Cyprus game

[aidz1]

Many on here making this trip??
doesnt seem to be much talk on it on the fans forum section

[Claret Murph]

Many on here making this trip??
doesnt seem to be much talk on it on the fans forum section

As you well know aidz1 most of the talk is over on YBIG . It seems that around 2,500 are going to travel .

[NeilMcD]

Does anybody really believe we can beat cyprus over there? Italy just about scraped by. Personally I don't believe we will be in the World cup Finals. The team just simply isn't good enough.

The fact you have a smile after your post says it all. Put away the wooden spoon.

[bluewater]

Many on here making this trip??
doesnt seem to be much talk on it on the fans forum section

It's going to my first Ireland away game so I'm hoping we can and will win over there. There's a group of nine of us going.

[Claret Murph]

It's going to my first Ireland away game so I'm hoping we can and will win over there. There's a group of nine of us going.

Please don't tell me that the Scientist is one of your crew . After Sofia I think he would be in detox by now

[briancool21]

Hate to say but i could see a repeat of the montenegro away game here 0-0. If we attacked all in this group we could have so easily won it

[Razors left peg]

Hate to say but i could see a repeat of the montenegro away game here 0-0. If we attacked all in this group we could have so easily won it

and we will still probably win it if we beat Italy in Croke Park... we've come a long way since the Staunton era and are improving all the time under Trap.

[tetsujin1979]

Hate to say but i could see a repeat of the montenegro away game here 0-0. If we attacked all in this group we could have so easily won it

we could just as easily have lost to Bulgaria if we had gone all out attack against them

[Stuttgart88]

If we attacked all in this group we could have so easily won it

I think Trap has added a huge degree of streetwiseness to our game. We're not good enough to compete in some areas so he at least has made us hard to beat. Better that than full of attacking intent and easy to beat.

It's work in progress and we'll be a better team at the end of this season than at the start of it.

[Ordinary Fan]

Cyprus finished Kerr, a fortunate 1-0 win, and killed Stan before he really started. If Trap gets Kerr's result everyone will be happy.

Funny old world?

[eirebhoy]

I haven't looked at the playoff thing in a while but we'd probably have to win 2 of our last 3 games to avoid being the worst 2nd placed team, right?

[irishfan86]

I haven't looked at the playoff thing in a while but we'd probably have to win 2 of our last 3 games to avoid being the worst 2nd placed team, right?

Here's a link to the table:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FI...d-placed_teams

[eirebhoy]

Ah you've made me go and look.


Group 1 (likely winners Denmark) - Portugal or Sweden likely to come 2nd, depending on who gets the most points from the last 4.
Maximum total for either: 21
Probably 2nd placed total: 19

Group 2 - Greece and Switzerland should both be in the 20's definitely.

Group 3 - Slovakia should finish on at least 19. Poland's max is 22. Czech's max is 20.
Likely that the 2nd placed team in this group will finish on 17, 18 or 19 so one to watch.

Group 4 - We can write this one off.

Group 5 (winners Spain) - Bosnia likely to finish 2nd.
Maximam total: 24
Likely total: 19

Group 6 (winners England) - Ukraine likely to finish 2nd.
Maximum total: 23
Likely total: 19

Group 7 - France and Serbia likely to finish in the 20's.

Group 9 (winners Netherlands) - Scotland should finish 2nd.
Max total (+6): 21
Likely total: 18


We have to be aiming for 2 wins which should hopefully do us. Group 3 and 9 the ones to really watch atm after ourselves.

[DeLorean]

I think we'll be safe out in relation to the runners-up table. Cyprus will be an easier match than is expected. 2-0 no worries.

[geysir]

Eirebhoy, you have to discount results against the likely 6th team in the 6 team groups.

It looks like, if we do what we have to do in order to finish 2nd, we will be alright.

[eirebhoy]

Eirebhoy, you have to discount results against the likely 6th team in the 6 team groups.

Yeh I've just given Scotland 6. Same thing as the 2nd placed teams are all beating the bottom teams twice.

[bluewater]

Please don't tell me that the Scientist is one of your crew . After Sofia I think he would be in detox by now

No he's not one of the nine but can't gaurantee that he's not going

[Den Perry]

I think some of us are still freaked out by that 5-2 defeat three years ago. To put perspective on it, we've played them seven times in the last ten years, won 5, drawn 1 and lost 1. Scored 16, conceded 6 (5 in one game!). The only times we've failed to beat them - or even conceded goals against them - was under Staunton. That defeat in Nicosia was a freak result; probably the most sensational in Cyprus' footballing history, and by far the lowest ebb in ours. Even with a very inexperienced midfield, we beat them more comfortably than the 1-0 scoreline suggested in Croker last October; and we've improved steadily since then.

Midfield is all-important. If we line up with Steven Reid alongside Andrews or Whelan, we'll be fine. I'd say Hunt will start instead of McGeady, as it's an away game, and he could be important in instilling the aggression that's been missing in recent Ireland-Cyprus games. Added to that, we're in a must-win situation, and Cyprus have little or nothing to play for. Unless I see something to be negative about (ie. injuries, a terrible performance against Australia), I'll be looking forward to Nicosia with optimism. Lets not forget that Cyprus are missing Konstantinou.

The crux of the 5-2 defeat is that we had a chimp in charge of us that night

[Stuttgart88]

Cyprus finished Kerr, a fortunate 1-0 win, and killed Stan before he really started. If Trap gets Kerr's result everyone will be happy.

Funny old world?

Not really. If we'd shown any spirit and beaten Switzerland in the next game the Cyprus performance would have been forgotten.

Cyprus by itself didn't finish Kerr.

[lionelhutz]

Not really. If we'd shown any spirit and beaten Switzerland in the next game the Cyprus performance would have been forgotten.

Cyprus by itself didn't finish Kerr.

Agreed. The lifeless performance against Switzerland finished Kerr. I remember thinking after that game that Switzerland will probably regret not beating us that night as they could have finished top if they did. That's how bad we played.