Requested what went mistaken in Armenia, the previous Jamaica supervisor mentioned “nearly the whole lot”.
“We weren’t as strong defending like we usually are, we misplaced quite a lot of duels, in possession we made numerous errors and misplaced the ball in robust areas.
“Armenia may be fast on the counter and so they have good people with good particular person expertise, and so they deservedly received.
“There are much more negatives than positives, that’s for certain. We’re massively upset.”
Trailing 1-0 at half-time, Hallgrimsson launched Adam Idah and Kasey McAteer off the bench instead of Jack Taylor and Chiedozie Ogbene.
“We needed to vary it tactically, we thought we wanted a purpose early so we needed two strikers and that was profitable three days in the past in order that was one of many causes we did this transformation,” he defined.
“Additionally [we wanted] recent legs, however the substitutions are on me, in fact.”
On failing to doubtlessly contain star striker Ferguson sufficiently, the Republic boss added: “We did not create quite a lot of possibilities. It isn’t about him or how we are able to contain him. The entire crew weren’t on it and it was Armenia’s day, not ours.”
Captain Nathan Collins additionally instructed RTE the higher crew received and mirrored on his crew’s shortcomings.
“I in all probability do assume they have been the higher crew, which is nowhere close to the place our requirements ought to be,” mentioned the defender.
“We did not create sufficient. It in all probability wasn’t defensively sturdy sufficient and total, simply wasn’t a ok efficiency.
“We have now to beat Portugal, that is the be all and finish all. We have now to go there and get a outcome and that is all I can say.”
