Republic Of Ireland 21:39 - Mar 27 with 10627 views | thame_hoops | WOW | ![](/images/avatars/1592.gif) | | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Republic Of Ireland on 21:45 - Mar 27 with 4788 views | BucksRanger | More like Ooops! | ![](/images/avatars/5891.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Republic Of Ireland on 21:45 - Mar 27 with 4789 views | aston_hoop | Whats going on with the Ireland side at the moment? A talent drain? bad manager? bad luck? All of the above? | ![](/images/avatars/1351.gif) |
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Republic Of Ireland on 21:51 - Mar 27 with 4740 views | Boston |
Republic Of Ireland on 21:45 - Mar 27 by aston_hoop | Whats going on with the Ireland side at the moment? A talent drain? bad manager? bad luck? All of the above? |
Maybe they were playing Vauxhall Motors. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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Republic Of Ireland on 21:56 - Mar 27 with 4722 views | thame_hoops |
Republic Of Ireland on 21:51 - Mar 27 by Boston | Maybe they were playing Vauxhall Motors. |
I am one of the few Englishman that wants to see all the ‘home’ countries make tournaments. They are really up against the wall now. | ![](/images/avatars/1592.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Republic Of Ireland on 21:57 - Mar 27 with 4716 views | Rangersw12 | Brilliant to see | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Republic Of Ireland on 22:22 - Mar 27 with 4647 views | Myke | I supported Kenny's appointment, but he looks completely out of his depth. Not playing the football he promised, not scoring and obviously not winning. Considering Stephens and Doherty were supposed to be wing backs,they rarely ventured past the half-way line. Every time, every. single. time. whoever was on the ball, their first instinct was to to turn back. Shameful, embarrassing performance, they got exactly what they deserved. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Republic Of Ireland on 22:30 - Mar 27 with 4627 views | HamptonR | Busted my coupon. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Republic Of Ireland on 22:46 - Mar 27 with 4572 views | denhamhoop2 | Were woeful no width no zip to their passing cannot see them scoring from open play at any point. When the best Irish player is the debutant keeper it's not a good thing | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) | Login to get fewer ads
Republic Of Ireland on 22:47 - Mar 27 with 4569 views | BrianMcCarthy | RTÉ mentioned the word "shock". The only shock is that anyone considers this a shock. We are a Nation that has farmed out our Player Development to England for ever. The FAI treat our League with disdain. Our fans don't support our League. We have huge talent but terrible Player Development. We've had a lot of great players throughout our history and some great teams that were unlucky in not qualifying for Finals, but the only teams that qualified for Finals have been underpinned by players who decided they were Irish in their twenties. That smacks of a Nation that's not doing enough. Luxembourg were the better team tonight. | ![](/images/avatars/1570.gif) |
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Republic Of Ireland on 23:02 - Mar 27 with 4525 views | BrixtonR |
Republic Of Ireland on 21:57 - Mar 27 by Rangersw12 | Brilliant to see |
Why ? | ![](/images/avatars/1880.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Republic Of Ireland on 23:12 - Mar 27 with 4507 views | ted_hendrix |
Republic Of Ireland on 21:57 - Mar 27 by Rangersw12 | Brilliant to see |
Nothing brilliant about the result at all, each to their own I suppose but brilliant??? | ![](/images/avatars/1438.gif) |
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Republic Of Ireland on 23:34 - Mar 27 with 4461 views | paulparker | Ireland don’t have the players plain & simple Kenny has an impossible job, he has to change it from the hoof ball of McCarthy & O’Neil and he is doing it with players from Rochdale , Luton , Preston etc It’s going to take time the problem is if you sack him then who takes over | ![](/images/avatars/8151.gif) |
| And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
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Republic Of Ireland on 23:37 - Mar 27 with 4454 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Republic Of Ireland on 23:34 - Mar 27 by paulparker | Ireland don’t have the players plain & simple Kenny has an impossible job, he has to change it from the hoof ball of McCarthy & O’Neil and he is doing it with players from Rochdale , Luton , Preston etc It’s going to take time the problem is if you sack him then who takes over |
Agreed, Paul. In the same way that you don't take a player off without being sure that you have a sub who'll perform better. Edit - spell check. [Post edited 27 Mar 2021 23:52]
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Republic Of Ireland on 23:39 - Mar 27 with 4444 views | Boston |
Republic Of Ireland on 22:22 - Mar 27 by Myke | I supported Kenny's appointment, but he looks completely out of his depth. Not playing the football he promised, not scoring and obviously not winning. Considering Stephens and Doherty were supposed to be wing backs,they rarely ventured past the half-way line. Every time, every. single. time. whoever was on the ball, their first instinct was to to turn back. Shameful, embarrassing performance, they got exactly what they deserved. |
