What's the difference with the one this coming Thursday? We'll know our WC group on the 5th if we get through the playoffs?Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
What's the difference with the one this coming Thursday? We'll know our WC group on the 5th if we get through the playoffs?Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Yep
Or technically I guess they might have "Europe 1" in the draw and maybe we don't know who that is
"The Cure of Troy" for the broadsheetsQuote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Take Szoboslai out of that Hungary team and they are awful, I don't care though, we have play off that I couldn't even envisage this time last week.
For once it fell our way in injury time. Hungary got what they deserved, ball boys disappeared towards the end,, their injury time subs took nearly a minute. Just thrilled that it fell our way for once.
If Kenny was an unlucky manager then Heimir is definitely a lucky one. I do feel like some of the foundations for this were built in the Kenny era. The experience those young players picked up under him was important. What he couldn’t consistently do was balance the organisation and pragmatism needed to maybe generate some of that luck (and the inexperience of the players didn’t help).
Hard to believe there’s a playoff to look forward to now. It was wildest dreams stuff before kick off on Thursday. It really is bonus territory now. Those players now really know what it feels like and what it means to have some success in the national jersey and that will feed them going into the next qualifying cycle.
Have we beaten two higher ranked sides in a row before?
Has anyone scored 5 in two games before?
Feel like my heart rate is still through the roof.
History repeats itself at Parrott and Scales echoes Keane and QuinnQuote:
Originally Posted by backstothewall
You had the full url in tooQuote:
Originally Posted by The Fly
Theres a good bit of football in the other groups yet, Scotland at home to Denmark as one which would automatically qualify them with a win. Im presuming higher raanked sides like Denmark, Italy would be straight in to a play-off final?
Nope - 16 teams to whittle down to 4
Seeding but no byes
Bound to be Iceland.
Nope they play a semi final against pot 4Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
You say, as Ukraine go 1-0 up against Iceland with ten to goQuote:
Originally Posted by punkrocket
Feel sorry for them, played very well and just switched off for 10 seconds. Never looked like getting back into it though. All about the Macedons nowQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
It was played in the stadium in Qatar after the penalty shootout win over Canada the last day too. Possibly that's what put it in the RTE producer's head. Thought it worked well in both cases. Though it's maybe a bit like Zombie with the rugby, a good song but you don't want to overdo it either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
Ermm.... bound to be ScotlandQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
There has never been an away Irish hattrickQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Ever
Until now
I certainly don't work for RTÉ!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
I think so. As a rovers fan, what we did was special but to see our players and ex-players (and fans, hello Troy) do it for the national side as well.....really incredible. Phenomenal. I'm shattered.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Nah, I saw the winner on Facebook. "The Late Late Troy Show" :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99