There can be miracles…

Carla Ward delights in ‘proper Irish performance' against Poland - The Halfway Line Carla Ward has said that she was 'delighted' by a ‘proper Irish performance’ on Saturday after Ireland secured a 1-0 victory over Poland.

𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐚 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 ‘𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞’ 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝

🗣️ Ward was speaking after Ireland sealed back to back victories over Poland.

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Kyra Carusa lauds ‘enjoyable’ strike partnership with Emily Murphy - The Halfway Line Kyra Carusa has said that playing up front with Emily Murphy has been ‘enjoyable’ and that ‘you can’t ask for more than that’.

𝐊𝐲𝐫𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐬 ‘𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞’ 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐲

🗣️Carusa was speaking after helping Ireland to back to back victories over Poland.

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Hopefully, Spurs will be relegated by then, and they’ll ease off.

Our last four league goals across our last three games have come from two goalkeeper errors, a penalty, and an open goal tap in when their keeper went up for a late corner. Says a lot about where our attack is right now.

Last season, Chelsea Women did the treble, but Arsenal Women won the UWCL and came second in the league.

Just thought I’d leave that there…

That being said, with all the comments about ‘bottles’, if Man City do blow it from here, the comments will be very interesting…

Historical comparisons of past clutch matches, this feels akin to the 2-1 at Old Trafford in 2008, where Arsenal gave it their all, but simply could not get the result, and a it was a defeat that sealed their fate. If Man City play like they have done in past title races, the same will happen again.

Agreed. We turned up today. We didn’t turn up in too many games post-Christmas. And this is the result.

I think right now, it’s all in on the Champions League. If we can get players back fit, and rediscover our form, maybe there is a chance we can get one over Atletico Madrid. And if we can reach a UCL final, that might just take the edge off whatever trauma unfolds in the Premier League.

My big concern post-League Cup Final wasn’t the fact we’d missed out on a trophy, but how it would impact our form. Since then, we’ve suffered three 2-1 defeats in the domestic matches, gone out of the FA Cup and seen our lead evaporate. It’s a collapse we’ve all seen before.

The only way we win the league from here is if we go perfect (unlikely) and Man City slip up in their remaining fixtures (also unlikely). And we only have ourselves to blame. It was there for us this season, and we saw that today. Arsenal showed they could win the league. Man City proved they will.

We came into this game needing a result, against a team we’ve not won away at in over 10 years, determined to chase us down once again. For all the fight and effort shown, it was only ever going to go one way.

Our slow, post-Christmas malaise, dropping points where we never should have done, opened the back door for Man City and they have capitalised. One off results are understandable, but it’s been a trend that has ultimately cost us the season.

I expected us to lose, and we did, but I thought the players played and fought well. Unfortunately, it was too little, too late. You can’t raise your level for Man City away, and not for Wolves away or Bournemouth at home. We needed to arrive here knowing the result didn’t matter. Instead, it did.

The fickle, fine margins of football. Another day, Havertz scores again. Another day, Eze’s shot spins into the net, rather than across the line. But instead, its Haaland, its Man City, its three points to them and that’s probably the league title to them once again.

And of course, in the League Cup Final, we saw them overpower us in the second half after we’d done well to manage them in the first 45. What happens this time will define the entire season.

I don’t think we have enough bite in attack to get a second goal (our goal was ultimately a complete gift). I can see the game regressing into us being in a deep block against their sustained pressure, holding out for a draw.

Level at halftime, great courage shown by the team to get the rapid equaliser. But I can’t help feeling that this Man City side has more gears to go up through. We saw what happened at Chelsea in the second half there.

Good luck everyone.

I don’t want to see another tame surrender. The title hangs in the balance today. I want us to leave everything out on that pitch. Not disappear into nothing like we did against Bournemouth. Have no regrets, no doubts. Play to our maximum, and without fear. And ultimately, prove me wrong.

What I do hope to see today, regardless of the result, is us give Man City a real fight. Make them work for their win. We didn’t turn up in the League Cup Final, and we got pummelled 4-1 a few seasons back which essentially gifted them the title.

I fully expect us to lose today. Man City are in form. We are not. It would be an unbelievable reversal of fortune if we were to come away from here with a win (a place we have not won at since 2015). And if we were to lose it, that’s probably the title dream over, sadly.

Forest and West Ham, over to you. Serve your league 🫡

Make it doubbbbbbllllleeeee!!!

Xavi went full Richarlison. Never go full Richarlison.

I swear, Spurs are the joke that keeps on giving. The moment Xavi ‘Richarlison’ed’ by taking his top off after scoring, you just knew Brighton would score eventually. But for Spurs to concede in that manner, and that late on? Calamitous.

Player ratings as Marissa Sheva fires Ireland past Poland - The Halfway Line In front of a crowd of 18,267 at the Aviva Stadium Ireland beat Poland 1-0 thanks to a first half strike from Marissa Sheva.

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐯𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚

FT 🇮🇪 Ireland 1-0 Poland 🇵🇱

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Katie McCabe insists Ireland 'need to be ready' for 'quality' Pajor - The Halfway Line Katie McCabe has said that she has 'a lot of respect' for Ewa Pajor and that Ireland 'need to be ready' at the AVIVA Stadium.

𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐌𝐜𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 ‘𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲’ 𝐟𝐨𝐫 ‘𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲’ 𝐏𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫

🗣️ The Ireland captain was speaking ahead of a massive game at the Aviva Stadium against Poland tomorrow afternoon.

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Kyra Carusa is 'sensational' in an Ireland shirt lauds Carla Ward - The Halfway Line Carla Ward has lauded 'sensational' Kyra Carusa after she confirmed the striker was fit and available for the match against Poland tomorrow.

𝐊𝐲𝐫𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐚 𝐢𝐬 '𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥' 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐚 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐝

🗣️Ward was speaking ahead of Ireland's second match this week against Poland at the AVIVA on Saturday.
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