Fenham Mag Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Sick of the media treating Ireland as a "home nation". No monarchy, completely different government and currency. Same. Only similarity is the language. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 England were better in the second half but not an unfair result overall Ireland did just about enough defensively mostly thanks to Forde though. It's a good game to warm up for the real thing that is the qualifiers and I will be interested to see the next time the two of us play hopefully it'll be a competitive match just for the added edge. If it was competitive England would fold. Easy win for the Irish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 No-one else underwhelmed by Trappatoni's team? I was sat there thinking ders more ta Oirland den dis, tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Sick of the media treating Ireland as a "home nation". No monarchy, completely different government and currency. Same. Only similarity is the language. Have whinged about this for years because as you know father, I'm a very petty man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 No-one else underwhelmed by Trappatoni's team? I was sat there thinking ders more ta Oirland den dis, tbh. Nah man. Our team is brutal. Nobody to choose from. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roy the Irish Magpie Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 A lot of Irish I know do have english relations though and I guess that means a fair few English have Irish relations obviously. I myself have relatives where most of you lads will be, Newcastle of course, and then I have more in Preston. Other than that not a huge link to England I guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roy the Irish Magpie Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 England were better in the second half but not an unfair result overall Ireland did just about enough defensively mostly thanks to Forde though. It's a good game to warm up for the real thing that is the qualifiers and I will be interested to see the next time the two of us play hopefully it'll be a competitive match just for the added edge. If it was competitive England would fold. Easy win for the Irish. Dunno we proved in the euros we're more than capable of bottling a big occasion ourselves. Although a lot of it was down to a lack of ability but still could have done much better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Sick of the media treating Ireland as a "home nation". No monarchy, completely different government and currency. Same. Only similarity is the language. Have whinged about this for years because as you know father, I'm a very petty man. if that was Poland, in a WCQ and Lewandowski had a canny game and scored Poland's goal, would Townscunt have given him MoTM? Would he fuck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 No-one else underwhelmed by Trappatoni's team? I was sat there thinking ders more ta Oirland den dis, tbh. Nah man. Our team is brutal. Nobody to choose from. There's nowt Irish about me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Shut the fuck up Towelie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 I thought we played some decent stuff at times and were unlucky not to win. I'm fed up of the sight of the ball bouncing off Walcott though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 No-one else underwhelmed by Trappatoni's team? I was sat there thinking ders more ta Oirland den dis, tbh. Nah man. Our team is brutal. Nobody to choose from. There's nowt Irish about me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shush Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Horrible England game to watch. Technically we were very poor for the amount of money these people earn compared to the rest of the world. Rooney forever dropping deep or going wide. Walcott having multiple chances to strike a decent hit and got it low, weak and at the keeper. Oxlade-Chamberlain had a great moment to hit it either side of the keeper and somehow aimed directly at him. Bah I could go on and on. Terribly static our players in the opposing half. Piss easy to mark and take out of the game. Too many Hollywood balls as nobody comes short enough. When we do something nice and get down the wing usually only player in the box with 3 or 4 opposition players ready to defend. So many poor touches and passes too. Germany realised they were heading to the national team shitter in 2000 so invested in getting their players technically good at all costs. We must wake up to how poor our national side is now and start using just a tiny amount of the money in our game to make our home grown players technically better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Miguel Delaney @MiguelDelaney 5m Hodgson asked about formation/system and says he can't see how Dortmund's 4-4-2 is too different from England's 4-4-2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Typical England performance that. Some neat flashes here and there but ultimately not enough. Ireland did well, cracking header from Long. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Ligament damage for the greedy one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Is it bad that I don't feel an ounce of sympathy for him? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Miguel Delaney @MiguelDelaney 5m Hodgson asked about formation/system and says he can't see how Dortmund's 4-4-2 is too different from England's 4-4-2. Sackable offence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Happily eating my words really, I thought we'd be hammered. Having said that I thought Ireland were very hot and cold. We played well but our passing and movement on the ball was shocking at times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Where did Hodgson get the idea that Dortmund use a 4-4-2? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Away Toon Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Hodgson and Pardew, two identical tactically inept dinosaurs, producing awful unsuccessful football. Pardew has less excuse though as he can go out and buy technically adept players, something England don't have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Good luck getting anywhere near the level of ability most of the England lot have on our budget. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Shut the fuck up Towelie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 @Fernando_Duarte 9m Brazilian newspaper Estado de S. Paulo reports a court order has suspended the Brazil v England friendly on Sunday @Fernando_Duarte 4m According to the report, injunction filed by the Rio State legal body, claiming not enough evidence of public safety at the Maracana; @danroan: Unconfirmed reports coming out of Brazil that England's match at the Maracana on Sunday has been suspended. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 @Fernando_Duarte 9m Brazilian newspaper Estado de S. Paulo reports a court order has suspended the Brazil v England friendly on Sunday @Fernando_Duarte 4m According to the report, injunction filed by the Rio State legal body, claiming not enough evidence of public safety at the Maracana; @danroan: Unconfirmed reports coming out of Brazil that England's match at the Maracana on Sunday has been suspended. I highly anticipate Woy blaming English clubs if it gets cancelled. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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