Denmark vs Ireland

CiaranC

Has anyone any interest in this?

Probable starting lineup according to Sky Sports:

Henderson,
Carr, O'Shea, Dunne, Kelly
Finnan, Kilbane. Reid, Hunt,
Doyle, Keane

K.O. 7pm

Kanney

Yup looking forward to it. Always like to watch the boys in green, got the jersey on all day.
Probable line up in my opinion.
Henderson
Finnan O'Shea Dunne Kelly
McGeady Kilbane Reid Hunt
Doyle Keane

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CiaranC wrote:

Has anyone any interest in this?

I started a thread last week about it, there were more replies asking why I started it than about the squad/match itself.

Meaningless friendly tbh.

Altohugh I'm sure there are people here who can argue differently.

I'll be watching England Germany anyway.

shane86

DesF wrote:

Meaningless friendly tbh.

Altohugh I'm sure there are people here who can argue differently.

I'll be watching England Germany anyway.

A match away from home in a small stadium with a largely full strength squad against a team with alot to prove (due to the Sweden points incident) but who are no world beaters, all 3 odd weeks before a qualifier in a similiar environment is meaningless and not worthy of viewing?

Boylesports are offering 10 euro-410 back if Robbie scores and the game ends 1-0. Tempted.....

Word i heard is Doyle is starting in goal.


While ive no idea why you are watching England Germany instead (though i think we kick off at 7, should be over by 8:45 anyway) the Germans have a rash of injuries we couldve done with in our match with them

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shane86 wrote:

While ive no idea why you are watching England Germany

I have an obsession with English football.

mike65

There's always a match that matters - Norn Iron - Litchenstein.

Should be a cracker ahem.

Mike.

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Actually, I don't have Sky in my apartment.

Is the NI match on BBC2NI?

Or Sky?

PHB

I'm tempted to watch the England game too, although I might watch it to see how Keane and Doyle do together.

Kingp35

Why watch the England game when it is equally as pointless as the Irish game?

CiaranC

Good grief, boards should just go ahead and rename this forum 'English Soccer'. Im off to foot.ie, enjoy talking about Heinze and Martin Jol.

PauloMN

DesF wrote:

Meaningless friendly tbh.

Altohugh I'm sure there are people here who can argue differently.

I'll be watching England Germany anyway.

How is the Ireland game a meaningless friendly, but you're going to watch the England game which is also a meaningless friendly?

Can't believe Irish people would watch England over their own country, friendly or not. Unless, of course, you are not Irish.

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Kingp35 wrote:

Why watch the England game when it is equally as pointless as the Irish game?

PauloMN wrote:

How is the Ireland game a meaningless friendly, but you're going to watch the England game which is also a meaningless friendly?

I have an obsession with English football, I already said that.

PauloMN wrote:

Can't believe Irish people would watch England over their own country, friendly or not. Unless, of course, you are not Irish.

Nope, as Irish as they come, Dublin born and reared, spent me younger summer days on a farm in Kerry. I even milked a cow with my hands once.

Mr Alan

this thread is hilarious, just waiting for Des to explode into a rant about Irish football!

be flicking between both games...mainly to see how Agger,Finnan,Gerrard get on though

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millersangel wrote:

this thread is hilarious, just waiting for Des to explode into a rant about Irish football!

Are you trying to get a reaction out of me?;)

PauloMN

DesF wrote:

I have an obsession with English football, I already said that.

I think everyone on here does, unless you are specifically referring to English international football rather than English league football in general.

How come the obsession with England? It's not like they're any better than we are....

CiaranC

heh, ive suddenly remembered previous postings from DesF on this topic

PauloMN

millersangel wrote:

this thread is hilarious, just waiting for Des to explode into a rant about Irish football!

be flicking between both games...mainly to see how Agger,Finnan,Gerrard get on though

Gerrard ain't playing, is he?

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PauloMN wrote:

I think everyone on here does

Oh do you indeed?

Rockee

Title of the thread slowly but surely slipping away

chopperbyrne

I'm not off work til seven so I'm going to try and catch the second half in the pub.

PauloMN

Rockee wrote:

Title of the thread slowly but surely slipping away

Indeed it is. Back on topic, I think we'll hump them. Denmark that is, I'll be watching IRELAND.

Im_No_Superman

Team news:

Henderson
Carr Dunne O'Shea Finnan
Mcgeady Potter Reid Hunt
Doyle Keane

Very attacking team, looking forward to the game now.

The_B_Man

man, im stuck in work for this!! only link i can find is a TVUPLayer one and i cant get that software to work. anyone know any others? have me jersey on here in work! im probably one of the few people that actually are interested in all Ireland matches, regardless of how bad we're currently doing. Just a shame i cant watch me sky sports from home in work here!

GuanYin

I like that team.

Barring McShane for O'Shea, thats the back four I'd like to see starting.

