"You have to take every game... on it's.. eh.. merits... eh.. eh.." "It's Darragh" "..eh.. eh.. Bill" "Darragh" "eh.. Bill - er- Darragh" "Yeah" "If ya put... eh... eh.. the young fella..." "You mean Ronaldo? He's not young" "eh... Messi" "Ronaldo" "er- .. Ronaldo... up front... you get an extra... eh.... quality" "ok, thanks John."

@@mickmickymick6927... Pr1ck mick

No shit

@@Eoin-gg9tz yes shit

@@stjimmy1642 good one

Yes shit. He’s right. Too many pundits are afraid to criticise. Dunphy says it how it is, as does Roy Keane. Legends

He's never interested in another's opinion as he continually interrupts.

The RTE player is a heap of shit, it doesn't put the analysis all together as one chunk and I couldn't even play the snippet videos because it wouldn't load, despite having just installed the latest flash player.

Eamon D is a stupid old fool. no perspective or realism when it comes to judging DK...Thinking Ireland was the only team tl blame, yes perhaps..but they were outplayed, outfought and outbattled...instead of giving DK the benefit, he talks dk down...what a fool...

If wes hoolahan starts both games we go to the world cup

Ffs !! Lol !!!

ODIN'S Ø no doubt about that, but to take off Meyler and Arter was suicidal

5-1 or 2-1... both scorelines lead to the same outcome so why not gamble? In the end it backfired but it’s better than wondering what might have been.

easy to look world class when you get that sort of time on the ball...good player but he had an easy time last night got 3 free attempts and made ireland pay with every one

but they never had to work for the 3 goals he got.. ward handed him two goals on a plate first by trying to go past a player when he was deepest outfield player causeing a 3 v 2 with erikson the last player to receive the ball .. the second gift failing to control an easy ball and presenting it to erikson to score .. it was a sad joke the danes did not have to play well .. the first danish goal down to the irish team not sending two players to stop a short corner shocking stuff schoolboy error football.. all 6 goals were gifts even the irish goal was down to bad danish defending. the germans hammered ireland 6-1 years ago but that was down to good football.. this was about an irish team that choked worst way to loose a game by the way best of luck to denmark in the finals

I agree, he needed a miracle, and wes and Mcgeady to perform it, Wes well that was reasonable, but McGeady? That is too much Wes needs defenceive support. McGeady rarely deleivers anyway.

He'll be dead by the time Eire qualify again, and so will I

when you consider it has been 30 years since the last world cup everyone who is an irish fan suffered a lot that night

@@mrmc2465 it’s been 19 years 2002 we lost on penalties to Spain?

@@mrmc2465 2002, what are you bullshiteing about

Dunphy is still here, baby.

ireland were terrible ffs 4 of the goals were gifts.. irish team were all over the place gibraltar would have put on a better show had it not been for the goalkeeper it could have been 1-8

I agree with you about this match, except Ireland did make some bad mistakes, and also Ireland played really bad for the games against the poor teams. But yeah, the panel is too critical for me and Dunphy is an idiot.

I'm danish and I agree with this. Ireland could've closed the match with the two big chances they created after the first goal. It was both a delight and also quite scary to see the Irish team turn up with fire in their eyes. Don't think that the danish team was prepared for that. The plan was obviously to score two quick goals and then go back in defense mode. Because of the the two quick danish goals Ireland was forced into plan b which they were never comfortable with. I don't think that the scoreline tells the true story tbh.

O'Neill made a balls of it taking off 2 holders giving eriksen the freedom of lansdowne..eriksen must have been rubbing his hands coming back out

You were fairly prescient with that comment :(

In 2021 it’s really not looking good we’ve reached an embarrassing low

16 left to go

Why do they deserve it?

@@brooklyniron1999 for taking so much crap over the years

@@brooklyniron1999 cos we've the best fans in the world.

​@phuckweed best? No chance. Awful fans

You must of been up all night thinking of that comment

Why do you keep trying to drag the rest of us down with you? Speak for yourselves ffs

Dafydd Williams because you're all shite

Rubbish, England are in the World Cup because they deserve to be there, Ireland failed because they weren't good enough and that's because they haven't got any World Class players like Erickson.

