Kazakhstan vs Republic of Ireland

Listen lads Kazakhstan are similar outfit as Faroe Islands and Ireland would need to be winning this, but backing Ireland carries xtra-large health warnings,beware

Same old rubbish. I'd go for a draw.

Surely that team can't be right, how can Whelan be playing out wide?

nobody cares do they......thats not soccer that they play......makes u ashamed to be irish......

I just copied and pasted the names and split it between Defence, Midfield, & Strikers

I didn't pay much attention to positions after that

Backing Ireland away at odds on is not a good proposition in my opinion good luck if you do

this is one of the worst irish teams ever imo....whats going to happen even ore han last time is , people will stop going to watch the team , those that haven't already that is ...trapattoni is to stubborn for his own good , and to rigid in his selection ..some really good players left our while others have simply given up on him ...cant blame gibson , imagine selecting green before him....no wonder the guy walked away...

Pretty attacking team should have too much for these boys tho as said above Ireland odds on away is for the brave boys only.
Hard to get up much mojo for this match after the Euros.

that exactly it punkha1 ..he's losing the support of the man in the street ...no atmosphere at matches anymore ...people are sick to death of the rubbish his teams are playing....its all fear based...dont lose under any circumstances...

What formation are we playing as with those players can we play 4-4-2 or certainly it would appear a strange formation to play.

Trap obviously has his favourites and picks players who he trusts will do a job..This team is Nowhere near good enough to qualify for the World Cup..How Simon Cox can start on the left wing instead of James McClean is beyond me..he is the perfect replacement for Duffer..Also Ciaran Clark is twice the defender O Dea is..Hes playing week in week out in the premiership and 1 of Villas very few positives this season..Shane Long is another who should consider himself unlucky although glad to see james McCarthy being given his chance..I think Ireland will still win as Kazakhstan will only pose a threat from set plays but another boring game on the cards.

who knows what formation he'll play rocket , but he's restricted by his players inability to play football anyway ...some shocking selections , and some players playing out of their best positions ...as dannymurphy says cox , who i happen to like bth , on the left instead of mcclean is pure trap madness ...that is just one example , i'm coming to the conclusion that if you play in the premiership thats the end of you as far as trap is concerned ....on paper we are the best team , the question is , will we be allowed show it and go and get goals ....or as usual will we defend till the cows come home and hope to grab a goal..

fair play to the wonks......he speaks perfect sense here......nobody wants to watch this shiite........a team full of half irishmen......half the best 11 overlooked......managed by a money grabbing doting 70 year old......with no english.......no wonder the public dont give a fukk about the irish soccer team.......plenty hoping they get hammered every game......

after that statement of yours booby i'll be watching my back .....

no wonks......you are a soccer man.......you can feel rightly agrieved by being shortchanged here.......the bumbling trappatoni is a disgrace.......hes milking the FAI for all he can......he has no affinity with ireland or its people.......made virtually no attempt to learn english......hes a clueless stubborn bolllox who thinks hes untouchable.......a lazy horrible cunnt......i cant stick the sight of the yoke......come on kazakhstan.......

I think Cox is on the right and McGeady is on the left

it dont matter where either of the two useless fukks are........

LOL

Bobby you're a gas man sometimes

bobbybocala • September 7, 2012 10:39 AM BST

"hes a clueless stubborn bolllox who thinks hes untouchable.......a lazy horrible cunnt......i cant stick the sight of the yoke......come on kazakhstan......."

dont agree with the sentiment but funny all the same

Bobbybocala you're exactly the kinda of plastic hammer wielding, leprechaun dressing, inflatable shamrock throwing Ole Ole merchant i despise and should be banned from all sporting events involving Ireland. "Half Irish men", if you want to have a go at their football that's fair game but the other guff you typed here is way below the belt. You're exactly the kinda fool that worked himself up into a frenzy before the Ireland v Croatia, you're a much bigger joke than these boys will ever be. If you want to have a proper go at Athletes who have let this country down look at those absolute jokers that made up the Irish athletics track & field team in the Olympics or the Irish gaelic team who kept on threatening to pull out of the international rules series until the game was changed in their favour so much that it's gaelic football played with a mark and and an extra set of posts at each end, even then they managed to lose a series. Our football team has got to the Euros we were poor no doubt and the manager should have gone but these players have always given everything for Ireland and punched well above their weight just getting to the finals.

Btw Bobby i know that you're trying to rise me, so i'm ignoring this thread from now on.

We are ranked 15th in Europe so qualifying for a 16-team tournament isn't really punching above our weight

We're given that ranking because 'we did qualify' for a 16 team tournement !

Rocketfingers........You and the real die hards stick to your guns and don't let the barstool s*um get to you.........make peace with the FAI and go back to supporting the national team..........20000 odd at a home international is poor form.

Gant i will always support the national team as it's the national team. I did not go to the Euro's because some of the characters that went were clowns, not all but a fair few of them. Keano spotted them and said it, well in Keano.

Spot on.......Keano can sniff out Delaney and his kind a mile away.

In 10-15 yrs time we'll have a team full of Bonieks & Drogba's, the good times are ahead lads!

i did not go the euros because some of the characters that went were clowns.......whats that supposed to mean ya ghoul ya.....what u should hav said was......i didnt go to the euros because i hadnt two bob........isnt that the case ya poxxy jackeen rocket........u are even worse than an ordinary jackeen because you are ashamed of being one.......trying to pretend ya are from sligo.......sligo my hole.......

We could do with somebody like Bobby up front. The best of luck to the lads tonight.

