Alanna Canan
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151 appearances
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 10 Jun
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But in the second half, Ireland kind of did grow into it and there was a few chances in particular up front there where they really went close.
I think that's when the whole... I think as well, you just know she was so capable as well, especially, was it the Belgium playoff?
Yeah.
And then especially when you put it in the context of, like you said, you had the Netherlands game that put a certain tinge or hint on the game in terms of, you know, Ireland are full of belief, full of confidence.
And if it did get to 1-1, you just did feel that maybe it could swing the complete other direction.
And maybe the time for that was the red card, 73 minutes, you know, they're down to 10 minutes.
second yellow for a challenge on Murphy but like that was probably the time to take the game by the scruff of the neck and I know I saw a lot of conversation about it on Twitter but maybe it was just frustrating in one regard that that's when the realm of changes didn't come in left quite late you'd have to say Yeah really late like just a couple of minutes left when the changes did come Amber Barrett and Saoirse Noonan who you know they have scored plenty of memorable goals particularly Amber in the past so
It's such a funny one because in Cork it was nearly the direct opposite like she was really credited with her progressive thinking and you know maybe the games in the melting pot and she didn't leave it until the latter stages she brought on the changes and every single one of those players you have to say had an impact like as you say Jess Sue coming back obviously Amber Barrett then getting the goal like
It just was a funny decision, given the context of what had happened just days before.
Exactly.
Yeah.
Yeah, it's kind of a case of what could have been at the minute, which is interesting because before these two games, having got the wins against Poland, you kind of would have been happy enough with third place.
Like you said, you know, there's always been this discussion in women's football, especially between Nations League A and B, that maybe there's a tier there in the middle where it's too much of a jump.
upwards and then they surpassed expectations in that regard but obviously there was such a buzz from the Netherlands game and the majority of this group know what it feels like to qualify for the World Cup so they'll have to still be working towards that but if the French manager's quotes are anything to go by he was speaking with Dave Kelly in the Irish independent course he was saying that Carla Ward's side they're working really well she's a really nice system the 5-3-2
Again, interesting.
We've talked about it before, you know, she maybe wasn't for that in the first few games, but definitely grew into it.
And, you know, he spoke about the quality of the likes of O'Sullivan and McCabe, but he said, I am totally sure they will be at the World Cup.
You could see it today.
It was really hard for us to win that game.
They've improved a lot in the two years since I've watched them from when 1-0 in Metz, which was a tough game,
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