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Re: International Break

PostPosted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 10:05 pm
by iwasthere2012
nottsblue wrote:
iwasthere2012 wrote:
nottsblue wrote:
iwasthere2012 wrote:Eriksen hatrick.
We’re a shambles.

All good goals by all accounts as well. Great player. Hope one of your boys gives him a good kick. Think spuds without Erikson or Kane aren't nearly as effective


Took them brilliantly but all starting from Irish mistakes.
We haven’t s footballer amongst them. We know that. But, it’s been particularly depressing watching this lot under O’Neill who I think is devoid of any tactical spark.

Not sure who could get anything out of this lot to be fair to him.

Anyway 1-5 now. We’ve been completely shown up by Denmark. Could you imagine if by some miracle we got to Russia and played someone really good.

It’s probably all worked out for the best really.

I have never got the media fawning of O'Neill. Got lucky at Celtic with Larsson. Did ok at Leicester but he is another disciple of the brigade of avoid defeat first no matter how dire the football is.


We don’t have the players. We all realise that but O’Neill is a dinosaur. Half the time the team look like they don’t know what the plan is.
The only time they do know what the plan is, is when we’re looking for a ‘don’t let a goal in’ 0-0 or maybe steal a 1-0.
There is no other plan.
Every time we score early you see us shit ourselves. Because they don’t know how to control s game. It’s not in the plan.

We didn’t have a midfield first half, so O’Neill took off the best of them Moyler, and Arter(who was atrocious) and plugs the gap with McGeady and Holahan.

So we had an even more non existent midfield second half.

I think things are going to be very barren for Irish football for quite a while, because as City have shown at club level and has been shown tonight at international level,
this Neanderthal football is dead. It has been found out and teams that control the ball through technical ability in its ranks, will be more successful.
We just don’t produce these kinds of players and with the state of the FAI and grass roots football in this country I can’t see that changing any time soon.

Re: International Break

PostPosted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 10:10 pm
by zabbadabbado
Thats it for friendlies until March,Very happy. :) :)

Re: International Break

PostPosted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 10:18 pm
by johnny crossan
zabbadabbado wrote:Thats it for friendlies until March,Very happy. :) :)

Let's be thankful they are all returning intact despite the scares (as far as we know of course :roll: )

Re: International Break

PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:51 am
by sheblue
Thankfully another marathon international break is finally over.

Re: International Break

PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:42 am
by Foreverinbluedreams
nottsblue wrote:
iwasthere2012 wrote:Right strap yourselves in for another 0-0 and penalties.

C’mon Ireland. (Can’t help myself)

The last six play off games have all ended 0-0. Shocking stuff. Maybe teams are just too scared to lose they don't try their hardest for fear off losing?

I blame Mourinho and the press who laud his boring stalemates a "masterclass"


Bit of a difference between having to do it because of lack of quality and/or resources and doing it when you have the resources to produce something a lot more aesthetically pleasing.

Re: International Break

PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:44 am
by branny
dick dastardley wrote:Lingard playing for england beggars belief


He'll go the same way as Cleverly. Once he's been sold to a team closer to his level he'll never be seen in an England shirt again.

Re: International Break

PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 1:00 pm
by Justified logic
Nah. Can't get enthused by a couple of 0-0 bores. Even if our overexcitable media are saying we're now contenders for the WC. Sorry, you have to put the ball over the goal-line to be that; that's the purpose of the game. I just hope we've got the prem title sewn up by the time of the March international break.

Re: International Break

PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 2:12 pm
by Wonderwall
Justified logic wrote:Nah. Can't get enthused by a couple of 0-0 bores. Even if our overexcitable media are saying we're now contenders for the WC. Sorry, you have to put the ball over the goal-line to be that; that's the purpose of the game. I just hope we've got the prem title sewn up by the time of the March international break.


Not if you're Lampard

Re: International Break

PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:45 pm
by Justified logic
Very pleased that West Brom's McCunt is hurting after the RoI exit from WC qualification.

I just hope the hurt is terminal. :evil: :twisted: :lol:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42001687

Re: International Break

PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:56 pm
by carl_feedthegoat
Justified logic wrote:Very pleased that West Brom's McCunt is hurting after the RoI exit from WC qualification.

I just hope the hurt is terminal. :evil: :twisted: :lol:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42001687


O neil is a dinosaur...shocking tactics that got its just rewards.

Re: International Break

PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:13 pm
by iwasthere2012
carl_feedthegoat wrote:
Justified logic wrote:Very pleased that West Brom's McCunt is hurting after the RoI exit from WC qualification.

I just hope the hurt is terminal. :evil: :twisted: :lol:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42001687


O’Neil is a dinosaur...shocking tactics that got its just rewards.

Bottom line is we just don’t have the players, but what O’Neill is doing, both with the game he has them playing and most often the team selection to suit that, reflects what he thinks we are capable of and more importantly what he is capable of getting out of them.
Dinosaur is the truth. The team are limited but he is even more limited.

I watched a bit of the U21’s being beaten by Norway 2-1.
You wouldn’t recognise any name on the team sheet and yes they were beaten, but Noel King the coach actually had them playing something approximating football.

I watched them put 20+ passes together and a final ball into the box that came close and wondered why can’t our seniors be told to try this.
These youngsters can’t be any better than the senior team so surely O’Neill and Keane could encourage something a little more ambitious than hoofing it anywhere.

I think his style of management is an easy option. There is so much crap talked about his man management and motivation. It is too easy for him to sell this lowest common denominator football.

The way to excellence is to convince all your players to perform to the level of your best player. That’s what should be done in training. I think that’s beyond him.

