Euro 2016 - Round of 16 - France vs Ireland, 2 pm, RTE, ITV

briany

El Chapo wrote: »

Hope we see Robbie Keane at some point today if we're chasing the game.

The man deserves to say goodbye. Absolute legend.

Pffffft. If Ireland are chasing a game and need a goal, Robbie will probably not get it, sad to say. I don't think it's really the time for sentimentality. Long just has more pace than even a fresh Robbie.

Let him have a testimonial instead.

sheroman01

Oh FFS. Liam Brady - "I don't think Lloris is great at coming off his line" and "is bad at crosses". They are literally his strongest attributes.

Mr. Farage

UEFA standing over the fact Ireland are only getting 4k tickets is laughable. They desperately want France to go deep in this tournament. I'd be very worried about the referee today tbh.

dasdog

Hopefully Pogba is in a bad mood today and lunges early seeing red.

sligeach

Looking at the French team, we have one hell of a challenge to get as far as penalties. Hate to say it but I predict 2-0 France.

Cypher_sounds

Glad Wessi doesn't start Kante would gobble him up. Good player to bring on when players are tiring.

El Chapo

briany wrote: »

Pffffft. If Ireland are chasing a game and need a goal, Robbie will probably not get it, sad to say. I don't think it's really the time for sentimentality. Long just has more pace than even a fresh Robbie.

I didn't say start him ahead of Long so I've no idea what you're on about. You can be sure he would have buried that chance Hoolahan got the other night.

sligeach

Eh, sorry Eamon? Payet, goal of the tournament? Did you not see Shaqiri yesterday?

BorneTobyWilde

fryup wrote: »

Imagine an England Ireland Quarter Final

Brexit Part 2

Kermit.de.frog

France not to show up. Ireland to win by default.

whiskeyman

Ive a feeling (crazy) we'll score 2 goals in quick succession and will get a third...
3-0 ireland.

My heart is in overdrive! :pac:

whiskeyman

Fair play for unchanged.
That starting 11 will have such belief and form, so why change.
Experience counts for way less than form IMO.

Corholio

sligeach wrote: »

Eh, sorry Eamon? Payet, goal of the tournament? Did you not see Shaqiri yesterday?

I'd put Modric's ahead of Payet too as well.

Corholio

sheroman01 wrote: »

Oh FFS. Liam Brady - "I don't think Lloris is great at coming off his line" and "is bad at crosses". They are literally his strongest attributes.

Hmm strong at crosses? I'm not sure about that, he's been criticised for that in the past as a flaw of his.

sjb25

whiskeyman wrote: »

Ive a feeling (crazy) we'll score 2 goals in quick succession and will get a third...
3-0 ireland.

My heart is in overdrive! :pac:

Some good whiskey you are drinking hope you are right cmon ta fcuk

applehunter

Personally I'd have Hoolahan instead of McClean in that side but I can see why O'Neill went with the same side.

He'll come on at some stage. Hope we are still in the game when that happens.

LiamoSail

Extra days rest, the handier group and home advantage. It's really stacked in favour of the French without even considering the quality of their side. It'll be a difficult afternoon

Bobby Baccala

sligeach wrote: »

Eh, sorry Eamon? Payet, goal of the tournament? Did you not see Shaqiri yesterday?

He probably didn't if we're realistic

A Primal Nut

So, is Holohan not playing? I don't get it, what does he have to do to earn a place? We've scored twice, Holohan got one goal and one assist.

It basically means we have no chance of a goal, so we are basically hoping for a 0-0 draw. I don't mind being defensive, but all defensive teams in this tournaments still try to hit on the break, including Northern Ireland. Without Holohan we have very little chance of even hitting them on the break.

Call Me Jimmy

4 - 0 France

elefant

A Primal Nut wrote: »

It basically means we have no chance of a goal, so we are basically hoping for a 0-0 draw. I don't mind being defensive, but all defensive teams in this tournaments still try to hit on the break, including Northern Ireland. Without Holohan we have very little chance of even hitting them on the break.

He didn't start the last game and it wasn't 0-0. Remember?

Cypher_sounds

Would love to see us win but just can't see it happening unless the French lose their shape.
We will give them too much space and that's one thing you can't do against Payet, Pogba and Griezmann on the edge of the box.

