.Dawn_Run Less of the negativity - think positive - we can still win the group !!
Tell me you are joking. Whatever chance we have of winning the last two matches we have no chance of winning the group ,we blew that opportunity on Wednesday.We may get to the play offs with a bit of luck but that will be the end of our mission.I wish i could be more optimistic but as this stage its not happening for me.
Normally a pessimist, but I think we'll beat the Swiss by 2 at home and France will lose by a goal in Switzerland and we'll qualify as winners (assuming and it is a bit of an assumption due to the self imposed exile from the game by Keane that we'll win in Cyprus).
As for the play offs, remember we haven't lost away from home in this group yet under Kerr and we won our last play off series and we could get someone like Scotland or Norway or Slovenia so I'm going to be optimistic.
The Swiss WILL beat the French. We WILL beat the Swiss. We WILL score the goals. We WILL win the group.Originally Posted by FarBeag
Resign, now!
Dawn Run..The Swiss WILL beat the French. We WILL beat the Swiss. We WILL score the goals. We WILL win the group
Good Man,thanks for the reassurance at least you have a sence of humor.
Voted yes, Ireland will qualify
Last edited by Giuly; 09/09/2005 at 11:27 AM.
assuming we beat cyprus:
if Switzerland beat France and we beat Switzerland by a bigger margin than they beat france we'll top the group.
by winning our last two games were guaranteed second UNLESS Switzerland beat france. in this scenario Ireland France and Swiss wud all be level on points:
If Swiss beat France by the same margin we beat swiss goals scored between the 3 and then overall goal difference in all games will settle it.
If Swiss beat France by greater margin than we beat swiss- We'll come second and Swiss will come first.
If swiss beat france by less margin than we beat Swiss we'll come top.
SO AS FAR AS I CAN SEE WE STILL HAVE A DECENT CHANCE FOR PLAYOFF PLACE AT LEAST AND MAY EVEN TOP THE GROUP!
Last edited by gaf1983; 09/09/2005 at 11:12 AM.
Caller to Radio 5 phone-in: There are too many foreign players in the league.
Mark Lawrenson: Why do you think that is?
Caller: Because there are a lot of them.
i cant see us beating swiss, can see us going ahead, then giving away a silly goal and then them holding out for a draw.
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
An t-uasal Ó Sé, normally I am with you as regards the harsh realism in predicting results for Ireland matches - but I have a feeling we are going to scrape through by the skin of our teeth. I don't make such optimistic statements lightly nor often, but I just have a Phelan about this one.
Seriously. 2-1 against Cyprus and a 1 goal win against Swiss in an incredibly nervous game. We just about make it.
As regards what happens in the playoffs - lap of the gods, that one...
think we'll just make the play-offs but i dont fancy our chances in them
I think its amazing how people can say i dont fancy are chances in the play-off when we dont even know who we will get. I think we will be Cypus but it will be very hard and it will come down to the last game...........ONCE AGAIN.
I'm sick and tired of people saying Swiss are crap and we will beat them. they did the double over us for euro 2004 and we have to show them respect but not fear them. It was very funny before the france game when Kerr got offended by the french boss saying Ireland are a long ball team.......as soon as ireland went behind all we did was knock it long and then Kerr brings on Doc.
Not that there is anything wrong with the long ball but Kerr should really think about these things.
I hope we make the play-offs but i'm not sure. I would love to get england......Once Sven is still charge we would win by a few goals.lol.
We're gonna top the group.
I'm sticking with them. We'll do it. No hat eating promises here anymore though!
Holy crap, we're gonna top the group. Yessss.
Last edited by Colie; 11/09/2005 at 11:53 AM.
"I always likened him to a Rolls Royce. You just used him once a week & he'd be flawless"
Townsend on McGrath
I reckon we'll make it in time honoured Irish Tradition ...namely by the skin of our teeth, last in to the party and laughing at what a shower of gobsh1tes we are to so effortlessly do it the long way and the hard way every fcuking time when the gold paved path was there for us to stride.
We can beat Switzerland, we should beat Switzerland and if we don't beat Switzerland -then they and Israel will be the reason we failed to qualify and the reason why we'd have no business being at the finals of a major tournament. Not for losing to France as you have to allow for the possibility that a team as good or better than you will have the better luck -as France did the other night.
I have to believe we can do it as this will be the last world cup in Europe this side the 2020's.
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
I suggest you do some homework before making statements like that!
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Originally Posted by zinedineontour
dont see why we should be in fear of the swiss ... no better than we are and havent got players like duffer and robbie keane who can change a game ...
They don't have players like Robbie Keane playing, they wouldn't get in the their squad...
Thierry Henry out for a month & likely to miss Swiss game. Makes your prediction above a little more realistic. I still think France will get something from the Swiss though.
anyone fancy a draw there ?
I don't think so. I think he got a 3 game ban & this is the third game since then (Faroes, Ireland & then Switzerland).
Zidane is also injured and out for 3 weeks or so...
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