Ireland vs Germany - 08/10/2015 - 19:45 - RTE2/SS1

Patser

Also from BBC, description of last second equaliser:

I'm still trying to get my head around that leveller for Poland. It was a dreadful free-kick that somehow made its way through the serried ranks of dark blue jerseys, hit the post, rolled along the line and who was first to meet it? The great Robert Lewandowski, of course.

Hank Scorpio

Hank Scorpio wrote: »

What would the permutations mean if Scotland won?

Fecking delighted! Sweated buckets for the last 20 minutes

If Scotland won we would have needed a draw only. Something George Hamilton didn't seem to comprehend.

Now we most likely need to win away in Poland

Hitchens

Patser wrote: »

You have to feel sorry for the Scots.

for Naismith? don't think so :eek:

sjb25

Knex. wrote: »

Nahhhhhh

Maybe a little........ But........ Nahhhhhh

Knex*

rarnes1 wrote: »

If Scotland won we would have needed a draw only. Something George Hamilton didn't seem to comprehend.

Now we most likely need to win away in Poland

Draw 2-2 and we go through, due to some odd rules.

Very Bored

Hank Scorpio wrote: »

What would the permutations mean if Scotland won?

Fecking delighted! Sweated buckets for the last 20 minutes

Irrelevant as Scotland and Gibraltar are both out.

If you meant had Scotland won tonight it would have left us only needing a point in Warsaw rather than a win.

Jelle1880

Patser wrote: »

You have to feel sorry for the Scots. From BBC:

BBC Scotland reporter Chick Young at Hampden
Posted at 21:44

"Every fan leaving the ground will feel the same. The heart and soul has been ripped from us. This was going to be my final campaign. That's the tin hat on that now. I feel absolutely torn apart and shattered. I won't sleep tonight. People will wonder how on earth that happened. It's always us."

Glorious failure.

I always thought they were exaggerating about that but it seems to be true.

Charlie19

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Guaranteed at least a playoff place if we won right?

Scotland can't catch us.

2 minutes away from finishing in 2nd place after tonight's games and Scotland still wouldn't be able to catch us.

A tough draw against Poland and it's automatic qualification.

tayto lover

What time do we go out onto the streets whooping and shouting?

Headshot

We are the best 3rd team so far

http://ie.soccerway.com/international/europe/european-championship-qualification/2016-france/qualifying-round/r24218/

spock.

niallo27 wrote:

Hang in don't the best third place team quailfy too. We have to be up there.

Unfortunately not.
Hungary have 15 points.
We have 12.

(Games against 6th seeds are excluded)

Faugheen

I think this result ensures one fiercely important.

After the putrid unambitious reign under Trap where no teams feared us by the end, we can now say we've made Lansdowne Road a fortress again. No team will ever come here thinking they can beat us. We've restored the fear of teams having to come here now that we lost under Trap.

I'm not saying we're a world class team all of a sudden, but the world class teams will respect us again, especially at home.

Quazzie

Credit to Randolph to his role in the win. Done zero wrong and showed Neuer how to get an assist :P

HalloweenJack

Great result, didn't get to see the game btmut fair play to the lads. Not many can/will beat that German side.

Also, the big mental block of not having beaten a higher seed since Holland in 2001 is gone.

El Weirdo

Patser wrote: »

You have to feel sorry for the Scots. From BBC:

BBC Scotland reporter Chick Young at Hampden
Posted at 21:44

"Every fan leaving the ground will feel the same. The heart and soul has been ripped from us. This was going to be my final campaign. That's the tin hat on that now. I feel absolutely torn apart and shattered. I won't sleep tonight. People will wonder how on earth that happened. It's always us."

To be fair, it used to always be the Welsh.

A Dub in Glasgo

Hank Scorpio wrote: »

What would the permutations mean if Scotland won?

A draw or a win in Warsaw would have seen Ireland qualify automatically, everyone cheered when Poland scored which now means Ireland need to win or at least a 2-2 draw. A 1-1 draw will see Poland go through automatically

Headshot

spock. wrote: »

Unfortunately not.
Hungary have 15 points.
We have 12.

(Games against 6th seeds are excluded)

You sure on that?

Any link?

Red Kev

luckyboy wrote: »

What happens if it finishes 1-1 in Warsaw?

Poland go through on a better goal difference. They have +22, we have +13.

Sideshow Mark

Angela Merkel, are you watching? Your boys took one hell of a beating!!

glued

niallo27 wrote: »

Hang in don't the best third place team quailfy too. We have to be up there.

We can't qualify as the best placed third team. Hungary are ahead by 3 points but if we beat Poland we'll automatically qualify anyway.

Faugheen

Faugheen wrote: »

I think this result ensures one fiercely important.