Trap can get away with O'Dea at centre back for this game alright he's not up to international level, should not be near the squad.

Cox on the wing? He's a striker and an average one at that. McClean should be starting, for gods sake give the lad a chance, things need to be freshened up.

I'm going for a 0-0 draw.

The Kazak's form is shocking.  Ireland no great shakes but this is the sort of match that suits trap tactics. some of his picks are questionable but should have too much for a very weak opposition, as long as the team not starting to question trap. 1.74 a fair price.

o my

Unreal,plumbing new depths,and they deserve nothing less.

Dire so far

I havent seen the first half but this doesnt surprise me.
Most people i spoke to today barely knew this game was on.
Delaney and his cohorts are getting what they deserve now.
Its time to get rid of Trapatoni im afraid. Should have never been given a new contract.

as bad as it sounds i think we're badly missing keith andrews

Shameful stuff thus far.

in a way i hope we lose then we can get rid of trap and also not have false hope that we can qualify anymore

Worst ever performance by a Irish Soccer team ???....heartless & money grabbers the lot of them...Roll on the hurling final sunday and we see some proper men.

This is absolutely PUTRID stuff.

Chronic, it would drive a man to drink.
Getting to the stage they are almost unwatchable if you don,t want your head messed with.
Roll on the hurling alright.

very disaponting that the fields of athenry isnt being blasted out to make it all better again

Robbie Keane
Darren O'Dea
Stephen Ward
Glenn Whelan

This is horrific stuff

pity for Kazakhstan, they didn't deserve that

Salvation

"If this team get to Brazil"

is he for real??

What a team. Supreme Stuff

How is the kazhakstan player not been sent off

jammy bastard that trapatoni- you have to feel for kazhakstan

A great performance,Well done Ireland

the  trap worked his magic

ireland matched at 109/1 on here

it was sad sad sad/..

Dreadful stuff. Trap flukes another win.

Never in doubt

amazing luck really.the man never goes to a premiership match.he picks the wrong team.they play dreadfully but still win.eoin hand,brian kerr and to a lesser extent, mick mccarthy had dreadful luck.now this guy comes along and he has an unreal amount..russia and now this...unbelievable really.itl be intresting to hear what liam brady has to say..

Well Said Richard Sadlier

any chance Liam can extract his tounge from Trap's ass some time soon??

You make your own luck. The result is all that matters. Forza Trap!

Giles has to display his hand now but will he ?

Brady has lost the plot bigtime.

Nice fence sit, Johnny.

brady losing it...the players should go to the manager(on 1.5 m) and ask him to change the way we play?..nice one liam..!!

The players need to get together and tell the manager how we should play


LMFAO


Imagine telling Alex Ferguson his tactics are sheet and he needs to change

Bekazwecan

The poor Kaz lads. Fair play to the players they never dropped the head. The first half was pathetic, second half not much better.

Where's Dunphy when you need him?

dunphy has a gasket blown in some pub in dublin!!

The players should go to Manuela and she will tell Trappatoni.

some bluffer

Fair play to O Donoghue he is getting stuck in to Trap.

Brady is a total cant

When Trap gets the sack, he can sit back and watch and enjoy our lads getting absolutely bummed by most teams regularly.

richie is calling it right..the other 2 are cowards..

Brady is just showing loyalty. Not a coward.

You are right, two cowardly xxxxx. Richie is very good.

haha reb.

brady so annoying,,trying to make out the kazacs are a decent side,,amazingly giles backs him up.br

i've always had respect for liam , but after that hes sadly gone  way way down the scale ....loyalty is good , that was above the call of duty....agree with the gotchee richie was right....its good to have someone apart from dunphy who says it as he sees it....welcome aboard...

sadlier seems to think,sack the manager,change the system and select the correct eleven and everything will be a1.the problem with that is ,we just dont have the players and will make fck all differance.

Interesting twitter post:

James Mc Clean ‏@JMcC_23

Delighted as a fan we got the the win.. Personal level #fuming #****joke #embarrassing

agreed the squad has no quality,,but trap will frustrate the life out of the players we have with his strange decisions and closed mind,,doubt any of the the players are getting much fun out of playing for ireland at the moment..re brady thought he came across as a bully tonite. if we did sack trap who would we get instead?  roy keane or back to brian kerr

any idea of highest price Ireland matched at?  Many Thanks

I HAD A TON ON R.O.I AT 1/1 WITH PP DURING THE POWER HOUR TODAY..HOW LUCKY CAN YOU GET

109/1

Thanks Moneypenny

absoloute shambles. long and mclean shud be starting. clarke shud be in at centre back and some1 in the middle that can pass it

Certain players revolting against the Trapp.  Can he sustain his job?

whos revolting mate? heard mclean on twitter

pitiful performance, dont blame mclean seeting, one of our best prospects for awhile cant get in to the team and has to watch strikers coming on in his place!

get that italian imbecile out.

i agrre. long and mclean r 2 of r best players in years and wont give them a chance.

I think every fan can accpet that we are not good enough. What we cannot accept is picking Simon Cox on the wing while Seamus Coleman and James McClean sit on the bench. When Trap does choose to makes changes, he brings on centre forwards as wingers. We got to 89 mins on Friday and he hadn't even made three substitutions! It's absolutely staggering, the incompetence.

Darron Gibson has effectively refused to play for us again while Trap remains manager and, while Stephen Ireland may be a headcase, Trap has done nothing to try to get him back into the fold.

Stephen Ireland should never ever be considered for Ireland.

whole thing has gone beyond a joke.....