Bulgaria Match Thread

Hendrick, Hourihane, McCarthy, Browne, cullen,  Molumby, Arter etc etc are much of a muchness. The idea to drop premier league midfielders and replace them with lads on loan in the championship and all will be well is delusional.

New manager, new system & 2 days training..... 

JoxerDaly wrote: Dominated possesion had the better chances and conceded from one lapse of concentration, some lads literally cant wait for Kenny to fail just so they can say I told you so. Mad.

9fingers wrote: New manager, new system & 2 days training.....  some lads expecting a 3/4-0 win pre Game  never change YBIG

We really lack quality in midfield. Hendrick works hard but offers little else, Hourihane is a good set piece taker but struggles without legs around him whilst McCarthy looked unfit but at least was showing for the ball. We need a better chemistry in there. Molumby and Arter may offer better chemistry beside Hourihane. A lot of our midfielders are similar which is a problem. O'Dowda should make the right of midfield his own if we stick with 4-3-3. We are so short there- Robinson seems much more suited centrally. 

Olaf wrote: The LOI fans are out in force. Sorry fellas, the games up here. This can’t continue, if we don’t win our next 3 games he should go. I’ll also point out the obvious, we’ve a very important game in the near future. And starting Idah who can’t get many minutes at Norwich, yet we left Obafemi In the u21s who plays regularly for a Southampton side in the PL is nothing sort of ridiculous. It wasn’t a Denmark or hell even Germany. It was Bulgaria. Could anyone even name a Bulgaria player on the street, I doubt it.

Hey everybody look at me !!! Get rid of the L.

DeclanDaly wrote: Apart from the Simpsons meme, this thread is a load of sh*t. If we’re serious about rebuilding the senior team, and all of Irish international football, there’s going to be some bumps in the road. I’d take two years of sh*tty results if it means we start actually playing football — which I don’t think we have done for over a decade. Have some backbone for f**ks sake

JUICEBOMB wrote: coyne wrote: 9fingers wrote: New manager, new system & 2 days training.....  some lads expecting a 3/4-0 win pre Game  never change YBIG  It's a double-edged sword, the standard of the opposition was extremely poor but because of the circumstances it's wrong to be overly critical. It's right to expect a result on Sunday too. Finland are a right bunch of boomers ranked only 1 place above Bulgaria with the only positive results they've had are the powerhouses of Lichtenstein and Armenia Finland dominated wales for large periods of the game last night and should of got a draw when a Finnish player hit the post from 4 yards out.....they’ll make it very tough for us.

I’m not buying this we lack quality in midfield. No we don’t, I’d in fact argue our strongest position is midfield. We’ve James McCarthy, Jeff Hendrick, Robbie Brady, Browne, Hourihane, Arter. With the exception of Browne they all play in the PL, and have literally years of experience in the top flight. McCarthy is the anchor that we need, Hourihane Hendrick are naturally creative footballers. The issue is the managers deployment of them. The only logic I can see for Idah is he’s tall, and a different option. But he’s miles of the standard required right now in his career. It sounds to me like people are trying to make excuses for what is a poor result against a poor side. We’ve nearly all the team playing PL football, and we’re struggling v Bulgaria. For all this talk of Kenny will get us playing football.. we still scored from a set piece. Luckily.

Edited by Olaf - 04 Sep 2020 at 9:31am