European Internationals Thread
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Topic: European Internationals Thread
Posted By: Denis Irwin
Subject: European Internationals Thread
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2021 at 10:51am
Van Gaal appointed Netherlands manager for a third time
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Odd they don't seem to want to appoint a non Dutchman. Not like they haven't done so before
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Posted By: lassassinblanc
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2021 at 12:22pm
Yeah seems a bit of a backwards step for them. I know they initially wanted Ten Haag but Ajax and Ten Haag said no.
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Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2021 at 8:04pm
Chiesa with a great finish to put Italy 1-0 up against Bulgaria
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Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2021 at 8:05pm
Estonia 1-0 up against Belgium
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Posted By: Hotlips_Hoolahan
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2021 at 8:09pm
Denis Irwin wrote:
Estonia 1-0 up against Belgium |
1-1 now. Liechtenstein still holding Germany.
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Posted By: Neil Armstrong
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2021 at 8:45pm
Hungary 0 - 0 England HT No shots on target in first half, One shot from the home team and four attempts from engerland, International Football me hole
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Posted By: Neil Armstrong
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2021 at 8:50pm
Wow! Timo Werner scored for Germany
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Posted By: Neil Armstrong
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2021 at 9:06pm
Good advertising for Coca Cola
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Posted By: Neil Armstrong
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2021 at 9:07pm
ARRYYYYYYYYYYYY
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Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2021 at 9:41pm
Hungarians are a horrible shower of ****s
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Posted By: Roberto Baggio
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2021 at 9:48pm
Bit silly by Rice and Grealish pretending to drink out of the cups that they threw on. They mustn't have heard about the global pandemic
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Posted By: Englishborn
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2021 at 10:14pm
Denis Irwin wrote:
Hungarians are a horrible shower of ****s
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The fans are but Hungary proved in the summer they are a decent team plus they now have their best player back
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Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2021 at 10:39pm
Spain's 28 year unbeaten run in World Cup Qualifiers comes to an end. Beaten 2-1 by Sweden
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Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2021 at 10:41pm
Denis Irwin wrote:
Spain's 28 year unbeaten run in World Cup Qualifiers comes to an end. Beaten 2-1 by Sweden | Denmark in our group for the 94 WC were the last team to beat them. Some record.
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Posted By: doherty
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2021 at 11:00pm
That is truly incredible. I almost dont believe it...astonishing.
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Posted By: Sharpshooter
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2021 at 11:04pm
Big mistake for Hungarian fans to boo the knee before the start of kickoff, made the England players feel like it was a home game.
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Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2021 at 11:13pm
Sharpshooter wrote:
Big mistake for Hungarian fans to boo the knee before the start of kickoff, made the England players feel like it was a home game. |
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Posted By: Cabra Hoop
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2021 at 11:30pm
Roberto Baggio wrote:
Bit silly by Rice and Grealish pretending to drink out of the cups that they threw on. They mustn't have heard about the global pandemic
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Posted By: The Huntacha
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2021 at 1:32pm
Sharpshooter wrote:
Big mistake for Hungarian fans to boo the knee before the start of kickoff, made the England players feel like it was a home game. |
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Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2021 at 2:04pm
Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2021 at 8:32pm
Ukraine 1-0 up against France with a cracker
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Posted By: Artie Ziff
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2021 at 9:01pm
Sharpshooter wrote:
Big mistake for Hungarian fans to boo the knee before the start of kickoff, made the England players feel like it was a home game. |
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Posted By: irishmufc
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2021 at 9:18pm
Artie Ziff wrote:
Sharpshooter wrote:
Big mistake for Hungarian fans to boo the knee before the start of kickoff, made the England players feel like it was a home game. |
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Posted By: Hotlips_Hoolahan
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2021 at 9:26pm
Andorra have pulled one back in Hungary. Hungary 2-1 Andorra with five minutes to go. Kenny isn't looking so bad now!
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Posted By: Strazdas
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2021 at 9:42pm
Poland equalise in injury time against England - great header from Szymanski
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Posted By: Landsdowne90
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2021 at 9:49pm
wales draw 0-0 at home to Estonia… a poor result and to be honest did not deserve the 3 pts out of the game in Belarus on Sunday. Doesn’t look go for them on current showing…
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Posted By: Maccatacca
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2021 at 9:49pm
Landsdowne90 wrote:
wales draw 0-0 at home to Estonia… a poor result and to be honest did not deserve the 3 pts out of the game in Belarus on Sunday. Doesn’t look go for them on current showing… |
Delighted for them.