Are you usually so polite ?? !!

I wasn't intending to be polite I was just telling the truth and sometimes that hurts.

Four years on and what has changed? Nowt.

fuck you and fuck sweden islam is shit

Well, that was a relevant comment 😂

maybe, but it's also true that mc carthy had a far superior squad to work with. How many top tier premiership level players did we have then vs now? Its night and day

McCarthy had the best squad Ireland ever had.....if Keane a more tempered ego we could of maybe got to the semis.....but of course we will never know now!!

Dunphy also claimed he was a tactical mug, notice the pattern with Dunphy with every irish manager.

Colin O'Riordan no he didnt jack charlton had.

No, he was just a wanker.

J Culley Yes there's no denying it's in bad shape right now. However, I still feel the players we do have are well capable of playing better football than we did last night. Just don't think O'Neill and Keane are getting the best out of them.

J Culley yeah totally agree. Heartbreaking to admit it.

well he played 23 times for his country - a lot of players dont get to play for their country once.

O'neill is not the issue its the players they are shite

Dunphy is right?I wouldnt even go so far as to say hes frank,more like spewing malice unable to control his anxiety attacks.You should listen to his views on Pep Guardiola calling him average manager or some shit all because he was putting pieces together last season at Man City.Man is biased and deluded af,no sense of reasonability.AHAHAHA

Leigh Richards i

We call it parking the bus. Mourinho is usually successful implementation this tactic. But Ireland lack quality players I think. Or prioritize poorly.

Pit A. I get you think the first goal was kinda lucky since he had a bad touch on it, but i cant see how the second goal was lucky at all? If anything this was an error from ireland defence and denmark took advantage of it. Good finish from eriksen aswell.

you also forgot that the best fans in the world don't support their own football clubs, if they did those clubs would have the resources to develop the youth, but no they expect another country to do it for us. they will say that the league is shit and not worth paying the money to go see, but have spent the past ten years paying money to watch caveman stuff with the national team the mental gymnastics is mind boggling. the irony is Dundalk are much better value for money.

Zim Zimma I cannot let these comments go unchallenged. Big jack is the problem? Why? The man is a legend. He got Ireland to our 1st ever tournament at euro '88 and came within 10 minutes of the semi-final. He got Ireland to the quarter final of the world cup in 1990 and to the last 16 of USA '94. Under eoin hand Ireland lost 7-0 to Brazil. Jack's team beat them 1-0. In 1985 Denmark then as now hammered Ireland to qualify for the world cup. When Jack was in charge he qualified for the world cup at Denmark's expense when they were the European champions. Liam Brady played for Ireland under jack Charlton. In fact he scored against both Belgium and Brazil when Jack was the manager. The reason why he lost his place in the team was because old age had caught up with him. When eoin hand was in charge Brady, lawrenson, O'Leary, Stapleton, Whelan, Galvin and sheedy were all at their peak and Ireland played an expansive game and Ireland never qualified for anything. Jack lost these classy players within a few years and he had to inject fresh talent into the squad. He also made Ireland hard to beat. Ireland went 6 years without defeat at home under him. Ireland beat teams like Brazil, Italy, Germany, England, Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal, all strong teams. The success of jack resulted in many Irish kids taking up football as their sport too. Jack resigned in 1995. His successor mick McCarthy changed the style of play to a passing game. Jack cannot be blamed for any mistakes made by his successors.

