Playoffs

what about Iraq or another middle eastern country ? I cant wait to get on with these games and get the 2 wins

I think that some here should get their heads out of their ar$eholes.
there are a few teams in the potential group of runners-up that we can beat.
If all goes to plan then we won't have to worry about Group 1 (Czech Rep) or group 8 (Sweden/Croatia).

Even at that I wouldn't be bothered by the Croats, as they are playing in a cack group. Of the rest ,

we are capable of beating
Slovakia /Russia
Poland (if they were to finish second)
Slovenia/Norway/Scotland (regardless of who finishes second!!)

I would not fancy playing:
the Spanish or Serbs (group 6)
the Turks or the Danes.

As for the English, keep away from them. They may not be playing well but it would be still a pox hard game.

We can't beat the French,or the Swiss or the Israelis and barely manage a win over the Faroe Island.Right we have a great chance in the play offs if we even get the oportunity.

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Originally Posted by FarBeag

We can't beat the French,or the Swiss or the Israelis and barely manage a win over the Faroe Island.Right we have a great chance in the play offs if we even get the oportunity.

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We beat the Faroes twice with no problems. None of the other teams beat Israel either so got take a fcuking chill pill. Quite a lt of the so-called 'great' teams that potentially will be in the playoffs are hyped up. We can do a job on most teams, in a home and away tie.

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We beat the Faroes twice with no problems. None of the other teams beat Israel either so got take a fcuking chill pill. Quite a lt of the so-called 'great' teams that potentially will be in the playoffs are hyped up. We can do a job on most teams, in a home and away tie.

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Kingdom..Don't take it too personal man.We beat the Faroes and we beat them twice! shame on me not to think of that one Galway fcuking utd could beat that crowd.You tell me when we beat any decent team home or away in the last four years at least and then maybe i will start beliving your delusions.

Ah, Irish optimism.... you have to love it.

So, lets look at results over the last 3 qualifying campaigns, i.e. in competitive matches against European sides. We'll throw out the minnows and make weights like Albania etc.

Fra - L
Isr - D
Isr - D
Fra - D
Sui - D

Sui - L
Rus - D
Rus - L
Sui - L

Spa - D
Ger - D
Cam - D

Hol - W
Por - D
Por - D
Hol - D

So we have a record of 1-11-4, against sides that are good/decent.

On the other three occasions where we have had to face European opposition in a play-off, we came up short on all three occasions. Now mind you Belgium was close, and Turkey even closer..... but the point is we LOST-out over two legs.
How anyone can feel confident going into a play-off is beyond me. Yes, we can draw with any side in the world, but we very rarely win.

It's all a moot point anyways, cause we more or less have to beat Switerland to get our name in the hat.