The Irish Football Team Thread

Its a * or bust game now against scotland , I am hoping we will do them, the atmosphere seemed excellent at the avvia last night unusually for a football match.

 

I was just wondering what the point of this thread was.
I didn't know Ireland had a national football team. :icon_mrgreen:

 

As I said to Dev, it depends what you want to see from a game of football. Take our game against Inter this season. That was a great game to watch, with two pretty evenly matched teams also in my opinion, but the game itself was totally different to the Scotland v Ireland game. In fact, our game against Inter is probably the best game I've watched this season, purely from a footballing perspective. There was very little football got played in my opinion in the International game, in terms of an all out battle, you couldn't fault it, but I prefer watching a good attacking game of football if I'm honest, over a scrap.

 

Scots are definitely winning in Dublin.

 

Ireland are guff, a must win game and the group is only half way there.

I think we will draw with Ireland in June, as we have not defended leads very well away from home in this campaign.

 

I wouldn't like to see a carbon copy of last night's game, i'd prefer to see us keep a clean sheet and stick 3 or 4 past Scotland

 

The Scotland vs Ireland game was howling. We left the game hearing a lot around us saying similar, there were very few chances. The goal (great bit of football) and did Ireland hit the bar? Apart from that there was nothing.

Close games can be excellent but in this case it was a drab affair (although a massive occasion), lit up with one moment of magic.

 

Our game against Inter, you had two teams thinking about winning first and foremost, and it was a game that was end to end. The Scotland v Ireland game, the initial thought from both teams was not to lose in my opinion. A game with very few chances, and very few players who stood out. By your own admission, there was only one player on the park who got his foot on the ball and made a few passes. Not my idea of a great game by any stretch. Depends on what you like to watch though.

 

http://m.independent.ie/sport/socce...ticket-touting-at-aviva-stadium-31105704.html

 

No doubt about it. If we want to have any chance of qualifying we simply must beat Scotland and indeed follow that up with wins against Gibraltar and Georgia which are the next 2 matches we have after that.

 

All on the next game for me. Win it and I think we make the playoffs ( at the Jocks expense.) Fail to win it and we are *.

 

If you were born in Scotland then you are more than just 'Half Scottish'.

 

Deciding peoples nationalities for them are you?

 

Well it would make someone more Scottish than say Chinese

 

What if he prefers curry to a battered mars bar?

 

Well that makes him 100% Scots then :smiley-laughing002:

 

Why do you use words you clearly don't understand?? :bbpd: