Night time kick off, temperature should be just perfect, in the low 20's
Predict the weather to be between 21c and 33c and sunny!
Hopefully it's below 25 or so and not humid. Was out there 2 years ago for game on 9 October and weather wasn't really a factor.
http://www.cyprus-weather.com/
Night time kick off, temperature should be just perfect, in the low 20's
Cyprus 0-2 Rep of Ireland(Dunne 16,Keane 29)
Only another 9 titles till Drogheda become pride of county louth!!!
Can't see us scoring more than one goal - hopefully that'll be enough for the win.
Do you know that to be right for this time of year i.e. for this week, because sometimes it can stay pretty hot regardless.Originally Posted by geysir
Am I right in thinking that last time we played Cyprus we had just been beaten 4-0 at home and they had just lost 6-1 away?
This time we have just been beaten 3-0 at home and they have just lost 6-0 or 6-1.
Sounds ominous.
Can we not just settle for a normal state of panic but some level of underlying confidence based on competitive away game form and current player match fitness?
I'm both confident and panic-stricken. Is that ok?
As long as they are normal.
OK, Except for the confident part.
But for Jayz sake, looking at our squad, surely we should, at this stage of the play-offs, be able to say, good manager, good system, strong Premiership players, we should win handy enough...the fact that we can't doesn't say much for Trap's reign so far.
I've been looking through all the other groups and we have no margin for error here or the Montenegro game at home in October. All I'm asking for is a 3 goal cushion around the 80 minute mark.......back in the real world I'm still picking a scrappy 1 nil win but I hope the Trap has them watching videos of the Oz game all week. The full backs must go and meet the man who is trying to cross the ball. Cyprus will target Kilbane's side so I imagine Hunt has a good chance of starting becausew of his work rate and willingness to track back.
Our away from has been better than our home form in this campaign and so I expect us to win a very difficult match. McGeady has been playing really well for Celtic and can give us the edge in a game of very few chances. I expect us to suffocate them this time by denying them the ball. Treat them with the respect they deserve. Then beat them. 1 or 2 nil will do nicely. Plus the form of Hunt for both new club and country has been excellent recently. He is creating real goal chances for others. Great to have on the bench if he does not start.
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Cyprus could well be like the Irish cricket team, target a few opponents for a victory and we could be their Bangladesh.
In my case it's more down to the fact that we have been appalling in the last 3 times we played Cyprus before Trap joined.
The 1-0 win at Croker wasn't pretty, but it could have been 3-1 just as easily as 1-1.
I'll go for a very similar result/performance to Georgia in Mainz. Us to score one in either half, never dominate and impose ourselves completely on them, and maybe let them back in to it for a nervy last few minutes but to stand up well to that potentially nervy ending as we've done in almost every qualifier so far this campaign.
0-1 with Andrews being the scorer.
It's not going to be pretty.
You've got no fans.
I'm going to get plenty of drink in to celebrate the victory or help me to wallow in self pity if the shi.....t hits the fans.
An each way bet...........
I was trying to think of the last time I could relax in a game for the last 30 minutes against a top 4 seeded team, knowing the points were in the bag.
I think it was Cyprus in 2001
With Foley and SSL out injured who do you think should be drafted in to replace them? It would be a toss up between Bruce and O'Dea to replace SSL but I think Trap would go for Bruce.
I personally would like to see Carr get called up to replace Foley and I would start him at right back and have Dunne/O'Shea as the centre halves.
Kilbane will definitely keep his place and I think he will relish this chance to make up for the Bulgaria Fcuk up's!!
Games like this are where having an experienced manager in charge will reap most benefit. I trust Trap and believe he will get us the result here. We wont win by much, may well be just one nil but I think we will.
Id be more fearful of playing Cyprus at the start of a campaign and secondly the suspension of Makridis and in particular Constantinou is great news from our perspective.
Only concern is Cyprus might want to show their fan a big reaction after their humilation to Albania.
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