Ireland v Brazil

[Niall]

The Republic of Ireland will face Brazil in a friendly at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium on Tuesday, March 2.

International sports event promoter Kentaro has confirmed the London venue will be used for the game, which was announced late last year.


The fixture is something of a coup for Ireland, who will also face Argentina at the Aviva Stadium - the newly-revamped Lansdowne Road - on 11August.

The fixture was given to the Football Association of Ireland as part-compensation for the controversial 'Hand of Henry' defeat to France in the World Cup play-offs.

[serpheus]

Ridiculous, who wants to travel to London just for a friendly even if it is against Brazil.

[fermoyred80]

Ridiculous, who wants to travel to London just for a friendly even if it is against Brazil.

Dont think they had a choice. Fifa gave the game to an agency to organize and croker was too expensive origionally plus security etc. Last week the GAA reduced the rent but at that stage it was too late, the emirates was already choosen. From what I heard

[GaryMc]

If its anything like the friendly in Croke Park a few years ago most of the crowd will be asleep.

[sean]

Ridiculous, who wants to travel to London just for a friendly even if it is against Brazil.

I reckon this will end up being fairly close to a sell out myself. All of Brazils previous games at the Emirates against Italy, Portugal and Sweden were sell outs

[scousedub]

Just booked my flights there for €50, anyone know of any cheap hotels near the Emirates

[padski08]

Nice pay day for the FAI but cant see the match being any better than Croker display few year back!

[mascherIANO]

aer lingus or something should reduce flights i think

[scousedub]

They will up the price if anything

[edcarroll02]

Wish it wasn't a Tuesday, i'd love to go but can't get time off work! I've wanted to see that Emirates stadium for a while too, bit better than the last one i was at in craven cottage!

[gavindoyle]

Just booked my flights there for €50, anyone know of any cheap hotels near the Emirates
just got flight and accomadation for 90 there is a load from the youboysingreen website (Ybig)booked in this place and a massive party organised.


http://www.booking.com/hotel/gb/mount-mansions.html?aid=314919;label=emirates-stadium-gkD9OcFaqjvyP8aJInOjNwS3038626784;sid=e8a7751adbbb 8cd63125a5f293eea70b;checkin=2010-03-02;checkout=2010-03-03


100 euro betwwen 2 5* apartments

there is only 1 room left

[scousedub]

just got flight and accomadation for 90 there is a load from the youboysingreen website (Ybig)booked in this place and a massive party organised.


http://www.booking.com/hotel/gb/mount-mansions.html?aid=314919;label=emirates-stadium-gkD9OcFaqjvyP8aJInOjNwS3038626784;sid=e8a7751adbbb 8cd63125a5f293eea70b;checkin=2010-03-02;checkout=2010-03-03


100 euro betwwen 2 5* apartments

there is only 1 room left

Thanks for that, i will have a look

[Bren100]

Tuesday night, I dont thinks I'll go to this one. Need to book 2 days off work for a friendly.

[Garrett]

If it generates funds for the FAI,

which are used to invest in the game and our players ....

then I'm well pleased.

Won't be traveling to this one, myself.

[Captain_Morgan]

If it generates funds for the FAI,

which are used to invest in the game and our players ....

then I'm well pleased.

Won't be traveling to this one, myself.

not a hope of that lad maybe might put one of the big wigs on a junket though

[bazu]

if it's anything like the last friendly few years back it won't be anyway good:rolleyes:

[willk1977]

if it's anything like the last friendly few years back it won't be anyway good:rolleyes:

If the match is as sh*t as the last sh*t match I saw it will be sh*t :rolleyes:

[Dzer2]

Will get 10 tickets for this if anyone is interested as I have a block booking.

[gavindoyle]

If anyone can think of any chants or banners against sepp blatter for the match keep it clean please tryin to think of something good for the match I came up with

They dont care about Ireland
They just care about France
saepp blatter cheated Ireland and its fans
That is to the tune of the liverpool protest song against the yanks. If anyone can come up with anything better it would be much appreciated

[byrnetred]

If anyone can think of any chants or banners against sepp blatter for the match keep it clean please tryin to think of something good for the match I came up with

They dont care about Ireland
They just care about France
saepp blatter cheated Ireland and its fans
That is to the tune of the liverpool protest song against the yanks. If anyone can come up with anything better it would be much appreciated


http://josephgalliano.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/mrt.jpg

GET OVER IT ! !

[gavindoyle]

It not about not getting replay we all knew that was never gonna happen its the fact that he laughed at Ireland requests and the fact that the playoffs were seeded at the last minute. Mainly we want a banner that is funny or a funny chant just to annoy blatter

[gavindoyle]

Thanks for that, i will have a look

Did you get somewhere sorted

[kautostar]

Return flights to Gatwick from Shannon still available for €25, Tue 13.05 and ret Wed 15.00.

[scousedub]

Did you get somewhere sorted

Yeah got a holiday inn express for 80 quid for the room.

[gavindoyle]

Yeah got a holiday inn express for 80 quid for the room.

