Rep. of Ireland v Andorra, Tue 7 September 2010 [RTE2: 7pm, KO: 7.45pm]

sprinkles

Does anyone have a link to a live stream for this?

naughto

http://www.firstrow.net/


half way down the page

Leiva

A 1-1 in Russia would be sweet .

4-0 tonight .

The Volt

I think 4 at least as well. People giving them far too much credit.

newballsplease

Russia are pushing and pushing..looks like a draw could be likely, unless slovakia hold on

LeeroyJones

Voltwad wrote: »

I think 4 at least as well. People giving them far too much credit.

I'd put it down to a lack of confidence in our own goalscoring ability rather than overestimating Andorra!!!

The Volt

LeeroyJones wrote: »

I'd put it down to a lack of confidence in our own goalscoring ability rather than overestimating Andorra!!!

We're at home against a bunch of part-timers who should tire in the second half given they had a match on Saturday too. They shouldn't get a kick. I'm confident even despite our lack of firepower that we'll get 4 or 5

newballsplease

Slovakia win 0-1

Duff

newballsplease wrote: »

Slovakia win 0-1

I reckon we'll face a tougher test with the Slovaks than with the Russians.

tolosenc

If this is Russia failing to turn up to qualification, that's good. Otherwise, the group just go interesting. A win tonight, plus 4 points from the 2 next month would be nice.

FlawedGenius

Russia missed some sitters second half.:( Slovakia parked the bus last half hour. We need to beat Russia at home and that would put Russia in big trouble. Slovakia have had some luck with the last minute winner against Macedonia and then hanging on virtually the whole game against Russia. Win two nil and we top the group tonight.:)

The Volt

I think this is still very early days thus far. Armenia could well take points off Slovakia and Russia and we could struggle in Macedonia.

newballsplease

Were gonna struggle bigtime in Russia,Slovakia and Macedonia.

I think we will draw at home to Slovakia and Russia. Beat Macedonia, Armenia and Andora(tonight) at home.

But its them 3 away games above that will decide our fate.

Hoki

Voltwad wrote: »

I think this is still very early days thus far. Armenia could well take points off Slovakia and Russia and we could struggle in Macedonia.

I dont think Armenia will take points off anyone bar maybe Macedonia & definitely Andorra . Macedonia are the team who will take points off ourselves,Russia & Slovakia. Iv backed Andorra tonight +4

Trampas

the colour in the studio aint great

Nemanja91

"Bill, have you been taken pills again?" legends!

ctrl-alt-delete

God that team is depressing,

We are playing the 2nd worst team in the world on rankings, a team who have lost their last 20 odd games in a row, It is the first competitive game in the new stadium and we can't make even one change that would show a bit of confidence,

Gibson should be in for Green, what happens if Whelan gets booked tonight do you throw Gibson in at the deep end, or is Trappatoni just hoping Andrews will be back?

McGeady needs to show something tonight too.

Thargor

Trampas wrote: »

the colour in the studio aint great

Was just coming in to post that, the sound is going echo-ish sometimes aswell.

MagicMarker

Christ, it's absolutely shocking how many empty seats there are!

Leiva

MagicMarker wrote: »

Christ, it's absolutely shocking how many empty seats there are!

Fooking FAI .. €50 a ticket what u expect ! Muppets .

Kiwi_knock

Either that stadium is half empty or half the fans decided to come dressed as green seats

ctrl-alt-delete

Great start anyways,

Fifa fair play statement abandoned,

Red cards all round!

IvySlayer

lol Robbies timing still not up to scratch

Oat23

/facepalm

Kiith

Have they tried turning it on and off again?

delta_bravo

That "Fair Play" speech is a load of rubbish anyway. Pointless. Where are the 40,000 spectators though?

adamski8

OMG who's idea is it to have these silly speeches beforehand? is this the norm from now on??

KevIRL

LOL Fair Play FAI

super_furry

mixednuts wrote: »

Fooking FAI .. €50 a ticket what u expect ! Muppets .

€50 at the cheapest. €70 and €100 too. And they still can't afford a working mic.

