Boo Khaki Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 7 minutes ago, Comrie said: Irish and English twitter are absolutely seething. Bliss. In a purely International footballing context, aren't those essentially one and the same thing? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squalor Vic Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 4 minutes ago, AuAl said: https://twitter.com/sheelaghmclaren/status/1573792056698437633?s=20&t=INLPZJwF9TlVhRzRqq2HIA Hahahahahhahahahahah Lolz 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 4 minutes ago, AuAl said: https://twitter.com/sheelaghmclaren/status/1573792056698437633?s=20&t=INLPZJwF9TlVhRzRqq2HIA Hahahahahhahahahahah Presumably Kenny's referring to a 12th Scottish player wearing an invisibility cloak, who caused Browne to come pelting in from nowhere, and raise his own hands in some sort of bizarre attempt to 'superman' the baw? That Scottish player?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 (edited) 14 minutes ago, AuAl said: https://twitter.com/sheelaghmclaren/status/1573792056698437633?s=20&t=INLPZJwF9TlVhRzRqq2HIA Hahahahahhahahahahah Feck me. He maybe wants to pop into Specsavers on his way to the flight back home! Edit - or cut back on the drinking a bit. He's seeing things that arent there! Edited September 24, 2022 by Skyline Drifter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Skyline Drifter said: Feck me. He maybe wants to pop into Specsavers on his way to the flight back home! Silly c**t still misses his jumper. Edited September 24, 2022 by DA Baracus 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 46 minutes ago, Leith Green said: Heard his pre match yesterday and thought the same. Sounds clueless He was very Cathroesque tonight. Bizarre. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtual Insanity Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 Great win. Please tell me nobody who watched that thinks that Dykes is ever ever ever a better option than Adams starting games? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 1 minute ago, Virtual Insanity said: Great win. Please tell me nobody who watched that thinks that Dykes is ever ever ever a better option than Adams starting games? I'm really not sure what you're watching. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loominous Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 Great result. Performance was good and bad, but given all the circumstances it's been a fantastic effort from everyone involved and particularly a mention for our manager Steve Clarke and Captain John McGinn who in fairness have been stellar in these two games. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtual Insanity Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 3 minutes ago, Skyline Drifter said: I'm really not sure what you're watching. The game where we really struggled to break down a very very average Ireland team? Compared to the one we overran a pretty decent Ukraine team? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thane of Cawdor Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 Opinions and arseholes, eh? Much consensus and a few dissenting voices. I thought for much of the game Ireland looked slicker and more technically competent than we did, and that they probably deserved a draw. Now that we have got the result, we can afford to have a more objective and patronising assessment. I recall Ireland's keeper having only one save to make (from Fraser) and Gordon having much more to do. That was partly because we have not got the technical ability to play out from the back. Our centre backs have to lumber and crank themselves in to position to play a simple pass-back to a goalkeeper who can't kick rather than try a more ambitious pass or bring the ball forward themselves. This leads on to one of the most highlighted problems. If Gordon can't kick well, why play so many back-passes (often to his right foot); this happened constantly in the earlier stages of the match. I didn't think the Irish team was particularly agricultural, or dirty, or hammer-throwing cloggers. But then I didn't think Gary Breen came over like a 'fan with a typewriter' either and his comments were mostly even handed. Finally, whilst not being exposed to Michael Stewart's musings to the extent most contributors appear to be, I think he is at least as insightful as any of our usual commentators/pundits, and better than most. Now, let's kick their arses at a hybrid shinty/hurling contest. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 Not fun. It was clear early on that we wanted to draw them out for a clipped ball in behind which didn't really seem to work at all. Hickey and Tierney are probably the two Scottish full-backs you want to build through, but either the quality in behind wasn't there or it came to them too slowly. I thought you could often see the difference in quality between our backline and theirs when it came to playing from the back. Having someone able to clip it across to the free full-back makes a big difference but we had to take it slower and allowed Ireland to stay in their good shape. Not sure if it started this way but at certain points, esp the first half, we seemed to be pressing in a 3-4-1-2 with Armstrong going inside and Hickey and Christie high on the wing-backs. Presumably it was to try and match Ireland when they were building up but I think they looked pretty decent in those situations. Made good decisions on the break to get through on goal too, but the gaps in midfield made that pretty easy. I don't really know what happened in the second half. Fraser was great, plus there was a spell where we were managing to get overloads out wide and regularly had quality deliveries. Just a strange game, but there were long spells where it looked like we'd make a meal of it so they deserve credit for coming back. The character of this squad is impressive, managing to enact revenge on Israel, Denmark, Ireland and Ukraine. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 6 minutes ago, Thane of Cawdor said: Opinions and arseholes, eh? Much consensus and a few dissenting voices. I thought for much of the game Ireland looked slicker and more technically competent than we did, and that they probably deserved a draw. Now that we have got the result, we can afford to have a more objective and patronising assessment. I recall Ireland's keeper having only one save to make (from Fraser) and Gordon having much more to do. That was partly because we have not got the technical ability to play out from the back. Our centre backs have to lumber and crank themselves in to position to play a simple pass-back to a goalkeeper who can't kick rather than try a more ambitious pass or bring the ball forward themselves. This leads on to one of the most highlighted problems. If Gordon can't kick well, why play so many back-passes (often to his right foot); this happened constantly in the earlier stages of the match. I didn't think the Irish team was particularly agricultural, or dirty, or hammer-throwing cloggers. But then I didn't think Gary Breen came over like a 'fan with a typewriter' either and his comments were mostly even handed. Finally, whilst not being exposed to Michael Stewart's musings to the extent most contributors appear to be, I think he is at least as insightful as any of our usual commentators/pundits, and better than most. Now, let's kick their arses at a hybrid shinty/hurling contest. You are over-thinking this. Scotland won, and Ireland lost, therefore, they should get it right fucking roond them. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 I’m seeing a load of Irish lads on Twitter saying they’re getting better under Kenny. How shite must they have been before? They got dominated possession wise, created chances only on the break via Scottish mistakes, and kicked anything that moved. The better team with the better players and manager won. Get it up them. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Virtual Insanity said: The game where we really struggled to break down a very very average Ireland team? Compared to the one we overran a pretty decent Ukraine team? Leaving aside the fact that attributing that to the respective contibutions of two players and not the other 10/ 15 is an act of wilful myopia, you do know the two of them have played other games for Scotland? Right? Restricting yourself to a two game sample is simply a way of getting the result you want. When Dykes was scoring in 4 straight games last year did you think the same? Edited September 24, 2022 by Skyline Drifter 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K77 Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 (edited) Full day drinking in the pub. Hampden was bouncing at the end. A few seething 'Irish fans' with broad Glaswegian accents. Get it right up you and your IRA chants you plastic paddy b*****ds. Edited September 24, 2022 by K77 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 Personally I thought Ireland looked like a bunch of hammer throwers. No doubting their 100% commitment and good organisation, which goes a long way toward making up for a technically average side. A bit like Israel, who always struck me as an incredibly hard working bunch of jobbers and a nightmare to play against in the 73 times we've played them recently. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.Aye.R Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 Felt we lacked much tempo and allowed them to make it the battle they wanted. Any time we popped the ball around they struggled. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 Nah Israel have technically good players imo. South Ireland definitely don’t. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar_Army Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 Just watching the highlights. When Ireland make the 2 on 1 break and Gordon saves. Does Obafemi put his hands in the air in celebration expecting Parrot to score? He looked too far away to be asking for it to be passed back to him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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