Do what i do leave work early.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harpsbear
Really no excuses*. I know a lot of lads who have taken half days. Heading out the door in 20 mins.
Unless of course your profession doesn't allow for your own holidays such as teacher etc.
God I love flexi time! C'mon Ireland. 1 famous away victory please.
if you must, just watch it on a stream. there won't be many others doing it so the IT crowd shouldn't notice / care.
http://www.footballstreaming.info/streams/todays-links/
why not flavour it up trap, go for the unpredicatble and then the russians wont be so sure about how we play. Bamboozle them :)
Whirlwind few days, been on the beer since Saturday eve, only got a chance to watch a replay of Friday late last night. Robbie and Richards misses looked a lot worse on second look.
Less nervous about this game as we aren't expected to win, we seem to do better when that's the case. Hopefully can sneak out of work in the next 20 minutes without anyone noticing.
Russia Startting XI:
Vyacheslav Malafeev
Aleksandr Anyukov Aleksei Berezutski Sergei Ignashevich Vasili Berezutski
Igor Semshov Roman Shirokov Konstantin Zyryanov
Andrey Arshavin Aleksandr Kerzhakov Yuri Zhirkov
Bench:
Westwood, Foley, Delaney, Lawrence, Hunt, McCarthy,Cox
Where's tets? :D
No keogh.goose good.he has a plan b
McCarthy to come on and score the winner.
poxy new job :(Quote:
Originally Posted by AlaskaFox
22 min. Come ooooon
I am expecting nothing, I am expecting we get beat and well beat.
Anything beyond that is a bonus.
Russia are odds on the win, you can get 11/4 on the draw and almost 5-1 on us winning.
Our only chance is parking the bus but if that goes wrong we are stuffed.
The best that could happen is we keep it level for 90 minutes and Robbie nicks a goal at the end.
Time for a pre match dump :p
Boys in the studio alluding to the fitness of the lads the last day. Fair comment. Getting worried about that now. Especially on the
Astro. I've always found playing on 11 a side astro, that you tend to tire fairly easily.
Our only hope is something like this:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLhxc...eature=related
i find the opposite. but the lads should be ok. don't see the pitch being a huge factor unless it's slippy.Quote:
Originally Posted by joe_denilson
fitness and sharpness of Doyle, McGeady, O'Dea and Kelly a big concern.
stream working here in Japan - may be useful for some outside Ireland. RTE commentary.
http://tykestv.eu/channel1.php
Bilyaletdinov and Pavlyuchenko on the bench...****'s sake :(
look confident enough early doors. i'm dying. COME ON IRELAND.
Yea bright start.
McGeady looks 'at it' so far, Keane doesn't.
Solid start alright. I'm still afraid of how this might end up though. C'mon Ireland!
christ almighty.
****e!
I thought that was in when if bounced across the back of the net (despite seeing it miss earlier!!).
feed gone from rte.ie
****IN TYPICAL!!
http://tykestv.eu/channel1.phpQuote:
Originally Posted by an_ceannaire
Wards an embarrassment, one of the worst players I've seen in the green for some time. :(
He's been brutal.
Wonder where are the anti-Kilbane brigade now?Quote:
Originally Posted by Murfinator
Come back Killer, all is forgiven. :D
Ward is not a left back. End of. Doesn't understand the positioning required. He's a converted striker.
It's a huge problem. Duff and Keane both look eager and like real leaders. Doyle looks sharper than before. Great save from Shay
Kelly doing well. Mcgeady doing really well defensively. We'd be in real trouble if he wasn't tracking like he is
their right winger should of beeen marked then
Feed gone. Nightmare this. Ward has been woeful so far. Lets hope he starts to improve.
It's not just Ward lads. We can't keep the ball more than 20 seconds without giving it away.
You get the feeling it's only a matter of time until they score. Poor Ward looks well out of his depth.
How does Ward fair at LB for Wolves, how do they cope with his positional sense?
http://atdhenet.tv/39234/watch-russia-vs-rep-of-ireland good feed here
Ward the definite weak link so far
bravo mcgeady again
McGeady doing a great job covering back but he's having to do the work of two players.