Euro Qualification

[Fowler's God]

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Germany 7 6 1 0 30 4 19
Czech Republic 7 4 2 1 15 4 14
Republic of Ireland 7 4 1 2 12 8 13
Slovakia 7 3 0 4 16 14 9
Wales 6 2 1 3 8 9 7
Cyprus 6 1 1 4 9 16 4
San Marino 6 0 0 6 1 36 0


Our Remaining Fixtures:

Slovakia v Republic of Ireland
Saturday September 8th, 2007
EURO 2008 – Group D Qualifier
Bratislava

Czech Republic v Republic of Ireland
Wednesday September 12th, 2007
EURO 2008 – Group D Qualifier

Republic of Ireland v Germany
Saturday October 13th, 2007
EURO 2008 – Group D Qualifier
Croke Park - Dublin

Republic of Ireland v Cyprus
Wednesday October 17th, 2007
EURO 2008 Group D Qualifier
Croke Park – Dublin

Wales v Republic of Ireland
Saturday 17th November, 2007
EURO 2008 Group D Qualifier
Millennium Stadium - Cardiff


What do you think of our chances lads?

[Dub13]

My predictions.

Ireland fixtures:
Slovakia (a) - Draw
Czech Republic (a) - Draw
Germany (h) - Draw
Cyprus (h) - Win
Wales (a) - Win

Czech fixtures:
San Marino (a) - Win
Ireland (h) - Draw
Germany (a) - Lose
Slovakia (h) - Draw
Cyprus (a) - Draw


Ireland to finish on 22, Czechs on 20.If we can win one of our games against Slovakia/Czech Republic it would be a great help.

[Fowler's God]

My predictions.

Ireland fixtures:
Slovakia (a) - Draw
Czech Republic (a) - Draw
Germany (h) - Draw
Cyprus (h) - Win
Wales (a) - Win

Czech fixtures:
San Marino (a) - Win
Ireland (h) - Draw
Germany (a) - Lose
Slovakia (h) - Draw
Cyprus (a) - Draw


Ireland to finish on 22, Czechs on 20.If we can win one of our games against Slovakia/Czech Republic it would be a great help.

If we do qualify after all the setbacks it would be unreal but still have a lot of question marks over Staunton. Fair play to him if he does get us to Austria and Switzerland

[yodabenitez]

Like your optimism Dub13, but unbeaten against Slovakia, Czech & Germany with the first two away?

I won't be making any offerings to PP on it!

[Dub13]

Like your optimism Dub13, but unbeaten against Slovakia, Czech & Germany with the first two away?


Maybe I do have my green specks on but its very possible IMO,and I have us down for a draw with Slovakia and we could well beat them so that would be an exta 2 points.

[Alex Raisbeck]

Slovakia (a) -
Czech Republic (a)
If we get 2 points outa these matches we are in with a chance, if we sneak 4, we're there.

Then Stan can stick up the jaxie of the begrudgers.

[megager]

It is possible, but we would be follish to underestimate Slovakia. I think they could beat us. The Czechs are not as strong as 2 years ago, but are we good enough to win in Prague.

I agree if we get 4 points it would set us up well

[paddypower111]

its always a great summer when ireland are in a big compition. so i pray they,ll get to the euro finals

[Fowler's God]

its always a great summer when ireland are in a big compition. so i pray they,ll get to the euro finals

The thing with Ireland is we nearly always qualify for the tournaments far away. USA and Japan and Korea, although Germany and Italy weren't that far but at the time the country was in recession

[sean]

Ireland are capable of going out and getting 4 points in the next two games (2 would be a more realistic aim) but the thing is even if we do get 4 points we are still a long way off qualification. Remember we still have Germany to come and they well and truly steamrolled the Czechs in Prague back in March. Then, assuming Staunton has defied all logic and led us to some decent results in these three games, we have 2 more banana skins to go. Granted we should easily take care of Cyprus this time, but Wales away would be one that would worry me. The Czechs could find no way past them in June, and they almost sneaked a result at Croker, with Bellamy especially guilty of a miss or two. Should we require all 3 points from a trip to Cardiff I wouldn't hold my breath.

[megager]

in contrast to a previous semi optimisitic post earlier, Ive mulled over this.

