i have a feeling we could get a great result too. a lot of people seem to have this feeling despite the dissapointment of saturday. i tell ya one thing, if we beat italy, theres gonna be a great night everywhere in ireland aswellQuote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Tony O'D said on the RTE news that it's not looking good for McGeady. Sounds like he won't play and if does he won't be 100%.
McGeady confirmed as out according to Newstalk
Definitely out according to this:
http://www.setanta.com/uk/Articles/F...ri/gnid-46677/
Pretty much our whole midfield out now.
this reminds me of when we had all those injuries against the czech republic in the euro 2008 qualifiers.. and we gave a great performance in that match. who knows maybe the lads will pull together, i also think keogh has a real touch of class, he just doesnt show it enough at all
I think Keogh has something about him too, just not out wide.
I think the ball is going to be hoofed long quite a bit.
well were never gonna beat them playing it along the ground so i guess its worth a tryQuote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
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will need to play out of there skins tomorrow night and hope Pirlo and co have their eye off the ball. It looks like our Ireland B midfield line up. Let's drop one of the strikers and play 5 in midfield and not cross the half way line....!!!
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Oh sweet suffering Jesus! :eek:
After all my talk for ages on this forum that we should have nothing to fear from this Italian team, now that it has come around and with our performance at the weekend and with the injuries I have never had so little confidence in us getting any sort of result. Felt like I was kicked in the stomach when I just checked the RTE website and seeing that McGeady is definately out and Keogh is most likely to replace him.
Usually Im overly optimistic about our chances but this time I cant see any hope at all with Duffer and McGeady gone and Glenn Whelan in the midfield.
The only slight glimmer Im keeping(its hardly a spark) is that I remember in particular the abandoned game against England and the friendly away to Holland when in both games we had lots of withdrawals but the players responded brilliantly. And similarly on the back of the 5-2 hammering against Cyprus they produced a performance against the Czechs.
Anyway heres hoping!!!:ball:
wow wow how ****ed are we? that team would be at best a top of the table first division side in england ... i cant believe it...our hopes are in ruins
So three of our four first choice midfield is out and we go to the World Champions. Shay'd better be taking his time with kick outs from the first minute!
not being funny but they seem to be balanced well on the right side of defence and on the left side of midfield. Thats key against kilbane when he starts doing his one touch football and pirlo and rossi are breathing down his neck. Our only actual influence to cause anything (hunt on the left) is definitely going to be tougher if its def zambrotta.
that feeling after the news of mcgeady out, is still there but definitely not as strong, even though i didnt necessarily rate ma-geddy.Quote:
Originally Posted by richieos
Gotta be a contender for the worst midfield we've even put on the pitch for a competitive international.Quote:
Originally Posted by shakermaker1982
Fair enough injuries, etc but it's still quite scary when you see it in black and white.
Perhaps most unheralded rather than worst?Quote:
Originally Posted by Maroon 7
Ireland 2 - 0 Italy *
* provided we can organize to hi-jack the Italian team bus and prevent them from taking the field.
hahaha we're doomed! This is either gonna be a walkover or one of the bravest irish performances in quite a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by Qwerty
0-0 would be an awesome result now
we're not managers, we're not pundits, we're supporters lads. Remember that. We'll support whoever is on the field tomorrow night. If its not our best midfield, fair enough, but lets get behind them - whoever is wearing our countries colours deserve to be there. Chips are down. We'll win 1-0 (small bit of the stuttgart and Giant stadiums spirit required)
Well said:cool: