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[Kazerei]

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Yay Sunhi

 

[Tristam]

Many of Ireland's players have fine enough technical skills, so I don't understand why they insist on playing an ineffective long-ball game...it just doesn't work in modern soccer.

 

[Johnny Cage In The Shower]

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Ohh Man, the sad thing is, if Given didn't at all interfere with that ball it would've hit the post and bounced out...But obviously he has to do his job and go after it.

EDIT: What happened to your gif Sunhi?

 

[Korez]

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Sunhi, you did not see the replay where Trapattoni falls?

 

[Deleted member 81567]

Ohh Man, the sad thing is, if Given didn't at all interfere with that ball it would've hit the post and bounced out...But obviously he has to do his job and go after it.

Are you fucking kidding me?

 

[ColossalLazy]

Poor Given lol.

And the delicious thread title change.

 

[Fry]

Ohh Man, the sad thing is, if Given didn't at all interfere with that ball it would've hit the post and bounced out...But obviously he has to do his job and go after it.

Hahaha, that was going in regardless, man.

 

[CassSept]

Poor Given is going to have so many bad puns now.

That's a given

Har har

 

[criesofthepast]

Has Croatia been really good or Ireland just really shit? Just tuning in now to this match.

Should Italy be able to take them both?

 

[bonesmccoy]

Many of Ireland's players have fine enough technical skills, so I don't understand why they insist on playing an ineffective long-ball game...it just doesn't work in modern soccer.

Croatia aren't letting them?

Poor Given. The way that rebounded off the post, if he hadn't dived he may have been able to stop it from crossing the line.

cries: It's been fairly even, but Croatia's clearly a better team, and Ireland have made 2 (maybe 3?) mistakes that have resulted in goals.

 

[Willkiller]

Ohh Man, the sad thing is, if Given didn't at all interfere with that ball it would've hit the post and bounced out...But obviously he has to do his job and go after it.

What happened top yout gif Sunhi?

No it was going in anyway.

 

[Sviatoslav]

Many of Ireland's players have fine enough technical skills, so I don't understand why they insist on playing an ineffective long-ball game...it just doesn't work in modern soccer.

Roy Hodgson will prove you wrong tomorrow. Believe!

 

[macksplack]

cox straight bossin

 

[rodvik]

Has Croatia been really good or Ireland just really shit? Just tuning in now to this match.

Should Italy be able to take them both?

Italy will walk the ireland game imho. Croatia, much harder.

 

[Nemesis121]

Ireland goalie is shit....off to play some BF3..

 

[D4Danger]

poor form, Ireland. kick the ball out.

 

[survivor]

Beautiful thread title

 

[Keyser Soze]

What a cunt

 

[Ushojax]

That was a foul.

 

[ColossalLazy]

Ireland with dat fair play.

 

[ErasureAcer]

Should have been a penalty kick. Ref sux.

 

[Gareth Bale]

How was that not a penalty?

 

[PaulLFC]

That should have been a penalty.

 

[EdibleExplosives]

Ireland shouldn't have played on but that should've been a penalty.

 

[Awesome Animals]

Should have been a pen.

 

[The perfect Dark]

That should have been a penalty.

yup

 

[Sviatoslav]

A penalty there could have made this game a lot more interesting.

 

[Diablos54]

Bad call by the ref... Not surprised, they haven't been great so far this tournament.

 

[Cindres]

Didn't think it was until I saw the replay but yeah, that was a penalty.

No luck for Ireland today.

 

[SunhiLegend]

 

[D4Danger]

That should have been a penalty.

they should've kicked the ball out

karma

 

[Clegg]

Has Croatia been really good or Ireland just really shit? Just tuning in now to this match.

Should Italy be able to take them both?

Ireland are terrible.

Croatia are a technically capable and very tidy side.

We're letting them have all the ball and they are taking advantage of that.

Italy will do a much better job because they'll actually push up against their midfield.

We've been unable to defend set pieces and of their goals have come from headers. Italy should do much better.

 

[Johnny Cage In The Shower]

Are you fucking kidding me?

Sunhi's gif showed it from another angle I swear it was gonna bounce on the line, at the most.
that camera angle doesn't do it justice

Oh Here it is again,

I donno man it's close.

 

[Jamie OD]

Has Croatia been really good or Ireland just really shit? Just tuning in now to this match.

Should Italy be able to take them both?

Ireland let in two easy goals but Croatia have been the better team anyway.

 

[rodvik]

Ireland shouldn't have played on but that should've been a penalty.

Correct answer imho.

 

[Awesome Animals]

I see Croatia getting out of the group. There is going to be a lot of pressure on Spain and Italy to win against Croatia because of their result vs each other.

 

[Fry]

Sunhi's gif showed it from another angle I swear it was gonna bounce on the line, at the most.
that camera angle doesn't do it justice

This is right before he heads it... it was already in.

 

[Blablurn]

german commentator and his stereotype thinking lol

"i hope posen has enough beer for the night"

 

[Clegg]

Ireland should have kicked the ball out but the Croatian player was up like a flash as soon as it went out of play.

That always annoys me.

 

[norinrad]

How did all these EU countries on the brink of collapse managed to get people to the euro? lol

Greece
Italy
Spain
Portugal and Ireland are all in the shit and it their people still have loads of money to travel?

 

[brain_stew]

Ireland have been truly dreadful. No sympathy for them when they bring on the likes of Cox and Walters for McGeady while chasing the game and leave McClean on the bench.

 

[Wilbur]

Bad luck on all the goals so far for Ireland really, as well as the penalty decision. Shame, if they had taken advantage of the draw earlier and then defended for their lives in the other two games I could have seen them getting out the group.

I see Croatia getting out of the group. There is going to be a lot of pressure on Spain and Italy to win against Croatia because of their result vs each other.

I'd love it if Spain went out.

 

[Keyser Soze]

they should've kicked the ball out

karma

Kick the ball out when someone is actually hurt.

He stood up the second the ball was put out of play by Croatia

 

[Broder Salsa]

This is right before he heads it... it was already in.

You can't really say that there. His body and face is a bit away from the line and it's impossible to see from that angle. But yeah, while it will no doubt go down as a own goal in the refs book, he isn't to blame for that one.

they should've kicked the ball out

karma

Fuck no. Let the ref stop the play.

 

[Awesome Animals]

How did all these EU countries on the brink of collapse managed to get people to the euro? lol

Greece
Italy
Spain
Portugal and Ireland are all in the shit and it their people still have loads of money to travel?

They're on the brink of collapse because of the way their government spends its money, not its people.

I'd love it if Spain went out.

Me too

 

[Johnny Cage In The Shower]

This is right before he heads it... it was already in.

See Sunhi's gif in my post above

 

[caramac]

Cox is good but not as good as Kuntz in Euro96

 

[EdibleExplosives]

Nice diving going on.

Edit: Dat irish girl.

 

[Hoo-doo]

How did all these EU countries on the brink of collapse managed to get people to the euro? lol

Greece
Italy
Spain
Portugal and Ireland are all in the shit and it their people still have loads of money to travel?

A financial crisis does not mean the populace is all dirt poor.

 

[Clegg]

How did all these EU countries on the brink of collapse managed to get people to the euro? lol

Greece
Italy
Spain
Portugal and Ireland are all in the shit and it their people still have loads of money to travel?

........

The citizens of the respective countries have money to spend.

It's the banks and governments that have no money.