Thread: Big Crowd for England game.

Originally Posted by Luigi

Interesting game tonight. 3 or 4-1 to the Spiks I reckon.

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^ Top o da morning bud

Buongiorno.

At least thats all over now and you lot can get back to the real footy.

Until the next friendly a month from now..........

It's coming home

World champions France come from behind to beat the Krauts

Republic of Ireland lose at home to Wales B team and will now need Denmark to lose to Wales and to beat the Danes in Copenhagen to avoid relegation

Time O'neill was shown the door.

1 win In 8 games with his primitive kick and rush style football

The below was written before last night's game....

TIME TO GIVE THE FANS SOMETHING TO CHEER

Martin O’Neill’s Republic of Ireland team have now won just one game from their last eight and are starting to look like a team struggling to find an identity.

Ireland supporters were served up another tepid performance against Denmark and while their side avoided defeat, there was little in the way of attacking ambition or flair on show from the home side.

There’s the sense that patience is starting to wear thin among supporters. There were still some valiant efforts from the fans to get behind their side but the swathes of empty seats and uninspiring football meant that there was a subdued, almost pre-season friendly feeling to the 0-0[at]draw with the Danes.

The sight of those vacant seats around the Aviva Stadium is one that’s starting to become more and more prominent while the FAI’s ‘official’ attendance figures look more and more inaccurate. However, there may be hope in the short term at least.

O’Neill, whose tactics were described as ‘primitive’ by Denmark’s Thomas Delaney on Saturday has pledged to try and get more out of his side as an attacking force against the Welsh and said: "We’ve got to try and be more creative if we can be."

"We’ve got to try and use the ball in the final third and be confident on it. We are playing at home and need to get on the front foot as quickly as possible and try and dictate the game."

Whether those sentiments translate into a more exciting Ireland team remains to be seen.

This bit you'll like Cy.... The Irish Cafu who played last night...

WILL DOHERTY GET ANOTHER CHANCE?

Much of the build-up to the Denmark game was centred on whether or not Matt Doherty would be handed his first competitive start.

The Wolves wing-back did indeed start against the Danes and the vague prospect of him deciding that he’d rather make use of his mother’s nationality and declare for the Netherlands, than sit around on the Irish bench is no longer a worry.

For the most part, Doherty’s performance level against Denmark matched those of his team-mates, although it can’t have been easy switching from the slick passing game that Nuno Espírito Santo prefers to the kick and rush tactics that O’Neill employed on Saturday.

Doherty spent much of the game looking up into the night sky[at]as the ball travelled high over his head from defence, up towards Shane Long and yet O’Neill seemed to lay at least a small portion of[at]the blame for Ireland’s limp display at the feet of the Wolves man.

"We were accommodating young Doherty as much as anything else," the Irish boss said.

"We were trying to make it as easy for him as possible. He has played in a number of positions for Wolves. And in his debut in front of his home crowd competitively, we wanted to try and make it as easy for him as possible."

The fact that Doherty has been overlooked by O’Neill so often in the past leads to the niggling suspicion that the manager felt pressured into including him against the Danes. Now that he’s given him a competitive game and the player didn’t shine, the Irish boss may feel like his choice to leave out Doherty in the past has been vindicated.

Looks like 'Denmark's Thomas Delaney' is no mug.

I'm starting to think this VAR shit is a good idea. Another shit decision gave France their winner as Matuidi actually went out of his way to make contact with the Squarehead defender and won a penalty.

Joke really, especially when they show so many replays that make it so fucking obvious.

Originally Posted by cyrille

After decades of pointless games against the likes of Andorra, Faroe Islands and Scotland...what complaints can an Englishman have about this format?

Come on, you shouldn't list Scotland with these little countries.We drew with them in 1999 AND 2002.

Originally Posted by Luigi

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nah XRP is the one I've been for a couple of years and about to explode, just watch.