are "the road to asia" and "rising sons" on the net somewhere? I only have them on VHS :mad:
are "the road to asia" and "rising sons" on the net somewhere? I only have them on VHS :mad:
My predictions for tonight.
A win and a clean sheet for us.
A coming of age performance for Ward.
Keane to score.
Walters to perform well and propose a selection dilemma with Doyle for the return leg.
McGeady to flatter to deceive.
Fahy to come on for Andrews around the hour mark.
Kelly to have a wobbly game.
http://tykestv.eu/index.php on Channel 2 there, usually very reliable in terms of qualityQuote:
Originally Posted by osarusan
I can get you Rising Sons though it may have to wait for a little while as I have to encode it down to a manageable upload size.Quote:
Originally Posted by boovidge
The post-noon nerves have kicked in. Argh!
Daily Mail (yes, I know) reporting that the team have been told that Cox is starting alongside Keane.
Any sign of an Estonian team sheet? They were supposed to announce it yesterday afternoon?
come on the lads.
let's start putting 10 years of hurt behind us tonight in tallinn.
I can envisage the RTE coverage beginning with the Gary McKay footage tonight.Quote:
Originally Posted by French Toasht
Que Bill "It was 24 years ago today that Ireland first qualified for a major tounament thanks to that famous goal by...................................."
the stress is putting years on all of usQuote:
Originally Posted by joe_denilson
will maloney be commentating tonight?? suppose, he shouts way to much. as if we werent stressed enough....
Have to say I don't have much nerves ahead of tonight, I'm saving that for tuesday. I view tonight a bit like a qualifying session in Fomula 1 ahead of the grand prix tuesday. It'll decide the position and framing of that final game but I very much doubt it'll decide anything.
Think Cox is hoing to start. Have had that feeling since the 3 up top were announced.
Hope I'm wrong. Just back from lunch now and the countdown to leaving here begins.
RTE are still saying Walters is favourite but with RTE you never know if they have info or are just 2 days behind on the rumours.
i hope walters starts and puts it about in the box, robbie to feed off the crumbs and score.
Apparently word on the ground in Estonia is that JD has stated that Walters is starting. JD is also buying drinks and the FAI are buying up black market tickets and raffling them to fans. Might be all rumours of course.
Sounds like JD propoganda from the JD spin machine.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
That'd be great if it's not too much trouble worm.Quote:
Originally Posted by theworm2345
Reading the Guardian's live football blog they mentioned an interesting stat — Given has saved 4 of the last 23 penalties taken against him in the Premier League. That's an average of almost one save for every five penalties. I think we'd take Estonia if it came to a shootout though.
Rising sons is already online somewhere, downloaded it just over a week ago but had to search on google for ages. will have a look now and see if i can find the link
I had heard about the latter late last week, assumed it was rumour.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Will be watching with interest later, good luck. Can only see a 0-0 tonight but I reckon you will win 2-0 or 3-0 in Dublin.
Will also be following the Jocks in Cyprus, their fans on the TAMB all reckon it will be an easy game :D
Lads (and ladettes) my last post before the game - enjoy and fingers crossed for us all. Hopefully we'll be all celebrating under a bridge somewhere tonight!
had a dream last night. It was 2-0 to us at half time and magically became 4-0 about a half second later so im pretty confident that that is whats going to happen tonight. I also dreamt i was project managing a huge multi-million dollar construction development so it was good to get a "heads up" on that.
Nevermind RTE. They are still reporting that Estonian striker, Sergei Zenjov is due to play Tuesday night, despite being pulled from the squad due to injury over two weeks ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
I sooner rely on the fine establishment of journalism that is the Daily mail over RTE. Looks like its Cox. Would have loved to see Walters start, would have given us another dimension.
It could happen. The hype is being built. People are joining the bandwagon. They'll even be complaining after the first 20-25 minutes about the football being served up. I'm expecting a boring game. I think we'll win though, similar in some respect to Macedonia away.Quote:
Originally Posted by joe_denilson
Being twoing and froing between Walters and Cox and I think ive concluded that I think Cox should start. He has done well when he has played for us so far, man of the match the last day so seems to be little reason to drop him, with the exception of that he hasnt got much game time at WBA. He links well with Keane and also I think Walters is probably a better option off the bench for the last 20 mins and more likely to get us a goal from the bench if required.
Nerves are all over the place now. Im not likely the OTT optimisim on the RTE feed. I hope we win tonight and at least a score draw but this is not going to be easy by any means.
Ah jayz, this is predictable. RTE will start with a half hour of moaning over this decision. Macedonia away, the lads got the result. I'm hoping for the same tonight. RTE's panel were complaining after that match as well. I won't bother listening to them if that's their carry on. There's no need for it. I know they pride themselves on being honest and upfront unlike them across the water but they don't half moan when there's no need.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Macedonia away has to be taken into account as well. It was an important win off the back of withdrawals etc. It was a game as well where Whelan-Andrews though not the creative forces at least showed up when the creative players stayed away.Quote:
Originally Posted by elroy
How many of them were misses? Because if all 19 he didn't save went in, that's well above average. Only something like 70% of penalties go in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Serb
Having felt this nervous in many a year. Time for a bit of good news for our country.
Were you not before France two years ago? Macedonia away in June was a big game at the time. Potential banana skin, was great to get the win there.Quote:
Originally Posted by drummerboy
Just on for a few minutes as I'm rushing straight out again to get a prime viewing spot in the pub. Shaking like a leaf and running about like a child with excitement. Tickets arrived for Tuesday night, thank God. Hope everyone enjoys the game. C'mon you boys in green!
Just stuck a tenner on 4 draws. 109-1. Sure would be wrong not to!
In honesty, I wasn't expecting us to beat France two years ago, especially after the first leg.Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
Did you find it?Quote:
Originally Posted by richieos
As today is 11/11/11 the score has to be 1-1.
Afraid not mate sorry. i have it on the laptop and can upload it over the next couple of days if that helps, have to head out now though, some match on tonight apparantley :pQuote:
Originally Posted by AlaskaFox
They have every right to moan. Ireland have been very poor in this group, and lucky to get this far. However, they'll beat Estonia handily enough. And by the law of averages, they might even be involved in a vaguely entertaining game tonight. (!!!!!!)Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
i'm actually finding the walters v cox debate a welcome distraction from the game itself. if we knew the first 11 all we'd have left to ponder is how the game itself could go horribly wrong...
as it is, i just keep saying 'walters? cox?' over and over in my mind like a demented person.
thanks trap!
Just going online to Paddys to back Ireland -1 at 4/1. I'm confident! Although I always am on the day of the game.
Still in the office, thankfully I've been kept busy with income tax season so I haven't been able to drive myself demented in the last few days like I usually would.
I really believe in this team, we have no Keane (Roy), McGrath or Giles but by God do these lads work for each other. They've put in four years of hard work and consistently good results. They deserve to qualify and I believe they will!
2-0 Ireland. Walters and Keane.
I had a dream last night Walters put us 1 up in the first 10mins, I woke up before the game ended though...
We were also wearing pink jerseys oddly enough!! I wonder which is most likely to happen tonight??