You've proven the majority of my points. Firstly "Big jack is the problem? Why? The man is a legend." and then you've listed a lot of results and memories. The point from my original post was, "As always though with Irish football, scraping a few good results over the years and creating some nice memories is always enough and the bigger picture never get's looked at. Jack was involved in more of those memories than perhaps anyone else in our history, so therefor perspective goes out the window, he's considered an infallible deity and anyone who questions this suffers death by crushing public disapproval." Speaks for itself really I dared question the deity and you've accused me of blasphemy. Let's look at the results argument. Martin O'Neill has taken us further than we've ever been at the Euros's and was one game away from taking us to the world cup, we beat the world champions Germany and we beat the second most successful international nation of all time Italy. By your logic Martin is not quite there yet, but must surely be approaching legend status for this no? Surely if we had got to the world cup and maybe knicked a result or two, legend status for you and large sections of Irish fans would have been assured, but his luck ran out, he fell at the final hurdle and with the prospect of no memories to create, people are seeing his approach for what it is, negative and ambitionless and there in lies the problem. We have a small nation mentality, we only care about the bigger picture when the ends fail to justify the means. Which doesn't take much to do, because again we lack ambition. It doesn't take one iota of tactical noose to park 11 players in your own half and defend zonally and pray for a goal on the counter attack, a Sunday league manager could set a team up that way. When it's successful as it has been for Martin on occasion you have to ask, where does luck factor in on a given day or with results elsewhere going our way in terms of a group? Ask yourself this, did it work because of him or in spite of him? You can't be relying on the likes of Scotland to capitulate in every qualification campaign. Inevitably though one dimensional negatively and playing not to get beat always gets found out, as it has for Martin, did for Trap and I'm sorry to break this to you, did for Jack to. It's clear as day if you go back and watch the games again, but several players and even Jack himself have publicly stated numerous times that Jacks strategy was to press press press and when you win it back, kick the ball into the corners and press some more and try and force mistakes. When in possession they swung balls into the box from anywhere and tried to win the second ball or again hope for a mistake. The only difference between that and what Martin does is Martins team don't press as much and Jack had better players who were more consistent at implementing the strategy. What you failed to mention when you started spouting off results, is the failure to break teams with players of less talent down, because of there being no plan B other than these tactics, again no different from Martin O'Neill or Trap. In the world cup the likes of Egypt in 1990 and Norway in 1994 spring to mind. In qualification for 1990 goalless draws with the likes of the North and Hungary, narrow painful to watch wins against a bunch of taxi drivers from Malta. Again in 1994 narrow 1-0 win in a god awful game against Lithuania. While some I'm sure would make a case for Trap and Mon not having the players to open up and blow the lesser nations away (personally I don't buy it) even the biggest pessimist would be hard pressed to say Jack didn't have the players to do so, but yet he didn't, because he had no ambition to. Only he could say why, but logic would suggest that he felt we weren't good enough. Judging by your assertion that Eoin Hand played a more expansive game and failed, am I to believe that you also feel this way? Personally I think that's an absolute cop out on a number of levels. Firstly you're working under the assumption that a team has to play one way or another, for example teams in the lower leagues of English football prove this to be false on a weekly basis, let alone international teams. Good managers at every level set their teams up differently every game depending on the opposition, they don't just set their teams out to play one way in every single game and hope for the best like MON,Jack and Trap did. Secondly just because Hand tried to play more expansive and failed that somehow means that every group of Irish players from then until the end of time is incapable of doing so, including as you said yourself the fresh talent that Jack put into the team? Come on! Also let's be realistic here, more expansive? it was the late 70's and early 80's, every team in Britain and Ireland, played 4-4-2, some teams hoofed it and some teams passed it. It was the tactical dark ages, things have moved on. Never mind Pep Guardiola, the likes of Chris Hughton or even Stephen Kenny's application of a more expansive game would make Eoin Hand's or god forgive me for saying, Jack Charltons's, interpretation of an expansive game look like checkers to their chess. I stand by what I said, we will never progress as a football nation, because we have no ambition to. Our football culture is stuck in the stone age and we have small nation mentality that was ingrained in us by Jack Charltons historically relative period of success. Being "hard to beat," put em under pressure and all that other nonsense is the only template for success and therefor attempts to do anything else that end in failure will be met with cries of we're not good enough and a swift revert to type. Progress takes time, if we start focusing on the long term picture and getting the team to try and play football, to go out and at least attempt to win games and not just be hard to beat and hope we get lucky, this is what will actually filter down to the next generations. Look how much Georgia....fucking Georgia have improved by attempting to play football, which we are well capable of despite what some people would tell you. Yes we might fail to qualify for several tournaments, but we invariably do that anyway, so why not attempt to create an environment that when we do get there it won't be, because of dogged determination and a bit of luck, but rather our ability to go out and win games rather than just survive them.

