Irish fans lost their minds at the team squandering possession

'Possession' was trending in the first half. 'James McCarthy' in the second.

Are these the same lads that stroked the ball about with such confidence against Sweden? Yes they are but the magnitude of today's Group E game has got to them. Ireland could have done with a decent result out of this afternoon's clash against Belgium, in Bordeaux, but they COULD NOT hold onto the ball for more than 10 seconds. So much possession has been frittered or booted away while heavy touches and loose passes are coughing up the ball: Tension-racked Irish fans were losing their minds each time we gave the ball back to the Belgians. https://twitter.com/FyldeReporter/status/744161556557078528 Is there anything to be said for another mass? Or possession? https://twitter.com/Claudia_Jones/status/744162487650619392 https://twitter.com/JamieG17/status/744161755648135168 https://twitter.com/philipoconnor/status/744155704706076677 Damned statistics https://twitter.com/billymce/status/744162455077662720 This Irish fan was loving one part of Ireland's game - our ponderousness with set-pieces https://twitter.com/ninjapotato10/status/744158166968111104 James McCarthy distracted the nation from possession talk anyway https://twitter.com/barrycahilldub/status/744174092509659138