BorneTobyWilde

Hoping for a good game that is not sorted with 15 mins to go.

sjb25

The Karma baby!!!!

Corholio

France have struggled to break down teams that are dogged and organised, I think we will be at least that today. Who knows how it will go but France don't really play in a constant pressure type way. Set pieces will be very important today i think, for all of Brady's greatness with the goal the last time his set pieces are pretty erratic with as many poor crosses as good ones, so hopefully he can fine tune that today.

Mr.Nice Guy

Gutsy team from MON. Hopefully it can do well. Here's hoping for some decisions to go our way as we haven't had any luck in that respect.

A Primal Nut

elefant wrote: »

He didn't start the last game and it wasn't 0-0. Remember?

Yeah, because he came on as a sub, had a great chance and then set up a goal. Are we waiting till he comes on before we go for a goal?

IamtheWalrus

Anyone got an RTE stream? The web link is geoblocked

surripere

dasdog wrote: »

Hopefully Pogba is in a bad mood today and lunges early seeing red.

He's not a moody player. He's the player I'd be most concerned about. Absolutely awesome in Serie A. 2-0 to France, with him to score. Sorry

BorneTobyWilde

Albania held France to 0-0 up to the 90th min
France needed a 90th min goal to beat Romania
France drew 0-0 with Swiss .

Their late goals have overshadowed their poor performances thus far.

We have a chance

Royal Legend

We live in hope, France have not shown themselves to be world beaters yet!

Who knows, maybe this is the day when Thierry's handball comes back to haunt France, at home in the Euro championships, favorites to win it out, with 90 % of the support behind them in the stadium, hopefully what goes around comes around

Come on IRELAND

COYBIG

Tasden

Ah god I came on here for a reality check with some proper analysis etc. and all I'm getting is optimism :pac:

Son0vagun

I think we will need to score twice to win this. If we are 1-0 up with ten minutes left I can see France scoring. Maybe we can beat them in extra time.

El Chapo

Based on the refereeing already in this tournament, I'm worried that if it goes to penalties the referee won't give us any.

briany

I can see the logic in not starting Hoolahan in this game. Poor Wes got creamed in the Belgian game and O'Neill probably wants the aggressiveness of McClean to begin with, instead with Wes to come on in the last 20 minutes. The wisdom of this decision will probably be subject to some retroactive punditry, but we'll see how it goes. As it stands, before the game, all we can do is hope it works out because the decision is out of our hands.

Mr. Farage

Just heard the pitch side temperature is 29c. This could be very messy indeed.

enzo roco

I think we will be hammered, their team have some world class players.
This could be similar to the Belgium match.

France to win by three goals

vienne86

Anyone know anything about this ref?

tigger123

Is Walters named as a sub?

briany

enzo roco wrote: »

I think we will be hammered, their team have some world class players.
This could be similar to the Belgium match.

France to win by three goals

Ah, that would be depressing....

Dirty Dingus McGee

enzo roco wrote: »

I think we will be hammered, their team have some world class players.
This could be similar to the Belgium match.

France to win by three goals

I've similar feelings myself.


Hope I'm wrong though.

briany

Probably an unpopular opinion, as I don't see it much said, but RTE know how to knock together a decent video package for these games.

tigger123

vienne86 wrote: »

Anyone know anything about this ref?

Apparently he was the ref that didnt send of Nauer when he nearly killed that Argentinian player in the last world cup.

ArmaniJeanss

vienne86 wrote: »

Anyone know anything about this ref?

Nicolla Rizzoli from Italy, never seen any issue with him whatsoever, one of the best.

alchemist33

I want to be pacing the room nervously in two hours time, unable to sit down

Tinie

Giles talking sense for once. The heat might be a big factor.

A Dub in Glasgo

Dunphy really has a hard on for Hoolahan, has this always been the case or is it a recent thing

sjb25

Anybody any xanax..........

garra

Ireland Pros:
Big heart
Karma
The French will be expecting to win handy enough

Ireland cons:
29c heat, melting us
French players technically better and will control the game in that heat
Italian referee will be a homer for sure, with weight of expectation of Uefa wanting France in the last 8.
Ticket sales for this tie prepped for French people to buy in advance and small Irish allocation meaning this will definitely be a "home" game for the French

dfx-

a repeat of the Belgium game here I think. A deflating recrimination-filled 3-0...:p