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Roger Federer is starting to dominate proceedings. EMPICS Sport

Wimbledon Mens' Final: Federer one set away from Wimbledon glory.

The Fed Express is really starting to motor now although Andy Murray has shown tremendous fight.

ROGER FEDERER IS nearing Wimbledon title number seven after winning the third set of the Mens’ Final 6-3.

Federer began the set with a comfortable game won to love. Murray was then held at 30-30 in his first service match before landing some big serves to see it out.

The Swiss led 40-0 when the rains arrived and halted play for 30 minutes. He wrapped up the game upon his return to court.

Murray made it 2-2 soon after despite a stupendously disguised drop shot from Federer midway through.

Federer won his service game to love and there then followed a 12 minute match than could ultimately decide the contest.

Crucial game

Murray led 40-0 before Federer fought his way back into the game with a series of stunning returns and ground-strokes.

The Scot had another chance to get out of the game when he had advantage but in reality it was Federer calling all the shots. One drop shot had Murray depositing a shot into the net and slipping awkwardly.

The game went back and forth are Murray doggedly hung on but his footing was unsure as he slipped on three separate occasions.

Eventually the sheer effort of trying to claw back stinging backhands and pounding forehands became too much and Federer went 4-2 up.

Closing it out

There followed another easy service game for Federer and Murray won his serve to 15 to make it 5-3.

Federer was tagged back at 30-30 in the set’s final game but found two large serves to capture the third set.

The Swiss is looking in ominously good form as set four gets underway beneath the centre court roof.

Wimbledon Mens’ Final: Federer wins second set to draw level

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    Mute Tweed Cap
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    Jun 26th 2016, 5:27 PM

    Doesn’t matter lads my kids are out the back. One of them is pretending to be Hendrick and the other Brady. That’s what it’s all about the next generation are inspired. Roll on the World Cup

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    Mute Jimmy Murphy
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    Jun 26th 2016, 5:36 PM

    Super comment Tweed. Go out to the kids & pretend to be Martin O Neil.

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    Mute Maurice Barron
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    Jun 26th 2016, 5:45 PM

    Never a truer word said …The only difference between us and them is we had the Italia 90 sticker album :)

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    Mute Meehawwl O'Buachailla
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    Jun 26th 2016, 6:09 PM

    Comment on the week in my eyes Tweed. Fair fecks.

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    Mute lavbeer
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    Jun 26th 2016, 7:30 PM

    And kids playing football on the streets is very important

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    Mute Charles Williams
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    Jun 26th 2016, 9:30 PM

    I pretended to be David Beckham for a while, but at 59 my neighbours threatened to send for the men with the straightjackets and have be locked up if I didn’t cop on.

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    Mute Richard
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    Jun 26th 2016, 11:57 PM

    I grew up with Robbie Brady and remember pretending to be Duff, Keane, etc. – you never know!

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    Mute Luke O'Connell
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    Jun 26th 2016, 5:18 PM

    Great 45 minutes. We were either tired of just not awake for the second half. Bright future though. Brady is too good of a player to have in the championship also.

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    Mute Spoddgy
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    Jun 26th 2016, 5:21 PM

    As long as he doesn’t join another relegation certs

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    Mute David Thomas
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    Jun 26th 2016, 5:30 PM

    45 mins is not enough. And professionals should not have the excuse for being tired!

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    Mute Seamus McSpud
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    Jun 26th 2016, 5:33 PM

    Great is Leicester went for him

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    Mute Meehawwl O'Buachailla
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    Jun 26th 2016, 6:07 PM

    The French lads had a 3 day extra advantage on since the last game (which is odd in any major finals in itself). I’m not using that as any excuse but to me it was a factor in the 2nd half. Griezeman showing why he’s world class didn’t help either of course.

