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Ireland produced a disappointing, below par performance in their 1-1 draw in Georgia tonight in Tbilisi, despite taking an early lead through Shane Duffy.
Georgia dominated possession for long periods, and in a familiar pattern, the boys in green struggled to retain possession when under pressure.
Valeri Kazaishvili tucked away a deserved equalizer for the hosts after 34 minutes, and despite several late chances, Ireland were unable to nick a winner at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena.
It is easy to pick out individual displays for scrutiny, but the already divisive Glenn Whelan – who captained the side on his 82nd international appearance – performed poorly on the night, and has received a hard time on Twitter as a result.
Glenn Whelan doing a good sitting job pic.twitter.com/hmvIQsJ2oT
— Conán Doherty (@ConanDoherty) September 2, 2017
But it’s okay because he makes up for it with his distribution pic.twitter.com/AfDqzJGZ8a
— Conán Doherty (@ConanDoherty) September 2, 2017
I’d get rid of Glenn Whelan and replace him with Marty Whelan, no one would notice the difference
##GEOvIRE #COYBIG— Anaglogs Daughter (@AnaglogsDaughtr) September 2, 2017
Appreciate Soccer is hard. And he’s obviously doing his best. But we have to have a better option than Glenn Whelan at midfield… or do we?
— Jamie Wall (@Jamwall7) September 2, 2017
M O Neill knows he’s messed post match IV , what the excuse for using Sideways Glenn Whelan every game & Hoolahan on the bench it’s a joke
— Hector (@hectorirl) September 2, 2017
People struggling to believe how bad Ireland were. What do you expect when the manager makes Glenn Whelan captain #GEOIRL #COYBIG
— Fran (@Goobledygook29) September 2, 2017
