French squad announced

[jbyrne]

they will be tense and nervous at the outset and we need to get in among them early and take advantage. we have nothing to lose and they are huge favs and thats never a good place to be. every play-off produces a shock result and maybe its our turn this time

any team traveling to the likes of turkey etc would be worried about the hostile atmosphere they would expect to receive. so its up to our 12th man to do its bit and turn CP into an absolute cauldron for the french

[M@ttitude]

Trapattoni has done well in covering over the cracks but the World Cup dream is already over.

Thank God you'll be in Sweden!!!!

[Razors left peg]

If they were unbeatable they would be qualified already.We always raise our game against the bigger nations.Im very confident.
IN TRAP WE TRUST

[ifk101]

Thank God you'll be in Sweden!!!!

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[M@ttitude]

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[irishfan86]

I really really hope Henry isnt fit as the thought of him taking on KK is a major concern.

Henry usually plays on the left for France I think, meaning he would be up against O'Shea (open to correction on this!).

[paul_oshea]

no thats right irish fan. in the 4-3-3 he always play on the left side of the 3.

Even though it is oshea and not kilbane, i go against all ive said before about sitting deep and trap, but maybe sitting deep could help against the likes of henry getting in around the back and beating oshea for pace again and again. Having said that though he could just produce that moment of brilliance we have all been going on about for the last few weeks á la landsdowne road. pun intended.

[backstothewall]

Would i be right to assume they normally play Henry on the left, with Ribery on the right and Benzema as a lone striker? Presumably they will do that with Govou replacing Ribery.

They are weakest in central midfield and defence. I reckon we can do it. If we can put Gallas & Abidal/Squilacci under enough long balls they will screw up sooner or later. i hope the weather is horrible at Croke Park

[geysir]

Domenech has revealed a serious absence of 'cop on' diplomacy.

'Domenech revealed he asked Italy boss Marcello Lippi about Ireland’s strengths and weaknesses when the pair met at the San Siro for AC Milan’s Champions League game against Real Madrid this week.

"I asked him about it but he didn’t want to tell me, as he didn’t want Trapattoni to hear him."

Trap, it turned out, was standing just a few metres away from the two men.'

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