The Irish Football Team Thread

Just having a swatch at the Ireland team, it’s definitely a process still of trying to find the right quality and setup, but the drop off in well known names and quality from years gone by now… since Robbie Keane’s retirement and the other aging stars in that team, it’s mad.

There’s not a lot of guys doing it at the top level consistently

 

No there isn't. The quality overall in our squad at the moment is pretty thin on the ground. The really scary thing is the current squad is a clear improvement on the past few years as at least we have some attacking options now with the emergence of Ferguson, Parrot and Idah whereas just a few years ago none of them were on the radar and we literally had nothing in attack. The glaring biggest weakness for us though is still in midfield where we have very little quality at all. Defensively we are a mixed bag some decent center backs but very little quality at full back. The one bright spot is in goal where we actually have some legit quality and a very surprising level of depth with Kelleher and Bazunu leading the way but some genuine depth with Travers as number 3 and O'Leary the Bristol City keeper as number 4.

A nod last night too for Mikey Johnson who started played most of the game and particularly in the first half was a real threat.

 

Anyone know what channel the game is on if you have a virgin box?

 

102 is it not?

RTE2

 

Get in Adam

 

Outplayed by Luxemburg, get this Icelandic idiot out

 

That was a brutal watch, as the above poster says outplayed by Luxembourg, how much more time does this guy get? We’re in a World Cup qualifying group that we should have a chance of getting a play off spot in but not while he’s in charge. Only positive is the English getting beat 3-1 off Senegal.