After the putrid unambitious reign under Trap where no teams feared us by the end, we can now say we've made Lansdowne Road a fortress again. No team will ever come here thinking they can beat us. We've restored the fear of teams having to come here now that we lost under Trap.

I'm not saying we're a world class team all of a sudden, but the world class teams will respect us again, especially at home.

Shhhhhhhhhhh.

Don't spoil it by mentioning T**p.

Kenjataimu

My man of the match is Glenn Whelan for getting booked in the last match.

niallo27

spock. wrote: »

Unfortunately not.
Hungary have 15 points.
We have 12.

(Games against 6th seeds are excluded)

Yes Greece being **** ****s everything up

awec

https://twitter.com/paddypower/status/652225166928408576

:pac:

WoollyRedHat

Chardee MacDennis wrote: »

internet here is shakey, cant get on to BBC. can someone post a table

Edit: ah feck you anyway Nib

efb

Someone's not happy...

niallo27

Headshot wrote: »

You sure on that?

Any link?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:UEFA_Euro_2016_qualification_(3rd_place)

madcabbage

Kenjataimu wrote: »

My man of the match is Glenn Whelan for getting booked in the last match.

Should get himself booked more often if that's the case!

Panthro

We just beat the Germans, has anyone updated their wiki page yet?!

Patser

If we do make it, is a group of England, Wales, Norn Iron and Us possible (all in different seeded pots?) ?

ArmaniJeanss

spock. wrote: »

Unfortunately not.
Hungary have 15 points.
We have 12.

(Games against 6th seeds are excluded)

Not sure if it makes a difference but the bolded bit is wrong. Its 6th place finishers, not sixth seeds.

Headshot

niallo27 wrote: »

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:UEFA_Euro_2016_qualification_(3rd_place)

ah bollocks.

antodeco

Why do we qualify if it's 2-2 against Poland? Is it head to head on away goals?

Hazys

We can qualify as best 3rd place too, right? Is there too many permutations?

Headshot

The Germans were blowing alot of gas out tonight, just like their cars

Knex*

wp_rathead

antodeco wrote: »

Why do we qualify if it's 2-2 against Poland?

Goes to head to head
Was 1-1 in Dublin

Brian017

antodeco wrote: »

Why do we qualify if it's 2-2 against Poland? Is it head to head on away goals?

Correct

Whosthis

Headshot wrote: »

We are the best 3rd team so far

http://ie.soccerway.com/international/europe/european-championship-qualification/2016-france/qualifying-round/r24218/

I think the only 3rd place team that can't outdo us is Albania. The rest are all still in with a chance.

Hammer Archer

Got to commend the players for the fantastic game management in injury time. When I saw 4 minutes I thought that it'd be spent camped in our own box. But 3 of the 4 minutes were spent comfortably in the German corner. It's absolutely beautiful when you're hanging on to a lead and you can spend so long in the opposition corner

zefer

Eamonn Dunphy "he's my love child" talking about wes hoolohan 😀😀

nice_guy80

How far up in the rankings will we now go?

20 places? More?

Paully D

Faugheen wrote: »

I think this result ensures one fiercely important.

After the putrid unambitious reign under Trap where no teams feared us by the end, we can now say we've made Lansdowne Road a fortress again. No team will ever come here thinking they can beat us. We've restored the fear of teams having to come here now that we lost under Trap.

I'm not saying we're a world class team all of a sudden, but the world class teams will respect us again, especially at home.

Lets not get ahead of ourselves here or try to reverse history on the back of a cracking result tonight.

Trapattoni guided us through the 2010 World Cup campaign and 2012 European Championships campaign losing only 1 home game in groups that contained Italy and Russia (2 if you include the France game in the playoffs). That's a four year period of competitive action.

It went sour at the end and it was time for a change, but there's no need to try and belittle his achievements with us.

Panthro

It was so n the news that the world is supposed to end today.
That makes us world champions...heh hemm.

Very Bored

Headshot wrote: »

You sure on that?

Any link?

2-2 or a higher draw just confirmed on Sky as qualification for us. F**k that though, we need to go out to win.

dreamers75

Bail that out, yah *****

briany

Pleasure overload is all I can say.

spock.

ArmaniJeanss wrote:

Not sure if it makes a difference but the bolded bit is wrong. Its 6th place finishers, not sixth seeds.

Oh yeah sorry that's what I meant.

LordAwesome

This is our greatest victory over the Germans since WWII.

Paully D

Very Bored wrote: »

F**k that though, we need to go out to win.

Definitely worth giving it a go. We've nothing to lose really, if we're defeated we make the playoffs anyway. It's really not in O'Neill's nature though. It'd take a dramatic shift in his style to go for it.