Muller angry after Irish defeat

IRELAND coach Gene Muller believed only three of his squad of 16 performed to standard as his side were thrashed 3-0 by Malaysia in Santiago yesterday, virtually ending their World Cup dreams at the first hurdle.

Muller angry after Irish defeat

In a scathing post-match words, Muller said: “We didn’t have nearly enough players who played to their potential, that’s the most disappointing thing. You can stomach a loss and that’s part of what we do but we only had three players to play to potential. Firstly, you can’t win and worse, you don’t deserve to win.

“Circumstances are what they are. Its difficult to quantify but I don’t think its a coincidence that so may players played badly on one day’s acclimatisation.”

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