They'll struggle badly when Bale retires.
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Posted By: Landsdowne90
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2021 at 9:58pm
Difference in atmosphere was night and day compared to our support last night. Seemed a bit flat in Cardiff tonight even trying to push for a winner.
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Posted By: Strazdas
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2021 at 10:03pm
Landsdowne90 wrote:
wales draw 0-0 at home to Estonia… a poor result and to be honest did not deserve the 3 pts out of the game in Belarus on Sunday. Doesn’t look go for them on current showing… |
That's a really bad result for them - Estonia are probably an even weaker side than Belarus.
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Posted By: Dalymount79
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2021 at 10:22pm
Strazdas wrote:
Landsdowne90 wrote:
wales draw 0-0 at home to Estonia… a poor result and to be honest did not deserve the 3 pts out of the game in Belarus on Sunday. Doesn’t look go for them on current showing… |
That's a really bad result for them - Estonia are probably an even weaker side than Belarus. | before tonight Estonia conceded 15 in 3 games.Both Wales and Czech are guaranteed a playoff spot but neither look like being good enough to get through 2 playoff games.
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Posted By: Strazdas
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2021 at 10:29pm
Dalymount79 wrote:
Strazdas wrote:
Landsdowne90 wrote:
wales draw 0-0 at home to Estonia… a poor result and to be honest did not deserve the 3 pts out of the game in Belarus on Sunday. Doesn’t look go for them on current showing… |
That's a really bad result for them - Estonia are probably an even weaker side than Belarus. | before tonight Estonia conceded 15 in 3 games.Both Wales and Czech are guaranteed a playoff spot but neither look like being good enough to get through 2 playoff games. |
Don't Estonia have a load of players from Flora Tallinn? I wonder if that recent Euro qualification had the effect of some sort of boost to their morale.
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Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2021 at 8:52pm
Wales keeper
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Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2021 at 8:59pm
Denis Irwin wrote:
Wales keeper | what he do🙈
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Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2021 at 9:02pm
BigStrongMan wrote:
Denis Irwin wrote:
Wales keeper | what he do🙈 |
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Posted By: Healy52003
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2021 at 10:01pm
Don't Wales have a guaranteed playoff through the Nations League
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Posted By: irishmufc
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2021 at 5:32am
Healy52003 wrote:
Don't Wales have a guaranteed playoff through the Nations League |
Yah and if they finish 2nd which they probably will do in this group, they will have home advantage in the semi-final playoff afaik.
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Posted By: Dalymount79
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2021 at 8:01am
irishmufc wrote:
Healy52003 wrote:
Don't Wales have a guaranteed playoff through the Nations League |
Yah and if they finish 2nd which they probably will do in this group, they will have home advantage in the semi-final playoff afaik.
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Posted By: Zinedine Kilbane 110
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2021 at 12:11pm
It’s going to be a real mixed bag in the playoffs, at the moment it looks like -
Wales Scotland Serbia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine Czech Rep Norway Croatia Poland N. Macedonia
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Posted By: Hotlips_Hoolahan
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2021 at 8:43pm
The woman presenting the coverage of the Wales and Belarus game is the spitting image of Mya Blair (don't look her up at work).
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Posted By: Healy52003
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2021 at 11:55pm
Some groups are still a bit open and we could see a few big dogs into the playoffs
Grp G is amazing with Montenegro causing some hassle tonight. Holland could be gone if they lose to Norway and Turkey win against Montenegro
Northern Ireland could hold Italy possibly meaning the European champions head for the playoffs (Switzerland win over Bulgaria would see them qualify automatically in that case)
In Grps B and H it's all coming down to the last day with Spain vs Sweden and Russia vs Croatia. Must win games for Sweden and Croatia if they want automatic qualification
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Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2021 at 12:11am
The Dutch are as hilarious as ever.
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Posted By: Bandwagon
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2021 at 12:13am
Healy52003 wrote:
Some groups are still a bit open and we could see a few big dogs into the playoffs
Grp G is amazing with Montenegro causing some hassle tonight. Holland could be gone if they lose to Norway and Turkey win against Montenegro
Northern Ireland could hold Italy possibly meaning the European champions head for the playoffs (Switzerland win over Bulgaria would see them qualify automatically in that case)
In Grps B and H it's all coming down to the last day with Spain vs Sweden and Russia vs Croatia. Must win games for Sweden and Croatia if they want automatic qualification
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Should be a cracking day of ball tomorrow with these 2 games plus Portugal v Serbia too.
