Euro 2012 Qualifying Group B - General Discussion

**paul_oshea** · 19/05/2011, 11:22 AM

was it said somewhere here before that its an evening kick off 9pm local time i think?

**paul_oshea** · 19/05/2011, 11:25 AM

So given looks like starting then?

Dunne, Duff, Doyle out. Keanes loss of form might as well include him then, even though he will be playing, im not sure he will do the business for us i wonder will he be replaced by walters at some stage. We are so reliant on duff though, he is one of the first on the teamsheet for me these last 2 years. I honestly think we will find it very tough to get the 3 points. Its a huge 3 points but with 3 players missing and 4th in terrible form thats almost half the outfield team.....

**SwanVsDalton** · 19/05/2011, 11:40 AM

Keane hasn't been in good form for two years, Celtic aside, but it hasn't stopped him doing the business. Rubbish form certainly didn't stop him scoring the decisive goal in the last qualifier...

**Wolfie** · 19/05/2011, 12:20 PM

Long should be first shout in the event of us winning a peno. Keane will miss.

**paul_oshea** · 19/05/2011, 1:26 PM

Originally Posted by SwanVsDalton

Keane hasn't been in good form for two years, Celtic aside, but it hasn't stopped him doing the business. Rubbish form certainly didn't stop him scoring the decisive goal in the last qualifier...

The last away one maybe. Slovakia away poor form and lack of match practice, lack of match practice being the reason for poor form or the main reason at least.

**Stuttgart88** · 19/05/2011, 7:13 PM

Hopefully the Celtic Cup will sharpen him up a bit. It may knacker him out though.

**geysir** · 20/05/2011, 8:47 AM

A familiar theme, hope V apprehension.

**French Toasht** · 20/05/2011, 11:15 AM

The kick off time for the Macedonia match is 20.30 Irish time, so 21.30 their time. This is a great as it means the unyielding heat that many of us anticipated, should not really be a factor. Also looking at their form of late, they have only scored one goal in their last five and that was against us, but on the other hand they seem to be very tight at the back. We're in for a dogged and brutal encounter I feel.

Ps found this old footage of our defeat to Macedonia back in 1997. Watch out for Jason "Trigger" McAteers Cantana style kung fu kick at the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3X8X...eature=related

**DannyInvincible** · 02/06/2011, 12:55 PM

A Russian training session prior to their match with Armenia has been jeopardized by a fire: http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/sport/news/71544/

On June 1, Russia held their second planned trainings in Moscow prior to the UEFA EURO 2012 qualifier against Armenia.

The event was jeopardized by a fire near Eduard Streltsov stadium, which hosted the training. However, firemen managed to extinguish the fire, and the training proceeded normally.

�I am rather satisfied with the shape of all footballers,� Russia coach Dick Advocaat said after the training. He added that some footballers are not in the best competition form, but there is some time until the match. �The guys understand that it will be a very important match,� he said.

Advocaat said he expects the team to gain only three points in the match due June 4 in Saint Petersburg.

Meanwhile, I'm hoping we can gain at least four points from our game against Macedonia.

**Kingdom** · 02/06/2011, 6:53 PM

Got rather excited reading that Danny....in a book I'm reading at the moment, it's accepted that Dynamo are cursed and cursed in Petrovsky park, which I mistook for the Streltsov stadium as you mention above. Still Eduard Streltsov was an interesting character himself. Worth a read...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Streltsov

**Noelys Guitar** · 03/06/2011, 10:12 PM

I'll be very happy if the top three are still level on points tomorrow night. Job done for us. Armenia have an outside chance of sneaking a point but I just can't see it happening.

**DannyInvincible** · 04/06/2011, 12:33 PM

Russia's game against Armenia will kick-off at 4PM our time. If anyone's interested in watching, you're bound to find a working stream here:

http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?ma...33&part=sports or http://www.livefootballol.com/stream...4-06-2011.html

**Kingdom** · 04/06/2011, 3:02 PM

Very humid here in skopje. Just had 14" cullen pizza for 3�. Holed up in a brothel opposite Greek embassy. Macedonia irony\humour i guess.

**Noelys Guitar** · 04/06/2011, 3:04 PM

For anyone in North America the Russia match is live on Espn3.com

**Noelys Guitar** · 04/06/2011, 3:08 PM

How is it not 1-0 for Russia! Three corners in the first 2 mins.

**DannyInvincible** · 04/06/2011, 3:10 PM

Just watching a Sopcast stream here which is about 7 minutes behind, but Russia could be 2-0 up within the first two minutes. They've been laying siege on the Armenian goal right from the off and won a string of corners that weren't defended too competently.