Holland v Norn Iron, 7pm BBC2

kitakyushu

Currently 3-0 after 28mins. It'll be interesting to see what sort of score they can rack up in this game.

flyswatter

4-0, Afelley.

klose

4-0 now, Holland are brilliant!

mewso

4-0 now. Those commentators on BBC are very resigned to their fate I must say.

rmchmufc

4-0 and its not even half time. ouch.

flyswatter

mewso wrote: »

4-0 now. Those commentators on BBC are very resigned to their fate I must say.

You could get that impression off them even before the first goal went in. :pac:

kitakyushu

Never mind keeping with them, a lot of the Northern Ireland boys look like they've never actually played against stuff on this level before. Total mismatch.

Mr.Nice Guy

I fear this could happen to ourselves against the Spanish if we get off to a poor start.

RGDATA!

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

I fear this could happen to ourselves against the Spanish if we get off to a poor start.

boo

Kidchameleon

flyswatter wrote: »

You could get that impression off them even before the first goal went in. :pac:

Before the game even started more like. NI are complete and utter minnows ffs

G.K.

Ain't on my BBC 2

Curse English TV

Mr.Nice Guy

RGDATA! wrote: »

boo

steelcityblues

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

I fear this could happen to ourselves against the Spanish if we get off to a poor start.

???

We have mostly Premier League players in our squad, they mostly have Championship players.

darkman2

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

I fear this could happen to ourselves against the Spanish if we get off to a poor start.

I think everyone fears that will happen to them coming against Spain. Most expect it.

flyswatter

G.K. wrote: »

Ain't on my BBC 2

Curse English TV

Do you have Sky? You can probably tune it in.

eugeneious

G.K. wrote: »

Ain't on my BBC 2

Curse English TV

If you have sky I think it might be channel 992 for English tv.

Mr.Nice Guy

steelcityblues wrote: »

???

We have mostly Premier League players in our squad, they mostly have Championship players.

And they have mostly Champions League and Euros/World Cup winners in their squad.

We are a class above NI but Spain are a class above ourselves.

G.K.

Nope.

steelcityblues

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

And they have mostly Champions League and Euros/World Cup winners in their squad.

We are a class above NI but Spain are a class above ourselves.

Chances are Spain will beat us, but it won't be as one sided as this, because we are actually fairly good.

Holland are just as big of a threat as Spain, too.

Jimmy Iovine

G.K. wrote: »

Ain't on my BBC 2

Curse English TV

I'd offer you a stream but I don't want to get banned.

Optimalprimerib

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

steelcityblues wrote: »

???

We have mostly Premier League players in our squad, they mostly have Championship players.

And they have mostly Champions League and Euros/World Cup winners in their squad.

We are a class above NI but Spain are a class above ourselves.

Spain will be an odd goal game. I nt see them hammering us on the scoresheet. They may get 110% possession, but win 1-0.

steelcityblues

G.K. wrote: »

Ain't on my BBC 2

Curse English TV

Go to the 'Other Channels' section, if you have a SKY box and enter these codes.

http://elfknowsit.com/node/36840

kincsem

NI will be trying to keep this to single figures. Good luck.

Francie Barrett

The Northern Irish boys are doing their monarch proud on her jubilee week. I am loving it.

Mr.Nice Guy

I think we can give Spain a competitive match as long as we don't concede early on. If they break us early it could get ugly imo. Hopefully we won't face anything like what's happening in this game.

Jimmy Iovine

Good to see Roy Carroll getting a game. First in 6 years for them.

RGDATA!

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

just kidding. i meant 'down with that sort of attitude'.

was that a young george hamilton commentating just now on that classic 2-2 draw between n.ireland and holland?

kitakyushu

FYI Holland were 3-0 against San Marino at HT (11-0 FT).

darkman2

After watching the first half i'm against an all ireland team:eek:

Kylo Ren

darkman2 wrote: »

After watching the first half i'm against an all ireland team:eek:

We will just take Evans and that will do.

davycc

5nil:D

Agent Smith

And they wonder why players declare for the Republic....

Bob the Seducer

And now it's 5, Afellay again

NufcNavan

Too f*cking right they're not Brazil..

Rhys Essien

steelcityblues wrote: »

???

We have mostly Premier League players in our squad, they mostly have Championship players.

We could and should have all Prem players in our squad.:(

Mr.Nice Guy

It's as if every time the Orangemen march forward their instincts are to let them through.

mewso

G.K. wrote: »

Ain't on my BBC 2

Curse English TV

You've just reminded me this is probably the only time I have ever been glad I receive BBC NI.

briany

darkman2 wrote: »

After watching the first half i'm against an all ireland team:eek:

We already have a united Ireland team as players from all 32 counties are, theoretically, eligible to play for Ireland. At this rate it's only a matter of time before players from even moderate unionist backgrounds will begin to second guess their affiliation. They'll never make the move of course but it would just show, if this kind of slide continues, how undesirable it would be to play for N.I.

kitakyushu

Two-footed tackle in a friendly.

Bob the Seducer

I can't get used to this style of commentary, talking about other 5-0 defeats, asking if there's a white flag around, it just feels wrong.

They do seem quite proud of their most recent grandparent rule acquisition though, so that's nice.

davycc

kitakyushu wrote: »

Two-footed tackle in a friendly.

& its the 2nd time he has done it tonight & the commentators are taking to him like a new NI legend in the making..phlebs........

10nil please & put these morons in their place:cool:

kitakyushu

Bob the Seducer wrote: »

I can't get used to this style of commentary, talking about other 5-0 defeats, asking if there's a white flag around, it just feels wrong.

They do seem quite proud of their most recent grandparent rule acquisition though, so that's nice.

After watching Northern Ireland for over 20 years now I'm convinced Billy Bingham must be the greatest manager in the history of professional football.

chughes

briany wrote: »

We already have a united Ireland team as players from all 32 counties are, theoretically, eligible to play for Ireland. At this rate it's only a matter of time before players from even moderate unionist backgrounds will begin to second guess their affiliation. They'll never make the move of course but it would just show, if this kind of slide continues, how undesirable it would be to play for N.I.

Have we ever had a player from the Unionist tradition play for the Republic?

Francie Barrett

Bob the Seducer wrote: »

They do seem quite proud of their most recent grandparent rule acquisition though, so that's nice.

Great, they can no longer complain about Irish players not wanting to play for us.

dfx-

Agent Smith wrote: »

And they wonder why players declare for the Republic....

It is a weakened NI team to be fair.

Jimmy Iovine

Who's that lad playing for NI, Klingon?

darkman2

Worst thing about this is we are guilty simply by the name "Ireland" association.

Just looking at some comments on twitter:

Northern Ireland gone re da days of Roy Keane

Can't believe Northern Ireland qualified for Euro 2012

:pac:

kitakyushu

Hopefully Italy , Spain and Croatia think this is who they'll be playing next week.

Francie Barrett

dfx- wrote: »

Agent Smith wrote: »

And they wonder why players declare for the Republic....

.
It is a weakened NI team to be fair.

Of course it is, they insist on playing God Save Our Queen as their national anthem

briany

chughes wrote: »

Have we ever had a player from the Unionist tradition play for the Republic?

Not that I know of but maybe somebody here could shed light on that. Could imagine the stink that sections of the GAWA would be kicking up if it started happening though?

Jimmy Iovine

Hard to believe David Healy hasn't scored in 28/9 games for NI. 4 years ago he banged in 13 in the qualifying stages.