Our lowest moment?

San Marino

Paris 09. Felt devastated and empty for days after.

1999, 2009 and Euro 2012 were all awful in their own way. Although this doesnt feel as bad right now I fear that in time it will prove to be much worse. 1999 was an absolute sickener in the sense that we had already qualified for Euro 2000 only to shoot ourselves in the foot by not clearing a corner. However, I think that failure played some part in galvinising that team into the tight unit which performed so well in qualifying for 2002. We had some exciting young premier league players and a world class midfielder approaching his prime. Similarly in 2009 we still had a smattering of quality players and were confident heading into the Euro 2012 qualifiers. Right now I feel much the same way I did after the Euro 2012 matches. The same things were said in the build up (heart, courage, etc will stand to us, we ALWAYS do well when it counts), we got a similar kind of beating and the same things are being said now in the aftermath. This is worse because unlike in 1999 or 2009 there are no real quality premier league players left or coming through. We cant look forward to the next campaign with optimism like we did before. We have a long, hard, bleak road ahead of us and that's it.

I'd say Tuesday was very high up the list, in that WC qualification was on the line and the team ended up being humiliated in front of their own fans.

Henry in Paris was definitely the worst I ever felt after an Ireland match. I was numb and devastated and in disbelief for ages. But I dont think it was a "low" for Irish football.

Now is dreadful, but the fact that it happened in a play-off after some very good away results means we "achieved" to some very small extent by progressing past the group if only to the play-off so its not as low a point as some others. Similarly 2012 was a bit of a success because we actually qualified, which as we know is not the norm, so I dont see that as a low.

Saipan was horrible, a real low for Irish football but it was an individual or individuals and the FAI who were at fault but not the players on the pitch so its not as bad as the lowest moment for me, which was Cyprus.

Cyprus was the worst. An abysmal performance, no spirit and it came at a time when most Ireland fans were unhappy with the managerial appointment. Those Euro 08 qualifiers in general were awful and this was the worst moment of them all.

2005 against Switzerland. Felt terrible, we were gutless that night. Had a row with my now wife that night because I had go at some chap walking out of the ground because he was laughing.

Felt really low on Tuesday as well but I felt we were gone as soon as Denmark scored their second. Paris 2009 was bad but had a lot of pride in the team that night.

FrankosHereNow wrote: 2005 against Switzerland. Felt terrible, we were gutless that night. Had a row with my now wife that night because I had go at some chap walking out of the ground because he was laughing. Felt really low on Tuesday as well but I felt we were gone as soon as Denmark scored their second. Paris 2009 was bad but had a lot of pride in the team that night.

Good call. That was absolute muck.

5-2 loss to Cyprus was in 2006.

Have to with the majority here, the Cyprus game