Anyway rant over from me.

Italy not going.
Netherlands not going.
Now Ireland not going.

I know. The world is ending.

Re: International Break

PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:17 pm
by zuricity
just ordered Pizza in an italian restaurant . The owner knows i am a City fan and he‘s a napoli fan. I haven’t seen him since we beat them and i said ‘non parla Calcio’ because of monday night.

I’m not sure , but i think he just told his chef to gob on my pizza .

Re: International Break

PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:22 pm
by nottsblue
zuricity wrote:just ordered Pizza in an italian restaurant . The owner knows i am a City fan and he‘s a napoli fan. I haven’t seen him since we beat them and i said ‘non parla Calcio’ because of monday night.

I’m not sure , but i think he just told his chef to gob on my pizza .

Be lucky if he only spits on it!

Re: International Break

PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:29 pm
by carl_feedthegoat
zuricity wrote:just ordered Pizza in an italian restaurant . The owner knows i am a City fan and he‘s a napoli fan. I haven’t seen him since we beat them and i said ‘non parla Calcio’ because of monday night.

I’m not sure , but i think he just told his chef to gob on my pizza .


You could of eaten the fuckign thing first before you took the piss )))

Re: International Break

PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:49 pm
by zuricity
carl_feedthegoat wrote:
zuricity wrote:just ordered Pizza in an italian restaurant . The owner knows i am a City fan and he‘s a napoli fan. I haven’t seen him since we beat them and i said ‘non parla Calcio’ because of monday night.

I’m not sure , but i think he just told his chef to gob on my pizza .


You could of eaten the fuckign thing first before you took the piss )))



wait until he finds out what his wife has been doing ... feckin’ glory hunter she is.

Re: International Break

PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 11:48 pm
by Nigels Tackle
zuricity wrote:just ordered Pizza in an italian restaurant . The owner knows i am a City fan and he‘s a napoli fan. I haven’t seen him since we beat them and i said ‘non parla Calcio’ because of monday night.

I’m not sure , but i think he just told his chef to gob on my pizza .


Watch on youtube.com

Re: International Break

PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 5:17 pm
by johnny crossan
All four City players left out of the Brazil squad for next month's international friendlies played the USA.


Goalkeepers: Alisson (Liverpool), Neto (Valencia), Hugo (Flamengo)

Defenders: Alex Sandro (Juventus), Dede (Cruzeiro), Fabinho (Liverpool), Fagner (Corinthians), Felipe (Porto), Filipe Luis (Atletico Madrid), Marquinhos, Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain)

Midfielders: Andreas Pereira (Manchester United), Fred (Manchester United), Arthur (Barcelona), Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), Casemiro (Real Madrid), Lucas Paqueta (Flamengo), Renato Augusto (Beijing Guoan)

Forwards: Douglas Costa (Juventus), Everton (Gremio), Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain), Pedro (Fluminense), Willian (Chelsea)

https://www.foxsports.com/soccer/story/ ... uad-081718

Re: International Break

PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 5:22 pm
by Dameerto
That's good for us - no longhaul flights for them - hopefully they don't sulk about it.

Re: International Break

PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 5:38 pm
by johnny crossan
Aguero and Otamendi left out of the Argie squad too (along with Messi)


Goalkeepers: Franco Armani (River Plate), Geronimo Rulli (Real Sociedad, ESP), Sergio Romero (Manchester United, ENG).

Defenders: Gabriel Mercado (Sevilla, ESP), Fabricio Bustos (Independiente, German Pezzella (Fiorentina, ITA), Alan Franco (Independiente), Ramiro Funes Mori (Villarreal, ESP), Walter Kannemann (Gremio, BRA), Nicolas Tagliafico (Ajax, NED), Marcos Acuna (Sporting Lisbon, POR), Eduardo Salvio (Benfica, POR), Leonel Di Placido (Lanus).

Midfielders: Santiago Ascacibar (Stuttgart, GER), Leandro Paredes (Zenit, RUS), Rodrigo Battaglia (Sporting Lisbon, POR), Maximiliano Meza (Independiente), Giovani Lo Celso (PSG, FRA), Gonzalo Martinez (River Plate), Franco Cervi (Benfica, POR), Franco Vazquez (Sevilla, ESP), Matias Vargas (Velez), Exequiel Palacios (River Plate).

Forwards: Cristian Pavon (Boca Juniors), Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan, ITA), Paulo Dybala (Juventus, ITA), Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan, ITA), Giovanni Simeone (Fiorentina, ITA), Angel Correa (Atletico Madrid, EPA).

Re: International Break

PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 6:44 pm
by JamieMCFC
johnny crossan wrote:All four City players left out of the Brazil squad for next month's international friendlies played the USA.


Goalkeepers: Alisson (Liverpool), Neto (Valencia), Hugo (Flamengo)

Defenders: Alex Sandro (Juventus), Dede (Cruzeiro), Fabinho (Liverpool), Fagner (Corinthians), Felipe (Porto), Filipe Luis (Atletico Madrid), Marquinhos, Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain)

Midfielders: Andreas Pereira (Manchester United), Fred (Manchester United), Arthur (Barcelona), Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), Casemiro (Real Madrid), Lucas Paqueta (Flamengo), Renato Augusto (Beijing Guoan)

Forwards: Douglas Costa (Juventus), Everton (Gremio), Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain), Pedro (Fluminense), Willian (Chelsea)

https://www.foxsports.com/soccer/story/ ... uad-081718


There's a Brazilian named Everton? :lol: :lol: :lol: