Republic of Ireland Team Talk/News/Rumours 2017

GLaDOS

Part of me is happy to see the Welsh bigged up and us dismissed. Usually brings out our best performances.

The Talking Bread

M!Ck^ wrote: »

No Match thread? Hopefully some positivity instead of all the doom and gloom one would hope.
Wales being hyped up to the last, they are not that good

I think what the general media and even our fans have assessed Wales fair enough. Not many extreme or over dismissive pieces/posts

gormdubhgorm

M!Ck^ wrote: »

No Match thread? Hopefully some positivity instead of all the doom and gloom one would hope.
Wales being hyped up to the last, they are not that good

Bale is though and in the qualifying for the last Euro's the amount of times he dragged them to victory with a late goal and/or assist was silly, as far as I remember anyway!

The rest of them plod along and the midfield works hard, and ramsey has some nice touches.

But you are right they are not that good. But Bale still seems to find a way to drag them along most of the time.

gormdubhgorm

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

Bale is though and in the qualifying for the last Euro's the amount of times he dragged them to victory with a late goal and/or assist was silly, as far as I remember anyway!

The rest of them plod along and the midfield works hard, and ramsey has some nice touches.

But you are right they are not that good. But Bale still seems to find a way to drag them along most of the time.

Oh No doubt, Bale is savage and is a huge threat but they have plenty of weak links

murpho999

James McClean to score last minute winner and rip off jersey revealing a combined Martin McGuinness and Ryan McBride t-shirt.

murpho999

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

I think this is going to be a Wales win. Too many Irish injuries and Wales have to go for it.

I hope I am wrong, obviously.
I would like to see McClean score in a win considering the last few days, Derry needs some good news.

Look at the table it would suggest otherwise.

We have a great chance of a draw tonight which would be a good result.

blinding

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Oh No doubt, Bale is savage and is a huge threat but they have plenty of weak links

They must have and I hope Martin O'Neill is giving them plenty of consideration . Lets give a few things to be worrying about .

KungPao

Hard-earned 1-1 for me.

I think we'll go out there to be rather conservative, go behind to a Bale beauty, then go for it a bit and snatch a goal from a set piece.

That said, I really hope Bale has an off night, and as they will be on the front foot I hope they allow space for Long/McClean/McGeady counter attacks. Then we may have a chance to get a win.

Banjaxed82

Let's put aside our good run so far, and Wales less than convincing opening to their campaign.

It's been...

Nearly 3 years since we lost a home game (friendly to Turkey in May 2014)

And September 2013 was the last time we lost a qualifier at home (Sweden).

Ireland have scored in every home game under O'Neill bar one (England bore draw Friendly).

You can't legislate for Bale turning into Superman over the 90 mins, but if we play to a standard and intensity we have been, then a draw is the least we should expect.

PhilipsR

I genuinely wouldn't take a draw.

I think we've enough about us to win. This is gonna be another helter skelter type game like the Scottish one. We have the opportunity to create an amazing amount of separation from the Top Seeds after just 5 games.

For once, as a nation and as a team, I'd love if we stood up today and had a pop. Lets be positive, lets not keep it tight and hope to knick one because a draw keeps us 4 points a piece. Let's bury them from having any opportunity to top the group tonight.

Can't wait to get down to Landsdowne. The atmosphere should be great tonight.

Worztron

I predict 2-1 to Ireland.

johnnyryan89

PhilipsR wrote: »

I genuinely wouldn't take a draw.

I think we've enough about us to win. This is gonna be another helter skelter type game like the Scottish one. We have the opportunity to create an amazing amount of separation from the Top Seeds after just 5 games.

For once, as a nation and as a team, I'd love if we stood up today and had a pop. Lets be positive, lets not keep it tight and hope to knick one because a draw keeps us 4 points a piece. Let's bury them from having any opportunity to top the group tonight.

Can't wait to get down to Landsdowne. The atmosphere should be great tonight.

I gotta agree with you on this, if you offered me a draw now I'd say no. Being top of the group and at home a draw would be two points dropped imo.

The Talking Bread

Obviously a win is the desire and is well attainable but a draw would be far from a bad result, it is moreso 2 points lost for Wales than this stage than us. If anyone can't afford to lose it is them. Talk about home advantage all you like but it comes down to the table at the end of the day. We don't play Wales away until the last game, and going the way they are, if we draw tonight, by the time that last game comes around, we could be qualified and they could be out.

This isn't a defeatist attitude, it is moreso a realistic one. Clearly we should go out and put it to them but we are in a position now where every point/3 points we gain is 2 points/3 points lost for our rivals and with 2 thirds of our remaining games being at home, if we were to merely get a draw tonight, we shouldn't go into panic mode. Because it is the Welsh who will be doing so.

So, yeah, the only real bad result tonight is a defeat. A draw, whilst not preferable, is far from a negative result in my opinion against a team like Wales who are top seeds and have had some fine results themselves the last few years and are far from shabby.

briany

Great position for Ireland to be in after 4 games and from here it's theirs to lose. The absence of Brady and Hoolahan is pretty disheartening so I'm not going to be looking forward to a game where Ireland show much, if any, technical acumen on the ball. We need to hope that players like Meyler, Hendrick, McClean and McGeady really show up in order make up for those two players. Can't be letting Wales boss midfield and feeding Bale.

