Gibraltar vs Republic of Ireland - Friday Sep 4 2015 - 19:45 - RTE2

briany

JustTheOne wrote: »

Looking at those I'm thinking Scotland still have a better chance than us.

If Scotland find themselves 4 points behind Ireland come the morning of Tuesday next, it'll probably be on a knife edge, to be fair.

JustTheOne

briany wrote: »

If Scotland find themselves 4 points behind Ireland come the morning of Tuesday next, it'll probably be on a knife edge, to be fair.

True.

Anything but a Georgia win tonight would have definitely ended any slim chance

All hail Georgia.

Kerrydude1981

Could RTE find any bigger microphone for Robbie

Deise_2012

Lads I was a big Robbie Keane fan but really he is past it. He has scored 3 goals in 6 games and the 3 came against Gibraltar at home, he'll score another 2 or 3 tonight and the commentators will go "Ooh Robbie Keane has 6 goals in Ireland's qualification campaign tremendous player. If we're serious about beating Georgia at home and competing with Germany at home or getting a result in Poland away we can't afford to be carrying Keano in these games, maybe bring on for the last 10mins like they do with Shane Long now...but we're inviting too much pressure from other teams when he's up front on his own

Bounty Hunter

I know it's the MLS and all that craic but did they just say Robbie has 12 goals in his last 8games? not too shabby if so

murpho999

JustTheOne wrote: »

Looking at those I'm thinking Scotland still have a better chance than us.

Win tonight and beat Georgia on Monday (which won't be easy) then I think we'll get through as Scotland will lose against Poland and Germany as we also most likely will.

Dempsey

I think our underperforming central midfield should be under the microscope more than who starts up front. There has been some chronic performances there but every international without fail for the past 4 years, its descends into whether Robbie Keane is good enough or not

Deise_2012

Deise_2012 wrote: »

Lads I was a big Robbie Keane fan but really he is past it. He has scored 3 goals in 6 games and the 3 came against Gibraltar at home, he'll score another 2 or 3 tonight and the commentators will go "Ooh Robbie Keane has 6 goals in Ireland's qualification campaign tremendous player. If we're serious about beating Georgia at home and competing with Germany at home or getting a result in Poland away we can't afford to be carrying Keano in these games, maybe bring on for the last 10mins like they do with Shane Long now...but we're inviting too much pressure from other teams when he's up front on his own

He's still about the same or better than what we have IMO. He knows how to do it at international level too. We'll stick with him for the rest of the campaign and rightly so if you ask me. He's nearing the end of his career and it's not his fault there isn't anyone better pushing him out of the lineup.

KungPao

Should we be cheering on POL or GER? Or a draw?

The_Kew_Tour

KungPao wrote: »

Should we be cheering on POL or GER? Or a draw?

Germany. Let's be honest we want them get 6 points before we play them to stand chance

That_Guy

KungPao wrote: »

Should we be cheering on POL or GER? Or a draw?

Germany win maybe? More of a chance getting a draw out of the Poland game perhaps.

Hercule Poirot

Deise_2012 wrote: »

Lads I was a big Robbie Keane fan but really he is past it. He has scored 3 goals in 6 games and the 3 came against Gibraltar at home, he'll score another 2 or 3 tonight and the commentators will go "Ooh Robbie Keane has 6 goals in Ireland's qualification campaign tremendous player. If we're serious about beating Georgia at home and competing with Germany at home or getting a result in Poland away we can't afford to be carrying Keano in these games, maybe bring on for the last 10mins like they do with Shane Long now...but we're inviting too much pressure from other teams when he's up front on his own

He is the best we've ever had, and the best we currently have - Long (when given the chance) hasn't had the same impact that Robbie Keane has - Robbie doesn't have long left though, which is a big worry

NapoleonInRags

briany wrote: »

If Scotland find themselves 4 points behind Ireland come the morning of Tuesday next, it'll probably be on a knife edge, to be fair.

A win tonight puts us a point ahead of Scotland with a better goal difference - hopefully a much better goal difference.

If we match their results in the last three games we qualify. Unfortunately I don't think we'll do that - I think we'll finish level on points with Scotland but lose out on head to head record as per this scenario:

Gibraltar vs Scotland - Scotland win
Ireland vs Georgia - Ireland win

Scotland v Germany - Germany win
Ireland v Germany - Germany win

Scotland v Poland - Draw
Poland v Ireland - Poland win

Final result: Ireland 15 pts, Scotland 15 pts - so basically we need to sneak a draw either at home to Germany or away to Poland.

Deise_2012

Hercule Poirot wrote: »

He is the best we've ever had, and the best we currently have - Long (when given the chance) hasn't had the same impact that Robbie Keane has - Robbie doesn't have long left though, which is a big worry

When was he given the chance?

Bounty Hunter

20 goals in 20 games for Robbie Keane with LA Galaxy in 2015.

Another 1/2 tonight please Robbie

Kermit.de.frog

Gibraltar will be disappointed to concede here.

That_Guy

Not winning yet? We're shíte.