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Posted By: Maccatacca
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2021 at 3:30pm
Croatia vs Russia is an intriguing watch.
The pitch is almost unplayable due to really heavy rain - I'm surprised it hasn't been postponed, the ball is not moving on the pitch at all, it's like a bad Sunday league pitch.
Croatia top the group if they win, Russia can do it with a draw.
20 minutes left 0-0.
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Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2021 at 3:43pm
Hotlips_Hoolahan wrote:
The woman presenting the coverage of the Wales and Belarus game is the spitting image of Mya Blair (don't look her up at work).
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Posted By: E2016
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2021 at 3:51pm
FrankosHereNow wrote:
Hotlips_Hoolahan wrote:
The woman presenting the coverage of the Wales and Belarus game is the spitting image of Mya Blair (don't look her up at work).
| Just looked her up. WTF is wrong with you? Absolutely hanging together.
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Posted By: lassassinblanc
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2021 at 6:51pm
North Macedonia heading for the playoffs.
Iceland have gone terribly down over the last few years, would gladly take them in the nations league
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Posted By: Claret Murph
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2021 at 7:12pm
lassassinblanc wrote:
North Macedonia heading for the playoffs.
Iceland have gone terribly down over the last few years, would gladly take them in the nations league | Fair play t them getting into the play offs
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Posted By: The Huntacha
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2021 at 3:49am
lassassinblanc wrote:
North Macedonia heading for the playoffs.
Iceland have gone terribly down over the last few years, would gladly take them in the nations league |
There was a good article on the Icelandic men's team and federation and how their reputations have taken a hammering since Euro 2016 as a result of the allegations of sexual assaults surrounding some players and the mishandling of investigations by the federation. The prominent Everton player's case barely gets a mention given how significant the other cases are.
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Posted By: Hotlips_Hoolahan
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2021 at 7:34pm
E2016 wrote:
FrankosHereNow wrote:
Hotlips_Hoolahan wrote:
The woman presenting the coverage of the Wales and Belarus game is the spitting image of Mya Blair (don't look her up at work).
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She's the reason I'm watching the San Marino v England coverage.
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Posted By: lassassinblanc
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2021 at 7:48pm
Holy God we gave out about our orange kit but whoever designed the San Marino kit deserves to be locked up
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Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2021 at 9:38pm
Jesus some line up in the playoffs. Portugal, Italy, Russia,Poland, Wales, Sweden for starters
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Posted By: Cabra Hoop
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2021 at 9:44pm
which 2nd place team missed out ?
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Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2021 at 9:47pm
Cabra Hoop wrote:
which 2nd place team missed out ? |
None of them. 12 teams whittled down to 3 spots. 6 Semis and 3 Finals. 10 Runners up plus the top 2 Nations League teams who didn't finish in the top 2
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Posted By: Cabra Hoop
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2021 at 9:51pm
Denis Irwin wrote:
Cabra Hoop wrote:
which 2nd place team missed out ? |
None of them. 12 teams whittled down to 3 spots. 6 Semis and 3 Finals. 10 Runners up plus the top 2 Nations League teams who didn't finish in the top 2 | Cheers, so who made it from the NL ?
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Posted By: You Tell Me
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2021 at 9:52pm
They're going to need a lot of microwaves and freezers to make sure they keep Italy, Portugal and Russia apart in those playoffs.
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Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2021 at 9:56pm
Cabra Hoop wrote:
Denis Irwin wrote:
Cabra Hoop wrote:
which 2nd place team missed out ? |
None of them. 12 teams whittled down to 3 spots. 6 Semis and 3 Finals. 10 Runners up plus the top 2 Nations League teams who didn't finish in the top 2 | Cheers, so who made it from the NL ? |
Austria and the Czechs
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Posted By: Bandwagon
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2021 at 10:05pm
Denis Irwin wrote:
Cabra Hoop wrote:
Denis Irwin wrote:
Cabra Hoop wrote:
which 2nd place team missed out ? |
None of them. 12 teams whittled down to 3 spots. 6 Semis and 3 Finals. 10 Runners up plus the top 2 Nations League teams who didn't finish in the top 2 | Cheers, so who made it from the NL ? |
Austria and the Czechs |
or Wales, depends who finishes 2nd / 3rd tomorrow in their group.
