georginho_juventusygr Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Not Andrews's day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Not Andrews's day. Been our best player today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluedave Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 That bloody whistle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leppard Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 That whistling from the crowd is so realistic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Philip Rolfe Posted June 10, 2012 Administrators Share Posted June 10, 2012 I don't know why Ireland bother with International Football when FIFA and UEFA don't want them anywhere near the later stages of any competitions. Perhaps they could appeal to get there? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 The wife has had a few quid on a Croatia 3-1 win (traitor) How dare she win money with no footballing knowledge!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Perhaps they could appeal to get there?Having 33 teams at the next WC ftw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Miagi Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 First they had the 2010 World Cup fiasco, they've also been hard done by tonight not to the same level but still not good enough. The second goal was a blatant foul on Ward (terrible player) and then the penalty, beyond those two major decisions the referee/linesmen were terrible in many smaller instances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1981 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 2006 fiasco? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerokus Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I'm an Ireland man but wtf are you on about?!The reason for that is because our players are generally pretty poor. How many other trams would Whelan, St Ledger, Ward, Walters, Andrews and O'shea get into?!? Would walk into the Scotland side Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOStriker Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Come on now, the better team won tonight. Not sure how you spin it to claim ROI have been robbed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Miagi Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 2006 fiasco? Jesus yeah, my bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Come on now, the better team won tonight. Not sure how you spin it to claim ROI have been robbed. Bang on - Croatia were more than deserved winners. Poor show tonight by Ireland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man11 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Surely the 3rd goal was a Given OG? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Miagi Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I understand the people correctly saying Croatia played better, but that doesn't make the referee's decisions correct. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpain16 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Mandžukić had a pretty decent Drogba impersonation, as he usually does. More of that please. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjericho Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Is Bilic ill or something? Because that cap makes him look like a junkie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niebiescy Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Ireland looked out of their depth. Lacked the ability to retain possession and made tons of defensive errors. Think Croatia could've scored more if they wanted to. Let their foot off the gas at 3-1 and just played the game out. No idea how good Croatia are as they weren't tested at all tonight. Will be interesting to see them play Italy. Hard to predict cos Italy played largely on the counter today so will also look very different in their next game. Imagine winner of that qualifies with Spain. I really fear for Ireland now considering they couldn't keep the ball today and Spain are the masters of possession football. Could be a case of name your score. Otherwise may make sense resting some players ahead of their big game with Croatia. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpain16 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Is Bilic ill or something? Because that cap makes him look like a junkie. He has a cold, yeah. But even if I had one personally, I wouldn't wear it. He looked ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georginho_juventusygr Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Good match. I hoped that Republic of Ireland could get a draw, but well ... . Ireland don't have as many qualities as Croatia do, but I give them credits for their passion. I expected more from Given, but he's already old anyway. McGeady was disappointing. Andrews did well, but didn't have much luck today. Croatie played well, especially the attacking trio of Modrić, Mandžukić, and Jelavić. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorando Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 English girls are hot No they are not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leppard Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Nationality doesn't determine whether you're hot or not. There are hot girls of every nationality, and I, for one, don't care where they're from as long as they're hot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluedave Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Never seen a hot eskimo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Jeroen Thijssen Posted June 10, 2012 SI Staff Share Posted June 10, 2012 Jelavic goal was offside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Jeroen Thijssen Posted June 10, 2012 SI Staff Share Posted June 10, 2012 Kuipers should have stopped play for Mandzukic, which annulls the penalty... but Kuipers being rubbish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Never seen a hot eskimo I once knew a girl from Greenland who was actually pretty hot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzler Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Croatia looked decent but not massively worrying for the very best based on that. Ireland did well to get back into it. I don't have a problem with the 2nd Croat goal, Ward had two chances to clear that and sliced it through, I think that's fair enough as a 'phase' despite Jelavic being offside from the previous pass forward. Clear pen for Ireland though, I thought. Ref looking right at it too, not sure who he didn't give it but think 3-1 was fair Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1981 Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I think the ref would have been more inclined to give the pen had Ireland not been playing on with a Croatian down. Not that that should influence his decision... Looks UEFA are at least letting Mario Mandžukić keep the second goal though, rather than giving it as an OG. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpain16 Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Would be ridiculous if it was given an own goal. The ball hit the post and was clearly going in even without hitting Given. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Would be ridiculous if it was given an own goal. The ball hit the post and was clearly going in even without hitting Given. I thought it was coming back off the post across goal, don't think it would have gone in without Given's header. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanNUFC Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I understand the people correctly saying Croatia played better, but that doesn't make the referee's decisions correct. Sh*t happens mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanNUFC Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I thought it was coming back off the post across goal, don't think it would have gone in without Given's header. This is true. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Would be ridiculous if it was given an own goal. The ball hit the post and was clearly going in even without hitting Given.I agree, it was coming inwards towards the goal with or without Given's intervention (initially I thought it was an OG but I watched MOTD and it's definitely Mandžukić's goal) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1981 Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 No doubt about the goal for me. I remember one of Rooney's goals against Switzerland in Euro 2004 - that came back off the post and hit the back of the keeper's head roundabout the edge of the six yard box and went in, and Rooney still got the goal. If the keeper hadn't touched it it would have ended somewhere near the half way line Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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