Republic of Ireland v Northern Ireland: KO 7.45pm

darkman2

For what it is worth there is a game tonight though you would hardly notice.

ROI starting 11 (pretty much the 3rd tier team, the 2nd tier are on the bench)

S Given, P McShane, D Delaney, S Kelly, M Wilson, L Lawrence or S Coleman, K Andrews, K Foley or K Fahey, K Treacy, R Keane, S Cox

NI starting 11

A Blayney, A Thompson, C Cathcart, G McAuley, L Hodson, J Carson, S Clingan, S Davis, J Gorman, W Feeney, J McQuoid.

(Never heard of them)



It's obvious from that why there is not exactly excitement about this match. But maybe it will supprise us..

Kidchameleon

Whats this about McCarthy not wanting to play against Scotland? Anybody heard anything?

Paully D

Is this on TV?

celtictiger32

Kidchameleon wrote: »

Whats this about McCarthy not wanting to play against Scotland? Anybody heard anything?

one of the many reasons i dont agree with this granny rule ****e

weldoninhio

McCarthy is out for a month from his run-in with Pennant on Sunday. But don't let that get in the way of your anti-granny rule rant.

Het-Field

I predict a ROI win. It should be easy enough.

KeithAFC

A N.I 3-0 victory.

darkman2

darkman2 wrote: »

For what it is worth there is a game tonight though you would hardly notice.

ROI starting 11 (pretty much the 3rd tier team, the 2nd tier are on the bench)

S Given, P McShane, D Delaney, S Kelly, M Wilson, L Lawrence or S Coleman, K Andrews, K Foley or K Fahey, K Treacy, R Keane, S Cox

NI starting 11

A Blayney, A Thompson, C Cathcart, G McAuley, L Hodson, J Carson, S Clingan, S Davis, J Gorman, W Feeney, J McQuoid.

(Never heard of them)



It's obvious from that why there is not exactly excitement about this match. But maybe it will supprise us..

Yeah only heard of a few of the Northern boys like Cathcart from Blackpool , McAuley , Sammy Clingan , Stephen Davis from Rangers and warren feeney very poor side though.

Zebra3

Paully D wrote: »

Is this on TV?

Live on SS1.

Highlights on RTE.

BigCon

Interesting. C'mon Ireland!!!!

http://www.balls.ie/2011/05/24/norn-iron-fans-declare-their-love-for-thierry-henry/

Het-Field

BigCon wrote: »

Interesting. C'mon Ireland!!!!

http://www.balls.ie/2011/05/24/norn-iron-fans-declare-their-love-for-thierry-henry/

No need.

We are just going to beat these guys on the pitch tonight.

Im still waiting for Keith to put a smilie beside his 3-0 prediction

Mr.Nice Guy

Fair play to Trap for picking McShane and giving NI a chance.

Raskolnikov

Didn't expect anything less from the Northern Ireland supporters to be honest. The bitterness is strong in them, no wonder so many of their players want to play for the Republic.

Coillte_Bhoy

Who have we on the bench?

Paully D

Zebra3 wrote: »

Live on SS1.

Highlights on RTE.

Can't say I'm too excited about this game to be honest, but it's football on TV so I'll be watching

keano_afc

I'm heaading in. Long day in work and I'm tired, no place quite like the Aviva these days for sleep inducing football.

Really hope I'm wrong and we stuff them.

Coillte_Bhoy

Raskolnikov wrote: »

Didn't expect anything less from the Northern Ireland supporters to be honest. The bitterness is strong in them, no wonder so many of their players want to play for the Republic.

Winding up opposition fans? So what, dont be so bloody sensitive.

The_Kew_Tour

See a draw myself...

Anyone know the team line ups not on rte.ie or anything

Coillte_Bhoy

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

See a draw myself...

Anyone know the team line ups not on rte.ie or anything

Start of thread

The_Kew_Tour

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Start of thread

TAXI for The_Kew_Tour:D

celtictiger32

weldoninhio wrote: »

McCarthy is out for a month from his run-in with Pennant on Sunday. But don't let that get in the way of your anti-granny rule rant.

i wont!

anyone know where the 'atmospheric singing section' for the ireland fans is in the aviva. havent been at a game in the new stadium yet.

_blank_

Het-Field wrote: »

I predict a ROIT

fyp

darkman2

Doubt there will be enough fans there for a riot.

The_Kew_Tour

Will there be even 15,000 turn u for this, sounds like nobody is interested.

briany

I'm really surprised by the apparent lack of enthusiasm over this fixture. I've seen threads started much sooner over totally meaningless friendlies and while some would say that this match is another one of those, it's still a fixture with a history to it.

Can't believe McShane is back in the mix once again though. Sometimes it's like all the Irish Soccerteers' rings got stolen by the enemies of Irish football, reverse engineered and used to summon the anti Paul McGrath.

I wonder what the individual anti-powers would be to summon Mcshane?

Predicting a scrappy Irish win. Probably squeak it by a goal.

KeithAFC

BigCon wrote: »

Interesting. C'mon Ireland!!!!

http://www.balls.ie/2011/05/24/norn-iron-fans-declare-their-love-for-thierry-henry/

That is a cracker to be fair.

_blank_

briany wrote: »

Can't believe McShane is back in the mix once again though. Sometimes it's like all the Irish Soccerteers' rings got stolen by the enemies of Irish football, reverse engineered and used to summon the anti Paul McGrath.

I wonder what the individual anti-powers would be to summon Mcshane?

What?

Limerick Dude

Does anyone know whats parts around the ground where the ticketmaster vans will be ?

Went to get my tickets today in ticketmaster but was told i had to buy them at the ground before the match.

