| The Official ROI Versus Wales World Cup Qualifier Match Day Thread on 14:14 - Mar 25 with 949 views | trampie |
Some will remember Willie Duggan and Geoff Wheel, nobody sent off in 5 nations rugby which had been going for best part of 100 years at the time until Ireland came to town to play the Grand Slam champions, I remember the Northern Irish types coming to Cardiff about a decade and a half ago in a World cup football qualifier they finished with 9 men, and Wales with 10 men.
Reports have talked about Williams, Ramsey and Allen all been elbowed, the authorities appointed their World Cup final ref for the fixture but Wales did not seem to get much protection, second half Wales stood up to the physicality. |  |
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| The Official ROI Versus Wales World Cup Qualifier Match Day Thread on 14:24 - Mar 25 with 931 views | raynor94 |
| The Official ROI Versus Wales World Cup Qualifier Match Day Thread on 14:14 - Mar 25 by trampie |
Some will remember Willie Duggan and Geoff Wheel, nobody sent off in 5 nations rugby which had been going for best part of 100 years at the time until Ireland came to town to play the Grand Slam champions, I remember the Northern Irish types coming to Cardiff about a decade and a half ago in a World cup football qualifier they finished with 9 men, and Wales with 10 men.
Reports have talked about Williams, Ramsey and Allen all been elbowed, the authorities appointed their World Cup final ref for the fixture but Wales did not seem to get much protection, second half Wales stood up to the physicality. |
You missed the Bale challenges? He was so lucky the world cup referee let him stay on |  |
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| The Official ROI Versus Wales World Cup Qualifier Match Day Thread on 14:30 - Mar 25 with 923 views | trampie |
| The Official ROI Versus Wales World Cup Qualifier Match Day Thread on 14:24 - Mar 25 by raynor94 |
You missed the Bale challenges? He was so lucky the world cup referee let him stay on |
You missed that it was initially in the main Ireland giving it out and then the Welsh stood up for themselves.
If the ref had been firmer with the Irish then perhaps things would have panned out differently. | |
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| The Official ROI Versus Wales World Cup Qualifier Match Day Thread on 14:40 - Mar 25 with 904 views | raynor94 |
| The Official ROI Versus Wales World Cup Qualifier Match Day Thread on 14:30 - Mar 25 by trampie |
You missed that it was initially in the main Ireland giving it out and then the Welsh stood up for themselves.
If the ref had been firmer with the Irish then perhaps things would have panned out differently. |
Yes Whelan could have been a red, but you are saying the Bale and Taylor challenges were standing up for themselves? | |
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| The Official ROI Versus Wales World Cup Qualifier Match Day Thread on 14:53 - Mar 25 with 893 views | trampie |
| The Official ROI Versus Wales World Cup Qualifier Match Day Thread on 14:40 - Mar 25 by raynor94 |
Yes Whelan could have been a red, but you are saying the Bale and Taylor challenges were standing up for themselves? |
No not at all, but a ref sets the tone for a game, a game can and usually will get rougher and rougher if a ref doesn't stamp his authority on the match when there is a lot on it and they are local rivals, some matches are more volatile than others, this was Ireland v Wales in a World Cup qualifier its not 'after timing' to say the match was likely to be a committed passionate affair. | |
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| The Official ROI Versus Wales World Cup Qualifier Match Day Thread on 15:19 - Mar 25 with 871 views | union_jack |
| The Official ROI Versus Wales World Cup Qualifier Match Day Thread on 14:14 - Mar 25 by trampie |
Some will remember Willie Duggan and Geoff Wheel, nobody sent off in 5 nations rugby which had been going for best part of 100 years at the time until Ireland came to town to play the Grand Slam champions, I remember the Northern Irish types coming to Cardiff about a decade and a half ago in a World cup football qualifier they finished with 9 men, and Wales with 10 men.
Reports have talked about Williams, Ramsey and Allen all been elbowed, the authorities appointed their World Cup final ref for the fixture but Wales did not seem to get much protection, second half Wales stood up to the physicality. |
You seem to be almost condoning the Taylor tackle!
Two wrongs and all that!
There was no justification for Taylor's 'tackle'. Other than the fact that he is, as others have stated, too slow in thought and deed for a professional footballer.
But there again, he's Welsh so will get your backing regardless!! |  |
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| The Official ROI Versus Wales World Cup Qualifier Match Day Thread on 15:33 - Mar 25 with 846 views | trampie |
| The Official ROI Versus Wales World Cup Qualifier Match Day Thread on 15:19 - Mar 25 by union_jack |
You seem to be almost condoning the Taylor tackle!
Two wrongs and all that!
There was no justification for Taylor's 'tackle'. Other than the fact that he is, as others have stated, too slow in thought and deed for a professional footballer.
But there again, he's Welsh so will get your backing regardless!! |
I'm not condoning Taylors tackle it was a red card challenge, I've seen Irish teams against our teams over the years and often its not pretty, if the ref had clamped down on Irish rough play early doors then things may have panned out differently.
Wales will need a siege mentality out in Belgrade and then hope we have too much for the Irish in Cardiff. | |
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