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Originally posted by Bandwagon Bandwagon wrote:

Originally posted by Beavis Beavis wrote:

8.45pm in June won't be that warm. Heat is defo being overplayed


Highs of 28c, lows of 25c at that K.O time last June.  Still very hot. Its the humidity that makes it hard to play in can barley breath in that weather abroad when doing nothing couldn't imagine trying to work in it or playing a game. 

Does Athens have high humidity? I would tend to think of the place as having a dry heat in summer rather than a humid one.
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Originally posted by John Nice John Nice wrote:

Originally posted by Beavis Beavis wrote:

8.45pm in June won't be that warm. Heat is defo being overplayed

Its like everything else on Irish supporter forums, it's being overplayed by pro-Kenny types and underplayed by anti-Kenny types. Regardless, the heat/humidity will likely be an issue even at night at that time of year, no matter what side of that fence you are on.


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Originally posted by Strazdas Strazdas wrote:

Originally posted by Bandwagon Bandwagon wrote:

Originally posted by Beavis Beavis wrote:

8.45pm in June won't be that warm. Heat is defo being overplayed


Highs of 28c, lows of 25c at that K.O time last June.  Still very hot. Its the humidity that makes it hard to play in can barley breath in that weather abroad when doing nothing couldn't imagine trying to work in it or playing a game. 

Does Athens have high humidity? I would tend to think of the place as having a dry heat in summer rather than a humid one.

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Originally posted by Bandwagon Bandwagon wrote:

Originally posted by Beavis Beavis wrote:

8.45pm in June won't be that warm. Heat is defo being overplayed


Highs of 28c, lows of 25c at that K.O time last June.  Still very hot. Its the humidity that makes it hard to play in can barley breath in that weather abroad when doing nothing couldn't imagine trying to work in it or playing a game. 

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Originally posted by Beavis Beavis wrote:

8.45pm in June won't be that warm. Heat is defo being overplayed

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Originally posted by Bandwagon Bandwagon wrote:

Originally posted by Beavis Beavis wrote:

8.45pm in June won't be that warm. Heat is defo being overplayed


Highs of 28c, lows of 25c at that K.O time last June.  Still very hot. Its the humidity that makes it hard to play in can barley breath in that weather abroad when doing nothing couldn't imagine trying to work in it or playing a game. 

Greece have only played four home games in June in recent years.
Two against Italy and Armenia in 2019, and two against Cyprus and Kosovo last summer
It was 30 degrees against Italy: https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026090/
and 22 for the other three games
https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2026163/
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034493--greece-vs-kosovo/
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034468--greece-vs-cyprus/
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9.45?...even better. 

I'm sure it varies but I've been in the Med in June and it still being chilly in the PM. From what I've seen average for that time is 22-24C for Athens.

Humidity thing is always thrown around, and is often nonesense. It applies to tropical (hot and wet) places e.g. if playing in Malaysia or Brazil, and typically ties to precipitation. Ireland has higher humidity than most countries including Greece.
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Athens can be very oppressive in summer, lots of air pollution and it is hot, much more uncomfortable than the islands. 945 ko should make things a good bit better though, mid 20’s probably.
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Originally posted by Beavis Beavis wrote:

9.45?...even better. 

I'm sure it varies but I've been in the Med in June and it still being chilly in the PM. From what I've seen average for that time is 22-24C for Athens.

Humidity thing is always thrown around, and is often nonesense. It applies to tropical (hot and wet) places e.g. if playing in Malaysia or Brazil, and typically ties to precipitation. Ireland has higher humidity than most countries including Greece.
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The weather in Athens come June shouldn't be an issue for our team, but inevitably it will be used as an excuse if we only come out of the game with one point or even a defeat. The importance of a win in that game cannot be emphasized enough.
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Originally posted by Nialler Nialler wrote:

https://mobile.twitter.com/We_Global/status/1640868902614736899
As it stands we get a playoff Big smile


Thats based on their own projections, not how it stands.

As it stands we're one place off. Though thats with the Netherlads taking up a playoff spot as they're currently 3rd in the group. If they finished 2nd we'd be next in line for their playoff.

You can see the updated table as it stands here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2024_qualifying_play-offs


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Originally posted by Bandwagon Bandwagon wrote:

Originally posted by Nialler Nialler wrote:

https://mobile.twitter.com/We_Global/status/1640868902614736899
As it stands we get a playoff Big smile


Thats based on their own projections, not how it stands.

As it stands we're one place off. Though thats with the Netherlads taking up a playoff spot as they're currently 3rd in the group. If they finished 2nd we'd be next in line for their playoff.

You can see the updated table as it stands here:


As I see it, there are 4 dodgy groups at this point in time and we need two of them to go our way. The key head to heads are as follows. We need 2 of Wales, Austria, Israel and Bosnia/Iceland to win out. Early days, but so far so good, bar Israel's group, although it's worth noting Romania have done nothing more than you'd expect at this point beating Belarus at home and Andorra away. The clashes between the sides listed will have a huge bearing.

GROUP D - Wales vs Turkey - Turkey beat Armenia away 2-1, but then lost at home to Croatia. Wales have taken a point away to Croatia and won at home to Latvia, so good start for Wales

GROUP F - Austria vs Sweden - Austria have taken 6 from 6 with home wins over Azer and Estonia, while Swedes are on 3 from 6 having lost their opener at home to Belgium before winning at home vs Azer.

GROUP I - Israel vs Romania - Romania have won 2 from 2 home to Belarus and away to Andorra. Israel dropped pts at home to Kosovo in a 1-1 draw and were then beaten by the Swiss away from home

GROUP J Bosnia or Iceland vs Slovakia - Slovakia had a good home win over Bosnia but dropped 2pts in a home draw with Lux. Bosnia and Iceland are both 3 from 6.
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Looking at Greece's results over the last 2 years and they haven't really had any bad results. Dropped some points against the likes of Georgia at home but also beating teams who we would be struggling to beat.

Will be a huge result if we could actually win there. 
Think this is one of those where a draw wouldn't be a bad result but if are realistic about trying to get 2nd we have to get the 3 and lay down the marker. Would be one of the better Ireland results of the last 10 years if we achieved it. 
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Originally posted by t_rAndy t_rAndy wrote:

Looking at Greece's results over the last 2 years and they haven't really had any bad results. Dropped some points against the likes of Georgia at home but also beating teams who we would be struggling to beat.

Will be a huge result if we could actually win there. 
Think this is one of those where a draw wouldn't be a bad result but if are realistic about trying to get 2nd we have to get the 3 and lay down the marker. Would be one of the better Ireland results of the last 10 years if we achieved it. 

Would be a result similar in magnitude to beating Austria 1-0 in Vienna, and would require a similar level of performance. 
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Originally posted by t_rAndy t_rAndy wrote:

Looking at Greece's results over the last 2 years and they haven't really had any bad results. Dropped some points against the likes of Georgia at home but also beating teams who we would be struggling to beat.

Will be a huge result if we could actually win there. 
Think this is one of those where a draw wouldn't be a bad result but if are realistic about trying to get 2nd we have to get the 3 and lay down the marker. Would be one of the better Ireland results of the last 10 years if we achieved it. 

They would be in and around our level. Would be a big disappointment if we actually lost to them, as they are not superior to us. A draw would be the most likely result based on current form.
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