After knocking them out of the women’s World Cup, their performances in the rugby and cricket World Cup and then tonight, perhaps they should be called Lostralia
Yep, it was a pretty boring & meaningless game. Neither side put the A team out there. We didn’t even put Kewell, Johnston, Viduka, Schwarzer, Cahill etc on the bench, yet alone in the pitch.
Not the greatest game but I thought we played to our strengths - effort and set pieces. Haven't seen the stats but I would think chances on goal would have been very close. Given England have 5 or 6 players who are worth more individually than the socceroos team combined I think we did ok. Well done England did enough to win.
True that. England should've flogged us, even without their first choice players. I kept thinking back to 2003, hoping for another result.
There was only ever going to be one result Be careful laughing at the Aussies serving your food or beers tonight
Paul Smyth - A goal and assist in just 5 mins in his 1st international appearance - now if only he could do that for us. GOAL - Northern Ireland 1-0 San Marino Paul Smyth (5 mins) An acrobatic volley from Paul Smyth has Northern Ireland ahead early! After patient build-up play Dale Taylor feeds Jamal Lewis on the overlap, and his inviting cross falls to Smyth, whose scissor kick volley flies into the roof of the net. An ideal start for Northern Ireland and Smyth on his first start for his country.
Smyth has paid back the manager already' Northern Ireland 2-0 San Marino please log in to view this image John O'Neill Former Northern Ireland defender on BBC Radio Ulster I think Paul Smyth has already paid the manager back for the faith he has had in him to start the game. To be fair, when we saw him the last few games, when he came on as a substitute, he was always there trying to make something happen on that right hand side.
CLOSE! Northern Ireland 2-0 San Marino Paul Smyth has been San Marino's chief tormentor so far in this game. This time he troubles their backline with a long throw which finds Daniel Ballard, who glances wide from close range. Northern Ireland are certainly in the mood today.
We need to change our National Anthem to something that better reflects England today. I reckon maybe Queen’s ‘Fat Bottomed Girls’.