Mint Sauce

I know Gibraltars ONLY stadium does not meet requirements for such a match, but this Faro Stadium looks almost empty. Was there not a smaller one near by that they could use.

murpho999

NapoleonInRags wrote: »

A win tonight puts us a point ahead of Scotland with a better goal difference - hopefully a much better goal difference.

If we match their results in the last three games we qualify. Unfortunately I don't think we'll do that - I think we'll finish level on points with Scotland but lose out on head to head record as per this scenario:

Gibraltar vs Scotland - Scotland win
Ireland vs Georgia - Ireland win

Scotland v Germany - Germany win
Ireland v Germany - Germany win

Scotland v Poland - Draw
Poland v Ireland - Poland win

Final result: Ireland 15 pts, Scotland 15 pts - so basically we need to sneak a draw either at home to Germany or away to Poland.

You could be right but I think Poland will beat Scotland.

Mr.Nice Guy

NapoleonInRags wrote: »

If we match their results in the last three games we qualify. Unfortunately I don't think we'll do that - I think we'll finish level on points with Scotland but lose out on head to head record as per this scenario:

Gibraltar vs Scotland - Scotland win
Ireland vs Georgia - Ireland win

Scotland v Germany - Germany win
Ireland v Germany - Germany win

Scotland v Poland - Draw
Poland v Ireland - Poland win

Final result: Ireland 15 pts, Scotland 15 pts - so basically we need to sneak a draw either at home to Germany or away to Poland.

The thing that could work in our favour by the time we play the Poles is that they may already have qualified by that stage.

Nib

Only 4 minutes gone and Glenn Whelan already has me angry.

He really is a useless bag of sh1t.

That_Guy

Jack Sergeant is a bloody great name let it be said.

murpho999

Ronnie Whelan commentating as if this was the World Cup final.

"Ireland have to play with more intensity"

"What a save"

Hercule Poirot

Their keeper has been decent so far, but it's only a matter time lads...

JustTheOne

NapoleonInRags wrote: »

A win tonight puts us a point ahead of Scotland with a better goal difference - hopefully a much better goal difference.

If we match their results in the last three games we qualify. Unfortunately I don't think we'll do that - I think we'll finish level on points with Scotland but lose out on head to head record as per this scenario:

Gibraltar vs Scotland - Scotland win
Ireland vs Georgia - Ireland win

Scotland v Germany - Germany win
Ireland v Germany - Germany win

Scotland v Poland - Draw
Poland v Ireland - Poland win

Final result: Ireland 15 pts, Scotland 15 pts - so basically we need to sneak a draw either at home to Germany or away to Poland.

Does head to head count before goals?

Darkglasses

Mint Sauce wrote: »

I know Gibraltars ONLY stadium does not meet requirements for such a match, but this Faro Stadium looks almost empty. Was there not a smaller one near by that they could use.

I'd say there's a long list of minimum requirements they have to meet, this might have been the cheapest option.

Oat23

murpho999 wrote: »

Ronnie Whelan commentating as if this was the World Cup final.

"Ireland have to play with more intensity"

"What a save"

RTE are the only ones that could get excited about a game like this.

That_Guy

Unlucky not to have scored.

Darkglasses

That_Guy wrote: »

Jack Sergeant is a bloody great name let it be said.

Not a patch on our Cyrus though.

Mr.Nice Guy

I keep playing the Rocky music in my head every time I see Gibraltar survive one of these chances.

That_Guy

Just offside. Super play from Keano.

murpho999

Oat23 wrote: »

RTE are the only ones that could get excited about a game like this.

Well in fairness that is their job.

madcabbage

Kudos to Brady on his crossing game, excellent so far.

secman

Germany 1 up

Nib

Germany 1-0 up, Muller.

Hercule Poirot

Germany up by one - early days though

jester77

What a goal by Müller.

callaway92

Anyone know the score of the Germany match?

kingshankly

Even against Gibraltar houlahan manages to look like the worst player on the park

That_Guy

Mueller scored a belter for Germany.

Hercule Poirot

Hoolahan has been pretty poor so far - giving the ball away far too much

That_Guy

madcabbage wrote: »

Kudos to Brady on his crossing game, excellent so far.

He has been good from set pieces. Nobody to put their head on them unfortunately.

Dempsey

That_Guy wrote: »

He has been good from set pieces. Nobody to put their head on them unfortunately.

Maybe he should aim for someone then! :pac:

ctrl-alt-delete

Well, this is fairly dire.

jester77

2 for the Germans

murpho999

Mint Sauce wrote: »

I know Gibraltars ONLY stadium does not meet requirements for such a match, but this Faro Stadium looks almost empty. Was there not a smaller one near by that they could use.

I'd say it could be a political reason as they don't want to play in Spain.

Call Me Jimmy

Could we not play a bit of ball against these lads?

LuckyGent88

Hit the target

Laois_Man

2-0 Germany

KungPao

Looks like Germany are back in business...gonna be miserable night on Monday for the Jocks.