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The Man Behind The Curtain: Ireland Against Italy And Trapattoni’s Future

Posted on Jun 19, 2012 by NFB

So, Ireland’s three game run in Euro 2012 has come to an end. Allow me to look at the various parts of the Irish performance from the back up, before going on to talk about the future of Trapattoni in … Continue reading →

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No Plan B: Ireland Against Spain And What Comes After

Posted on Jun 15, 2012 by NFB

It’s pretty pointless talking about Spain – everyone knows how good they are and how good they play – so I’ll just focus on Ireland, back to front. Shay Given isn’t fit. He’s older, a bit slower than he was, … Continue reading →

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Football 10/11: vs FYR Macedonia (Euro Qualifiers, Away)

Posted on Jun 5, 2011 by NFB

Again, not that impressive. There seems to be this growing divide among Irish national team followers. On the one hand, you have those who are delighted with how we’re doing and on the other, the ones who aren’t. I think … Continue reading →

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Football 10/11: vs Scotland (Nations Cup) And Trapattoni’s Problems

Posted on May 30, 2011 by NFB

It was the best and most contested game of the tournament, but Ireland came through with a convincing display. It’s been little more than a cakewalk overall, and I doubt that the Nations Cup will be making a return next … Continue reading →

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Football 10/11: vs FYR Macedonia

Posted on Mar 28, 2011 by NFB

Yet another unconvincing performance from this Irish team, a team that continues to stumble their way to results. Injury ridden, prone to mistakes, convincing only against very weak opposition. We were lucky in that Macedonia had a very dodgy keeper, one … Continue reading →

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Football 10/11: vs Russia

Posted on Oct 9, 2010 by NFB

The bad thing about this is that this late attempt at a come back is going to cover over some very inherent flaws in this team. Where to start (that hasn’t been covered before)? Well, from back to front: Given lacks match … Continue reading →

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Football 10/11: vs Andorra

Posted on Sep 8, 2010 by NFB

Easy, easy. It’s Andorra. I know it sounds patronising but the only question was how much of a win it would be. No one had a bad game. How could they? Some slip ups from the defence led to the … Continue reading →

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Football 10/11: vs Armenia

Posted on Sep 4, 2010 by NFB

Oh dear. We won’t qualify for Euro 2012 playing like this. We just won’t. Scrapping a win against the fifth seeds? Not good enough. The Ireland squad is just very, very thin. We have one player for most positions and no … Continue reading →

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