The_Rev Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 40 minutes ago, villarule123 said: Ireland are going to be what Scotland have been for the last 20 years. There's no talent there and what talent there was, has gone to play for England. I doubt they will qualify for another major tournament for at least a decade. TBF most of those people were born and raised in England. The Irish policy of aggressively courting younger players with Irish heritage from elsewhere in the UK and hoping they'd play for the boys in green always struck me as building an empire on sand. A country like Ireland should be producing better players than it does, football is part of the culture and while the domestic league isn't great there should be enough money around to raise players better than they have been of late. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieZ Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 7 hours ago, Zatman said: I think its in the rules you have to take 3 keepers Thank you. That was precisely my reaction. "Don't you have to take three keepers?" Otherwise, everybody would take two keepers and Phil Jagielka. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 23 minutes ago, The_Rev said: TBF most of those people were born and raised in England. The Irish policy of aggressively courting younger players with Irish heritage from elsewhere in the UK and hoping they'd play for the boys in green always struck me as building an empire on sand. A country like Ireland should be producing better players than it does, football is part of the culture and while the domestic league isn't great there should be enough money around to raise players better than they have been of late. Football is part of the culture but its still behind Gaelic Sports outside of Dublin and recently rugby has had a surge in popularity. The national league is incredibly low down the sporting priority though I think a larger portion of players in the current squad have played in the league. The problem is the FAI took advantage of the granny rule and didnt build on the potential. There has been a new board who are hoping to make things better and they are hoping Brexit might help them as either English clubs might be forced to use Irish players again or that younger players will have the option of going to other countries to develop like Belgium or Netherlands. It hasnt helped Kenny that he wants to stop playing hoofball and fans want that brought back already 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 57 minutes ago, The_Steve said: It definitely looks in, I dont think they are using goal line technology in the qualifiers I suppose if Serbis qualify the commentators will just keep mentioning this goal in every game they play since they always go on about Nyland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 anything that pisses off ronaldo is fine by me. No goal. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 28, 2021 Author Share Posted March 28, 2021 Looks like a Lowton goal line clearance to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 38 minutes ago, sne said: Looks just about over but there's millimetres in it, the ball could be *just* on the line. Either way, ridiculous for Ronaldo to lose his head like that when the ball was still in play. Not just in play, but within a few feet of him and he wasn't interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Ah, here's a better angle. 100% in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Kosovo GK Arijanet Muric (Man City on loan at Willem II) sent home for turning up drunk at the team meeting and then visibly hung over at practice the next day. What a bell end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 1 hour ago, sne said: Kosovo GK Arijanet Muric (Man City on loan at Willem II) sent home for turning up drunk at the team meeting and then visibly hung over at practice the next day. What a bell end. Well, one normally follows the other..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 2 hours ago, sne said: Kosovo GK Arijanet Muric (Man City on loan at Willem II) sent home for turning up drunk at the team meeting and then visibly hung over at practice the next day. What a bell end. An absolute fool. He's been terrible every time he's appeared for City as well, don't think he's going to be going as far as he should in his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Playing Albania and Southgate picks two defensive midfielders in Rice and Phillips to start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, stewiek2 said: Playing Albania and Southgate picks two defensive midfielders in Rice and Phillips to start Just saw that, **** ridiculous. A golden age of attacking talent and he does this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Boregate can't be taking any chances against a team made up of postmen, electricians, bankers and second hand car sales men!.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rino8 Posted March 28, 2021 Visiting Supporter Share Posted March 28, 2021 I'm so happy for Phillips getting these starts after all the shit he got for making his debut in the championship but how is he starting alongside Rice in this system? Doesn't do either player any favours. If Henderson doesn't make the Euros squad is this the plan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 28, 2021 Author Share Posted March 28, 2021 (edited) To be fair if he plays Phillips box to box rather than an out and out holding midfielder then I think that's the midfield 3 likely to start the euros so get them together now The main thing is 4 at the back I think 8 of this 11 start the euros, walker, Shaw and popes places will be up for grabs Edited March 28, 2021 by villa4europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpTheVilla26 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 (edited) Southgate is what will stop this crop of players winning anything with his poor team selections. Albania aren't exactly what you'd call a test. Even with a team of Championship players I'd expect us to beat them. Should of gone 3-4-3 and get as many of our attacking players involved as possible. And Maguire Edited March 28, 2021 by UpTheVilla26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 When did Ashley Cole become Jamaican? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HongKongVillan Posted March 28, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted March 28, 2021 Can't help but think GS gets his inspiration from the 2004 Greek national team. Shithouse a trophy but I don't think his defence is good enough for this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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