Ireland v Bulgaria match thread

Byrne has done himself no harm at all.

Wessiesque ball from Byrne for that goal

pre Madonna wrote:

What a goal that is!

Quality.

Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world

Egan, Cullen and Browne the positives from tonight.

Christie and Judge should be done and dusted

Phil Babb wrote:

Christie and Judge should be done and dusted

Curtis not good enough either

The only way is up

Anyone think Collins did quite well? His hold-up play looks very good.

Cullen and Byrne the standouts for me, O'Dowda looked useful at times too but probably isn't consistent enough.

Christie not up to it and is rightfully third choice right back. Curtis hasn't looked good enough when given chances.

Travers distribution looks poor but I wouldn't be too critical of him. Hourihane was out of position so would be harsh to criticise him too much. He has certain weaknesses that would be on display no matter what position he plays.

Egan and Long didn't have much to do, wouldn't blame Egan for that penalty either. Not sure about Alan Browne at all, would need another look in a friendly game.

Edited by Maccatacca - 10 Sep 2019 at 9:54pm

Cullen is the biggest positive by far.

Byrne showed his ability, it was the ideal situation for him and his delivery for the goal, probably our first decent delivery of the match, really gave him confidence. There’s still loads of questions about him.

Hourihane isn’t a left-back.

Christie is sh*te.

Browne’s not good enough, despite his goal. Hogan isn’t either, despite his wonderful assist. Neither is Curtis.

O’Dowda needs to sort out his club situation.

I think lads are being very harsh on Travers. He had little to do and was bound to be nervous.

Maccatacca wrote:

Anyone think Collins did quite well? His hold-up play looks very good.

Cullen and Byrne the standouts for me, O'Dowda looked useful at times too but probably isn't consistent enough.

Christie not up to it and is rightfully third choice right back. Curtis hasn't looked good enough when given chances.

Travers distribution looks poor but I wouldn't be too critical of him. Hourihane was out of position so would be harsh to criticise him too much. He has certain weaknesses that would be on display no matter what position he plays.

Egan and Long didn't have much to do, wouldn't blame Egan for that penalty either. Not sure about Alan Browne at all, would need another look in a friendly game.

I’d have Collins ahead Hogan anyway, looked far more agressive than Hogan ever has in an Ireland shirt.

Cullen is fine player, Byrne can take apart teams when given time and space, sadly he’s very easy to play against and take out of the game.

Christie a squad player at best due to being able to play a few different positions.

Egan looked fine, was decent in possession, Christie f**ked him for the pen

Won’t click on the link, but that’s a load of wank. I have said it before about these things, but the ‘journalist’ is usually trying to garner publicity.