Oh eddie ,oh eddie , where did it all go wrong ?How did you balls up such a fine Irish Squad?

Question

Oh eddie ,oh eddie , where did it all go wrong ?How did you balls up such a fine Irish Squad?

Answer 1

A bloody shame, this bloke ruined the whole thing.

Answer 2

Amazing two of the home nations going home and they say that their competition is tougher that the Super 14.  Maybe that should reevaluate their opinion.

Answer 3

poor preparation.... virtually no warm up games

italy.... good choice but thats it

2nd team against scotland

french club side

poor tactics.... entire world cup

poor selection.... no foley in the squad no murphy in the team

poor performances..... d'arcy, leamy, o'gara, o'connell

i could be here all day

Answer 4

i know dude. he doesnt realise that modern rugby consists of a 22 man team with subs rather than 15. something must have gone seriously wrong in camp.

trevor brennan mentioned something last nite on tubridy about strife definetly evident in squad. no doubt.

hopefully the truth will come out soon. with 50 personnel something has to leak out.

we believed our own hype too. the people we celebrated beating arent doin too well are they??

PLUS he didnt have a fine "squad", he had a fine team. thats his flaws bud, in my opinion.

what is so funny is that he said after the game that he "has no complaints".

Answer 5

You know there is such an arrogance within British rugby that quite frankly, the sporting world loves to punish it.

The Scots Coach publicly saying they will beat the worlds number one team (AB's) by playing the way they always do! Going Home Next Game

Welsh players patting themselves on the head after a try then crying because a bunch of Fijians had the audacity to play with heart and the spirit of true Rugby (underfunded, lacking elite support and a decent stadium) - Gone Home

Irish behaving like a pub team with the worlds elite and expecting reputation to do it. - Gone Home

England.... words fail me! Wheel out Wilkinson once every four years and call it a team? - Going Home next Game

When you start to believe your own press, you have lost it. Talking it up, means nothing to people that play for the love of the game.

Well done to Japan, Samoa, Tonga, Canada, U.S.A. Romania, Portugal, Namibia, Canada, and Georgia. You are the true spirit of the game and this Rugby supporter salutes you and welcomes you to New Zealand in 2011.

Answer 6

Wake up to yourself son.   Its not Eddie O’Sullivan's fault O'Gara  couldn't kick his way out of a wet paper bag.

Look I could contradict you and bag Irish rugby till next year but at the end of the day:  you can lead a horse to water but you can not make him drink.

Answer 7

The squad wasn't that fine. Mostly it consisted of players like O'Gara, O'Dricoll, D'arcy, O'Connell and Stringer who believed their own press and thought themselves better than they actually are. Add a coach who is physically incapable of offering anyone but his chosen few a game, media-inspired delusions of grandeur and what you end up with is this: a team that was nowhere near good enough, playing dull, one-dimensional rugby and coached by a man who still thinks the Lions did well in NZ in 05. The worst part for me in all this is the fact that I'm Irish. *By the way Darell, I agree with your assessment, but the Irish team are not British.

Answer 8

Everyone here is so arrogant it borders stupidity. Ireland never had a chance against Argentina. The latinamericans were better team, better individual talent and smarter. That's what went wrong for Ireland.

Answer 9

Why blame the coach?

If you looked at the way the Irish and the Welsh played then compare them to the way the Georgians, Fijians, Samoans, Portuguese and all the other minnows played, you will find that what was missing from Wales and Ireland was passion, guts, communication and the NEED to WIN!

Answer 10

Murphys Law:

Eddie doesnt pick Geordan till its too late!