Wales v. Republic of Ireland - Monday, 9th October 2017 - World Cup 2018 Qualifier

This match has been confirmed for the Cardiff City Stadium: https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2017...-city-stadium/

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Originally Posted by RTÉ

The Republic of Ireland's final World Cup qualifier against Wales will not take place at the Principality Stadium, and will instead be played at the nearby Cardiff City Stadium, it has been confirmed.

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Any word on tickets? Unlikely as it is that i get them, I have to be seen to try!

The FAI received over 9,000 applications for the 3,500 away tickets allocated to them for this game: http://www.punditarena.com/football/...eland-cardiff/

nice of PunditArena to link the source: http://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/mnt-t...for-wales-game

Everyone should be notified by the end of today. I'm not holding out much hope though.

didnt get the one ticket i applied for. recent away record not good so not surprised

Me too, others deserve it more.

Got my ticket...Been to Moldova, Vienna Tbilisi this campaign and Tbilisi and Warsaw last one and Glasgow but got a ticket through a friend. It's going to be the weirdest away match in a while given the proximity and the fact that we mightn't know what is at stake when the game kicks off. We mightn't know whether we have guaranteed second until the next day

I cant really argue about missing out except for one issue. The email I received said...

Supporters who attended four or more away games (Scotland not included) across both this WCQ campaign and the Euro 2016 Qualifying Campaign received priority in the allocation process.

one of the selling points for the season ticket is given as priority for away match tickets. assuming those who travelled to 4 or more aways, as stated above, are also season ticket holders I have zero issue but id hate to think I lost out to someone who picks and chooses home matches and travelled to a few aways. there must be some way of taking into account attending countless friendlies especially when the FAI state that it should be taken into account when trying to flog season tickets.

if I didn't have a decent away record I wouldn't be penning this but I did have until a couple of campaigns ago.

I agree. Surely the FAI makes more out of home matches than away games. What financial benefit does the FAI make out of someone attending the game in Georgia for example as opposed to a home friendly against Iceland. I go to all home games and a fair few away games but there should be some points system for attending home games as well.

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Originally Posted by OwlsFan

I agree. Surely the FAI makes more out of home matches than away games. What financial benefit does the FAI make out of someone attending the game in Georgia for example as opposed to a home friendly against Iceland. I go to all home games and a fair few away games but there should be some points system for attending home games as well.

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They say there is a system with Fans direct. originally they said a home game was worth 10, away 20 and a ST worth 70. Sadly they won't tell anyone their points and there is still no transparency. We're the only 'home' nation that refuses to do this

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Originally Posted by thebronze14

Sadly they won't tell anyone their points and there is still no transparency.

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If only this were confined to ticketing.

Good to see Hennessy conceding loads in a team in free fall.hopefully his confidence will be low when we meet.

He's a flaky enough keeper as it is. I thought his attempt earlier today to keep out Aguero's headed goal was pretty lame. You can see it at 15 seconds in the video here: https://twitter.com/KontenSingkat/st...61983807950848

Yep some poor positioning,hopefully we'll have the capacity to actually get some shots on target.we need to go all out for a win so you'd expect an attacking set up

Gareth Bale is an injury doubt for this game. Calf strain.

Another four conceded by Hennessy,couple of decent saves but at least one instance of bad positioning for one goal.looks to be a long painful season heading for the drop for palace,our frontmen couldn't face him at a worse time (for him)

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Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

Me too, others deserve it more.

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Thanks

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Originally Posted by thebronze14

Got my ticket...Been to Moldova, Vienna Tbilisi this campaign and Tbilisi and Warsaw last one and Glasgow but got a ticket through a friend. It's going to be the weirdest away match in a while given the proximity and the fact that we mightn't know what is at stake when the game kicks off. We mightn't know whether we have guaranteed second until the next day

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Dont worry we wont have to worry about any of that

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Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Gareth Bale is an injury doubt for this game. Calf strain.

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Aye, he has been omitted from Real Madrid's squad to face Espanyol tonight: http://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/socc...eland-11270465

He hasn't participated in full training since picking up the injury against Borussia Dortmund during the week. Zidane has played down its seriousness though.

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Originally Posted by Paul O'Hehir and William Dunne

Speaking at a press conference ahead of today's clash the Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane said the problem isn't too serious but is taking no risks.

He said: "It is a strain, so nothing too significant.

"But, as always, when a player has even a small problem then we don't want to risk it.

"As for him playing for his national team [next week], I don't think there will be any issue between Real Madrid and Wales.

"It will depend on his injury niggles and his state of fitness, nothing else.

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'Ireland fans already being turfed out of seats for next month’s World Cup qualifier in Wales – after ignoring ticket warnings': https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football...cket-warnings/

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Originally Posted by Ruairi Cotter and Nicola Bardon

Earlier this month we exclusively revealed that the Welsh FA warned any Irish supporter found to be snapping up tickets in the home end will be booted out of the stadium by security.

And desperate fans trying to purchase tickets for the home end have had their accounts blocked after the Welsh FA noticed they were Irish.

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I recall the Scottish FA warned of booting Ireland fans out of the home section of Celtic Park when we played Scotland in 2014 but the words turned out to be empty threats. It wouldn't have been remotely practical to boot thousands of Irish fans out of the home section. There wasn't even any need to conceal our colours; it was fine.

I would imagine the situation will be the same on the 9th and that the Welsh FA are just scaremongering in order to discourage Irish fans from purchasing tickets in the home areas of the ground.

