Irish U21's finally win

Didnt see it as i was training - any reports?
Just seen the end of welsh and french game - smashin win for wales!

At least it's a confidence booster
Well done lads

I watched the game and it was poor. Ireland bossed the first half and bulgaria the second. Couldve been a few more goals, Stokes was very quiet upfront looked as though he was trying far to hard to try and impress, gleeson and quinn looked decent in the midfield. Rooney could have bagged a few upfront but didnt have enough quality.

Just back from freezing Athlone. Overall a poor game. We dominated though  Bulgaria were very technically adept and could have caused us more problems than they did.

Referee made some strange decisions agaisnt both teams and robbed them of a penalty.

Stokes and Rooney could have netted  before John Joe got his head in where it counts. Standing  in front of him when he connected and it looked like he met it with his face!

Chris McCann, (another Stephen Ireland?) fcuked off from the squad when he wasn't in the starting eleven leaving one vacant spot on the bench that Givens said half the country would give their right arm to pull on the green shirt.

Fair play to you Soccerc..biter night..What happened with Chris McCann? Did the team get announced tonight and he walked out?

L.Y.A. wrote: Fair play to you Soccerc..biter night..What happened with Chris McCann? Did the team get announced tonight and he walked out?

'The background was that Chris McCann came to me at 5.15pm and said he didn't want to be in the squad tonight. It was a waste of time him being here,' explained Givens.

'He travelled to Montenegro and did not take part. He wasn't in the starting line-up tonight and he didn't want to be in the squad. I said to him 'have a think about it because it is obviously going to affect your future'.

'He said that he didn't want to be in so I said to pack his things and go.

'I regret now that he hadn't told me earlier because I'd have got somebody else on the bench. I'd have got a local boy in.

'I could have got somebody in because half this town would give their right arm to play for their country. Here's a kid who doesn't want to be there.

'I can never understand anybody that doesn't want to pull on the green shirt.

'I don't know the boy very well. He trained fine. There was no problem with his training in Dublin or here. As soon as the team was announced I wish he'd come to me then.'

Edited by soccerc - 20 Nov 2007 at 6:01pm

Brutal...what's wrong with these young lads coming through?

i thought o'cearuil was solid at the back and also that sheehan is a class player , delighted for them at the end , bulgarians are classy though , stroked the ball about , much better than our lads technically , their keeper is deffo one for the future.

maybe a little short , jaysis irelands keeper looked a midget !