It appears we have a very different outlook on things. I stand by everything I said and feel my points still stand. We'll have to agree to disagree I suppose

sadly yes.. even worse than back then :-|

we will get up soon, ireland is the sleeping giant of football, irish folks are missed in every world cup,. best fans in the whole world better than the argentinians by a mile!!

RIP Dilla

Kevin Kennedy Back in your box Butters!

bardo0007 it’s both.

Nothing is good enough at the moment. How Roy Keane can sit and watch that bullshit is beyond me. If he didn't walk out in Saipan he would be gone now

bardo0007 Problem is not the players Problem is manager Martin O'Neill who tells players to play goofy longball goofball! O'Neill as a coach makes Fred Flintstone looks like a tactical genius! Ireland if you want to get respect in future start by sacking O'Neill who belongs in 5 million years B.C. and bring in a modern professional passing and pressing coach! FAI if you keep O'Neill then prepare for a lot More pain.

There's nothing wrong in playing like Burnley if the players are up for it. Ireland can never play like Spain or Portugal.

the manager trains the players! soooo it doesn't have nothing to do with him...??

You're confusing "would" with might. After all the outrage over him leaving, the reason why he left got completely buried and that reason has had further reaching implications than maybe doing slightly better in a single tournament ever would have . We have an unprofessional and incompetent FA and" a sure we did great, we turned up and had a bit of craic" small nation mentality and he was right. We will never progress as a football nation, because we lack ambition. We prioritize great memories and let rose tinted nostalgia cover over the cracks of mediocrity time and time again. It started with Jack and it hasn't stopped since.

John Brett He's a arrogant arse.

Maybe he is, but why does it matter? He was right.

He was asked to leave.

You ignorant shite. He didn't fucking walk out .. he was sent home.

Came up in my feed today and decided to have a look but how bad was the team that oneill put out.How cud u not start long uptop one of our best strikers and he was playing in the pl.Not starting hoolahan was mad aswell.Bad decisions

danijel novokmet Ireland don't develop players they get the dross that's left from Britain.

Wat r u talking about hahaha one of the few playing regularly in the pl

A good analysis I can't talk for everyone but I thought the only chance Ireland had was to defend after taking the lead. Before the game I thought if Denmark scored even once then that would be the end of it. There is no doubt the better team won. I can remember Denmark beating Ireland easily in 1985 to qualify for the world cup and I just hope Ireland respond in the same way now.

There's no one doubting the difference in class between the Danish and Irish sides but a bunch of stars doesn't always a team make (look at the many failed attempts of brilliant Argentinian squads before this year) and the fact that we got a draw in Denmark and were then playing you at home bolstered our confidence, hopes and belief. It would be a very boring game if the better team always won, thankfully that doesn't always happen. I mean compare Morocco to the talents of Spain and Portugal in the world cup just gone by, yet Morocco knocked them both out and got to the semi finals.

He'll probably blame it on not enough passion, that's why he did so well as a manager, oh no wait he was shit.

Mick he's favourite to take over if MON decides to leave

I take your point about population size, but regardless of that, they're just better. Ireland don't have a player like Eriksen. If we did have even one player at that level who could create a moment of magic, then we things could be different. If we'd lost to San Marino for example...I'd definitely be humiliated.

The thing is, if he hadn't put on those attacking players, it might've stayed 2 - 1 and it might've looked less humiliating but it was also less likely that he would've won, by making the gamble he might've got a goal back or he might've let in 3 more, that's the gamble. The scoreline doesn't really tell everything.

I would call it a humiliation

Patrick Doherty I remember players like Ronnie Whelan, john Aldridge, ray Houghton,pat Bonner,Kevin sheedy,mark lawerson,Roy Keane,Paul McGrath... Why can't Ireland produce players like that now?

