Martin O'Neill...

I'm more worried about the almost 2 million underestimation of our population tbh, and tnis from a supposedly very intelligent man.

He probably knows quite well we have almost 5 million which as said you can probably put up to around 7 million when you consider the NI born and UK ancestry players available to us. He wants the viewers and everyone else to think isn't Martin doing miracles to even get little Ireland to a world cup play off. He doesn't even seem to be as good at the TV wisecracks as he used to be. His attitude is so like Trap it's scary and he'll most likely have the same last campaign.

Deise nails it again.

I haven't watched a single second of ITV's coverage but hear second hand some of his comments. I'd like to know, watching Denmark at any stage, did he wonder about how badly he f**ked it up last November.

He hasn't got a leg to stand on making snide comments yet he retains this smug attitude when he does.

The football does make a huge difference, but his attitude would go a long way in galvanising the support again.

What really pissed me off about him on Sunday pre-match is he was encouraging Croatia and Denmark to go for it and play attacking football.

pre Madonna wrote: coyne wrote: What really pissed me off about him on Sunday pre-match is he was encouraging Croatia and Denmark to go for it and play attacking football. If only he could take his own advice It is probably easier to play attacking football with better players. I wouldn't hold that against him.

Ah that auld chestnut.

It's not a fact.
It's your opinion based on you probably trying to deflect O'Neill's inability to organise a team (at least in the last 18 months or so).

We would have a similar player in Coleman, obviously playing in a different position.

Just look at Sweden and their players - none of them are playing for top clubs - and have players very similar to ours, yet they playing for a spot in the quarter final.

They are however well organised, have a game plan and probably playing at least on a par to their ability, not to mention wiping the floor with a technically strong side that is Mexico.

How are Sweden far far technically superior to us?

You've basically thrown a comment out that you can't backup with any sort of factual information.

Player for player they are not better or worse that Ireland.

Both have 1 standout player playing for a top club - they however have a better manager and are playing above themselves.

They could well end up beating the Swiss here - and they should be up too.

Have a look at their starting 11 here - This is a very, very ordinary side here.

Olsen - Copenhagen
Lustin - Celtic
Lindeloef - United
Granqvist - Helsingborg
Augustinsson- Bremen

Claesson - Krasnodar
Svensson - Seattle
Ekdal -Hamburg
Forsberg -Leipszig

Berg - Al Ain
Toivonen - Tolouse

Ireland will never have technically superior players, all that we need is for a manager to put out a team with a plan and look to expose the opposition's weaknesses.



Edited by horsebox - 03 Jul 2018 at 4:05pm