Played sh(eye)te, as we do 50 percent of the time. Lucky to get a draw.
Lets be realistic. If we have any hope of winning the group we need to beat Russia on Tuesday. If we do great, but unlikely. So lets focus on our chances of second place.
We are level with Slovakia on 14 points.
Slovakia's remaining games are: Armenia (h), Russia (h), Macedonia (a)
Ireland's remaining games are: Russia (a), Andorra (a), Armenia (h)
We need seven points from these games to secure it. Seven points would pretty much assure us second. Considering the fact that we are better away from home and also considering the opposition, I reckon we are slight favourites to come second.
What is interesting is, if we draw with Russia and Russia draw with Slovakia we will be all square again.
So lets see what happens Tuesday. They cant play any worse.
All things considered my official prediction for Tuesday is:
Russia 1 Ireland 1
Was it really a shock.
posted on 3/9/11
Ireland may win in Moscow. After tonight i know that statement makes little sense but I think we are setup yo go away from home. McCarthy may have a part to play too, he could be a cat among the pigeons for the Russians.
posted on 3/9/11
Ireland will struggle against andorra for sure
posted on 3/9/11
Not a shock as such, but I was suprised at how poorly we played. We were the better team when we played Slovakia in Zilina last year. The simple fact is if we cannot win one of four games against are two biggest group rivals, we do not deserve to qualify. I cannot find any positives in last nights performance. The only thing giving me hope is that this team plays better away from home
posted on 3/9/11
Yerman ,looking at Slovakia last 3 matches i'm start to feel a lot better.
Maybe Slovakia will look back on last night as the match they should have won to send them to the EURO's at the end of the campaign??
posted on 3/9/11
Ireland will struggle against andorra for sure
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who's this rafa-jack eejit. A 'Pool fan that still has Rafa in his username. Your opinion is entirely irrelevant fool, you probably didn't even see the match.
posted on 3/9/11
I remember him from the BBC 606 days. He's just some clown with an anti- Irish agenda.