Good away draw for the Sasanach !Quote:
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Good away draw for the Sasanach !Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Way ahead of you :pQuote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Only nerds go there.:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
I'll pass your comment on to the person who told me :)
Sweden beat Lux 4-0, Lux had a player sent off just 20 minutes into the game, a straight red.
The dices are now loading up in Sweden's favour, but they are at the rear of the chasing pack.
I see there have been a raft of enforced withdrawals from the Italian u21 squad, up to 8 of them. And now there's some talk that the Italian u20 squad will replace their u21 squad and face Ireland tomorrrow. That could augur well, then again the u20s might well be as good if not a better unit.
It's the under 20s but I think still with four or five first teamers from the under 21s, so it's not the under 20s really. I'd imagine they'll still be strong, a lot of our players would still be classed as under 20s as well.
Am I right in thinking it would take a pretty major disaster for us not to qualify for this now? Three games left, two of them we'll be red hot favourites to win, even if we did lose the reverse v Iceland. How many dropped points out of the nine available could put us in playoff rather than automatic territory, even if we do slip to second place in the group? We've more points than eight of the nine second placed sides as things stand. Of course it's possible that we could drop to third in the group too but that seems very unlikely.
Ireland were in a good position before you jinxed it.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Quick update, which I think was mentioned in another thread - no more playoffs due to COVID - it's group winners and five best runners-up (not counting results against sixth-place teams). Right now, I think a draw against Italy and a win against Iceland would be enough to put us through as Romania and Poland, currently ranked second and third of the second-placed teams, would not be able to match our record of seventeen points after taking our Luxembourg results out (Germany, Portugal and Scotland, in fourth, fifth and seventh, still could).Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
If we lose to Italy and beat Iceland, then we will need a couple of favours elsewhere, which is possible - Poland have to play Bulgaria, who are just behind them in their group; Romania finish their campaign at home to their group-toppers Denmark; Scotland are in a group where four teams are in contention, which could lead to a second-placed team with a lower points record; and perhaps Bosnia or Wales will pull off a shock in Germany.
Anything less than that would probably rule us out, even if we hang on for second place
Is the Italy game televised in Ireland?
Eir Sport 1Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
Think we have a decent chance to win the group. I think we’ll beat Iceland at home and beat Luxembourg. If we can draw with Italy, they have to win every game left to match us on points...
That’s the away game to Iceland which is a difficult place to travel, especially in November - and home against Sweden who beat them recently. Harder games than we have...
Shame for the 21s that we’re missing 7 players with the senior squad... nonetheless, italy playing with a mixed u20/u21 squad helps us...
Hard to predict the team.
Bazunu will definitely start in goal.
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Lee O’Connor at right back
Masterson in the centre
Second centre half is hard to predict. If Collins is fit, I think it’ll be him. If not, it’s a toss up between Scales and McCarthy.
Left back will probably be Thomas O’Connor but could easily be Leahy. Leahy is probably defensively better and is the more conservative choice, but O’Connor is the better footballing fullback and will contribute more when we have the ball...
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Coventry will start in a holding midfield role
The Molumby/Knight role will go to either Taylor or Mandriou. Both are talented footballers. Mandriou was good against Sweden. Taylor has had the better time recently at club level.
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As for the number 10, and the front 3, it’s 4 out of 5 I think:
Number 10 could be Ronan or Smallbone.
Centre forward could be Obafemi or Afolabi.
Afolabi could play wide left, Obafemi could play wide right too, Smallbone could also play out side. Then there’s Elbouzedi who has been a regular squad member and can play either wing.
Amazing how strong the side looks considering how it’s missing it’s best players
I would think Smallbone will play alongside Coventry, I hope so. I think he could be good there
Is this televised folks?
only place I heard of is here...Quote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
https://www.aceodds.com/bet365-live-.../football.html
Afaiu UEFA’s directives post covid, if a game cannot be rescheduled, the team that were the cause of the cancellation shall forfeit the game. Unless UEFA can order Iceland to concede home advantage and play the game in neutral territory, Iceland should be awarded a 3 nil victory. No way that a rescheduled game could be played in Iceland before March 2021.
Bazunu
L O’Connor
Masterson
Collins
Leahy
Coventry
Taylor
Ronan
Smallbone
Elbouzedi
Obafemi
Good team all things considered
this link seems to be working.....
http://www.freeintertv.com/view/id-1802
need to copy the link into your browser
Caught the second part of first half. Good football being played again by Ireland, really refreshing to watch. Obafemi doing nothing to justify a senior call up. Hard to believe that Elbouzedi isn’t getting game time in League one. Unlucky to be 1-0, defense could have done better I thought, but really well taken goal
Was it Collins or Masterson for the goal? Can’t see it well on my phone with no sound
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Originally Posted by jbyrne
Thanks jbyrne.
What's Masterson at looking over at the linesman (twice ffs!) instead of concentrating on the Italian player.
Think it was him too that got in the mix up with Coventry that nearly gifted Italy a goal before that.
We're not doing much going the other way.
has the link gone down for anyone else?
Good summation. Italy started better, Ireland grew into it. Can see we are missing some quality from the earlier games. Molumby a big loss.Quote:
Originally Posted by tommy_c12000
Obafemi could see himself replaced for Afolabi soon. Totally agree on Elbouzedi, Lincoln must be excellent if he can't get on the pitch there
Coventry made a mess of that one, don't think anybody else should get a share of the blame there. We've had some nice play around their box, especially since around the 25-30 minute mark, but no, nothing clear-cut.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lilywhites
This one works perfect for me. I like the PIPQuote:
Originally Posted by elatedscum
http://papahd.live/italy-vs-ireland-republic
Yes, saying it's been blocked at the copyright owner's request. Hopefully it reappears for second half!Quote:
Originally Posted by elatedscum
now here...Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
https://webserver.one/rai-2-hd-live-stream-online.php
Second goal for Italy. Hint of an og? We missed a good chance early second half. A long way back into it now, will be interesting to see if there's a change in tack.
not sure o'connor or masterson will ever make it beyond league 1 or 2 level.
6 players missing from this Ireland team is proving to be too much. Not really surprising, we don't have endless supply of players in the pipeline. Collins and Coventry have been very disappointing
That's one of the worst yellow cards ever. Italian lad ran into an arm and barely got touched. Shocking decision.
Italians being Italian...that yellow for Collins was embarrassing from the ref.
I think Obafemi might join them thereQuote:
Originally Posted by zero
surprised we haven't made any changes.
Idah probably the most missed in that team. His pace and power gives it something very different. Elbouzedi absolutely skinned his man again a few mins ago. I missed the first half but he seems to be doing well again.
Good to see Conor Ronan has learned the "if you lose the ball just grab your face trick".
Triple substitution incoming.
The passing has been largely woeful. So many loose balls and aimless hoofs from this side, which you wouldn't really expect.
Obafemi has been anonymous. Backline has been dodgy at best. It's really unfortunate to be missing so many key players for the biggest game in the group so far.
Going for it with the subs;
Afolabi, Grant and Mandroiu replace Obafemi, Taylor and Ronan.