ROIs playoff for 2010 World Cup.. teams to avoid?

delija_sever029

can anyone write me a draw results???

Rondolfus

0-0 Dublin

1-1 Paris ( With Ireland grabbing a last minute goal)


Carslberg don't do World Cup Playoffs but if they did........

Mr.Nice Guy

CHD wrote: »

Our best hope is beating them and going to Paris with a lead.

I'd be concerned they'd kill us on the counter though at Croker. Anelka charging at Kilbane or perhaps Henry racing at McShane is a sobering thought.

starbelgrade

joe123 wrote: »

I wonder will he call up Andy Reid incase we have to go more attacking....

"Again with de Andy Reid? Again!?"

(Trap)

Xavi6

Rondolfus wrote: »

0-0 Dublin

1-1 Paris ( With Ireland grabbing a last minute goal)


Carslberg don't do World Cup Playoffs but if they did........

.....we would've got Greece

Mr.Nice Guy

IRISHSPORTSGUY wrote: »

Anyone know who the dread-locked black dude assisting with the draw was? I take it he's a footballer (or possibly former ?)

It was Everton's Steven Pienaar I think.

Frisbee

delija_sever029 wrote: »

can anyone write me a draw results???

ROI vs. France
Portugal vs. Bosnia
Greece vs. Ukraine
Russia vs. Slovenia

everdead.ie

steven pienaar(everton&south africa) assisted the draw

Liam O

IRISHSPORTSGUY wrote: »

Anyone know who the dread-locked black dude assisting with the draw was? I take it he's a footballer (or possibly former ?)

Stephen Pienaar of Everton and South Africa

Frisbee

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

It was Everton's Steven Pienarr I think.

Correctomundo

Dublin_Gunner

apoch632 wrote: »

Because Portugal would probably mean Ronaldo is playing (When is he due back from injury?) And playing Russia would mean going to Moscow in Winter

So Portugal because of one player, and Russia because it might be cold??

Gimme a break.

Ronaldo<<<<<<<<<<<Henry, Anelka, Benzema, Ribery etc
Cold<<<<<<<<<<<<<Henry, Anelka, Benzema, Ribery etc

Russia aren't that great a side, and neither are Portugal.

France, have by far the greatest attacking threat of the 3, and against our very mediocre defence...

Stacksey

IRISHSPORTSGUY wrote: »

Anyone know who the dread-locked black dude assisting with the draw was? I take it he's a footballer (or possibly former ?)

For a bloke who calls himself IRISHSPORTSGUY you should have known that it was Steven Peinaar from everton

CHD

I'm thinking it was Steven Pienaar. I think he plays for Everton.

delija_sever029

Frisbee wrote: »

ROI vs. France
Portugal vs. Bosnia
Greece vs. Ukraine
Russia vs. Slovenia

Very good,as i said,France is very good draw for Ireland atm

Except Russia-Slovenia where i think Russia will blast them the other 2 games might be interesting too...

CHD

CHD wrote: »

I'm thinking it was Steven Pienaar. I think he plays for Everton.

Confirmed

IRISHSPORTSGUY

Knew he looked familiar. Thought it was Anderson at first glance but thought "nah, his hair is too short". :pac:

gucci

Rondolfus wrote: »

0-0 Dublin

1-1 Paris ( With Ireland grabbing a last minute goal)


Carslberg don't do World Cup Playoffs but if they did........

Even if there was only 5 seconds of normal time left we would probably give them a chance to score before the final whistle was blown.

zuutroy

Imagine scoring an early goal in Croker. We'd have to hang on for 170 minutes, 90 of which would be in Paris. That ad about being behind the couch may not be far from the truth.

Crow71

I think playing the second leg away might be a good thing cos i can see it being 0-0 at home and hopefully we might nick an score draw away cos were probably not going to beat them

IRISHSPORTSGUY

Stacksey wrote: »

For a bloke who calls himself IRISHSPORTSGUY you should have known that it was Steven Peinaar from everton

Missed the start of it. Looked familiar but couldn't put a name on him. And I watch the Premier League every week! :pac:

Bobalicious93

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

So Portugal because of one player, and Russia because it might be cold??

Gimme a break.

Ronaldo<<<<<<<<<<<Henry, Anelka, Benzema, Ribery etc
Cold<<<<<<<<<<<<<Henry, Anelka, Benzema, Ribery etc

Russia aren't that great a side, and neither are Portugal.

France, have by far the greatest attacking threat of the 3, and against our very mediocre defence...

Henry is not the player he was when they beat us in 05.

Anelka is an average player without Drogba beside him.

Benzema has had a poor start to the season, and has been outshone by Raul and Higuain.

I don't watch the German league so I can't honestly comment on Ribery, though the few times I did see him, he didn't live up to the hype I've heard about him.

We're well capable of nicking this.

delija_sever029

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

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France, have by far the greatest attacking threat of the 3, and against our very mediocre defence...

true,but their defence doesnt seem to be much more impressive....

delija_sever029

You didnt know where Pienaar plays? Shooting-range here please:D

briany

I just voted for France. Is it too late? I'm so annoyed because out of the last four playoffs, three of them have ended in a sad night away from home: The Netherlands in 1995, Belgium in 1997 and Turkey in 1999. Finally we got lucky in 2001 against Iran but they were opposition we always should have beat anyway. It seems like we always get shafted with the away leg second so our OPPOSITION knows what they have to do with support behind them.