Either way both have a playoff secured.
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Posted By: BrendanD88
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2021 at 11:42pm
A real possibility of Italy missing out on consecutive World Cups while Panama are close to qualifying again! Europe really should have more spots up for grabs.
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Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2021 at 11:52pm
Its way too hard for European teams to qualify. Its positive discrimination. Why should some mickey mouse team from Asia or elsewhere qualify merely because its ''a world cup''. IMO it should be the best teams in it from around the world. Its definitely not fair that a good side like Italy can miss out while say Trindad or someone qualifies merely based on geography.
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Posted By: You Tell Me
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2021 at 12:16am
It's going to get worse when it goes to 48 teams for 2026. Three extra European teams and there will be a couple of extra South American teams, but the rest will be absolute rubbish. New Zealand guaranteed a place at every World Cup unless they lose to a handful of tiny islands that will probably be underwater by then.
One vote per country within FIFA ensures this is the way things are.
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Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2021 at 12:37am
Trap junior wrote:
Its way too hard for European teams to qualify. Its positive discrimination. Why should some mickey mouse team from Asia or elsewhere qualify merely because its ''a world cup''. IMO it should be the best teams in it from around the world. Its definitely not fair that a good side like Italy can miss out while say Trindad or someone qualifies merely based on geography.
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Posted By: Artie Ziff
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2021 at 2:49am
FrankosHereNow wrote:
Trap junior wrote:
Its way too hard for European teams to qualify. Its positive discrimination. Why should some mickey mouse team from Asia or elsewhere qualify merely because its ''a world cup''. IMO it should be the best teams in it from around the world. Its definitely not fair that a good side like Italy can miss out while say Trindad or someone qualifies merely based on geography.
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That's like saying Ireland and Northern Ireland should amalgamate. It is the right solution but it has absolutely no chance of happening. Self interest will always win out. And from the other confederations point of view they will argue how can we improve if we are overlooked and the wealthy powerful nations of Europe get all the places at the World Cup.
And they have a fair point.
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Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2021 at 9:17am
Trap junior wrote:
Its way too hard for European teams to qualify. Its positive discrimination. Why should some mickey mouse team from Asia or elsewhere qualify merely because its ''a world cup''. IMO it should be the best teams in it from around the world. Its definitely not fair that a good side like Italy can miss out while say Trindad or someone qualifies merely based on geography.
| I don't agree with you, but just to see what it looked like, I had a look at current rankings and qualifications. Using rankings as the barometer...- 1 Host Nation.
- 17 European teams - currently 13
- 6 South American teams (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Chile, Peru) - currently 5
- 2 North American team (Mexico, USA) - currently 3.5
- 4 African teams (Senegal, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria) - currently 5
- 2 Asian team (Iran, Japan) currently 4.5
- 0 Oceania - currently 0.5
You gain Poland, Sweden, Wales, Czechs, Peru You lose Canada, Panama, Nigeria, Korea, Australia
Not sure it's a better tournament
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Posted By: ErsatzThistle
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2021 at 5:39pm
It started last night with a minute's silence for two of Scottish football's legends, Walter Smith and Bertie Auld, it ended later on in crazy celebrations. This is the best Scotland team since the mid-nineties.
John McGinn's backside is our secret weapon.
I hope we don't have to play Israel again for a long time. Seven times in three years is plenty. There are some amount of diving, injury feigning cheats in that team as well.
Thank you, Steve Clarke for making us proud again.
Btw my Great Grandmother's ghost demands I say something about THE EIRE !
I like the look of the team Stephen Kenny is building, and the results are beginning to come.
Stick with him, it all takes time.
Passing football, a positive attitude, involving young Irish players with their whole careers ahead of them - that's brilliant. I like the lad Knight, he looks a good player.
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Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2021 at 5:46pm
ErsatzThistle wrote:
It started last night with a minute's silence for two of Scottish football's legends, Walter Smith and Bertie Auld, it ended later on in crazy celebrations. This is the best Scotland team since the mid-nineties.
John McGinn's backside is our secret weapon.
I hope we don't have to play Israel again for a long time. Seven times in three years is plenty. There are some amount of diving, injury feigning cheats in that team as well.
Thank you, Steve Clarke for making us proud again.
Btw my Great Grandmother's ghost demands I say something about THE EIRE !
I like the look of the team Stephen Kenny is building, and the results are beginning to come.
Stick with him, it all takes time.