Not bad 80 quid a lot of the irish fans are meeting in the quays pub before the game should be some criac looks a good venue as well

http://www.claddagh-ring.co.uk/quays/index.html

[south]

Not bad 80 quid a lot of the irish fans are meeting in the quays pub before the game should be some criac looks a good venue as well

http://www.claddagh-ring.co.uk/quays/index.html

mate of mine live's across the road from it and says its a great spot.

[gavindoyle]

mate of mine live's across the road from it and says its a great spot.

Happy days

[kautostar]

Ridiculous, who wants to travel to London just for a friendly even if it is against Brazil.

Plenty of us.

[max power]

i fcukin hate friendlys . i wouldnt go out my back garden to watch one!load of bolloxs.

[padski08]

i fcukin hate friendlys . i wouldnt go out my back garden to watch one!load of bolloxs.

Like them or not, they count towards the World Ranking position which in turn counts towards what seeds we are in for Euro and World Cup draws :(

[bazu]

Like them or not, they count towards the World Ranking position which in turn counts towards what seeds we are in for Euro and World Cup draws :(

are you serious? that is silly

[kautostar]

i fcukin hate friendlys . i wouldnt go out my back garden to watch one!load of bolloxs.

More than likely you wouldn't go out to your back garden to watch Ireland in any game.

[gavindoyle]

Plenty of us.

Are you going to this

[Ron1892]

Squad: Shay Given (Manchester City), Keiren Westwood (Coventry), Joe Murphy (S****horpe); Richard Dunne (Aston Villa), Stephen Kelly (Fulham), Kevin Kilbane (Hull), Kevin Foley (Wolves), Sean St Ledger (Preston), Paul McShane (Hull), Marc Wilson (Portsmouth), Greg Cunningham (Manchester City); Aiden McGeady (Celtic), Damien Duff (Fulham), Darron Gibson (Manchester United), Glenn Whelan (Stoke), Keith Andrews (Blackburn), Stephen Hunt (Hull), Liam Lawrence (Stoke), James McCarthy (Wigan); Kevin Doyle (Wolves), Robbie Keane (Tottenham), Shane Long (Reading), Leon Best (Newcastle)

Couple of new boys in the squad..

[Bren100]

Good to see Wilson and McCarthy in the squad. Tie them up.

Dont know anything about Cunningham?

[Niall]

Good to see Wilson and McCarthy in the squad. Tie them up.

Dont know anything about Cunningham?

Am i right in thinking that if they play in a friendly like this one they then can't switch?

[Ron1892]

Am i right in thinking that if they play in a friendly like this one they then can't switch?

Correct Niall..Its only if they play for the underage teams, can they change.

[padski08]

are you serious? that is silly

Yep they all count

[bobby benitez]

Good to see Wilson and McCarthy in the squad. Tie them up.

Dont know anything about Cunningham?

Dont know much about either of these lads but I do hate the idea of playing players to "tie" them up. I'd much rather play Shane Long than Leon Best, or Paul McShane as bad as he is, I'd rather him than some blow in not good enough for England.

One example of this that really annoys me is Owen Coyle, he is constantly referred to as a "Scots man", how many caps to you need to fully change nationality?

[irishfowler]

keith fahey should be in the squad

[kautostar]

Are you going to this

Flight booked anyway, Tue from Shannon. Going to Twickenham Sat. also. Should be staying over but hard to get away with it at home.

[gavindoyle]

Flight booked anyway, Tue from Shannon. Going to Twickenham Sat. also. Should be staying over but hard to get away with it at home.

there is about 150 of us heading to a boozer called the quays before and after the game should be a good laugh Irish Music and drinkin all day

[kautostar]

Thats a great pub, the Quays. I was in it the night before a Liverpool game at the Emirates a couple of years ago. It was a Saturday night and more women in it than fellas!

[Niall]

Correct Niall..Its only if they play for the underage teams, can they change.

Cheers Ron.

[barrydoherty]

It's not looking to good for tomorrow night both Keane and Dunne out Injuried. Ireland priced up at 7/1 isn't even value

[blackbetty69]

its bad when mcshane is our next best cover in centre back when dunne and o shea are missin!

[welshy1]

i hate backing against my own country but brazil -1 looks very tasty at 6/4

[gavindoyle]

Just back from liverpool now and i am up early in the morning to fly to London for this

[Juan]

i hate backing against my own country but brazil -1 looks very tasty at 6/4

will brazil play a full strenght team? if so,then you'd have to fancy them.

[Molby Is a Legend]

Just back from liverpool now and i am up early in the morning to fly to London for this

Could you not have just gone to london from liverpool?

Enjoy anyway mate few of my mates only back from the rugby hd a ball over there

[scousedub]

Keane back in the squad now.Heading over tomorrow afternoon myself.

[gavindoyle]

Could you not have just gone to london from liverpool?

Enjoy anyway mate few of my mates only back from the rugby hd a ball over there

Had the flights booked for london before I knew I was goin to Liverpool otherwise I would have done this

[Kop On]

So what do we reckon Trap will do about the strikeforce now Keane is playing?

I hope he does the right thing and leaves the team as he announced it yesterday and then introduce Robbie Keane from the bench for the second half.

No harm in giving Leon Best a full 45 mins to see how he gets on.