TheJesusWarrant

how many irish players would make the french squad?
shay given....
it will be over before kick off in paris.

Tom65

I'd agree Russia would've been the worst. I think a lot of our success depends on Trappatoni's ability outsmart the opposition manager, and I wouldn't have much hope against Hiddink. France are still a very difficult draw. My worry is that they'll just run through our midfield. I think we were fortunate having Italy in our group is that they're a more defensive side, which suited us. I think we can draw with them, a victory would take something special though. We have done special before though.

Spud83

Who actually plays CM for France?

Savman

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

Henry is not the player he was when they beat us in 05.

Yeah, he's only half world class now.

Anelka is an average player without Drogba beside him.

Yeah.....YEAH! He ain't no Kevin Doyle.

We're well capable of nicking this.

Ah, blind faith, only in Ireland!

Mr.Nice Guy

We need to get on to Brian Kerr and get him to dish the dirt!

Nalz

TheJesusWarrant wrote: »

how many irish players would make the french squad?
shay given....

Dunne, O Shea and possibly Robbie Keane imo

Vokes

alanmurphy83 wrote: »

Who actually plays CM for France?

Toulalan and Diarra I think, with Gourcuff in front of them (?).

_blank_

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

We need to get on to Brian Kerr and get him to dish the dirt!

If anything it will be Kerr lending Domenech a hand, the way he was shafted by JD&Co

Bobalicious93

alanmurphy83 wrote: »

Who actually plays CM for France?

Toulalan. Not sure who else.

SlickRic

alanmurphy83 wrote: »

Who actually plays CM for France?

it's toulalan and diarra i think.

Pal

it was inevitable that we would get the toughest team with a home game first.

Fix ?

err

Yes

Seillejet

5-0 only against the Faroes wasnt it. I think Gallas got on the scoresheet as well. Presume Nasri would have been a CM if fit.

Hank Scorpio

Damn poor draw for us, gutted tbh

Carroller16

TheJesusWarrant wrote: »

how many irish players would make the french squad?
shay given....
it will be over before kick off in paris.

Prepare to be QFT mty friend



COME ON IRELAND... ONE LAST PUSH!!!


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...I can see a hand

delija_sever029

Austria-France 3-1
France-Serbia 2-1
Romania-France 2-2
Lithuania-France 0-1
France-Lithuania 1-0
Faroe Islands-France 0-1
France-Romania 1-1
Serbia-France 1-1
France-Faroe Islands 5-0
France-Austria 3-1


great attacking potential...maybe,but theres a difference between potential and famous names and performance on the pitch

Frisbee

alanmurphy83 wrote: »

Who actually plays CM for France?

Diarra and Toulalan

CantGetNoSleep

Vokes wrote: »

Toulalan and Diarra I think, with Gourcuff in front of them (?).

Think Gourcuff is out of favour there now, it will probably be a front 4 of Ribery, Gignac/Benzema, Anelka and Henry

IRISHSPORTSGUY

Bobalicious93 wrote: »

Henry is not the player he was when they beat us in 05.

Anelka is an average player without Drogba beside him.

Benzema has had a poor start to the season, and has been outshone by Raul and Higuain.

I don't watch the German league so I can't honestly comment on Ribery, though the few times I did see him, he didn't live up to the hype I've heard about him.

We're well capable of nicking this.

F*** me, talk about having the green-tinted goggles on!

Anelka even without Drogba, is a very much above average player. Benzema hasn't been that great but I'd still take him over Keane & Doyle.............and Ribery is one of the best players in the world ffs.

Lest us not forget Henry, Evra, Clichy, Diarra, Govou, Gignac etc.

lisbon_lions

Its time for management to start the homework. Get DVD's of every game in the France campaign, 3 weeks of domestic games to be visited, champions league games to be watched. Penalties and set pieces practised again and again at the next Irish training camp. Lets give this the best possible shot! We do the homework right, I believe we can beat them.

mike65

If the French FA had any balls they'd sack Raymondo today and install Laurent Blanc.

Raskolnikov

Arguing whether you wanted to play France or Portugal is a bit like deciding whether you'd rather be eaten or burned alive.

Having said that, I would probably have favoured us getting France for the simple reason that Domenech will fear us.

Villain

Anyone got any ideas on getting there cheaply?

Vokes

RE gettings tickets for the Paris leg, is it just an email request sent to the FAI address? Or something else?

Xavi6

delija_sever029 wrote: »

You didnt know where Pienaar plays?

Rumour has it he was at the draw today

CHD

Look at the results in the group http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/europe/teams/team=43946/fixturesresults.html.

How can people say they will hammer us? They came 2nd in there group and played badly. We are well able to win this over two legs.

Staying out of this thread now. The '' ah well we are done now '' type posts are idiotic.

NaiveMelodies

Awful draw,fcuk it.

Great for the Fai, cnuts.

If we beat that Platini bastard i will be a happy man