Passing football, a positive attitude, involving young Irish players with their whole careers ahead of them - that's brilliant. I like the lad Knight, he looks a good player. |
Clarke has you lot playing really well. Hoping to avoid you in the Nations league and guessing you probably wouldn't fancy facing us at the same time
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Posted By: Devrozex
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2021 at 5:56pm
ErsatzThistle wrote:
I hope we don't have to play Israel again for a long time. Seven times in three years is plenty. There are some amount of diving, injury feigning cheats in that team as well. |
Congrats on securing the home play-off ET.
Also interesting to note that little appears to have changed with the Israeli national football team...
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Posted By: ErsatzThistle
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2021 at 6:38pm
Denis Irwin wrote:
Clarke has you lot playing really well. Hoping to avoid you in the Nations league and guessing you probably wouldn't fancy facing us at the same time
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Thanks Denis !
Aye, a game between reborn Scots and Irish sides would be a very interesting one.
The mighty arse of John McGinn could be the deciding factor .....
Devrozex wrote:
Congrats on securing the home play-off ET.
Also interesting to note that little appears to have changed with the Israeli national football team... |
Thanks Devrozex !
I've previously read on this forum the memories you lads had of that infamous Ireland vs Israel match back in 2005.
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Israeli's tried every dramatic trick in the book during the second half
at Hampden last month. The one that took the biscuit was their defender
feigning a serious facial injury in an attempt to get Lyndon Dykes goal chopped
off. However, Dykes boot was nowhere near his face, which VAR thankfully
confirmed.
They actually have some fairly good
attacking players, but their defence is quite poor with terrible
concentration. If you drew them, I'd back Ireland to score three against
them in Dublin.
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Posted By: BrendanD88
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2021 at 9:24pm
Mbappe unstoppable tonight again! Best player in the world.
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Posted By: xRedmanLFCx
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2021 at 9:46pm
Do we know the seeding for WC qualifiers in March now?
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Posted By: BrendanD88
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2021 at 9:57pm
xRedmanLFCx wrote:
Do we know the seeding for WC qualifiers in March now? |
Seeded:
Portugal Scotland Italy Russia Sweden Wales
Unseeded:
Poland North Macedonia Ukraine Turkey Austria Czech Republic
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Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2021 at 10:16pm
there'd be holy war if portugal and italy ended up in the same path
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Posted By: lassassinblanc
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2021 at 10:29pm
Cue Scotland drawing Macedonia and preceding to lose 1-0
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Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2021 at 10:35pm
colemanY2K wrote:
there'd be holy war if portugal and italy ended up in the same path
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Not a f**king chance they'll allow that.
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Posted By: savo01
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2021 at 12:06pm
Trap junior wrote:
Its way too hard for European teams to qualify. Its positive discrimination. Why should some mickey mouse team from Asia or elsewhere qualify merely because its ''a world cup''. IMO it should be the best teams in it from around the world. Its definitely not fair that a good side like Italy can miss out while say Trindad or someone qualifies merely based on geography.
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Nonsense! As was said, it is called the World Cup for a reason. We've also expanded the Euro's so there's enough games between European nations. And finally, Italy drew with Switzerland twice, with NI, and with Bulgaria at home. This is why they didn't top their group and make it automatically, nothing to do with teams in Central America having the audacity to want to play in a World Cup!
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Posted By: savo01
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2021 at 12:06pm
No fans at the Netherlands v Norway game last night....................................................
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Posted By: newrynyuk
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 4:20pm
PORTUGAL vs. ITALY IS ON!!!
Both teams drawn in the same play-off path. Win their semis and they face each other. Ooh this could be explosive!
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Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 4:21pm
Holy f**k... Portugal are sorry now for taking us lightly.
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Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 4:24pm
North Macedonia got totally shafted
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Posted By: newrynyuk
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 4:32pm
And also potentally Wales vs. Scotland in final 1!
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Posted By: lassassinblanc
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 4:33pm
Wales/Austria v Scotland/ Ukraine
Russia/Poland v Sweden/Czech Republic
Portugal/Turkey v Italy/North Macedonia.
Some potentially great ties there
Portugal v Italy? Wales v Scotland?
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Posted By: You Tell Me
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 4:33pm
Decent draw for the Welsh and Scots, they both somehow managed to avoid all of the big three. Obviously both can't now qualify but one of them likely to from this point. Austria are poor enough and Ukraine nothing special.
