Ireland v Austria - 11th June - Match Thread

The good news is Arnautovic and Ilsanker are suspended for the Austrians for this one.  

I think we'll win. I'm gutted after tonight (feels like we've been hammered) but I'm confident we'll beat Austria. I do think it's important though that we beat them; I can't see Wales winning I'm Serbia. Ideal scenario for us would be a win against Austria and a draw in the Serbia-Wales match. Obviously, Seamus is a massive loss but we'll cope. 2-1 Ireland.

Pity the match is in June though

Edited by adineen98 - 24 Mar 2017 at 11:18pm

If we and Serbia win that would make it a straight shoot out between us and Serbia for that top spot which will make it pretty straight forward with us playing Serbia at home, that 2-2 draw away looks to have been a huge result now.

We'll win this.

I think Bayern will go to the CL final, I am a Bayern fan so it's biased of course but I think Alaba will be burnt out and wanting a break and not a trip to Dublin, he probably has Dubai on his mind not Dublin. Marko is a huge loss, that means in comes Janko who offers you nothing bar a number of crossed balls, Ilsanker is the big loss also he really is a key part of their midfield playing well this year too. We can concentrate more on Stabitzer he's their one attacker who could cause our defence a few iffy moments.

Of course, let's hope our team is fit after a dire spell of weeks.

Coleman is a massive loss, of course but I think Christie or Meyler can do a job in there. We need Scott Hogan, it's as simple as that. We've one back up striker if Shane got injured this evening we were doomed.

I think Colemans injury will tighten the group too. Give James McClean the armband until Seamus is back.


Edited by SByrne24 - 25 Mar 2017 at 1:34am

GB 1HughJarse wrote: Our players who were missing this match, are they all short term injuries? Will the one's who missed out yesterday be back playing with their clubs in the next week or so? June 11th, another 11 weeks away! Avg of 10 games left in Premier League and 8 left in Championship. Austria are there for the taking as long as we don't have as many injuries as yesterday. 3 pts is now a must to top the group.

Clark and Duffy were both out for around 6 weeks or so, while Murphy and Arter had niggling injuries as far as I'm aware. Clark and Duffy should be back sometime in April, while Murphy and Arter should be back in the next week or so

Lads who is out for austria? Seen it mentioned a few are suspended

If we can't beat Austria at home we can't have any excuse for not qualifying .

We should have beaten Austria in 2013 at home, when we were going through a very difficult period for Irish football. We were always looking vulnerable at that time, and the team was trying to find its feet and identity as we tried to recover from 2012. That Austrian team was a better set-up and was more capable than it is today. We should be able to win this one.

Peter Stöger wrote: That's precisely our problem. We should be a much better team that we are. If we were a school kid the reports would always say 'Good potential, needs to apply himself more'