Ireland v Denmark match thread

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I've a feeling Danish fans are underestimating "park the bus" Ireland and overestimating their own team's abilities. Denmark started the group poorly and were in some trouble heading into the autumn series in September. They win a few games and now fans are suddenly thinking Denmark are a top class second tier team like Croatia and Poland, when in truth the team still has an awful lot to prove and could be eliminated tonight. Take the 4-0 win over Poland out of the equation and there is no result in the last 12 months that would make anyone think Denmark are a top class team (or vastly superior to Ireland).

No one suggests Denmark is a top class team, just much better than Ireland on pretty much every single position and a bench where several would be put in the Ireland line up right away. What Ireland showed saturday was the worst I have seen in many many years. To even call it football is almost an insult to the game.  

It can be though to a huge advantage for Ireland, that this is how it is and Denmark would relax, underestimate Ireland and be cocky. 

 

The start of the Qual for DK, was very much under a quite negative period of transition between a manager, Morten Olsen, that had been on the job for ages and to an entirely new manager trying to put a new system in, that clearly did not work. 

So the reason why Denmark lately has done better, is due to a better grasp of the way to play, more confidence and better use of players. Thus, the results have been better, but there are still some aspects that are not 100%, but it will come. 

We will see tonight. I reckon Ireland will be just as defensive/not playing football plus - and now I quote Siso - "play childrens football" - Denmark attacking pretty much all the way and then let us see how it goes. An opening goal on either side will of course completely change it all. 

And to just flat out think Wass is a nobody made me giggle. 

We won't be. It's so obvious we will go for the win in 90 minutes tonight - the talk about extra time and penalties is nonsense IMO, I'd be astonished if we had two 0-0 draws in a WC play off. I've a strong feeling we'll score tonight irrespective of what the Danes do.

Is it? I may see the team sheet before I cast judgement tbh.

I can see us being cagey as f**k for the first half and not getting much joy as a result.

I just hope it doesn't take us to go a goal behind to attack.....

I agree, I don't want us to abandon our defensive duties either to force the result, hoping it just comes naturally and we get the win.

All in all it would be nice if our players were encouraged to attack Denmark from the off and not play Russia Roulette because the law of averages are firmly stacked against another 0-0 appearing. 

It's one thing to go out due to an away goal rule, but quite another level of sh*ty to go out on that and/or giving away a needless peno. It's going to be a mixture of heart and head needed tonight. Fine margins and such little room for error. 

Indeed - Wales, Austria and Serbia at home remain fresh in the memory as the most relevant comparisons. More on the line this evening obviously, which could be viewed impact us positively or negatively - nerves time.

 

Terrified of 1-1 draw.