Northern Ireland Qualifiers

mousey007

how do people think they will get on?i think worthington has a great chance to make good progress with them

ibh

mousey007 wrote: »

how do people think they will get on?i think worthington has a great chance to make good progress with them

Who's in their group??

Last campaign could have been a pure fluke.

Players are average at best. Formidable team at home though..

Damo.Smith

Czech Republic
Slovenia
Slovakia
San Marino
Poland

ibh

Damo.Smith wrote: »

Czech Republic
Slovenia
Slovakia
San Marino
Poland

Computer says no....

Can see them holding their own at home but i don't think qualification.

Actually the more i look at it, that is a fcuking easy group. Just all middle-of-the-road teams in there.

Would love if we had it.

Damo.Smith

its a really easy group,i think they have a great chance...they'll need david healy to be firing as usual

mousey007

Ya they have an easy enough group...what channel is the Slovakian match on?I'm looking fwd to seeing how Nigel Worthington does when he's with them for a whole campaign

Damo.Smith

I presume either the BBC or Setanta have it...does anyone know for definite?

mousey007

i think they'll do really well the more i think about it

shane86

Damo.Smith wrote: »

its a really easy group,i think they have a great chance...they'll need david healy to be firing as usual

Its easy enough alright. I can see them getting the play off place at least. Poland are a poor team held up almost single handedly by some unbelieveable play by Boruc *cue a rake of abuse and booing when he visits Windsor Park*. The Czechs are in relative decline. Reckon Slovakia might be a force within a few years but not just yet.

PDN

They are like we were under Charlton (and should be now) - mostly average players who will never set the world on fire but manage to punch above their weight by sheer determination and team spirit.

I think they stand an outside chance of qualifying. They are more likely to qualify than we are - even though we have much better players.

shane86

PDN wrote: »

They are more likely to qualify than we are - even though we have much better players.

In fairness they have a much easier group (although tbh I wouldnt write off the possibility of Italy finishing 3rd in a tight group, as unbelieveable as it sounds from history. If they field the same sides as in Euro 08 it is not impossible, they were septic).

The Rooster

PDN wrote: »

They are like we were under Charlton (and should be now) - mostly average players who will never set the world on fire but manage to punch above their weight by sheer determination and team spirit.

I think they stand an outside chance of qualifying. They are more likely to qualify than we are - even though we have much better players.

It beggars belief that people fall into the Charlton mantra that he had to deal with "mostly average players". Charlton had the best squad of Irish players ever.

ibh

The Rooster wrote: »

It beggars belief that people fall into the Charlton mantra that he had to deal with "mostly average players". Charlton had the best squad of Irish players ever.

Moran, McGrath, O Leary, Lawrenson, Whelan, Houghton, Sheedy, Brady, Stapelton, Aldridge and to a lesser extent, Hughton, Staunton, Quinn etc.

Doubt a single Nordie from todays team would get in there.

Maybe their results show that what they have done is even more remarkable.

Damo.Smith

Is it true that Jonny Evans might be out of the match?

mousey007

What will the North's starting 11 be?