Fecking Andorra ripped off the French national anthem.

wixfjord

Stick that in your pipe FAI. 50 quid me arse.
Also that fair play speech is idiotic. Grand before a game against Andorra, but dont think Keano will be too up for it when Russia and Slovakia come to town and the atmosphere is hoppin/

Oat23

Think it's great that Keane went to read the statement in our native language of English then went ahead and sang our national anthem in another language.

We have a wonderful, diverse country.

murpho999

I'm convinced Robbie broke that mike as I'm not sure he can read!

Trampas

shocking poor attendance.

imagine if it was croker.

you could have a where's irish fan like where wally

ctrl-alt-delete

Great from Keane, more of that please.

Kiwi_knock

Positive attacking start

johnmcdnl

First time seeing the Aviva on the inside - I know i've been living in a cloud but have to say I do like the look of the back wall made of glass.. but why didn't they just put more seats in it and sell the tickets for 35-40 euro and they'd have a bigger stadium - more happy fans - and the same profit and none of the Corke Park is bigger for the big games talk....

ah sur - hope we don't have a cock up in this game and lose or something - thinking back to San Marino a few years ago but I have higer hopes of this team today but still

super_furry

johnmcdnl wrote: »

First time seeing the Aviva on the inside - I know i've been living in a cloud but have to say I do like the look of the back wall made of glass.. but why didn't they just put more seats in it and sell the tickets for 35-40 euro and they'd have a bigger stadium - more happy fans - and the same profit and none of the Corke Park is bigger for the big games talk....

Couldn't build it higher because of planning permission issues to do with sunlight and local residents.

adamski8

Trampas wrote: »

shocking poor attendance.

imagine if it was croker.

you could have a where's irish fan like where wally

is it? against andorra? dont know if many other countries would have so many people in attendance against them

murpho999

johnmcdnl wrote: »

First time seeing the Aviva on the inside - I know i've been living in a cloud but have to say I do like the look of the back wall made of glass.. but why didn't they just put more seats in it and sell the tickets for 35-40 euro and they'd have a bigger stadium - more happy fans - and the same profit and none of the Corke Park is bigger for the big games talk....

ah sur - hope we don't have a cock up in this game and lose or something - thinking back to San Marino a few years ago but I have higer hopes of this team today but still

Please don't bring this up again, has been done to death on loads of threads and always leads to arguements. This is a match thread!

Stevecw

I am living 15 mins away from the "Aviva" but no way am I paying 70 quid to watch Andorra. FAI need to cop on that the days of charging those kinda prices are well over.

Great to see so many people dressed as green empty seats!!! Might get the message across

johnmcdnl

super_furry wrote: »

Couldn't built it higher because of planning permission issues to do with sunlight and local residents.

the sun comes through the back wall??? wouldn't that be like a big magnifying glass sorta like when you burn ants by pointing the magnifying glass at them on a sunny day

I'm assuming the engineers worked that out somehow but I see - it does look pretty nice though the way it is i suppose


ANYWAYS - back to the game

cullenswood

Trampas wrote: »

shocking poor attendance.

imagine if it was croker.

you could have a where's irish fan like where wally

How is 40,000 people watching Andorra shocking? very few other countries would sell more tickets for this game.

amacachi

MagicMarker wrote: »

Christ, it's absolutely shocking how many empty seats there are!

Looks to be filling up a little more now.

Degag

"O'Shea is having a masterful game"

Well George, i hope it continues for the other 90% of the game that's remaining...

population

Any links.......

Hoki

cullenswood wrote: »

How is 40,000 people watching Andorra shocking? very few other countries would sell more tickets for this game.

Probably because its our first competitive game in our new state of the art stadium which cost a fortune.

super_furry

I see Rooney's scoring away from home again.

mewso

George's rocking chair is creaking.

cullenswood

Hoki wrote: »

Probably because its our first competitive game in our new state of the art stadium which cost a fortune.

It's Andorra.
Very few games worldwide sell out these days.

Paparazzo

Are they actually trying to call it "aviva"? Not "the aviva"? As in: "The match tonight is at aviva"
What is it with marketing assholes? They tried it with the spire and the luas. It doesn't work and you sound like an idiot saying it!