More supporters go to one Republic of Ireland game than all the league of Ireland fixtures in a weekend. Can we really expect to have such high expectations?

2200bronx Every team but the worst team in the group - "Hold my beer"...

I'm Irish and I say Ireland is the worst team in the world.. And the fans are retarded thay not football fans..

alan dalton English will be out by mid June

brazil will beat england

alan dalton yep or France.

Che's mom was Irish

ireland and Argentina twin countries,,,,alexis macallister?

you'd only HAVE gone.........learn some fucking English.

@@GetOnTheFloor82get a a grip ffs

Rights.

Jimbobjim jim and Fionn McCumhaill out the wing.

And Cú Chulainn at cb

Brian Boroimhe at Cluain Tarbh 23 April 1014

James O'Neill for the Ireland job, couldn't agree more

Sam Spade Denmark beat Poland to

organised defence>>>>> last night there was none.. team was all over the shop.. first goal from a short corner told everything one irish player came out to take on two danes would not see that at non league level

Cause Germany played shit that day

its football

Sam Spade, pure luck ...

The McClean hate is really pathetic. Educate yourself about his reasons for not wearing the poppy. Go on wikipedia and research bloody sunday.

lknow about Bloody Sunday, (for which the UK govt has formally apologised) and about Dresden and Coventry, Hiroshima, Warsaw. The Luftwaffe also bombed Dublin, repeatedly. It goes on and on. Most of us weren't even alive in 1972 for heaven's sake. Oh just realised. Danegeld. Bloody Vikings. Come on boys in green!

mike joyce Yeah and you crowd won't do much better either. Plus ur fans are gonna riot as usual.. ENGLAND play kick and rush football, are tactically inept and just athletes. Enjoy ur world cup. You'll need it. .!😄

Conor Browne at least we’ll be there 😂😂😂

bansheewhiskey England have never been knocked out of a World Cup in the first round, any more lies?

mike england are shit as well and you know it you always had some of the worlds greatest players but you get no where you were knocked out by iceland the last time maybe it will be another shit teams that knocks you out it wont be the irish cause that shit team is already out

joycer denmark would beat england no problem as england has no balls they are gonna get no where in the world cup .they have great players but you need balls which is what english teams have never had since the 1960s they have no hope.

b-cuz they can stay smart, even when bitter..

Ireland aren’t out of the Euros yet to be fair. Remember 1993? ;)

There is an e in Ireland .

We were 4th seeds in the group. If McClean scored we'd be in Russia

Stephen listen mate don't him we where set up badly and brought on players too late should of started with wes and long and pressed them

Completely agree he has to go. He has made the most baffling decisions throughout his reign time and time again, not just last night, in pretty much every game. Look at the first leg for example. Can anyone explain the logic of playing O'Dowda a championship WINGER with 6 caps in a holding midfield role in the most crucial game of the campaign? He just makes it up as he goes along, there's no rhyme or reason to anything. It just seems to be well this might work and if it does I'll look like a genius and if it doesn't well I'll just fall back on our small nation mentality bullshit and say we did very well to be in this position we tried our best, were unlucky tonight and then boast about some ride your luck 1-0 win we had against a nation higher than us in the rankings. He's so arrogant and his mentality belongs in a different era and not just tactically. Remember when Jack Byrne was doing well on loan and looked like pretty much our only genuinely promising player coming through? He trains with the senior team and says I feel I'm as good as any of the senior players and what's MON's response? "Well I'm sure some of the senior players will give him a good kicking in training" and then dropping him back to the under 21's and never speaking about him again. He actually suggested that a bunch of physically stronger journeymen should literally kick the ambition out of a teenager for the crime of showing a bit of confidence! He needs to go and a large section of the Irish public need stop letting the odd "nice memory" paper over the cracks of continuing mediocrity. We'll never progress as a football nation, unless we gain some ambition to and that goes right through from the FAI all the way down to large sections of our football public.

Mark Kenna he's a good manager just has fuck all to work with

SAFC R&W army he has took us as far as he could we a attacking minded manager