[redabbey]

I see that tonight's match is also being broadcast on the entire UK ITV network. I never remember ITV covering a friendly like this before. Scottish TV opts out of showing the FA Cup games so it is really surprising the exposure this match is getting.

[Kop On]

I see that tonight's match is also being broadcast on the entire UK ITV network. I never remember ITV covering a friendly like this before. Scottish TV opts out of showing the FA Cup games so it is really surprising the exposure this match is getting.

Our games are normally on the same nights as England friendlies but seeing as Englands match is tomorrow this is the marque game of the night, especially given the fact it's in London.

[corcaigh]

we have started very well

[travis]

£65 for a ticket no wonder it's half empty... how come Lucas isn't in the squad ??

[bono]

As if they needed help but we just put the ball in our own net.Thats a shame Ireland been playing well in the 1st half.

[Rover 609]

The ball looks like the mushrooms on super mario brothers.

[travis]

The ball looks like the mushrooms on super mario brothers.

what are you smoking ? ;)

[barrydoherty]

how come Lucas isn't in the squad ??

They want to win the game :D:p

Wasn't bad performance by Ireland probably playing the better off Football, Unlucky with the goal

[Rover 609]

what are you smoking ? ;)

http://blog.hostgator.com/images/mushroom.jpg

[MrsPepe]

:D @ Ronans avatar, it looks ..... wrong:D

[crumlin red]

robinho should have scored there

[7Cannibal-9Asbo]

ITV won't shut up bout the France game, just making me feel more depressed

[crumlin red]

ft 2-0 to brazil

[stiffler]

Is Lucas in the running for the World cup squad?

[bobby benitez]

1st half was as well as I've seen us play for many a year. Passed it well and worked liked we always do. Kilbane needs replacing now other than that it was solid through out, especially Whelan.

[barrydoherty]

Brazil looked pretty impressive not helped by gingerballs and Ledger. Ireland were really poor 2nd half :( Brazil for the worldcup for me anyway

[stiffler]

gonna have a bit on 11/2 on them for the WC

[7Cannibal-9Asbo]

1st half was as well as I've seen us play for many a year. Passed it well and worked liked we always do. Kilbane needs replacing now other than that it was solid through out, especially Whelan.

I'd say O' Shea will go out on the left if Kelly keeps the Left back spot

[barrydoherty]

Kilbane been rubbish for years now, At left back we haven't got many options, I would nearly play Ian Harte lol everytime I watch on Sky Sports LiveScore on saturday he seems to score :p

[GaryMc]

Ronaldino should walk into that team. He is on form for Milan and would be a travesty if he was left out.

[stevieg]

How that shovel head McShane continues to get near the squad is beyond me.

He is a terrible player, what does Trap see in him? The amount of mistakes he made tonight and his positioning at times was terrible. Every game he plays for Ireland or Hull he is guaranteed a couple of fcuk ups.

There has to be at least 8 Irish qualified centre backs better than him between the English Leagues and the Eircom League.

[barrydoherty]

Ronaldino should walk into that team. He is on form for Milan and would be a travesty if he was left out.

Yeah I say he will be there for the world cup, wouldn't be the same watching Brazil without Ronaldinho

[Rover 609]

:D @ Ronans avatar, it looks ..... wrong:D

Its what gary ****in neville's going to look like after hes been "taken care of".:cool:

His day will come.;)

[liverbird!!]

How that shovel head McShane continues to get near the squad is beyond me.
He is a terrible player, what does Trap see in him? The amount of mistakes he made tonight and his positioning at times was terrible. Every game he plays for Ireland or Hull he is guaranteed a couple of fcuk ups.

There has to be at least 8 Irish qualified centre backs better than him between the English Leagues and the Eircom League.


If he gets another game i'll eat my micky!!:o:cool: One of the worst players i've ever seen play for Ireland!!:mad:

[CrazyHorse]

If he gets another game i'll eat my micky!

lol

You'll need to rem0ove some ribs if you want THAT to be a pleasurable experience!!

Other than that, Im sure some German nutball might help ya if you look hard enough on the internet.

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In fairness, who else is there to play instead of the red-headed David Banner???

[DanielSwagger89]

Anyone else a bit puzzled by Keith Andrews getting the RTE man of the match award?

Wouldn't have considered him personally...

[Phil!]

Played well in the first half second half wasnt great but in fairness Brazil are a quality side ya can always trust them to pull it together in a world cup year. As for the Ireland squad we are definately strong enough to qualify out of that group and Mccarthy looks like an exciting prospect. At the mo my preffered team would be

Given
Kelly St.Ledger Dunne O'Shea
McGeady Andrews Whealen Duff
Doyle Keane

Would be interested to see Lawrence in a more central role maybe instead of Andrew but I think McGeady could be key to unlocking some of the tough ties we have especially on our travels.

[Juan]

If he gets another game i'll eat my micky!!:o:cool: One of the worst players i've ever seen play for Ireland!!:mad:

We could turn it to some sort of benefit night..people will pay good money to see that!

[clayton]

paul mcshane is the worst footballer i have ever seen in my life, even worse than jason lee.