I think we can be a banana skin for anyone ourselves. Its unfortunate though we usually are a banana skin for ourselves. In my opinion we have no chance whatsoever of qualifying. Its a fluke we are where we are now. Wales and Slovakia should have beaten us at croker. For F@%*s sake we barely beat bloody san marino and lost to cyprus.
I think we will lose both games in the old Czechoslovakia, lose at home to germany, beat Cyprus and draw or win (it doesnt matter) in Wales.
We have decent players, but the management is a disgrace and a joke and an insult to each player and each one of us as irish football fans. ( its nots stans fault, he was asked to do a job he isnt qualified for).
We need to be humiliated, if Cyprus and san marino isn't considered grossly unfavourable results (and will be I fear) so that a real management team can come in in time for the world cup. We have several players capable of making it to south africa, but with the current set up, they simply wont. That grossly unfair. Stans appointment at the time reminded me of the eurovision edition of father ted (its as if the FAI want to fail). I used to like stan, for his performances for liverpool and ireland, and saw him as an understated genius. All those memories have been replace by a blubbering incompetant laughable idiot. Shame.

My comments may seem anti patriotic,but I first supported ireland and attended matches as a kid in the dismal world cup campaign of 86, when at least we tried, we were up against great sides then (USSR whom we beat 1-0 in dublin in my very first ireland matchm and Denmark, who were amoung the best sides in europe at the time), and have tried to get to as many games in the glory era as well . Now I'm embarrassed by our current efforts. A lot of people have been falsely reassured by two very fortunate victories against 2 poor sides. In my opinion Germany are very poor (favourites for euro 2008 is a joke) and a Czech team whose average age must be close to 50!!! Wales are diabolacle, Slovakia are plucky, but poor, Cyprus should be an easy 6 points (unless you contrive to get hammered by them) and san marino are well, san marino.
The FAI need to take a good look at them selves and ask do they have the best interests of our nation at heart.

[Gazr21]

in contrast to a previous semi optimisitic post earlier, Ive mulled over this.

I think we can be a banana skin for anyone ourselves. Its unfortunate though we usually are a banana skin for ourselves. In my opinion we have no chance whatsoever of qualifying. Its a fluke we are where we are now. Wales and Slovakia should have beaten us at croker. For F@%*s sake we barely beat bloody san marino and lost to cyprus.
I think we will lose both games in the old Czechoslovakia, lose at home to germany, beat Cyprus and draw or win (it doesnt matter) in Wales.
We have decent players, but the management is a disgrace and a joke and an insult to each player and each one of us as irish football fans. ( its nots stans fault, he was asked to do a job he isnt qualified for).
We need to be humiliated, if Cyprus and san marino isn't considered grossly unfavourable results (and will be I fear) so that a real management team can come in in time for the world cup. We have several players capable of making it to south africa, but with the current set up, they simply wont. That grossly unfair. Stans appointment at the time reminded me of the eurovision edition of father ted (its as if the FAI want to fail). I used to like stan, for his performances for liverpool and ireland, and saw him as an understated genius. All those memories have been replace by a blubbering incompetant laughable idiot. Shame.

My comments may seem anti patriotic,but I first supported ireland and attended matches as a kid in the dismal world cup campaign of 86, when at least we tried, we were up against great sides then (USSR whom we beat 1-0 in dublin in my very first ireland matchm and Denmark, who were amoung the best sides in europe at the time), and have tried to get to as many games in the glory era as well . Now I'm embarrassed by our current efforts. A lot of people have been falsely reassured by two very fortunate victories against 2 poor sides. In my opinion Germany are very poor (favourites for euro 2008 is a joke) and a Czech team whose average age must be close to 50!!! Wales are diabolacle, Slovakia are plucky, but poor, Cyprus should be an easy 6 points (unless you contrive to get hammered by them) and san marino are well, san marino.
The FAI need to take a good look at them selves and ask do they have the best interests of our nation at heart.

well said..got a lot off your chest there which i would for the most part agree with...the fai are a joke!!

[sean]

megager I think that was very poetically put :) I truly believe there are plenty managers out there who would have taken us to the Alps next summer but the fai couldn't be bothered employ someone who wouldn't be their puppet.