Otherwise, Potter's US displays certainly merit him a place - he wasone of the better players. Great to see Hunt starting. McGeady and Reid have it all to do if they want to push for starting positions and the front line picks itself.

I might have put Murphy in on the wing somewhere, but otherwise the best 11 from the players available.

leninbenjamin

the TVU stream is unwatchable for me, don't even bother trying to get it to work. guess i'll just look for a stream for the engerland match and resign myself to watching the highlights. :mad:

The Rooster

Ronnie Whelan on co-commentary:
"This is like a friendly match"


BTW, what channel is England on?
I see Wales and Scotland on Sky Sp1, and Norn Iron on BBC1

Mr Magnolia

leninbenjamin wrote:

the TVU stream is unwatchable for me, don't even bother trying to get it to work. guess i'll just look for a stream for the engerland match and resign myself to watching the highlights. :mad:

You're not missing much so far.

leninbenjamin

The Rooster wrote:

Ronnie Whelan on co-commentary:
"This is like a friendly match"


BTW, what channel is England on?
I see Wales and Scotland on Sky Sp1, and Norn Iron on BBC1

i think its on the english BBC1 channels, but of course we dont get that.

Im_No_Superman

0-1 Keane! Nice finish, not sure about the keeper though!

Mr Magnolia

Keane puts us 1-0 up

anyone waiting for the highlights?

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leninbenjamin wrote:

i think its on the english BBC1 channels, but of course we dont get that.

You can tune them on a Sky Box, with a quick Google.

It doesn't matter Mr.M

The poster before you isn't so thoughtful.

Im_No_Superman

DesF wrote:

You can tune them on a Sky Box, with a quick Google.

It doesn't matter Mr.M

The poster before you isn't so thoughtful.

Apologies, I would have thought anyone looking through this thread would surely expect the score to be mentioned at some point. Anyways Ive spoilers up now.

Mr Magnolia

Im_No_Superman wrote:

Apologies, I would have thought anyone looking through this thread would surely expect the score to be mentioned at some point. Anyways Ive spoilers up now.

I think from this post on you'll be safe enough.


LMAO. You may want to remove that smiley; bit of a give away Smilies don't work so well under spoilers.

Mr Magnolia

Whoot, 2-0 Ireland. Keane again

The1337_Stephen

Wow, suprised to see our defense holding up so well, apart from the one scare, and Keanes really looking on form, also surprisingly

KdjaCL

Denmark are fairly crap.


kdjac

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FFS lads, I'm waiting on the highlights.:rolleyes:

I'm watching the England game, did no-one read my posts?

The Rooster

Mr Magnolia wrote:

Whoot, 2-0 Ireland. Keane again

Magice cross-field ball by Andy Reid, and a very good cross by McGeady

Pighead

And thats 4-0! Long scores again. Great stuff.

ciaran76

Good to see so many new players coming through the ranks these days. There seems to be alot of Irish players in the top 2 divisions in England these days.

Mr Magnolia

DesF wrote:

FFS lads, I'm waiting on the highlights.:rolleyes:

I'm watching the England game, did no-one read my posts?

In fairness Des you were checking in to a Denmark vs Ireland thread while the game was going on. I don't really know what you expected to see. Hopefully the highlights weren't totally ruined for you.

Crap opposition or not it was a good result away from home. More power to them.

jobonar

Denmark were fairly poor last night but hopefully this has given Ireland a confidence boost for the qualifiers.

Good to see the young lads doing well. Gives us more options.

Kingp35

Good performance but I think the Danes were terrible. I thought Andy Reid did well in the centre and it's great to see so many young players coming through and doing well.

Major confidence booster ahead of the two qualifiers.

Pigman II

Banned.

Vokes

Agreed, Danes were pretty poor and it was only a friendly.

But still, to be scoring 4 goals away from home (and the strikers scoring at that) against a traditionally decent euro team is no mean feat. Hopefully, it bodes well for Sept.

The Rooster

Pigman II wrote:

I'd be happy to see fat-boy kept in the team as long as Potter is alongside him. They looked a useful pair yesterday.

But they wouldnt be "competitive" enough against a decent team. Need someone in there like Carsley to kick some ankles.

Mr Alan

If finnan plays left back against the Slovaks or Czechs I'm gonna burn down the FAI HQ.

Des, you with me?!

Mitch Connor

who would you play left back ahead of him? Yes, he is much better at right back, but still....

Pighead

The Rooster wrote:

But they wouldnt be "competitive" enough against a decent team. Need someone in there like Carsley to kick some ankles.

Ok maybe Reid isn't the best tackler in the business but there's no doubt that Potter can Harry.

Mr Alan

Kilbane who is playing there for Wigan or O'Shea

Pighead

Tauren wrote:

who would you play left back ahead of him? Yes, he is much better at right back, but still....

Ian Harte?
Thought Stephen Carr had another poor game last night. Its baffling how meek and one paced hes become.