Republic of Ireland General Discussion Thread 2026

I think they would have as well. Not sure how they didn’t win tonight they were streets ahead of their opponent.

I think ' Czechia ár lá ' will be their chant at WC '26. Delighted for them.

This is like the crap you hear in club football all the time.

Wolves beat City and City beat Liverpool therefore Wolves are better than Liverpool.

Ireland need to get better at the snide

Teams get away with it at international level

Agreed “too nice” but a defeat like the last day might knock a bit of that ruthlessness into them. I hope anyway. I suppose it only comes with experience.

Italy not been there will be high up on the 'top nations missing the finals' etc type youtube vids/lists but can't see us been on many of them in the 'footballing terms'

Canada vs Bosnia would of sounded a lot better as Canada vs Italy so FIFA definitely feeling a little peeved

We would of been the 'craic masters'

The crushing a car roof by standing on it then fixing it was the worst. I would be raging if I saw them do that to my car.

I agree with a lot of that but Parrott has been playing really well since the week in November, he should have scored another 3 last night. He will only improve think, hopefully we get Ferguson back fit and keep him fit as well.

Sounds like something John Delaney would have done.

Joe Brolly.

Not the easiest watch in the world last night to say the least but it must have been like getting methodone after Thursday for the players.

Good to see a few players get their international debut. I think we should have some decent players coming through in the next few years with Mason Melia, Michael Noonan, Trent Kone-Doherty, Alex Murphy, etc, etc. The future is bright.

I don't know what others thought but what were Kenny Cunningham and Sadlier on about re Seamus Coleman? Its not their place to talk the man into retirement. If he's ready to go (and he probably is) then let him decide himself. No need for 2 pundits to try push him out the door. I thought he did well last night as always and I hope he decides a Euro campaign in Dublin is worth giving one more stint. He's only 37, has looked after himself well, has a great attitude and has that drive and bit of anger which more Irish players need to develop. He might be more valuable as a player than a coach in my opinion.

And if that is it for him, well at least he got the ovation he deserved. There's only one Seamus Coleman.

That's probably true but Molumby really stepped up on Thursday night. His best game for Ireland so far I think. Very encouraging.

The only really important player we are losing now is Seamus Coleman. Brady to a lesser extent (not to knock him - excellent player in his day, just not as important as Seamus to the squad). Otherwise, our core players are coming into their peak years so it's all looking quite exciting. We are odds on to qualify for 2028 and then we'd be in a great position to give it a real go at qualifying for 2030 which will be a much better tournament than this year's mess with Trump, Iran, long distances between games, middle of the night kick off times etc.

Coleman looked really sharp again last night by the way! It seems inevitable that he'll retire, but I wonder does he have any thoughts of trying to keep going for another season?