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    Mute lavbeer
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    Jun 26th 2016, 7:38 PM

    Tired me arse. The back four Martin changed to for Italy was never seriously challenged for that game. For such an experienced manager to leave those four in place for today was a major mistake. And a touch of believing his own hype perhaps like for the Belgium game. The first 45 mins was the best I have seen an Irish team team ever – superb – but the defence wasn’t really challenged. 15 mins later – they were destroyed (and lets be honest and forget the glorious defeat stuff Keane rallied against over the years).

    O’Shea would have added huge experience today. Both goals were bad bad defending. The pressure told. After 55 mins O’Neill should have taken one if the centre backs off or Ward – and sent some experience in there. All in all – a good tournament but O’Neill & Keane imho were found wanting when the going got tough

    I hope I am nut being unfair but…..

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    Mute Luke O'Connell
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    Jun 26th 2016, 7:41 PM

    No you’re right. We should’ve made changes and it was clear they were needed looking at the second goal but too late then.

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    Mute Neil Mcdonough
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    Jun 26th 2016, 10:12 PM

    Lavbeer, to be honest, whatever :-) It’s easy to have an opinion but we made it hard for a better team to beat us and sure they’re probably giving out too that it was so difficult. What-ifs, buts and maybe’s … I like this team and I like what they have done. They’ll surely with this management team have taken a lot from it and the future is optimistic.

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    Mute Richard
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    Jun 26th 2016, 11:59 PM

    I questioned him leaving Duffy in at O’Shea’s expense, and think he got it wrong (hindsight is wonderful and all that), but in reality, the selection was pretty much bang on

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    Mute bings
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    Jun 27th 2016, 9:32 AM

    David Thomas I totally agree they are well paid to get fit, they have access to personal trainers, all the physio’s they want. All they have to do is kick a ball how hard is that. There are kids & parents in every town in Ireland doing this for NO PAY. If they are not fit & get tired after playing football for approx 90 min every few days then get another job. Give someone else a chance that can kick a ball for 90 min every few days without getting tired. Now lets all the red clicks start clicking.

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    Mute brian murray
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    Jun 26th 2016, 5:45 PM

    I wish someone would shoot Dunphy. His latest scapegoat is Shane Duffy. He’ll be on his case for the next 2 years

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    Mute Jimmyjoe Wallace
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    Jun 26th 2016, 5:56 PM

    And suddenly John o shea is a massive player!

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    Mute Martin Holland
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    Jun 26th 2016, 6:51 PM

    Two centre backs going for the same ball is inexcusable at this level

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    Mute lavbeer
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    Jun 26th 2016, 7:51 PM

    No Jimmy but he has been in these situations much more than 2 young lads who did well bu no leadership at all. The winning goal was comical defending. i blame the manager thought who leaft a leader on the bench. He changed the team drastically for the italy game but didn’t tweak for this game. Lots of positives. The team lost to a better team but the goals were bad. But O’Neill made a rod for his own back.

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    Mute Donie Daniel Courtney
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    Jun 26th 2016, 8:06 PM

    O’Neill is getting off lightly here again today. He played for a 1-0 win from the 2nd minute. It was clear as day from early in the first half that we were getting tanked in midfield and defending so deep. The way he set us up to play sapped the players energy as chasing after French players with technique on the ball wore us down. We were lucky to lose 2-1 as they tore us apart again & again, especially down Wards side of the pitch. The win against was hugely emotional but it was back to reality today with a bang.

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    Mute lavbeer
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    Jun 26th 2016, 8:32 PM

    even O’Shea @ LB might have made a difference. Ward played a handful of this season – he wasn’t up to that pace. Did the last 5 goals we conceded come down that side?

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    Mute Neil Mcdonough
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    Jun 26th 2016, 10:22 PM

    Did any of ye ever play football lads? Dunphy prefers controversy, that’s how telly works. France have far more talent than we have, were much fresher, and had a ‘home’ game. And we still made them sweat for it and even threatened them at times. There are many reasons to be optimistic for world cup qualification matches.

