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Euro 2016 - Group E - Belgium vs Ireland, 2 pm, RTE & ITV

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  • #752
    PeterTheEighth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,930 ✭✭✭PeterTheEighth


    Sand wrote: »
    In fairness, there is not 11 world beaters sitting on the bench that he could pick.

    I dont think the RTE promos help. All this dream big, emotive sh1te with that girly-boy voiced tool from the Three ads.

    On the face of it 1-1 v Sweden was a pretty good result, and 0-3 against Belgium is probably about where we are in reality.


  • #753
    Ally Dick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,787 ✭✭✭✭Ally Dick


    You won't win much with championship and fringe premiership players


  • #754
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 14,734 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    George Hamilton hasnt a clue whats going on


  • #755
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,813 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    Cud we be out of it by the time we play Italy ?

    Beating Italy would almost certainly see us through.

    But that's unlikely.


  • #756
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,059 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Benteke coming on :(


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  • #757
    LiamoSail
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,294 ✭✭✭LiamoSail


    Ally Dick wrote: »
    The best fans in the world will burst their guts singing now, and show no signs of disappointment whatsover. It's baffling

    Well go support ****ing England so, you can run riot around a small French town when you get beaten instead


  • #758
    FutureGuy
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 15,256 Mod ✭✭✭✭FutureGuy


    Any ref can miss a high foot and make a mistake.

    Two simultaneous high feet from two different players in two different positions being missed by 5 officials. That's something special.


  • #759
    Bobby Baccala
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,343 ✭✭✭Bobby Baccala


    Clark shouldn't play another game in this tournament. Not close to good enough for this level.


  • #760
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 24,286 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Jayop wrote: »
    Comments like his don't warrant a reply.

    And yet you did...good man off you go now for yourself


  • #761
    Sand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,120 ✭✭✭✭Sand


    Belgium take off Lukaku and bring on Benteke - that is the gulf in class between the two sides.


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  • #762
    Dan Chipowski
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,072 ✭✭✭Dan Chipowski


    Deleted User wrote: »
    George Hamilton hasnt a clue whats going on

    He's absolutely clueless, going on as if all third place teams qualify.


  • #763
    Jayop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,377 ✭✭✭✭Jayop


    Ally Dick wrote: »
    You won't win much with championship and fringe premiership players

    Should we pull a load of barca players from our arse?

    Go back to moaning about the fans. It's all you have


  • #764
    AMKC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,404 ✭✭✭✭AMKC
    Ms


    IT ain,t that bad at least its Belgium they are losing to and not Turkey or Russia we are losing too. Belgium has had a **** year this year there country with terrorist bombings in it so its nice there football team can bring some positivity back to there country.

    Live long and Prosper

    Peace and long life.



  • #765
    SlickRic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,766 ✭✭✭✭SlickRic


    I spoke too soon about Whelan.


  • #766
    Francie Barrett
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,197 ✭✭✭✭Francie Barrett


    SlickRic wrote: »
    For all the flak he normally gets, Whelan has been excellent again.
    Bleh, I think he did ok, excellent overstretching it.


  • #767
    Jayop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,377 ✭✭✭✭Jayop


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    And yet you did...good man off you go now for yourself

    I wasn't having a go at you. I was agreeing with you.


  • #768
    Green Fella
    Closed Accounts Posts: 417 ✭✭Green Fella


    awec wrote: »
    LOL.

    3 down, brings striker off for striker. Why?!

    Go two up top. Give Long something to work with.

    Its pathetic to see. O'Neill is the most negative manager Ive seen, time wasting 10 minutes in. Northern Ireland are a better side despite the difference in resources. He has no clue, and already has a new contract


  • #769
    sligeach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,457 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Masala wrote: »
    A striker for a striker... That's some magical substitution. We 3-0 down and we take off a striker. Does O'Neill know what he's at??

    This game is toast. We need Long for the final game. No point going for it and conceding more. If we do somehow beat Italy, goal difference could be crucial.


  • #770
    AllGunsBlazing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,701 ✭✭✭AllGunsBlazing


    Thank fck Belgium havent been too arsed since the third went in.


  • #771
    ebbsy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,303 ✭✭✭ebbsy


    Randolph should have saved the first 2.


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  • #772
    Debil
    Closed Accounts Posts: 199 ✭✭Debil


    Ally Dick wrote: »
    You won't win much with championship and fringe premiership players

    Doesn't seem to be a problem for other teams.


  • #773
    Strumms
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,370 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    Ally Dick wrote: »
    The best fans in the world will burst their guts singing now, and show no signs of disappointment whatsover. It's baffling

    Bit of a boring narrative at this stage. We always went into this tournament as fans with little more then hope. We know how limited our squad is compared to Belgium and Italy our only hope was always beating Sweden. We didn't.

    So given that do you expect fans who have paid good money travel to France to sit in their hotel rooms watching TV or go out have a few pints and drown their sorrows.. bit of a sing song whatever. We are all dissapointed to say otherwise is rubbish.


  • #774
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,227 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    FutureGuy wrote: »
    Any ref can miss a high foot and make a mistake.

    Two simultaneous high feet from two different players in two different positions being missed by 5 officials. That's something special.

    Our defenders have missed all their runners coming in to the box when they attack, so plenty of it going around


  • #775
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,136 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    P4DDY2K11 wrote: »
    Clark shouldn't play another game in this tournament. Not close to good enough for this level.

    It's a team game, hardly fair to pick out just one scapegoat.


  • #776
    alchemist33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    Dan Chipowski wrote: »
    He's absolutely clueless, going on as if all third place teams qualify.
    Yep, the plan now should be to beat Italy. You never know, we might try and attack


  • #777
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,460 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    sligeach wrote: »
    This game is toast. We need Long for the final game. No point going for it and conceding more. If we do somehow beat Italy, goal difference could be crucial.

    Goal difference doesn't matter for Ireland. You need to beat Italy. 4 points will be enough.

    Only teams finishing on three points need to worry about goal difference, an impossible total for Ireland now.


  • #778
    Unearthly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,186 ✭✭✭Unearthly


    I know we would have lost even if he wasn't the ref, but I Fecking hate that man. Even just his face makes me want to hit him


  • #779
    Green Fella
    Closed Accounts Posts: 417 ✭✭Green Fella


    Deleted User wrote: »
    George Hamilton hasnt a clue whats going on

    Much like the Irish management so


  • #780
    J Mysterio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,592 ✭✭✭✭J Mysterio


    ebbsy wrote: »
    Randolph should have saved the first 2.

    Not really. He's been good for us.


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  • #781
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 24,286 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Green Fella wrote: »
    Its pathetic to see. O'Neill is the most negative manager Ive seen, time wasting 10 minutes in. Northern Ireland are a better side despite the difference in resources. He has no clue, and already has a new contract

    You can't make a silk purse from a sows ear. There is no doubt the lads do their very best but it will only get you so far


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