Thursday, March 27, 2008

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1. Great to see the GAWA still on the march and Engerland are still as crap as ever!!!

   Posted by  on Mar 27, 2008 @ 12:34 AM

2. Bigger deal for Wales Almost qualified for our first championship since 1958....Toshack gonna play Giggsy in the next under 21 international.....

   Posted by  on Mar 27, 2008 @ 01:26 AM

3. Excellent first half from Norn Iron. Completely useless second half. Still, if you can play like that and come away 4-1 winners it can’t be that bad, even if it was “only Georgia” - it’s not that long ago that Georgia would have seemed tough enough.

   And WTF was the deal with the 2 Linfield players? Mannus I can let slide in a friendly but there were several outfield players who should have had callups ahead of Gault and Thompson.

   Posted by beano on Mar 27, 2008 @ 02:39 AM

4. A 4-1 win over anyone these days is pretty good.
   Good to see a team not frightened to get forward and score some goals.

   Posted by  on Mar 27, 2008 @ 08:43 AM

5. also did peter thompson claim the last goal?  First Irish League player to score for NI in how many years?

   Posted by  on Mar 27, 2008 @ 09:15 AM

6. 24 years. Last one was Lee Doherty in 1984.

   Posted by  on Mar 27, 2008 @ 09:26 AM

7. That Thompson was given the goal was a travesty.  I’m not sure he got the last touch which seemed to me to come off the goalkeeper, but even allowing for him touching it he was impeding the goalkeeper. He fouled the keeper and in the process the ball may have bounced in off him.

   Lafferty on the other hand was brilliant.  Davis was another stand-out for me.  But the 2nd half was dreadful.

   Posted by Chekov on Mar 27, 2008 @ 09:53 AM

8. beano’s obviously a bitter and twisted Glenman, blind to the fact that Thompson and Gault are the stand out Irish League players this season. If Worthington is serious about playing local guys they deserved a chance. It’s not like there were many spare bodies left after the call-offs. I was asked to bring along the boots meself

   However- both Gault and Thompson were unimpressive- as have Hamilton and Andy Smith before them. Thompson’s goal was probably a foul on the very dodgy keeper. The goal of the night undoubtedly Sir David’s brilliant OG,riding the tackle, beating his man and thumping it low and hard into the bottom corner.

   Only question- does that add to or subtract from his overall total. In fact we’ve only managed not to self-destruct in two matches since August!!!!

   And what other team has scored 5 own goals in a season

   Posted by  on Mar 27, 2008 @ 10:17 AM

9. oops- obviously got me sentences mixed up in the last post- but you know what I mean

   Posted by  on Mar 27, 2008 @ 10:17 AM

10. Darth – perhaps instead of “giving the local guys a chance” (if they play for Linfield) Worthington should concentrate on selecting the best players available to him.  It isn’t his job to promote the Irish League, nor should it be his job to try and repair the IFA’s hand-in glove relationship with Linfield.  Last night Dean Shiels could have had a rare chance to impress, but instead we have a futile butter up the bluemen exercise. Btw – I’d imagine Beano won’t be pleased to be called a Glenman!

    Posted by Chekov on Mar 27, 2008 @ 10:46 AM

11. “beano’s obviously a bitter and twisted Glenman”

    Bitter: usually. Twisted: in my finer moments. Glenman? Get away tae fuck.

    Posted by beano on Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:32 AM

12. “both Gault and Thompson were unimpressive”

    Which is exactly why they shouldn’t have been there in the first place. Thousands of fans in the stands could have told Worthy that before the match kicked off.

    Posted by beano on Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:33 AM

13. I see Brian Feeney has been writing with his usual unerring accuracy, describing Our Wee Country as the IFA’s fans’ site. What part of “independent” does he not understand?

    Posted by Chekov on Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:41 AM

14. Doesn’t the Georgia flag look very similar to the northeastern 6 counties soccer flag?

    Posted by  on Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:48 AM

15. Aye, it’s all about Harry , St. George and old England.

    Surely in this new world where air travel is so harmful to the environment it makes sense to revive the Home Internationals.

    The four home countries were playing all sorts of liquorice last night. Instead, we could have been in Wrecsam with the Doog commandeering the back post, and daring the large-handed Fenian to let one in.

    Posted by  on Mar 27, 2008 @ 01:34 PM

16. Why don’t we organise a 6 nations like the rugbaí, Ireland, France, Italy and the 3 from Britain. The only problem is we’d still probably be sheeyte. Although another problem would be the poor colonial slaves here in the northeast of Ireland would get erections when the english national anthem was played. Poor slaves, more to be pitied than scorned.

    Posted by  on Mar 27, 2008 @ 02:03 PM

17. Anyone else think the Georgia Keeper looked a wee bit like Napoleon Dynamite?

    Posted by  on Mar 27, 2008 @ 02:05 PM

18. “Although another problem would be the poor colonial slaves here in the northeast of Ireland would get erections when the english national anthem was played. Poor slaves, more to be pitied than scorned.”

    Yawn - don’t hate mate - appreciate!
    Onwards and Upwards!

    Posted by  on Mar 27, 2008 @ 02:07 PM

19. Quite happy to concede Shiels (and Sproule and McCann) deserved runouts. But we’ve seen Gault and Thompson now, and the question has been answered- they’re not up to it. Job done. Lesson learned. But where else could that have been tried out?-they’re both over 21. Should they have lumbered about the park against San Marino ina competitive match?

    Beano- my apologies for calling you a Glenman- the most insulting thing anyone can call a local football fan, I know. But be alarmed: you are starting to sound like one. If you support Baaallymena don’t bring your leg of lamb to the thread though…

    Posted by  on Mar 27, 2008 @ 03:05 PM

20. Darth - Thompson had been given several opportunities in the past, including a start in a friendly against Romania.  This was his 7th cap.  And I doubt we’ve seen the last of him.  The call will now be that these players haven’t had a fair chance.

    10 years down the line the whole thing recurs with the latest batch of Linfield players and every time the IFA / the manager indulges them / you.

    Posted by Chekov on Mar 27, 2008 @ 03:40 PM

21. I have to say that the start of Northern Ireland games at Windsor Park are more like unionist celebrations with god save the queen being belted out by players and supporters and ‘no surrender’ being chanted.

    Posted by  on Mar 27, 2008 @ 06:42 PM

22. You only “have to say that” if you like to profoundly exaggerate at best, or more likely basically enjoy telling big juicy porkies.

    Posted by  on Mar 27, 2008 @ 07:49 PM

23. Didn’t hear “no surrender” being chanted at all raymond....clearly you weren’t watcing the match. I think you’ll find it extremely common that the national anthem of a country is played before the beginning of an international football match....pretty damn sure Georgia’s was played too.

    Posted by  on Mar 27, 2008 @ 09:34 PM

24. I was watching the game and clearly heard the noisy ‘No Surrender’ add-on during GSTQ. However in Gav and Mike’s world, it didn’t happen of course.
    Take yer ear-plugs out, lads!

    Posted by  on Mar 27, 2008 @ 10:11 PM

25. “I was watching the game and clearly heard the noisy ‘No Surrender’ add-on during GSTQ.”

    And of course it was at that point you decided you had been emotionally violated and turned the tv over.

    Posted by  on Mar 27, 2008 @ 11:33 PM
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