Ireland U17s - Euro 2017

We're in Gatwick on way over and got chatting to the old boy beside us. He showed me a photo of his 10 year old grand son all kitted out in West Ham academy. Tells us he was spotted by an Arsenal scout at an under 8s match and stayed a year with them, then had choice between Arsenal and West Ham. The grandad told him to go with West Ham even though an Arsenal fan himself. Told us he trains 3 times a week and a match, he was in Belgukm last week and off to Germany this week. All at 10 years old. Then he asked my son was he in an academy. That's what we're up against. He did say though that the kids walk around like they're stars and then many end up in a bad place when they don't make it and the clubs go bringing in the foreigners.

I only use BET365 & PP, have accounts with Betfred & William Hill but never use them. 

You're right, I checked the tv guide and all they have is highlights tomorrow evening I saw "live coverage" and assumed the best. Sorry lads. I'll put a link to a stream up if I find one.

Great stuff, will watch this in the morning. 

Surely it will be streamed? If so, Sportzone and Feed4u are the best bets.

Is the match on Saturday available anywhere apart from Eurosport?

Drumcondra 69er wrote: Conan wrote: Croftman wrote: Jaysus   They were down and out from early in the game, knew in their heads that they were up against a far stronger side and wouldn't be making next round. Final whistle blows, they're all dejected then they get news that they've actually made it through due to the other result - what kind of reaction would you expect from any side at that stage? They'd worked unbelievably hard to get through qualifying and then got robbed against Serbia in the first game but because they were well beaten by Ze Germans they're not allowed celebrate making the quarter finals? Come on I suppose what you'd expect them to feel is the same as I did - a mixture of humiliation and wry amusement at the mathematical fluke that had just occured. They were playing mostly diddy little teams in qualifying and the 'elite' round group was even more favourable than our Rugby world cup group draw. Yes we ought to have had a penalty which we might have scored to earn a draw against Serbia but I wouldn't say we were robbed in that overall they were slightly better than us in the game (our usual possession problems) So sure we can lose against Germany and still be content to have qualified but there is a certain threshold of unanswered goals conceded - four I'd estimate at maximum - beyond which it is not good etiquette to be celebrating joyously after the final whistle blows. Still I'd say overall this age group is reasonably promising and there are a handful of individuals that might make useful senior internationals which is what underage tourneys are really about and who knows, maybe we haven't used up all our luck in this tournament yet? Remind us what tournament you played in when you felt like that again?

My thoughts exactly!

"wry amusement"

Conan wrote: Croftman wrote: Jaysus   They were down and out from early in the game, knew in their heads that they were up against a far stronger side and wouldn't be making next round. Final whistle blows, they're all dejected then they get news that they've actually made it through due to the other result - what kind of reaction would you expect from any side at that stage? They'd worked unbelievably hard to get through qualifying and then got robbed against Serbia in the first game but because they were well beaten by Ze Germans they're not allowed celebrate making the quarter finals? Come on I suppose what you'd expect them to feel is the same as I did - a mixture of humiliation and wry amusement at the mathematical fluke that had just occured. They were playing mostly diddy little teams in qualifying and the 'elite' round group was even more favourable than our Rugby world cup group draw. Yes we ought to have had a penalty which we might have scored to earn a draw against Serbia but I wouldn't say we were robbed in that overall they were slightly better than us in the game (our usual possession problems) So sure we can lose against Germany and still be content to have qualified but there is a certain threshold of unanswered goals conceded - four I'd estimate at maximum - beyond which it is not good etiquette to be celebrating joyously after the final whistle blows. Still I'd say overall this age group is reasonably promising and there are a handful of individuals that might make useful senior internationals which is what underage tourneys are really about and who knows, maybe we haven't used up all our luck in this tournament yet?

Remind us what tournament you played in when you felt like that again?

You have a good point there Croftman can't see the problem with it.