McCarthy and Coleman's Ireland beat Besic's Bosnia

B&H reminded me of us last season, lots of possession but little creativity and hardly troubled the keeper. Randolph in goal has looked pretty solid in all the games that I have seen him.

The Irish fans will bring the criac all right but the teams will bring the same boring shite they have been bringing the last 12 years.

Character, however, can only take you so far.

Very, very happy for Ireland.

Well done any way.

Well done Ireland.

I can barely remember many serious threats to the Irish goal until the tie was completely done and dusted.

Ireland played the game with their heads more than Bosnia who seemed to lose it in the heat of the occasion.

Can't say I'm sorry to see Bosnia go out after those thugs' behavior during the minute of silence last night, what is worrying though and it blatantly obvious security needs tightening is Bosnia had sicko fans in the stadium last night that were supportive of a sickening terror attack, that basically is saying you still have no control over who is being allowed into football stadiums.

I find that more worrying than anything.

But big Credit to the lads in green for a great effort. Whatever about the quality, they deserve their reward as they have worked hard for it. Now we need to make sure we give it a better shot then in Poland. As Keano says, it's not all about partying – but a few days of it will be just grand.

And by the way, our 2 toffees did very well – don't forget Seamus please – all round soiid performance, despite playing too defensively for my liking.

I agree... and you know what, their actions could have influenced the referee giving that dodgy penalty.

Kevin,

it is great that Ireland are going to France but I'm more interested in how McCarthy, Coleman and any other international player on our books perform for Everton.

As someone as already mentioned though, character can take you a long way, and if Ireland are going to be fourth seeds, it will definitely be in the so-called group of death.

Loved the pictures of Seamus Coleman walking round the pitch at the end with McCarthy. He looked to be close to being overwhelmed, and is an absolute credit to himself, this kid. Started late, and probably appreciates everything so much more, because of this. Made up for him!

Martinez should sign Randolph, put in him in instead of Howard and get him sharp for next summer. By the same token he should release McGeady in January and either play or release Gibson too as Ireland need Gibson in midfield.

I will be refreshing the Ryanair page on 12th December before Trickey Mickey gets a chance to hike the prices.

The guy looks solid and let's be honest even if Tim Howard was Peter Schmeichel and Neville Southall reincarnated (which he ain't!) there's no getting away from the fact that his age means he's going to need replacing sooner rather than later.

When this lad joined Everton he was an immediate hit with his marauding runs forward though some, quite rightly, questioned his defensive abilities at the time. For me, he has improved immensely defensively. Once again last night he seemed in total control of his game, not only winning his individual duels but always covering his CBs.

At club level we probably would love to see him revert to the all out attacking force he once was, but do not underestimate his importance defensively. Here's hoping that Bainesy rediscovers his best form and we can once more have the best full-back duo in the game.

Well done to Ireland. Bosnia have some really talented players, especially Pjanic, but Ireland deserved to go through. No reason they can't make it out their group either, if the draw is favorable.

Very pleased to see Besic come through okay despite taking a knock whilst making a sliding tackle. Obviously nowhere near peak fitness, he looked comfortable on the ball and Martinez might need him over the Christmas period.

Ireland won for a reason, they imposed their game on the Bosnians. Tough, uncompromising and resilient, they indicated from the off that they were "up for it". Surely you can recall games where less skilful teams than Everton blew us away. Stoke, for one, do it occasionally.

"Security needs tightening" you say. Why? Where? At the Aviva? Because a couple dozen Bosnians, ignorant, drunk, not understanding, whatever, did not observe the minute's silence? And you find this "more worrying than anything"?

Btw there were no reports of thuggish behaviour nor any arrests.