I am predicting we win:
1-2
And, to be honest, I will be happy with this or any win.
Even with Albania beating Cyprus 6-1, I don’t have much confidence in Trappatoni’s selection to be able to dominate a game and/or create numerous chances. As it stands I will not be overly surprised if we draw.
Cyprus 0-2 Ireland
Comfortable.
Cyprus 2 Ireland 1
I see yet again a Cypriot team made the champions League, APOEL beating Copenhagen last night 3-1.
hard to tell till we see if we get any injuries over the weekend. fingers crossed we wont. if all are fit im going to go for a 2-0 win. im hoping we realise whats at stake and put in a really gritty performance esp from whelan and andrews. personally i like whelan and hope he gets stuck in. if robbie is on his game i think we can do it. nervous but still believe in us.
1-2. Very similar to the game in Mainz.
We'll start well, score early. We'll then disappear fior large periods of the game, but get another goal on the break, and we'll concede territory from then on, conceding a late goal, excrete a few planks and then win.
I fear if I make a positive prediction, the team will be cursed.
I'm tending towards the 2-1 win myself too. And I'd be glad of it as well.
Indeed. The bitter sweet torture of a crucial Ireland away match beckons.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Prediction: Unbearable tension with spells of uneasiness, terror and nausea.
That is no prediction Wolfie. That is a statement of inevitable future fact.
Briliantly put.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfie
Life would be so much more enjoyable & less complicated if I just didn't care. Or if I was Spanish.
with the mid-field the way it is and doyle not fully fit .. 1-1 with a bit of luck...
if doyle isnt fully fit id go with folan. he might be able to get robbie into the game with his mayhem in the box.
2-1 to Ireland , it will be close but that's the way Trap likes it .:)
Hear hear! It's at times like these I genuinely envy the football-ignorant. They can go about their Saturday on an even keel, without having to entertain the sick tides of excitement and terror that rock my sanity this way and that, culminating in me being perched on the edge of my armchair, swearing at the TV, sweating lightly and tearing at my fingernails every time we lose the ball, feeling too sick to eat or move for the rest of the night. I'm predicting a 1-1 draw. With Doyle struggling for fitness and Robbie not quite with it, combined with the away game jitters, we will spend most of our time ceding possession and generally being unsure of ourselves.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
The aspects that do give me cause for hope are the following:
- John O'Shea will be charged with keeping Aloneftis under wraps. Also, with Duff in front of him I think we can keep their dangerman well screened for the duration. Hopefully we can annul that threat.
- our wingers are all on decent form (though I do think this is more a game for Duff and Hunt than McGeady. Hunt thrives in away-day cauldrons of hostility such as this and would be good in keeping things tight defensively for the first hour, which I suspect will be Trap's plan.)
I am a fairly pessimistic Ireland supporter at the best of times, so would be keen to hear any other reasons to be cheerful!
I'm worried it could end 1-1 too. It seems like ages since we won a game and I'm not sure if we have the cuteness to put these guys away on their own pitch. Hopefully they come at us and leave holes at the back for us to exploit. I'm hoping, and think its possible, that Andrews has a really good game here.
I'm torn on which wingers should start. As Terry Phelan said, Hunt thrives in the away atmosphere scenario, but McGeady really has been firing lately. Duff is good too, but could he be dropped? I'm really torn
I'm generally quite an optimistic fan but this time I really do worry, would be delighted with any sort of a win, fear a draw or worst though
I think Robbie looked very sharp in Thomond.
McGeady is playing well. Hunt has been looking sharp.
Given is playing well - though I was disappointed to see him replicate his feeble parry (from which Cahill scored) in City's first game of the season, which he got away with.
A few Irish have started the season well enough. The good thing is that a lot of our players have been starting for their clubs and at least aren't bench warmers.
I can see this game being absolute agony. Even the 4-0 win there under Mick was torture for long periods.
mcgeady and duffer. we need outlets and these are our 2 best.
Im always overly optimistic with Ireland games and this game Im no different, we'll win it 2-0 or 2-1. And McGeady and Duff both must start, McGeady is in great form and is simply a better footballer than Hunt. I like Hunt as a sub to inject something into the game if its needed but we should start with out better players
5-2 to Cyprus. ;)
in all seriousness, i wouldnt be surprised if we lost. The performance against Australia was frightening given that it was close to a full strength team. I fear for this Irish team over the next few months, could we throw it all away?
(im a pessismistic sort too when it comes to ireland, TerryP!!)
but ill go for a 1-1