Ireland v Denmark match thread

The O'Shea wrote: NI, with inferior players and against a better opposition, showing that it's possible to play a mixture of long-ball and good football tonight against the Swiss. No reason we can't do similarly against Denmark on Tuesday.

They went out though. Would.rather we play sh*te and go.through

The Swiss are far better than Denmark. Fair play to NI, nearly did it, with a supposedly less talented team than ours, but I swear they seem to play better football than us any time I see them play. 

doherty wrote: Baldrick wrote: The O'Shea wrote: NI, with inferior players and against a better opposition, showing that it's possible to play a mixture of long-ball and good football tonight against the Swiss. No reason we can't do similarly against Denmark on Tuesday. They went out though. Would.rather we play sh*te and go.through why not aspire to play well and still go through.

Can't believe O'Neill or any other professional football manager that's ever managed never thought of that statement of the obvious.

Icy Bread People wrote: The Swiss are far better than Denmark. Fair play to NI, nearly did it, with a supposedly less talented team than ours, but I swear they seem to play better football than us any time I see them play.

Denis Irwin wrote: Baldrick wrote: The O'Shea wrote: NI, with inferior players and against a better opposition, showing that it's possible to play a mixture of long-ball and good football tonight against the Swiss. No reason we can't do similarly against Denmark on Tuesday. They went out though. Would.rather we play sh*te and go.through Playing sh*te and getting the result > playing well and not getting the result

Flawed logic!

Who says we wont get the result playing well?

Playing well creates more chances.

Playing sh*te creates danger.

The O'Shea wrote: Baldrick wrote: The O'Shea wrote: NI, with inferior players and against a better opposition, showing that it's possible to play a mixture of long-ball and good football tonight against the Swiss. No reason we can't do similarly against Denmark on Tuesday. They went out though. Would.rather we play sh*te and go.through They went out via an atrocious decision. They took on the Swiss and almost got the better of them away from home. It certainly worked better for them than their ultra-conservative approach did in the home leg.

The Swiss should’ve won tonight by 3 or 4.

raclle wrote: Denis Irwin wrote: Baldrick wrote: The O'Shea wrote: NI, with inferior players and against a better opposition, showing that it's possible to play a mixture of long-ball and good football tonight against the Swiss. No reason we can't do similarly against Denmark on Tuesday. They went out though. Would.rather we play sh*te and go.through Playing sh*te and getting the result > playing well and not getting the result Flawed logic! Who says we wont get the result playing well? Playing well creates more chances. Playing sh*te creates danger.

Of course playing well does, but you don't decide to play well or play poorly you decide to take risks or not. If you break it down, playing "well" usually means getting it down playing through midfield and or pushing on against the other team and putting them under pressure. However all of that carries a risk esp with our centre backs who lack real pace. If you push up that is more likely to be exposed so it's all about judgement calls.

Baldrick wrote: raclle wrote: Denis Irwin wrote: Baldrick wrote: The O'Shea wrote: NI, with inferior players and against a better opposition, showing that it's possible to play a mixture of long-ball and good football tonight against the Swiss. No reason we can't do similarly against Denmark on Tuesday. They went out though. Would.rather we play sh*te and go.through Playing sh*te and getting the result > playing well and not getting the result Flawed logic! Who says we wont get the result playing well? Playing well creates more chances. Playing sh*te creates danger. Of course playing well does, but you don't decide to play well or play poorly you decide to take risks or not. If you break it down, playing "well" usually means getting it down playing through midfield and or pushing on against the other team and putting them under pressure. However all of that carries a risk esp with our centre backs who lack real pace. If you push up that is more likely to be exposed so it's all about judgement calls.

The Danes have no pace up front.
Us playing well means higher line and pressure with support play which we haven't done since the Euros.
Its a very thin line how we've been playing throughout this campaign.

GB 1HughJarse wrote: Ed on the footballrankingsinfo website has issued a new prediction after 1st leg. Denmark to qualify Before 1st leg: 51% Now after 1st leg: 45% Ireland to qualify Before 1st leg: 42% Now after 1st leg: 47% PSO: 8% YBIG

What does PSO mean?

Don’t buy into this to be honest, the Danes were huge mathematical favourites in the first leg, and look how that turned out.