LD

ben.schlomo

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Who have we on the bench?

i'm guessing nobody as we have McShane and Andrews starting, wouldn't make sense otherwise. :rolleyes:

parker kent

Des wrote: »

What?

He's using some Captain Planet-esque means to insult Paul McShane.

donfers

BigCon wrote: »

Interesting. C'mon Ireland!!!!

http://www.balls.ie/2011/05/24/norn-iron-fans-declare-their-love-for-thierry-henry/

Northern Irish fans in bitterness shocker

Have they even qualified for a play-off for a euro championship or world cup since the 80's or do they just focus all their energy on how we are getting on?


Expect Worthington to get them all riled up tonight and a few nasty challenges flying in, can i put money on a Republic of Ireland player going off injured?

roryc

Anyone know if this is on the rte site, and if so can u watch it from Spain?

Cheers lads

The_B_Man

If ur in Spain, RTE will prob detect ur outside the country so will probably block it anyway.
Alternatively, u might get lucky with another site like mypremium.tv or something.

darragh16

Apparently only 200 Northern Ireland fans are going, the rest are boycotting tonights match. They're p*ssed off about the Republic poaching players.

Fr Tod Umptious

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Winding up opposition fans? So what, dont be so bloody sensitive.

Exactly, not everyone loves plucky Eire, get over it

Coillte_Bhoy

ben.schlomo wrote: »

i'm guessing nobody as we have McShane and Andrews starting, wouldn't make sense otherwise. :rolleyes:

good point:)

Coillte_Bhoy

donfers wrote: »

Northern Irish fans in bitterness shocker

Have they even qualified for a play-off for a euro championship or world cup since the 80's or do they just focus all their energy on how we are getting on?


Expect Worthington to get them all riled up tonight and a few nasty challenges flying in, can i put money on a Republic of Ireland player going off injured?

For **** sake, how is this being bitter? Thye're trying to wind us up, big bloody deal, so what. Talk about getting on the offended bus.:rolleyes:

Mr.Nice Guy

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

For **** sake, how is this being bitter? Thye're trying to wind us up, big bloody deal, so what. Talk about getting on the offended bus.:rolleyes:

If the point of it is to wind people up, why are you getting wound up by people getting wound up?

munchkin_utd

roryc wrote: »

Anyone know if this is on the rte site, and if so can u watch it from Spain?

Cheers lads

its actually on Eurosport on the continent.
In germany and spain at least as they are all ive checked, but often the entire continent have the same schedules.

EDIT: heres eurosport spain tv guide: http://tv.eurosport.es/
EDIT2: its on sky in irl/ uk , not rte

TheRedDevil10

Confirmed Team:

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Given
McShane-Kelly-Delaney-Ward
Coleman-Foley-Andrews-Treacy

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Keane-Cox

Subs: Forde, Randolph, St. Ledger, O'Dea, Lawrence, Hunt, Keogh.

stiffler123

What time is this kicking off? This must be the least advertised Irish match I've ever seen.

celtictiger32

darragh16 wrote: »

Apparently only 200 Northern Ireland fans are going, the rest are boycotting tonights match. They're p*ssed off about the Republic poaching players.

aww me heart bleeds! they probably just realise the northern ireland football team will eventually subside and become an all ireland football team.

Revolution9

darragh16 wrote: »

Apparently only 200 Northern Ireland fans are going, the rest are boycotting tonights match. They're p*ssed off about the Republic poaching players.

Only about 200 Republic fans there as well by the looks of it

Revolution9

God Save The Queen booed.

Havermeyer

Were the crowd booing during the Northern Anthem?

If so, it's fairly pathetic.

Pauleta

Jaysis the place is empty :eek:

darragh16 wrote: »

Apparently only 200 Northern Ireland fans are going, the rest are boycotting tonights match. They're p*ssed off about the Republic poaching players.

That and the IFA wouldnt give them tickets unless they spent 30 quid on the official coaches and wouldnt let them drink either. Cant really blame them in fairness.

el dude

darragh16 wrote: »

Apparently only 200 Northern Ireland fans are going, the rest are boycotting tonights match. They're p*ssed off about the Republic poaching players.

It's not because of that.

http://thescore.thejournal.ie/ifa-slam-fans-plans-for-aviva-boycott-134737-May2011/

busyliving

Jaysus the stadium is empty:eek:

Jayob10

nummnutts wrote: »

Were the crowd booing during the Northern Anthem?

If so, it's fairly pathetic.

Here here, pity we couldn't have shown more respect FFS :rolleyes:

guess we are lucky its not a sell out :eek:

Banjaxed82

Christ, will the FAI lower the ticket price even more? That's a shocking crowd.

donfers

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

For **** sake, how is this being bitter? Thye're trying to wind us up, big bloody deal, so what. Talk about getting on the offended bus.:rolleyes:

of course it's bitter, making a large banner about an event that happened to another team almost 2 years ago = bitter in my book, although yes you can call it banter or winding people up if you wish

they have the right to do that if they so wish and I have the right to call them bitter for it

also i don't recall remarking that I was offended by it

anyway let's put that to one side for the moment


i am intrigued by our back four, kelly and delaney at centre-back, two players who have spent most of their career at fullback, kelly will never be a centre-back in my view as he is simply not good enough in the air

I would have played wilson at centre-back (but trap had him at left back where he has been playing for stoke but for our needs i would have had him at centre-back for us in the provisional line-up) and also mcshane is a better centre-back than fullback as his poor ability on the ball is not as exposed as much at centre-back, really I think Trap is putting players in the wrong positions in the back four but it shouldn't matter too much tonight