One thing I picked up from following sport... They lost We won. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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Republic Of Ireland on 23:40 - Mar 27 with 4438 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Republic Of Ireland on 23:39 - Mar 27 by Boston | One thing I picked up from following sport... They lost We won. |
Exactly. Can I edit it to: They won We lost Get over it [Post edited 27 Mar 2021 23:41]
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Republic Of Ireland on 23:48 - Mar 27 with 4390 views | paulparker |
Republic Of Ireland on 23:37 - Mar 27 by BrianMcCarthy | Agreed, Paul. In the same way that you don't take a player off without being sure that you have a sub who'll perform better. Edit - spell check. [Post edited 27 Mar 2021 23:52]
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The only way to bring Irish football forward imo is to form a Celtic league Merge the Northern Irish , Eire & Scottish leagues | ![](/images/avatars/8151.gif) |
| And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
Brian Moore
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Republic Of Ireland on 23:50 - Mar 27 with 4385 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
Republic Of Ireland on 21:56 - Mar 27 by thame_hoops | I am one of the few Englishman that wants to see all the ‘home’ countries make tournaments. They are really up against the wall now. |
Me too actually, but don’t tell Karl! | ![](/images/avatars/6600.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Republic Of Ireland on 23:56 - Mar 27 with 4373 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Republic Of Ireland on 23:50 - Mar 27 by BazzaInTheLoft | Me too actually, but don’t tell Karl! |
Genuinely, thanks folks. But we're not a 'home' Country, no more than Iceland is. Maybe the FAI need to learn that lesson more than anyone. | ![](/images/avatars/1570.gif) |
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Republic Of Ireland on 00:02 - Mar 28 with 4360 views | paulparker |
Republic Of Ireland on 21:56 - Mar 27 by thame_hoops | I am one of the few Englishman that wants to see all the ‘home’ countries make tournaments. They are really up against the wall now. |
+1 Would rather a tournament with Eire, N Ireland, Scotland, Wales in it than Slovakia, Poland , Turkey, Norway etc | ![](/images/avatars/8151.gif) |
| And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
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Republic Of Ireland on 00:02 - Mar 28 with 4357 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
Republic Of Ireland on 23:56 - Mar 27 by BrianMcCarthy | Genuinely, thanks folks. But we're not a 'home' Country, no more than Iceland is. Maybe the FAI need to learn that lesson more than anyone. |
If not for the Geographical or Cultural affinity then Barries, Kerrigold, Soda Bread, and Guinness. This could be a Vauxhall Motors moment for Ireland. QPR were promoted less than a decade after that bollocks. [Post edited 28 Mar 2021 0:06]
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Republic Of Ireland on 00:14 - Mar 28 with 4329 views | Toast_R | Comes back to the Premier League. The influx of foreign players stifled opportunities for Scottish and Irish players to play top level football in England. | ![](/images/avatars/1554.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Republic Of Ireland on 02:09 - Mar 28 with 4257 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Republic Of Ireland on 00:14 - Mar 28 by Toast_R | Comes back to the Premier League. The influx of foreign players stifled opportunities for Scottish and Irish players to play top level football in England. |
But Irish players are foreign players in England/Britain, By definition. But we got away with UEFA tweaks for a while, and the FAI have always relied on England to develop top Irish players for them. Post-Brexit, Ireland doesn't have that luxury. | ![](/images/avatars/1570.gif) |
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Republic Of Ireland on 06:57 - Mar 28 with 4133 views | johnhoop |
Republic Of Ireland on 02:09 - Mar 28 by BrianMcCarthy | But Irish players are foreign players in England/Britain, By definition. But we got away with UEFA tweaks for a while, and the FAI have always relied on England to develop top Irish players for them. Post-Brexit, Ireland doesn't have that luxury. |
It may not be much consolation Brian but I’d say that if you were going to pick a World Cup to miss out on, then this would be the one. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Republic Of Ireland on 07:04 - Mar 28 with 4131 views | Rs_Holy |
Republic Of Ireland on 00:02 - Mar 28 by paulparker | +1 Would rather a tournament with Eire, N Ireland, Scotland, Wales in it than Slovakia, Poland , Turkey, Norway etc |
Yep me too... Always adds a bit of excitement to a tournament when a UK team or the Irish are playing | ![](/images/avatars/3053.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
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