by Ciaran O’Raghallaigh And now, the end is near; and so we face the final curtain. Yesterday was Ireland’s last day in Gdynia, and the players trained with the enthusiasm of a man on death row, pondering his final meal. The green mile has been a long, painful walk this past few days. After their […]
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Richard Dunne feels the fans’ pain
Our man in Poland Ciaran O’Raghallaigh caught up with Richard Dunne this morning and the long serving Ireland centre-half shared his disappointment. “I don’t think anyone has thought of retirement. We came here with the aim and the dream of winning the European Championships. It’s completely gone wrong for us. “We’ve lost two, we don’t […]
O’Shea: We owe Irish fans a performance against Spain
By Ciaran O Raghalllaigh ROBBIE Keane, Richard Dunne and Keith Andrews prepared for the might of Spain’s world champions today in Gdynia – by beating up a bunch of culchies. ‘Culchies’, for those of you not familiar with the way we’ve taken the Queen’s English and made it our own, is a semi-derogatory word […]
Trapattoni: We played not good against Croatia
By Ciaran O Raghallaigh WHAT’S the Italian for Mea Culpa? Giovanni Trapattoni didn’t even try to hide the truth here in Gdynia, as he faced a hungry press pack looking for answers after Ireland’s disastrous 3-1 defeat to Croatia. “This morning I watched our game, and I have come to conclusion that we played not […]
It hurts like hell and Slaven Bilic is bang on
By Ciaran O Raghallaigh in Poznan | comment This wasn’t meant to happen. Take the bunting down, and wrap your telly with it until you can’t see anything. Put it around the living room and pretend it’s a scene from CSI. Make no mistake, this was a horror show. Murder on the grass floor. Ireland’s […]
Group C preview: Can Ireland crush Croats?
By Paul Mallon | Paddy Power Blog editor Group C betting preview: Ireland v Croatia Sunday, 19.45pm (ITV1 and RTE2) The lowdown Giovanni Trapattoni’s team qualified against expectations thanks largely to Richard Dunne turning in one of the great Ireland performances in a 0-0 draw against Russia. Ireland’s record in European Championships stands at P3, […]
Revealed: Ireland’s starting XI features McShane
Joking about the McShane bit. This is the starting 11 that Giovanni Trapattoni plans to play against Croatia on Sunday in Group C. This XI lined out in bibs this morning in Gdynia, Poland. Shay Given John O’Shea Stephen Ward Sean St Ledger Richard Dunne Glenn Whelan Aiden McGeady Keith Andrews Kevin Doyle Robbie Keane Damien […]
Ruby’s not Russian to back England at Euro 2012
He may be the best National Hunt jockey of his generation but when he’s not booting home the winners Ruby Walsh will be feet up in front of the TV watching the footie. And the Kildare man is no impassive observer either at Euro 2012 as he told the Paddy Power Blog team fresh after […]
PADCAST: Paul McGrath on Manchester United’s title charge and Jason McAteer on Liverpool’s collapse
Manchester United and Ireland great Paul McGrath gives some insight into Alex Ferguson’s team tactics while ex-Liverpool midfielder Jason McAteer talks about his old club’s current mixed fortunes. Asked for an opinion on United’s title ambitions, McGrath said: “They showed against Fulham the other night, they’re not the United team of old, even with Paul […]
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