Can you add to this?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jicked
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Can you add to this?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jicked
I can't. The guy I heard it from might if you ask him: http://twitter.com/#!/jamesappell sportswriter who's a self-proclaimed Russophile. His knowledge of the Armenian dailies might be somewhat better than mine.
From GreenScene -
Russia deny match fixing claim
3 February 2011 28 views No Comment Written by Michael
Ireland’s two Group B opponents, Russia and Armenia, have moved to distance themselves from match fixing allegations made in the Armenian tabloid Zhamanak.
http://www.armradio.am/pic/Russia%20Armenia%203.bmp
The paper claimed that Russian authorities had made an unspecified “lucrative economic offer” to Armenia ahead of the game.
Armenian Football Federation President Ruben Hayrapetyan also strongly denied the claim by Zhamanak at a press conference in Yerevan on Thursday. He accused the paper, known for its pro-opposition reporting, of trying to discredit the national team, which, he said, is finally showing some good football.
Despite both countries denying the rumours, Zhamanak stood by the allegation in its Thursday edition, stating that “A government that has been giving Russia everything can also be expected to throw the football match with Russia,” it claimed.
Nikita Simonyan, a veteran Russian-Armenian player and current vice president of the Russian football union, dismissed the bribe talk completely. He stated, “We are waging a serious fight against corruption and fixed matches… This is ridiculous,”.
Currently Armenia sit just two points behind Russia, alongside Ireland and Slovakia in what is a very tight group. The result in Yerevan will have big consequences on who will gain the automatic qualifying spot.
I heard that the Russians offered to buy 4,000 Vantage Club seats from the FAI if they were given a 3 goal lead in Dublin.
And I heard when they saw who our centre midfield pairing was going to be they withdrew the offer...
The KGB allegedly used ESP on foreign entities/individuals. "You must play Green and Whelan. You must play Green and Whelan. Get rid of rotund chap. Get rid of rotund chap".
when did russias secret service start employing vietnamese/cambodian/korean mercenaries?
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Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
An inspired "One...Two" there, Bill.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yard of Pace
The Armenian president has stepped in and ordered the Armenian team to beat the Russians.
Ադրբեջանական նավթային ընկերությու
I bet most of you thought I was kidding.
How? I mean how did you find it, apart from having UTF-8 to post those characters.
What do people think when they see this photo -> http://news.am/eng/news/45547.html
Lets hope the Armenian president is liked more than the egyptian president.
I am not smart enough to talk in terms of utf-8 or even have the remotest clue clue what it is.
A plain man like myself uses copy and paste of armenian text into the reply option url link in the post.
I wouldn't describe you as plain or simple geysir.
Fact. Home win against Macedonia is a must and an away win if we want to top the group.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfie
The ironic thing is the way we play Id be more confident of an away win at the moment.
I like this build up to the Armenia v Russia game. Armenia hammered Slovakia above and beyond the 3-1 scoreline. They could do themselves and the rest of the group a big favour by beating or drawing with the Russians.
It's really hard to gauge Armenia. We dealt with them very comfortably, I felt, but Slovakia were torn apart by them even though they seemed fairly solid when we played them.
The Russian media dealt with this accusation with a resounding guffaw, if that can be hear. On Russia 2 Sport News they reported it, likening the situation to the Eurovision Gazprom apparently bought, plus the World Ice Hockey Championships where a Canadian journo claimed the reason Russia won gold was because they'd bought off their opponents. Nothing would surprise me, though Armenia wouldn't like down like that. Oh, and it also referred to the English claims that Russia had paid bonuses to Croatian players for winning against England to send them through to the Euro's in 2008.
Regardless Ireland's fate is in their own hands. Beating Macedonia and Armenia, not losing to Slovakia and Russia and we'll be in at least a play off.
Excuse my ignorance and i know its a poor country but wouldn't Russia be fierce rivals a bit like our relationship with England?
A little bit, but they're mainly upset with Turkey and Azerbaijan.
Having been there can echo that. Don't forget they and Azerbaijan refused to play each other when drawn in the same group, at least once, I believe?
And we were told they're still 'officially at war' when we were there. Though there was no obvious evidence of this.