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    Mute Grumpeee Oldman
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    Jun 26th 2016, 5:20 PM

    Well done guys. Be proud

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    Mute jenni
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    Jun 26th 2016, 5:28 PM

    Well done lads everyone from the managers, the players and the supporters were fantastic. You all represented Ireland fabulously. We don’t make it easy to get into these championships, but when we do we definitely leave our mark. Congrats to the team.

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    Mute Jimmyjoe Wallace
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    Jun 26th 2016, 5:29 PM

    I think we ten out of steam, pure and simple. The three day turnaround was a massive disadvantage.. Having said that, France could go on to win it, and we ran them close. I’m proud of them, even tho, right now, I’m massively disappointed.

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    Mute Cathal Sheehan
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    Jun 26th 2016, 6:14 PM

    I dont want to sound cringe or anything but I dont have words to describe how proud I am of the team, to go through all we did not just the Belgium game but all the qualifiers from that dramatic win in Georgia to the draw with Scotland we went through a lot but we came out of it good and went into the last 16 against on paper one of the top 3 teams in the tournament and gave them a good game and played some good football in the process, no shame at all with a last 16 exit and its all about getting back on the horse and be ready for Sebria in September!

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    Mute Paddy Meehan
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    Jun 26th 2016, 5:50 PM

    Great effort by Ireland, we ran out of steam in the 2nd, sending off was fair but ultimately the last straw for an already tired team. Going forward there are great positives to be taken, if we believe, we can mix it with Europe’s best. Brady Hendrick Duffy Coleman long Randolph mc Carthy, certainly the future for Irish football is bright.

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    Mute TehJurolan
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    Jun 26th 2016, 7:14 PM

    Yes, and I think young Jack Byrne could be a very interesting option for us in the near future.

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    Mute lavbeer
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    Jun 26th 2016, 8:07 PM

    Hendrick has been excellent for last few months. Derby Co need promotion or he needs out – but he did well. Why was he booked?

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    Mute An_Beal_Bocht
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    Jun 27th 2016, 12:14 AM

    Did he kick the ball away perhaps?

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    Mute Joe Turley
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    Jun 27th 2016, 12:45 AM

    Kicked the ball away when Pogba gave him the dead leg. Ref obviously thought he was time wasting. Harsh I thought

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    Mute alan quinn
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    Jun 26th 2016, 5:55 PM

    Stand up for the boys in green……

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    Mute Emer Caffrey
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    Jun 26th 2016, 5:43 PM

    should’ve been our corner

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    Mute peter
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    Jun 26th 2016, 6:16 PM

    The better team won on the day. We had a good 45 minutes but they just had that extra quality in the end.

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    Mute 334422MC
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    Jun 26th 2016, 5:18 PM

    The referee went in at half time and came out for the second half with a french shirt on

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    Mute Jimmyjoe Wallace
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    Jun 26th 2016, 5:23 PM

    Sorry I can’t agree with that. Ref was fair.

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    Mute Clive Sutton
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    Jun 26th 2016, 5:25 PM

    Agreed

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    Mute Timmay Timeo
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    Jun 26th 2016, 5:33 PM

    The ref was superb today

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    Mute Shanahan
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    Jun 26th 2016, 5:51 PM

    Bar that obvious corner, I agree. Good game, and I was worried about home team decisions.

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    Mute Meehawwl O'Buachailla
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    Jun 26th 2016, 6:08 PM

    We had one or two go our way too. Good ref. No complants.

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    Mute NeilGoochFerriter
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    Jun 26th 2016, 6:09 PM

    Silly comment, Ref had a good day.

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    Mute Matt Connolly
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    Jun 26th 2016, 7:59 PM

    except for not awarding a corner just before the French scored. – I think France still would have won, but it’s nice to dream

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    Mute lavbeer
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    Jun 26th 2016, 8:11 PM

    ref let a few hard tackles go for both sides …… and he let the game flow …. and he gave a penalty against the home tea in the first minute ….a man with a balls !!!! Top ref. Wasn’t sure why he booked Hendrick though

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    Mute Blouser's Bar
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    Jun 26th 2016, 5:38 PM

    Here here!

