As an Irish fan I believe we can go out and beat any team in the world while acknowledging we do not have the strength in depth that many other nations have (e.g England, France, Brazil, etc). The Greeks(who are not as good a side as us IMO) have proved that anyone can win a major championship but that doesn't mean we should expect it. If we qualify(I think we will but am not counting any chickens yet) then we should all believe we can win the competition. That said there should be no recriminations should we only make second round/Quarter finals/etc provided we don't get eliminated with a weak gutless performance like we saw in Basle during the last qualifiers. Basically we should all believe we can win in Germany but should not expect it as we are a very small nation that has always punched above it's weight.
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