QuoteWhat about Montenegro? The only bottom seeds that will be strong IMO. Just our luck...
What about Montenegro? The only bottom seeds that will be strong IMO. Just our luck...
Thursdays are Oriel
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Not a bad draw, all those teams are well beatable with the right man in place (bar Italy who should top the group). We have a fantastic chance to qualify for South Africa I'm delighted. Glad we didn't get Group 9 I think only 1 comes out of that would that be right?
Having lived and travelled to the Balkans many times, Czech Airlines have flights to Sofia via Prague daily. To get to Montenegro I used to get the train from Belgrade or fly JAT (Yugoslav Airways) to Podgorica. I think Czech Airlines also now do flights to Podgrica.Originally Posted by SuperDave
Its JAT or Czech Airlines.
we need to arrange one of the italy games as the first or second fixture next september. That way we will have some chance of getting a result if they have a post-euro 2008 hangover. Especially cos they will probably replace donadoni after that tournament. One would think that a team with a new coach could be more vunerable.
Also, two other points:
could they lose some of their big players after Euro 2008 through retirement??
and given the way they defended corners against the scots. lets hope our new manager puts an emphasis on set pieces
Happy enough lads!!
Montenegro - potentially the strongest of the last pot however should be capable of beating them.
Georgia - Tricky trip Scotland fell apart there.
Cyprus- we know what to expect here and more than capable of 6 points.
Bulgaria - Berbatov, Martin Petrov, and Stilian Petrov, again beatable were far stronger 2nd seeds there.
Italy - we have a good record against Italy and I would not fear them at all.
Decent draw and 2nd spot is without doubt in our grasp!!
Disaster group for us, i can see it going the way of the Euro group with Italy and Bulgaria this time. Italy and Montenegro will prob be the trips fans go on
What's the downside? Its the same for everyone else in the group.
Together with all our hearts.
It's 'mare group. What's worse, being so competitive that if we finish second, we might end up as the ninth worst second team that won't even get into the playoffs (I believe this is the case - ninth worse - but I'm open to correction).
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Thats good draw for me and I dont see it as a forgone conclusion that Italy will finish top - theyre not all that good. We should fancy our chances against any of those teams.
Not sure why you have sympathy for us. I think the Welsh group is much tougher. Very little chance of getting through that.
I think we have a decent chance of getting 2nd place anyway. Probably a straight fight between ourselves and Bulgaria which I would have taken beforehand. The lower seeds in our group are difficult but we're still better than them and no doubt they'll take some points of Bulgaria as well as us.
We could make the play-off from this all going well. Italy will likely walk away with the group and Cyprus, Georgia and Montenegro probably won't challenge for qualification so it's between us and Bulgaria for the play-off IMO. Cyrpus and Montenegro are awkward draws but an Ireland team playing well should get past them without dropping too many points. It's a far easier group than the last one anyway.
Most draws look good until you get the teams from the top two pots!
We're not arrogant, we're just better.
Not quite Group 2 or Group 9 but it's doable.
There is no such thing as a miracle cure, a free lunch or a humble opinion.
Just like we were better than Cyprus, Israel, Switzerland...
Nothings ever taken for granted with Ireland and I'm certainly not over confident of getting out of this group. We don't even know who'll me managing us!
Thursdays are Oriel
102 caps - legend
Unless I'm mistaken, we could hardly beat any team in the last campaign, it will take a vast improvement to get out of this group, the choice of manager is critical.
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Montenegro use the Euro as their currency but its getting rather pricey (when i was there in 2004). For the beer try Niksicsko Pivo (Montenegrin beer), absolutley lovely when ice cold. I get the all whole time when I'm in Belgrade.
Its a cinch getting around. Public transport in ex Yugo countries is quite good.
Thats what I was thinking...although I have only actually heard of one of their players...If we can't beat them home and away we're in big trouble...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montene..._football_team
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