Crikey, playoff stress is having a savage effect on Manuela.Quote:
Originally Posted by theworm2345
Crikey, playoff stress is having a savage effect on Manuela.Quote:
Originally Posted by theworm2345
Is anyone else still waiting on tickets for the home leg to arrive? No sign of my 4 tickets from ticketmaster yet, getting worried!
Mine came this morning, in the unlikely event that they dont arrive on time you can ring ticketmaster and they'll hold them at the stadium for you. (assuming they still do that)Quote:
Originally Posted by koneinc
cheers richieos, I've mailed them, will check the post in the morning, fingers crossed!Quote:
Originally Posted by richieos
My tickets for the recent Leinster -vs- Munster game never arrived, so I called them and they held them for me at the hotel beside Lansdowne Road.
Panorama reported an academic study ages back (after another England penalty exit). They "proved" that the conventional wisdom of using your best kickers first was wrong. The later kicks have more pressure so you need your best kickers. They claimed that using Shearer first was counter-productive.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
I'm not saying I agree mind you! I think it's important to get on the board early. Maybe have your strongest takers go 1, 3 and 5. The other two may wing it anyway. 1 to get points on the board. 3 to stabilise things if 2 misses, or to press home if they have missed one. 5 because it's likely to be critical one way or the other.
Mine only came today too.Quote:
Originally Posted by koneinc
Mine haven't arrived either although I'm guessing they may arrive a day or two after buyers in Ireland will receive theirs as I'm in Manchester.Quote:
Originally Posted by koneinc
The Ticketmaster site tells me:
I should receive them by Saturday evening then, but does the fact they are being processed mean they haven't been dispatched yet? They've been processing them for the past fortnight.Quote:
Your tickets are being processed.
If you have not received your tickets within 72 hours of the event please contact us no later than 24 hours before the event.
My tickets usually turn up a few months late so I always have to collect them at the ticketmaster office. I'd be very surprised if they came on time for this one.
no sign of mine either. the ticketmaster booth is poxy to have to get out to if arriving by train
I'll only be getting into Dublin airport at around 4:45PM. Where's the Ticketmaster office? :/
at the corner of nothumberland road, 10min walk from the dart station but annoying as you are at the stadium then have to go out and back in again after queing for 30 mins at the officeQuote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
As Serb said you might be able to pick them up at the ticket booths near the Aviva.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
I'll arrive from London at 3:45pm, I'd really prefer not to have to collect them before the game (with the doubt in the back of my mind that Ticketmaster would mess up and I'd miss the biggest game since France 09 and have 3 very angry friends!)
<edit>the bear beat me to it
Have you not seen the forecast? Freezing fog. Jeez man, you're cutting it fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
I'll have my 3 tomorrow. Nyiaow.
Match Day Squad of 18. Who'll make the bench tomorrow?
12. Westwood
13. O'Dea
14. Coleman
15. Fahey
16. Hunt
17. McCarthy
18. Cox/Walters
Randolph, Gibson, Keogh, McShane,
That about right? Only the emboldened are certainties though.
(O'Shea, Best and Doyle come back for Tuesday)
About right although I'd say Gibson over McCarthy if only based on shooting ability. Although this depends on how many pounds Gibson is still carrying and how sharp he's been in training this week.
I think that's about right, assuming O'D is 100%.
I wouldn't be surprised to see Gibson and Keogh on the bench instead of Coleman and McCarthy.
I'm used to watching Ireland games. It's in contrast to people who've hopped off the bandwagon years ago. I remember being in a pub in June watching the Macedonia game, for a good crowd, sporting crowd in some respects in Limerick, there wasn't a whole lot of attention or interest in the game. I can imagine a lot of people watching tomorrow nights game because of the hype that's been building up in the media. Will they be prepared for the football the will have to watch?! It's not going to be exciting football but hopefully the boys in green will do the job. :D I think Trap's experience of big games will be of benefit to Ireland. Sometimes in the build up to games ye can hear the right noises while reading between the lines. He'll have the team going out on the parked well drilled on what they have to do.
Like some, if not many, I am disappointed by the lack of creativity in midfield. I decided before the Macedonia game I wouldn't be too bothered by it any more. The reason simply is Andrews and Whelan turned up for their country when others didn't. It's a bit rich to be going on about the players not playing in midfield when they are the players who could not be bothered to turn up. I was delight for those lads that they won the game that night away in Macedonia and subsequently the enjoyable friendly in Belgium against Italy.
I think our lads are in good shape going into this game. Given will be Given. The defence will do it's job as will the midfield. Keane showed away in Paris he's up for these big nights. Duffer should've put us 2-0 up in Paris that night. Keane had a decent chance to as well in that second half. Walters has impressed me with his cameo appearances. Cox impressed away in Macedonia and I wasn't surprised by his good display in the last game.
Hopefully the Aviva stadium and the country will be rocking when the final whistle is blown next Tuesday evening. ;)