Bale has been ruled out with injury.

That's might just be the bit of luck we need

Still think we'll find a way to draw. We never/rarely seem to take the opportunities that are given to us.

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Originally Posted by Philly

Bale has been ruled out with injury.

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A Bale Out with the full support of every man, woman and child in Ireland. Fianna Fail never delivered that.

This might be a silly one, but with the way FIFA are playing this one, if Georgia and wales draw and if we were to only draw with Moldova and then beat Wales would we be in the same position, as if we beat Moldova?

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Originally Posted by Diggs246

This might be a silly one, but with the way FIFA are playing this one, if Georgia and wales draw and if we were to only draw with Moldova and then beat Wales would we be in the same position, as if we beat Moldova?

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That sounds right to me, assuming Moldova don't leapfrog Georgia in the final games.

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Originally Posted by DeLorean

That sounds right to me, assuming Moldova don't leapfrog Georgia in the final games.

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That would be a safe assumption to make, even in these unpredictable times of turmoil.
Moldova would have to overcome a 3 point deficit and a 12 goal difference in the last round of games.

Suspension Watch:

Players one yellow card away from being suspended for the game in Cardiff.

Wales

Chester
Davies
King
Ledley
Ramsey
Richards (injured)
Robson-Kanu
Williams


Ireland

Christie
Coleman (injured)
Duffy
McGeady
Meyler
Walters (injured)
Ward
Whelan

Looking back over the squad and I'm still in shock O'Neill has no obvious alternative to Christie in there. I thought he was absolutely atrocious against Serbia.

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Originally Posted by DannyInvincible

'Ireland fans already being turfed out of seats for next month’s World Cup qualifier in Wales – after ignoring ticket warnings': https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football...cket-warnings/



I recall the Scottish FA warned of booting Ireland fans out of the home section of Celtic Park when we played Scotland in 2014 but the words turned out to be empty threats. It wouldn't have been remotely practical to boot thousands of Irish fans out of the home section. There wasn't even any need to conceal our colours; it was fine.

I would imagine the situation will be the same on the 9th and that the Welsh FA are just scaremongering in order to discourage Irish fans from purchasing tickets in the home areas of the ground.

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Couple of people I know have outright had orders/ tickets bought in the home end via Wales memberships to Irish addresses cancelled and refunded last week and now even people with Wales memberships and no previous purchase history with UK addresses have been told each person a ticket is for and the person who bought them need to collect at the stadium and show passport/ photo ID so anyone with an Irish passport/ accent is absolutely goosed. I've seen the emails so it's legit and not just scaremongering. They didn't post tickets out beforehand as normally would be the case.

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Originally Posted by Olé Olé

Looking back over the squad and I'm still in shock O'Neill has no obvious alternative to Christie in there. I thought he was absolutely atrocious against Serbia.

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He should have Doherty in the squad but he’ll throw Meyler in there if Christie gets injured

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Originally Posted by Fixer82

He should have Doherty in the squad but he’ll throw Meyler in there if Christie gets injured

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He will indeed. I'm more worried about the fact that Christie has no challenge for his spot until Seamie returns. His ignorance towards Doherty is baffling.

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Originally Posted by colonelwest

Couple of people I know have outright had orders/ tickets bought in the home end via Wales memberships to Irish addresses cancelled and refunded last week and now even people with Wales memberships and no previous purchase history with UK addresses have been told each person a ticket is for and the person who bought them need to collect at the stadium and show passport/ photo ID so anyone with an Irish passport/ accent is absolutely goosed. I've seen the emails so it's legit and not just scaremongering. They didn't post tickets out beforehand as normally would be the case.

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Aye, I'm aware of that. The article from which I quoted actually went into a bit of detail on it. This was an example of an email received by an Irish supporter trying to buy tickets in the home end:

https://www.thesun.ie/wp-content/upl...lity=100&w=738

I was thinking that those who did manage to get tickets for the home end and showed up on the day would be OK (as the FAW won't have an opportunity to re-sell confiscated tickets so close to kick-off), but maybe not.

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Originally Posted by Olé Olé

Looking back over the squad and I'm still in shock O'Neill has no obvious alternative to Christie in there. I thought he was absolutely atrocious against Serbia.

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I actually like Christie but the continuous Doherty omissions make me hugely mistrust O'Neill's judgment.

'Welsh View: Ireland Will Lose to Dragons’ X-Factor': http://pogmogoal.com/republic-of-ire...-factor/25078/

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Originally Posted by Olé Olé

Looking back over the squad and I'm still in shock O'Neill has no obvious alternative to Christie in there. I thought he was absolutely atrocious against Serbia.

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Difficult to fathom what Doherty has to do to get into the squad.
He's playing some very good football for Wolves.

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Originally Posted by DannyInvincible

'Welsh View: Ireland Will Lose to Dragons’ X-Factor': http://pogmogoal.com/republic-of-ire...-factor/25078/

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He (Pitman) should have at least paid some homage to the Roy Keane reply when asked about the game against Wales - it's the next game that matters.

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Originally Posted by geysir

He (Pitman) should have at least paid some homage to the Roy Keane reply when asked about the game against Wales - it's the next game that matters.

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I do think Wales are getting slightly ahead of themselves if they're assuming they're going to take three points in Georgia, especially after having already dropped points against them in Cardiff.

If we try and do what we did away to Scotland then we might as well not turn up.

Playing smart football could get us the 3 points we need. Cool heads needed.