Hungary 2 - 3 Ireland
Third time lucky for Hungary from a corner and a disastrous start for Republic of Ireland in this Uefa Group F of the World Cup Qualifiers.
With barely 3 minutes gone Dominik Szoboszlai plays a quick short corner with Milos Kerkez and gets it back before whipping it in for Daniel Lukacs, who glances home from close range. But why that wasn't given offside will be a mystery.
There was a VAR check for offside, but the goal stands and it's a mountain to climb already for the visitors, who look rattled.
But they have Everton's Jake O'Brien and Seamus Coleman forming the right flank against the Majestirial Magyars!
And Troy Parrott gave the Magyar Minder no chance whatsoever from the penalty spot in what was a brilliant response from Ireland to get it back to level terms inside 20 minutes after Ogbene looked a little bit fortunate to be given a penalty.
But a fantastic strike by Barnabas Varga to put Hungary back in front! Milos Kerkez fires a cross into the striker, who, with time and space, chests it down outside the box and smashes it first time into the top corner.
Jake O'Brien on the stretch came very close to another equalizer for Ireland in added time before the break, but it skimmed off the outside of the angle.
A brilliant chipped finish from Adam Idah looked to have got the equalizer but he was marginally offside.
A bit disappointing for Evertonians to see Jake O'Brien fail to come out for the second half. With corners being a key part of this game, his height will surely be missed.
And it never rains... Ogbene clutching his hamstring and going to ground after trying to chase down a clever through ball from Parrott.
Coleman withdrawn on the hour mark. And it would eventually be Troy Parrott who got the Irish level again with 10 minutes left, running on to a smart ball over the top and deftly chipping it over the advancing goalkeeper.
But time was ticking away and the Irish needed a win to preserve thier World Cup campaign and it was past the added 5 minutes at the ened when Troy Parrott saw a chance and strode in to touch a bouncing ball past the Hungarian keeper and stun the home crowd into silence.
In other qualifiers today, England beat Albania 2 - 0 with Thomas Tuchel denying Pickford the chance to enhance his already impressive clean sheet record for England, by selecting Henderson in goal.
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2 Posted 16/11/2025 at 14:20:51
The Live Forum is on as well in case you want to banter with fellow ToffeeWeb Ireland fans!!!
Oh bugger... nevamind. Live Forum is still lost in space...
But I can't find this anywhere on Sky. Anyone got a link? Ah... It's on Amazon Prime. Only I have to pay £2.49... What The Fuck!
3 Posted 16/11/2025 at 14:42:21
What a goal.
4 Posted 16/11/2025 at 16:21:01
Everton could do themselves a big favour and get him in after Christmas.
5 Posted 16/11/2025 at 16:42:21
6 Posted 16/11/2025 at 16:44:03
7 Posted 16/11/2025 at 17:19:46
Unbelievable finish for Ireland. Jake and Seamus ecstatic.
ps: What a fantastic stadium: 67,215
8 Posted 16/11/2025 at 17:32:58
Also, those who advocated Vardy as a “Fox in the Box”, he is 10 years younger and a far better prospect. Only problem is that Moyes is unlikely to play someone like him up front.
Certainly looks a far better prospect than Evan Ferguson.
9 Posted 16/11/2025 at 17:33:56
Although, to be fair, he's not a midfielder.
10 Posted 16/11/2025 at 17:35:15
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‘Troy, Troy and Troy again.”
“The Hungarians must be sick as Parrots.”
11 Posted 16/11/2025 at 17:35:48
12 Posted 16/11/2025 at 17:36:32
But we need to act fast.
13 Posted 16/11/2025 at 17:38:45
My main point is that he is a similar player and significantly younger and therefore a far better alternative to those who were advocating that we sign Vardy. Should have checked my facts first though.
14 Posted 16/11/2025 at 17:45:34
Also agree with Comac. Troy Parrott started a tad slowly but 13 in 14 games for AZ Alkmaar this season and 20 in 44 last season.
Our ace TFG recruitment team will surely not let us down -- again.
Rumour out there that he is an Evertonian. Too good to be true?
15 Posted 16/11/2025 at 18:10:05
16 Posted 16/11/2025 at 18:54:41
After this week, I imagine a load of clubs will be interested in him but the price will have gone right up.
Spurs let him go after he was there for a few years and he had a few loan deals with them. Has he suddenly found his potential or is this present form a flash in the pan? As I said, I haven't seen the lad, so I haven't got a clue.
17 Posted 16/11/2025 at 20:22:05
He decided to move to Holland to resurrect his career and signed for Excelsior who were bottom of the league. He found his form there and got a move to AZ Alkmaar. His game has really developed and it's not just his goals but how he leads the line. He's a really clever footballer, not the quickest, not the strongest, but is always alive in the box.
Those underestimating Ferguson shouldn't as he has real star quality. The problem with him is keeping him fit but he's a couple of years younger than Troy and hopefully he will get an injury-free run to show the player many Irish fans think he is.
Another player I hope we are keeping an eye on is Bosun Lawal. He plays for Stoke and is a big powerful midfielder and missed this window. I think he will be playing in the Premier League next season whether Stoke get promoted or not. An excellent footballer who has a big future.
Unbelievable day for the country.
18 Posted 16/11/2025 at 23:00:58
I had heard the same account about being a young prodigy but all went south with Mourinho. I had never seen him play but, from what I saw in the last 2 Ireland matches, Parrott is a far better prospect than Ferguson.
I would say that watching Ferguson v Armenia that I was disappointed with what I saw. Yes, he scored but had other chances which I would have thought he should have converted.
19 Posted 17/11/2025 at 00:59:28
Troy Parrott on the other hand is not as polished a footballer but certainly appears to know where the net is.
20 Posted 17/11/2025 at 14:45:40
Not sure if Moyes would fancy him, but hard to say he wouldn't improve our current striking options.
21 Posted 17/11/2025 at 21:25:52
He'd be a different sort of option to Beto and the (in fairness improving) Barry.
It's easy to get carried away with players doing well at international level though - with Premier League has beens Depay, Arnautovic and Kramaric all ahead of Parrott in the scoring charts. But still, his form in the Netherlands should earn him the chance of a step up even without the RoI heroics.
He's probably just inflated his price tag above his true value but maybe a fee of about £20m to £25m would do it?
ps. I still rate Evan Ferguson.
22 Posted 17/11/2025 at 22:13:13
“Moving to The Netherlands gave me a sense of being wanted, I felt appreciated and sometimes for a player that's all they need”
Maybe some of this love for Beto and Barry may pay dividends …
23 Posted 17/11/2025 at 22:16:46
"I've had to take risks in moving to different places. I've failed, got back up. Failed again and then got back up. Who is to say I'm not going to fail again?“
Seems very level headed lad to me.
24 Posted 20/11/2025 at 18:51:47
But if he signed for us, he'd probably turn into a penguin...
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