The booing after the game

Skipper wrote: reddladd wrote: I'll be honest lads and say I wanted to boo the fact that Long was being taken off instead of Sammon. I would never boo individual players but for the first time at an Ireland game I wanted to boo a decision that was completely the wrong one! You can't berate people for utter frustration!     Agreed, Sammon should have been replaced he wasnt even playing as a striker but as an extra man in the midfield. He won two heads, made no runs with the ball, made nothing and had a bad game but trap wants him on the pitch to prove a point.

That's unfair, he won the header that led to the pen and ran his bollix off. He nearly forced an og off their defender and put himself about. I don't think he was the best option but he did better than most people expected. But you're right about the manager wanting to prove a point, a blind man could see his legs were gone after 70 minutes and if Trap didn't trust Hoolahan to do a job there's no excuse for not bringing Doyle on to replace him.

I think Long was taken off because he was on a booking and seemed to be losing the head a bit, I right have an issue with him being taken off but whether bringing Green on instead was the right call is debatable.

Edited by Drumcondra 69er - 27 Mar 2013 at 11:05am

Sammon did very well under a lot of pressure. It can't have been easy with all of the negativity about his selection but he was selected to play for his country and did his bit. I am not having a go a Sammon at all. If Trap had of taken him off instead of Long he would have got his ovation and deservedly so. I think Trap did the man a disservice leaving him on the field when for my mind he had done the job and was knackered. Lets not muddy the water between booing the team/players and booing a managers decision! 

reddladd wrote: Sammon did very well under a lot of pressure. It can't have been easy with all of the negativity about his selection but he was selected to play for his country and did his bit. I am not having a go a Sammon at all. If Trap had of taken him off instead of Long he would have got his ovation and deservedly so. I think Trap did the man a disservice leaving him on the field when for my mind he had done the job and was knackered. Lets not muddy the water between booing the team/players and booing a managers decision!

Agree 100%.

Sammon was a waste of a player last night. Absolutely no threat on goal. Id say the Austrian centre halves were thanking their lucky stars he was in attack.

Kerrzy wrote: Sammon was a waste of a player last night. Absolutely no threat on goal. Id say the Austrian centre halves were thanking their lucky stars he was in attack.

See, this is the thing about football, the actions of one player can impact on another.
Coincidence that Long had the space in the first half to cause Austria a number of problems ?

The boos were aimed at the manager and no one else . The players are well aware of that im sure. The tactics and team selection cost us 2 points , if people want to let their frustrations known that's fine by me.

The thing is Milla we know the type of player Sammon is and we know about his touch etc but he ran his socks off. He was selected to play so does he refuse because we all think he's not good enough. In the same position would any aspiring footballer refuse to pull on a green jersey. He ran and harrassed all evening but we all knew his limitations so there's no point giving the man a hard time. The finger points just one way on this! 

Vivakenbarlow wrote: Stoked Up wrote: Never boo your own team. Never. +1000000000

Are yis thick ? They weren't booing the team .... and if ever we had 11 lads playing for us who looked like they didnt put any effort in what would you do ? Applaude them off ? Get the boat

Clonbhoy wrote: reddladd wrote: The thing is Milla we know the type of player Sammon is and we know about his touch etc but he ran his socks off. He was selected to play so does he refuse because we all think he's not good enough. In the same position would any aspiring footballer refuse to pull on a green jersey. He ran and harrassed all evening but we all knew his limitations so there's no point giving the man a hard time. The finger points just one way on this!  The type of player Sammon is, is a brutal one. Regarding the Mccarthy tackle, the game is becoming more and more ridiculous. Two players committed to getting the ball, one sh*ts himself, half pulls out and gets injured, the other gets a yellow. It wasn't even a free and the Austrian lad should have got a dig for being such a windy ****.