Denmark v THE EIRE Pain Prediction

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 bundy wrote:

just looking at another thread asking are we now as bad as San Marino and the Faroes. We’re not at that stage yet by we will be if O’Neill stays on. One thing I will say is the likes of San Marino give 100% in every game and whether they’re beaten 1-0 or 8-0 they go down fighting. The same can’t be said for us under O’Neill. There was a semblance of fight and unity in the squad until the Denmark game at home last year. That was the night it all fell apart and no player has looked any bit confident in an Irish shirt since. In my lifetime we’ve gone in to big games with a degree of optimism no matter who the opposition were. That has evaporated now and I genuinely can’t see when it’s going to return. We haven’t got a World Class player and probably won’t for a long long time but let’s not forget that the squad is made up of professional players. If a fella on €180,000 per MONTH can’t organize a team of professional footballers to pass a f**king ball or get them to follow a plan in a game then I really do give up.
I thought Staunton’s reign was as bad as it could get but this situation we’re in now is infinitely worse. When Staunton was there we had reason to be hopeful for the next man in. Keane, Duff, Given, O’Shea and Dunne were all in their prime and were all playing with top clubs week in week out. We knew that all we needed was a proper manager to come in and things would pick up. O’Neill hasn’t got that luxury and instead he has to work with a squad that needs to work together as a collective. He isn’t doing that and it’s going from bad to worse. The squad at the moment aren’t getting what they need for the manager and although they’re professionals and need to take some responsibility and fight on the pitch - they’re getting absolutely none off of itI hope Rice goes and declares for England. He could turn out to be a brilliant player and he’d be wasted in the Ireland team. If he was a striker I’d be saying different but he’s not, he’s a centre half and he’s never going to be a match winner or a creative player that will do something to spur on the rest of the team. I’m so pissed off with all of this at the moment and O’Neill is pissing himself laughing at all of us. 

Let's be realistic here for a moment.

Saying we're as bad as San Marino is exaggerating and silly. 
However I do feel MON is overdue a severely embarrassing result against some poor team as Stan got against the Faroes.

I mentioned it in the Other Games thread but I fear the absolute worst if we get drawn with the Georgians.
They were always slightly above the seedings/rankings they are consistently given, and the fact they've gone a 4-team group only dropping 2 points is more proof of that.