Ireland did not look good during yesterday’s 3-0 loss to Belgium.
Unfortunately, we looked even worse through an objective lens, it seems. The popular French sport newspaper L’Equipe absolutely tore into the boys in green in their player ratings today, and they were particularly scathing of left-back Stephen Ward.
Nobody came out of the situation looking good, with Randolph, Long and captain John O’Shea rated the highest among our players (all on 4).
These were the ratings in full:
Randolph – 4
Coleman – 3
O’Shea – 4
Clark – 3
Ward – 2
Hendrick – 3
McCarthy – 3
Hoolahan – 3
Whelan – 3
Brady – 3
Long – 4
It doesn’t fill one with optimism going into Wednesday’s fateful showdown with Italy.
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