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    Mute Jenny Stapleton
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    Jun 26th 2016, 6:29 PM

    Let’s not stop the party until we welcome the boys in green home #COYBIG

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    Mute zillas
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    Jun 26th 2016, 8:22 PM

    Big improvement on 2012 euros, well done lads, head’s held high.

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    Mute Cathal Cunningham
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    Jun 26th 2016, 6:00 PM

    How about our few (!) Fans. Was that fair?

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    Mute NeilGoochFerriter
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    Jun 26th 2016, 6:10 PM

    No but that didn’t loose us the game. We made some schoolboy errors particularly the second goal. No gripes France were better but we did brilliant.

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    Mute TehJurolan
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    Jun 26th 2016, 7:17 PM

    Loose us the game – now that’s a schoolboy error.

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    Mute NeilGoochFerriter
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    Jun 26th 2016, 7:32 PM

    Fair play it’s great that there’s always clowns available to point out a spelling error.

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    Mute lavbeer
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    Jun 26th 2016, 8:08 PM

    “We made some schoolboy errors” … “but we did brilliant” ….. ffs

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    Mute NeilGoochFerriter
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    Jun 26th 2016, 8:24 PM

    In the overall context of getting out of a difficult group is what I was referring to as doing brilliantly.

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    Mute lavbeer
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    Jun 26th 2016, 8:34 PM

    Fair enough Neil. And I recognise and enjoyed that progress. But when the going got tough today …..

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    Mute Robert Cousins
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    Jun 26th 2016, 8:32 PM

    Very proud of them. Yes there were some mistakes but I’m not going to crucify them for it.

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    Mute David Thomas
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    Jun 26th 2016, 6:49 PM

    This is what Roy Keane talks about. No point having the best supporters in the world if the team can’t match it! But let’s clap ourselves on the back until the next party!

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    Mute Donie Daniel Courtney
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    Jun 26th 2016, 11:53 PM

    Exactly David, In truth our team was one of the worst at the Euros. Our defending was comically bad in 3 games, not one of our strikers had a shot on target nevermind score a goal. Our midfield was overrun by Sweden,Belgium & France in the 2nd half of each game. Our keeper had the best tournament of the lot.

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    Mute Donie Daniel Courtney
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    Jun 26th 2016, 6:30 PM

    Cannot fault the effort but sadly like Tardelli said we don’t have the intellectual side to our game. We played for a 1-0 win from the 2nd minute when we gat the penalty. Wasting time from that moment on was going to come back and bite us in the ass also. Our midfield was crap today, McCarthy had a good first half but again went to sleep for their first goal. The win against Italy only papered over the cracks in Irish Football. To defend so deep and invite the French on every time was madness, we gave away the ball so many times in every position. Coleman is brutal going forward in fact the whole team is!! Murphy had a good game as did Randolph but the rest were average at best. There is no player apart from Hoolihan who has a football brain.

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    Mute Charles Williams
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    Jun 26th 2016, 9:24 PM

    Overall a good performance by the Irish team, but today Ireland were beaten by a French team with much more class and pace.

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    Mute ted hagan
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    Jun 26th 2016, 10:42 PM

    Great effort, some brilliant saves and they sadly just ran out of steam. Pity they couldn’t have kept the ball on the ground and in a control a bit more, there was a lot of loose play and a reversion to the primitive stuff. But they have provided us with great entertainment oer the days. The Italy game was a gem. Germans look best now

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    Mute Joe Keogh
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    Jun 26th 2016, 10:01 PM

    We don’t have many regularly playing premier footballers on the team apart from a few some of who were injured before the tournament. I think the team played well in the first half they went out of steam in the second half. Much better players years ago when we had a chance of winning the tournament.

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