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Posted By: Hotlips_Hoolahan
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 4:34pm
lassassinblanc wrote:
Wales/Austria v Scotland/ Ukraine
Russia/Poland v Sweden/Czech Republic
Portugal/Turkey v Italy/North Macedonia.
Some potentially great ties there
Portugal v Italy? Wales v Scotland? |
Lewandowski v Ibrahimovic.
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Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 4:35pm
Russia v Poland
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Posted By: lassassinblanc
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 4:48pm
Portugal and Italy balls obviously not left in the freezer long enough
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Posted By: Bandwagon
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 4:52pm
colemanY2K wrote:
Holy f**k... Portugal are sorry now for taking us lightly. |
Why? It wouldn't have made any odds. They still needed not to lose against Serbia either way.
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Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 4:53pm
colemanY2K wrote:
Russia v Poland | This could be very tasty
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Posted By: Zinedine Kilbane 110
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 6:15pm
lassassinblanc wrote:
Wales/Austria v Scotland/ Ukraine
Russia/Poland v Sweden/Czech Republic
Portugal/Turkey v Italy/North Macedonia.
Some potentially great ties there
Portugal v Italy? Wales v Scotland? |
Great draw for Wales and Scotland.
I wanted to see Italy and Portugal both make it so shame one of them will miss out.
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Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 8:00pm
Bandwagon wrote:
colemanY2K wrote:
Holy f**k... Portugal are sorry now for taking us lightly. |
Why? It wouldn't have made any odds. They still needed not to lose against Serbia either way.
| what I meant was their attitude signified a belief that they were coasting to Qatar. Also happened in their away game in Belgrade. Getting to Qatar looks a tough task now, only themselves to blame.
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Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 8:09pm
Was there any seedings in end or a complete open draw?
Fair play FIFA if it was open
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Posted By: Bandwagon
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 9:25pm
Shedite wrote:
Was there any seedings in end or a complete open draw?
Fair play FIFA if it was open |
Nah was seeded and the 6 teams got home advantage for their semi.
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Posted By: Cabra Hoop
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 9:48pm
Sham157 wrote:
colemanY2K wrote:
Russia v Poland | This could be very tasty | I remember watching their fixture at euro 2012 in a pub near the square in Poznan. For the Poles, it seemed the one thing they wanted from that tournament was not to lose to Russia. Some night after the match all the same, madness, got back to stalig Carlsberg about 4.30 in a jocker...
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Posted By: colemanY2K
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2021 at 12:55am
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Posted By: newrynyuk
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2021 at 12:56am
Cabra Hoop wrote:
Sham157 wrote:
colemanY2K wrote:
Russia v Poland | This could be very tasty | I remember watching their fixture at euro 2012 in a pub near the square in Poznan. For the Poles, it seemed the one thing they wanted from that tournament was not to lose to Russia. Some night after the match all the same, madness, got back to stalig Carlsberg about 4.30 in a jocker... |
I watched Russia vs. Poland at Euro 2012 at the fan park in Toruń. The locals went mental when Kuba scored the equaliser. They celebrated well into the night back in town beneath the Copernicus statute as if Poland had won
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Posted By: VanBosch
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2021 at 12:47pm
went back to Warsaw between our two games and actually went to that game - a lot of hostility!
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Posted By: Newryrep
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2021 at 2:09pm
VanBosch wrote:
went back to Warsaw between our two games and actually went to that game - a lot of hostility! |
Gotta feel for the poles , the neighbours either side of haven’t covered themselves in glory in their dealings with the poles
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Posted By: xRedmanLFCx
Date Posted: 28 Nov 2021 at 3:36pm
Disappointed that one of the last two Euro winners won't be at the world cup. Surprised that UEFA/FIFA didn't fix the draw and prevent it from happening
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Posted By: doherty
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2023 at 8:37pm
That's the worst Italy team i have ever seen in my time i think. Looks low on quality. England jampots get another peno. Peno specialists you might day. Its not right watching such a poor Italy. It pains me.
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Posted By: horsebox
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2023 at 9:08pm
Super Italian goal
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Posted By: Neil Armstrong
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2023 at 9:15pm
Bout time they took Grealish off, rice, maguire and walker all on yellow, tricky now🤔
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Posted By: Bandwagon
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2023 at 9:17pm
I still feel a bit ill looking at the other groups being played tonight we could have been drawn in instead, you would have fancied us in literally any other group. Even this one with England and Italy wouldn't have been as a bad as bleedin France and Holland!
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