Head up to the border Ardeebhoy. Remember the Azeri's regularly send in troops across the border and there are regular threats against Armenia from that side. The Armenians aren't blameless, they can be eejits as well, but the Azeri's really want to give them a tonking and are trying to outdo them in everything - the latest 2 are tennis and chess, mad as that sounds.
I was aware of azerbaijan too, is it azerbaijan that has its border closed off to turkey?Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Anyway point is, would irish players be bought? We are a very honest, catholic god fearing peoples though :)
well at least its all sporting. we just need azerbajian to beat russia in a friendly then.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spudulika
It'd have to be silly money. The Armenian players are mostly at second-tier Russian clubs with only a couple at big European teams. All of our players are on multi-million pound Premier League contracts.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
I know, i had a feeling you were going to say that, i was more speaking in the past or hypothetically speaking.
Ah no, you can't say that. Apparantly according to most observers, we're useless, hopeless, gutless has-beens who couldn't kick snow off a rope, and Trap is on the brink.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
The evidence for the assessment: A bad 60 minutes at home to Russia. :rolleyes:
We're still well in contention for the group, and are perfectly capable of winning the next 3 games before going to Moscow. Meanwhile, Russia have to go to Armenia and Slovakia, and at least match the results we got.
lets see what happens in the next three games and then Moscow before you start rolling your eyes.Quote:
Originally Posted by mypost
No, Armenia's border has yet to re-open (note the political language, this is what the official statement is).Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
I'm with mypost on how Ireland's chances were written off after a poor hour against Russia. They were solid against a good Armenia side away, did the job against Andorra, and got their tactics wrong or froze or both against Russia. Russia are a poor side, I said it before and stick to it. They're flattering to deceive and should have lost to Macedonia, were dreadful against a poor Slovakia side, and against Andorra, it was almost embarrassing. Ireland have a chance, a big chance, I just hope they'll grab it.
I also still believe that the point won in Zilina was a good result, and may well stand to us over the next 8 months.
Whether we should have won or not is another matter, but we had to get out of there with something and did.
We'd have taken it when the draw was announced but given how the game went it was frustrating only to get one. We just need to shake off the "decent away win" hoodoo. Armenia was good, but not what I'm talking about.
I hate this talk.we would have been happy with a point and that's the problem.a very weakened already over rated team who were torn apart by a one man Armenian team -as we proved-and ppl say its great to get a point.
If we win our home games and get a point at all the others, we'd have 20 points. That's more than enough to make the top 2 in most groups. I wasn't disappointed to get the point, as we had to soak up a lot of pressure after half time, similiar to the point we got in Bulgaria 2 years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
We have lost one home game, so have Russia, but we went to Slovakia and got the point we needed to stay in touch with them. Now lets see if Russia can go and get 4 points in Armenia and Slovakia as we did. If they get them, they'll keep pace with us. If they don't, we're back in contention for direct qualification.
I'd be happy to match Russia's scrappy and fortunate 1-0 win in Macedonia.
A master stroke by Delaney - I expect a very spirited score draw between Russia and Armenia now.
4-6 points a must in March/June.
I'm feeling optimistic.
to hell with it, no looking past the next round of matches. Look after our own result one at a time and then see what happens to the others. We just need to beat Macedonia to keep the show on the road. Hopefully Armenia can nick something from the Russians, even a point as it will ensure that they go to Moscow still competitive in the group, something few would have thought to be likely when the fixtures were drawn up.
So you believe that prior to the defeat at home to Russia, nobody was levelling any such criticism at Trapattoni? It all started after that?Quote:
Originally Posted by mypost
Russia are home first. Have to play their home games sometime.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingdom
After the first 2 wins, most were content with how the team was doing. Most were saying how we could (we actually couldn't) put the Russians out of the running with a win here. Then we had a hard time against the Russians for a while and the toys have been fired out of the pram ever since. I was happy enough with the point in Zilina, if we'd lost there, you'd understand the aggro. There's 6 games to go and we're doing ok. Not perfect mind, but we'll be there or thereabouts c8pm on October 11.Quote:
Originally Posted by osarusan
Macedonia are home to Cameroon tomorrow and should be worth a look.
http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro2012/sta...958/index.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by mypost
Uefa say otherwise....
Kingdom, I think you gain some morsels of pleasure when you can factually correct something Mypost has written.
Indeed they do, but other fixture websites, e.g. Eurosport, Macedonia FA, have Russia at home first. :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingdom