Cyprus V Republic of Ireland - Saturday, 5th September 2009 - World Cup 2010 Q

**rambler14** · 27/08/2009, 4:07 PM

Liam Miller will cost Ireland the match. He probably won't play but the sheer presence of having a player that crap hanging around will bring the whole squad down and result in a poor Ireland performence.

**Lenny82** · 27/08/2009, 4:57 PM

1-1. They will equalise late after piling on the pressure for the last 20 minutes. Shay will have another man of the match performance.

**RiffRaff** · 27/08/2009, 4:59 PM

3-1 to Cyprus. Hope I'm wrong but I think we've had more than our fair share of luck so far.

**Scram** · 27/08/2009, 5:19 PM

All very positive

Ranging from 0-2 Ireland to 3-0 Cyrprus, but general consensus is that we may scrape a 1 goal win but a draw would not be unlikely

Woe is me. Fcek it....we will win, end of story!

**weldoninhio** · 27/08/2009, 5:43 PM

2-0 to Cyprus.

**Stuttgart88** · 27/08/2009, 9:31 PM

And nothing would make you happier. Except 3-0 to Cyprus.

**carloz** · 27/08/2009, 9:34 PM

Originally Posted by Lenny82

1-1. They will equalise late after piling on the pressure for the last 20 minutes. Shay will have another man of the match performance.

This is what i think will happen too. We will score early, John O'Shea from a corner and look quite good for the first half an hour. After that we will be pants, just sit back and try to soak up every attack. It will look good until the 85th minute. Seems to happen us an awful lot. Dont think my nerves will hold up

**tetsujin1979** · 27/08/2009, 9:58 PM

I'm just going to go nuts and guess 3-1 to Ireland.

**Colbert Report** · 28/08/2009, 3:18 AM

One all draw.

**bholg** · 28/08/2009, 9:55 AM

Lads,

Pre-season or no, to leak 6 to albania would surley indicate that we can put a few past them(?).

I'm optimistic - 0-2

**Girl in Green** · 28/08/2009, 10:01 AM

Lets all be positive now.....Ireland to win; 3 points is what we need and I don't care how we get em. See ya all in Nicosia.

**pineapple stu** · 28/08/2009, 10:06 AM

Originally Posted by bholg

Lads,

Pre-season or no, to leak 6 to albania would surley indicate that we can put a few past them(?).

I'm optimistic - 0-2

Pre-season or no, to leak 3 to Australia would surely indicate that they can put a few past us(?).

**jbyrne** · 28/08/2009, 10:31 AM

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

Given is playing well - though I was disappointed to see him replicate his feeble parry (from which Cahill scored) in City's first game of the season, which he got away with.

nothing feeble about this parry imo....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLOt2NaGsH0

**Scram** · 28/08/2009, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by jbyrne

nothing feeble about this parry imo....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLOt2NaGsH0

Wouldn't even constitute a parry, was a good save from a very hard shot. Is that the one Stutts is referring to because there's harsh...very harsh...and just unfair.

**Crosby87** · 28/08/2009, 11:27 AM

2-1 Ireland on a late goal from McGeady. Keane leaves with a knee injury though.

**bholg** · 28/08/2009, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Pre-season or no, to leak 3 to Australia would surely indicate that they can put a few past us(?).

I knew that was coming allright.

I am presuming Albania are terrible (admittedly an assumption based on nothing!). I thought Austrailia actually looked pretty decent on the other hand. Blind optimism is the only way for me so!

**Traps Cat** · 28/08/2009, 11:37 AM

1 Nil Ireland - Keane late on , in off his knee.

**Stuttgart88** · 28/08/2009, 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by jbyrne

nothing feeble about this parry imo....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLOt2NaGsH0

Originally Posted by Scram

Wouldn't even constitute a parry, was a good save from a very hard shot. Is that the one Stutts is referring to because there's harsh...very harsh...and just unfair.

I thought it was poor goalkeeping. He was leaning back so was ideally balanced to push it over the bar. Instead he put it straight back into the danger area - a criminal mistake for a keeper IMO. It wasn't actually that good a save - it was just over head height and straight in the middle of the goal.

I judge top players by tough standards, not junior football standards. I suspect most goalkeeping observers would agree with me.

**youngirish** · 28/08/2009, 12:12 PM

A draw is the most likely outcome.

**tetsujin1979** · 28/08/2009, 12:48 PM

I think people are forgetting that even with a terribly unbalanced and disorganised side we still scored twice against Cyprus in Cyprus. With far better organisation and tactics, there's no way we can score less than that. Right?