While Ireland are in a great position, it has to be said that one of Ireland's best defenders has been the upright, where it think it has been struck by the opposition in at least two games of the campaign so far. Can't always rely on that and the main thing will be a solid defensive performance to keep Wales quiet. A 0-0 draw would be fairly welcome, as things stand, and keeping a clean sheet always leaves open the possibility that Ireland can nick something at the other end.

NIMAN

PhilipsR wrote: »

I genuinely wouldn't take a draw.

I think we've enough about us to win. This is gonna be another helter skelter type game like the Scottish one. We have the opportunity to create an amazing amount of separation from the Top Seeds after just 5 games.

For once, as a nation and as a team, I'd love if we stood up today and had a pop. Lets be positive, lets not keep it tight and hope to knick one because a draw keeps us 4 points a piece. Let's bury them from having any opportunity to top the group tonight.

Can't wait to get down to Landsdowne. The atmosphere should be great tonight.

Its Martin O'Neill remember.

PhilipsR

NIMAN wrote: »

Its Martin O'Neill remember.

That's the main reason I fear the midfield three being Hendrick, McCarthy and Whelan

Trond

Whelan is still our best defensive midfielder like or not. There's a reason managers keep playing him.

Sin City

Wales are going to go for it so we may be on the back foot looking to attack on the break. The nerves are starting to kick in now., It will be a low scoring game 1-0 or 1-1 .

As much of a fan I am of McGeady hes a better option off the bench
I expect the Welsh to be quite physical like ourselves
so Walters and McClean to start

The Talking Bread

Sin City wrote: »

Wales are going to go for it so we may be on the back foot looking to attack on the break. The nerves are starting to kick in now., It will be a low scoring game 1-0 or 1-1 .

As much of a fan I am of McGeady hes a better option off the bench
I expect the Welsh to be quite physical like ourselves
so Walters and McClean to start

I wouldn't expect the Welsh to be over physical to be honest, obviously they will get stuck in but their midfielders are far more technical than physical.

ScummyMan

Haven't been to a game in the Aviva in a while, where's the best place for a pint before heading in? Ballsbridge hotel?

Trond

ScummyMan wrote: »

Haven't been to a game in the Aviva in a while, where's the best place for a pint before heading in? Ballsbridge hotel?

Probably no use to you if you are heading in from that side but The Gasworks (opposite Barrow St.) is 10 times better since Galway Bay Brewery took it over.

ScummyMan

Trond wrote: »

Probably no use to you if you are heading in from that side but The Gasworks (opposite Barrow St.) is 10 times better since Galway Bay Brewery took it over.

Never even crossed my mind, cheers we'll check it out that's not much out of the way

Sin City

Gerogia 1 up against Serbia

Guffy

Great start for us in georgia

johnnyryan89

Serbia lose and Ireland win that puts us five points ahead of Serbia in second.

Sin City

Georgia missed a sitter to make it 2-0

The Talking Bread

Good old Kolarov!

Bleating Lamb

What time is Kick off tonight?

Sin City

1-1

Sin City

Bleating Lamb wrote: »

What time is Kick off tonight?

7 45

theteal

Trond wrote: »

Whelan is still our best defensive midfielder like or not. There's a reason managers keep playing him.

He does a savage point of the finger in fairness to him!

Wilberto

Sin City wrote:

Georgia missed a sitter to make it 2-0

It was even more than a sitter! Why didn't he square the f***ing thing!!

Sin City

Wilberto wrote: »

It was even more than a sitter! Why didn't he square the f***ing thing!!

would have been offside

The Talking Bread

2-1 Serbs

Sin City

2-1 Serbia :mad::mad:

Wilberto

Sin City wrote:

would have been offside

Nope. He was behind the ball.

The Talking Bread

Mantis Toboggan

As expected

Sin City

Wilberto wrote: »

Nope. He was behind the ball.

Glory so :mad::mad::mad:

Mantis Toboggan

Been a tough week for McLean, would love to see him produce the goods tonight.

The Talking Bread

Well, hopefully that McCarthy/Whelan combination won't come back to haunt us. Been a failed tactic for years apart from the Bosnia game and I genuinely was convinced he had ditched it. That team looks so flat.

The Talking Bread

Wales Team: Hennessey (GK), Gunter, Taylor, Davies, Chester, Williams (C), Allen, Robson-Kanu, Ramsey, Bale, Ledley.

The Talking Bread

Ireland Subs: Westwood (GK), C. Doyle (GK), McGeady, K. Doyle, Horgan, Christie, Egan, Hourihane, Meyler, Hayes, O'Dowda, Pearce.

Wilberto

Tyson Fury wrote:

As expected

Or as I would have said, as feared.

Still though, there's always a chance!

Mantis Toboggan

The Talking Bread wrote: »

Wales Team: Hennessey (GK), Gunter, Taylor, Davies, Chester, Williams (C), Allen, Robson-Kanu, Ramsey, Bale, Ledley.

Quality team in fairness

noodler

Never seen the panel so downbeat.

OldMrBrennan83

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noodler

Class gesture by Wales there.

Guffy

Is the game on radio?

Mantis Toboggan

gufc21 wrote: »

Is the game on radio?

2fm