Montenegro V Republic of Ireland - Wednesday, 10th September 2008 - World Cup 2010 Q

[superfrank]

It's on RTE 2.

[irishultra]

RTE TWO as well from 5.30.

[Stuttgart88]

Thanks.

[shakermaker1982]

I think we need a 2 goal advantage going into last 10 minutes again because my nerves cannot take it.........

[youngirish]

Irish trio receive all-clear


September 8, 2008

Shay Given, Stephen Hunt and Kevin Doyle all took part in the Republic of Ireland squad training session on Monday morning.

The trio all sat out Sunday’s session with various knocks and strains picked up inn the course of Saturday’s win over Georgia.

But all three were present for Monday morning’s light session at the Stadion am Halberg in Taunusstein, Germany.

Giovanni Trapattoni’s squad travel to Podgorica this afternoon, with a training session planned for the City Stadium at 6pm on Tuesday evening.

[Duggie]

Irish trio receive all-clear


September 8, 2008

Shay Given, Stephen Hunt and Kevin Doyle all took part in the Republic of Ireland squad training session on Monday morning.

The trio all sat out Sunday’s session with various knocks and strains picked up inn the course of Saturday’s win over Georgia.

But all three were present for Monday morning’s light session at the Stadion am Halberg in Taunusstein, Germany.

Giovanni Trapattoni’s squad travel to Podgorica this afternoon, with a training session planned for the City Stadium at 6pm on Tuesday evening.

ya just read this - so no changes for wed which is good in itself. personally id drop hunt but at least it will bring some consistency and with the extra few days that trap has to work with them it can only be good.

[beepbeep]

I think we need a 2 goal advantage going into last 10 minutes again because my nerves cannot take it.........

i feel the exact same

imagine..... 1-0 to ireland ....3 mins left, montenegro send everyone into the box. they win a corner.....................


time for the brown trousers.

[the-blue-harp]

do you think he's gonna go with mcgeady and hunt on the wings again? Im not so sure, mcgeady will definately play, trap has a hard on for him.

[lionelhutz]

Andy Reid should start ahead of Hunt if he doesn't want to break the centre mf partnership. I really think we need him Wednesday, especially considering Montenegro are supposedly weak defensively - imagine the havoc he could wreak.

And please god don't bring on Miller again for a striker if we're a goal up in the last quarter.

Besides that I think we look very solid and I don't agree with some of the comments about McGeady being poor Saturday. I thought he was much more effective than Hunt and alot calmer on the ball

[Duggie]

if he didnt play reid against georgia cant see him playing him against better opposition if hes going on the theory that hunt will work harder tracking back. id drop hunt but dont think he will bring in reid on wed.

[lionelhutz]

if he didnt play reid against georgia cant see him playing him against better opposition if hes going on the theory that hunt will work harder tracking back. id drop hunt but dont think he will bring in reid on wed.

Ya I'm pretty certain he'll start the same 11 barring injury. Here's hoping though...

[the-blue-harp]

are people getting a little carried away and over rating andy reid here with all the media hype surrounding him??

[paul_oshea]

are you asking a question or giving us an answer?!

[lionelhutz]

are people getting a little carried away and over rating andy reid here with all the media hype surrounding him??

I don't think anyone's getting carried away. Most informed fans don't rely on what the media say - rather they judge a player on the games they've seen him play.

And of what i've seen of Andy Reid in the past couple of years especially, he's without doubt good enough to be in the starting line up for Ireland - whether it be in centre mid, left side of midfield or behind a striker.

[SkStu]

with this group commonly accepted as the Group of Death, i think a win is absolutely necessary in Montengro. If all the teams continue taking points each other then this could be the group where the 2nd place team doesnt make it. In our own interests we need to make this group a two horse race as soon as possible (that is working on the assumption that we actually have the ability) and 3 points in Montenegro would go a great way towards achieving that.

Fingers crossed...

[jbyrne]

The group imo would quickly become a 3 horse race - us, Italy and Bulgaria.

cyprus will have a say in this group before the end. they are strong at home and getting better on the road. we cant keep putting their decent results down to poor performances from their more illustrious opponents each time. their football is on the way up illustrated by one of their clubs qualifying for the champions lge this season

[newbie]

sorry to go off topic lads but how is the qualifiers working again? all teams top the group qualify (obviously) but then what?

[musicinmouth]

8 of the 9 2nd best teams get through to a play-off... i think scotland's group has a team less in it, so hopefully it's the 2nd team in their group that will miss out...

[irishfan86]

8 of the 9 2nd best teams get through to a play-off... i think scotland's group has a team less in it, so hopefully it's the 2nd team in their group that will miss out...

Because one group has one less team, the teams in the other groups will not have their points gained against the last place team in their group considered as part of their total when it comes to choosing which 2nd place teams qualify for the playoffs.

[Fergie's Son]

If we realistically want to qualify then a win is a must. Assuming we drop points awy to Italy and Bulgaria (two draws would be great results) we need to pick up points here. Bulgaria drawing (and almost losing) suggests that we'll have our work cut out for us. A draw isn't the end of the world though. Can't see us winning it but can see us getting a credible draw.