks and could have been ruled out at any stage. Only seeing Tets reply now. Go back and view the Coleman thread in or before the Euros, AFAIK no one batted an eyelid when Coleman wasn't selected for a whole host of different reasons.
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When the devil got a hold of me, He wouldn't set me free, So he kept me soul for ransom. na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na. I'm a sailor man from Glasgow to |
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Gashley Grimes
Liam Brady Joined: 09 May 2012 Status: Offline Points: 1863 |
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Paul McGraths header that hit the post v Holland 1988 so close...
Although FAI were probably happy when Kieft scored, apparently didn't have enough money for semi final, not obviously in the plans.
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horsebox
Robbie Keane Born n bred in darndale. Joined: 03 Feb 2010 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 34868 |
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He had something like 5 quad injures, he was out of form and Coleman himself admitted himself that he shouldn't have been selected. We also had O'Shea and Dunne and maybe others injured or at least carrying knocks, hence the exclusion of Foley and the selection of McShane. |
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It was far across the sea,
When the devil got a hold of me, He wouldn't set me free, So he kept me soul for ransom. na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na. I'm a sailor man from Glasgow to |
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The O'Shea
Jack Charlton I know everything and I’m NEVER wrong Joined: 16 Aug 2013 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 9558 |
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His career was on a downward spiral for some time before it really, 2012 was just the culmination. I think there were clear signs of disimprovement from 2010 and certainly 2011.
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We're decent enough..
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Ecumenical Matter
Kevin Kilbane Joined: 13 Nov 2017 Status: Offline Points: 215 |
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Playing the dead fixture in Poland. What made it worse was that we didn’t even give some of the lads a game.
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newrynyuk
Liam Brady Joined: 29 Mar 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1558 |
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If we’re completely honest with ourselves, that 4-0 loss was the expected result. They weren’t just the reigning world and European champions, that Spanish side was one of the all-time greatest teams. |
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Denis Irwin
Robbie Keane Stay Home & watch Lethal Weapon Joined: 03 Feb 2008 Location: Ath Cliath Status: Offline Points: 37953 |
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He was nowhere near 100% fit for the Euros. If he had any sense he'd have made himself unavailable
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Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one".
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Mr. Snrub
Liam Brady Joined: 12 Mar 2016 Location: Co. Dublin Status: Offline Points: 2076 |
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Given's career went on some downward spiral after Euro 2012.
Was he ever first choice for club again in his career?? I've grown to dislike him since, he shouldn't have been playing in the first place
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"Here's Robbie Keane...... yeeeessss! That is no more than Ireland deserve!"
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theheff1989
Ray Houghton My name badge won a prize Joined: 08 May 2012 Location: Wexford Status: Offline Points: 4667 |
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Sad thing about Euro 2012 was after the first game, we knew we were f*cked. And that it was only going to get worse.
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