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Yes, but you are habituated at looking for miserable outcomes.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Our away performances under Trap put us favourites to at least get a draw there. Our away performances are trademarked by a will to win and enough grit to at least get a draw. Not only will we perform more credibly than in past efforts against Macedonis but we will give Russia a much different game in Moscow.
Correct. A great double save from Bonner from Ceulamans helped that day. In the home game against Scotland Stapo missed a great chance with the last kick of the game. Tha ball ended up down on Sanydmount strand.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfie
or Shirley!Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
It all turned OK in the end, eh?????? How many times have we been able to say that!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Noelys Guitar
I might be but those are the outcomes that have occured most often in the past.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
I don't know what you base this Russia away day on, but its not the facts, if they destroyed us here and they are very strong in russia, a draw would be a very good result now.
I see us getting 5 or 7 points from Russia/Macedonia/Slovakia with 5 the more likely. Thats hardly pessimistic.
When one refers to the form of past away games, the games are certainly in the past.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
The recent past, as in the last away game and the distant past, to the first 2 away games from the last campaign.
Lets not forget the September factor as well.
I think 47% is one of our better possession stats of recent vintage.
If we get 7 points from those 3 games we should top the group. I think we'll sneak a win out in Macedonia like we did out in Armenia.
It is one game at a time, but if I was to pin-point a game it'd probably be the Slovakia match. There's a chance Slovakia will have shaken off their post-World Cup hangover by then, but I think we'll win which would virtually guarantee second place. Then fly out to Moscow on a high and with a bit of pressure off, ready to put it up to the Ruskies.
If we don't get a win, or worse lose, against Slovakia then I can't see us raising ourselves for Russia and we'll probably be out.
It has to be one game at a time.
Lose to Macedonia, then it would be extremely doubtful that we find the 'moral courage' to step up to a higher qualification bar and get a win in Russia.
Vividly. Which proves that the results are more important than the performances.Quote:
Originally Posted by Noelys Guitar
I watch as much international football as I can. Rarely to the seeded teams do more than is needed in the banana-skin games. Usually the wins are narrow and influenced by surviving a few scares and maybe getting some breaks. We got some breaks early in the game on Saturday. That's not saying we depended on them to win the game. If it had been 0-0 at 70 minutes we'd have been far more urgent with the ball I'm sure.
You really would expect Russia to pick up 9 points in these home games:
Armenia, Macedonia and Andorra
Hopefully we can match them, even if one of ours is away.
Russia drawing 1-1 at the moment away to Qatar. Pavlyuchenko scored the equaliser. No idea why he didn't play on Saturday. I don't think Dick Advocat rates him as he rarely starts him.
Link here http://www.stopstream.tv/ch6.html
Finished 1-1. Another mediocre performance from Russia. They really do look poor at the back.
I think Dick Advocaat might be our MVP at the end of this campaign.
They're not functioning at the moment - even against us, it's telling they nearly folded completely late on. What's odds Advocaat is gone by the time we roll round to Moscow?
hopefully the night before.
what's this stupid American mvp term being used all about
Dick Advocaat our MVP? I'm not seeing the similarity, I'll be honest.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Slovakia beaten 1-2 at home by Denmark. Started with their strongest team as well.
There was all this talk about the Russians being under supreme pressure and going backwards when they played in Lansdowne. I don't buy it that much. We have no idea what will happen between now and then. Let's just get to Moscow and worry about it then. We have more pressing issues like beating Macedonia and Slovakia. If we don't win them the Russia game will be academic.Quote:
Originally Posted by SwanVsDalton