Ireland -v- Brazil

Xavi6 · 04-02-2008 01:01PM

Lol Pighead is on fire this morning! Keep it coming

_blank_ · 04-02-2008 01:03PM

jameshayes wrote: »

(and hopfully because i'm a supporter)

And supporters can't be critical, or have a reality-based opinion, rather than a green-tinted Olé Olé attitude.

I get it now.

Either say Ireland will win, or get hanged for high-treason

jameshayes wrote: »

i think ireland will keep it tight with brazil but we might fall short on stamina / pace / formation / tactics.

And skill, and any clue.

jameshayes wrote: »

But our hearts are bigger - so there!

Hearts, schmarts.

jameshayes · 04-02-2008 01:08PM

Sorry, forgot skill... Best not forget that!

Unearthly · 04-02-2008 01:08PM

Don Givens is in charge though so that favours Ireland for the win

_blank_ · 04-02-2008 01:09PM

Unearthly wrote: »

Don Givens is in charge though so that favours Ireland for the win

Silly me. I forgot about this.

Can I change my vote?

jameshayes · 04-02-2008 01:12PM

DesF wrote: »

And supporters can't be critical, or have a reality-based opinion, rather than a green-tinted Olé Olé attitude.

Can I take Celtic as a example;

Celtic -v- Milan. If every fan had of looked at stats & form they would have said - MILAN win! NO HOPE of a Celtic win. Whats the point of even going?!

Instead - the fans believed they could beat Milan, they went to the game and cheered uncontrollably.

1-1 last few minutes of the game the fans were going mad - cheering, screaming. Bang 2-1!

There is a time to be critical and a time to be a supporter. IMO you should be a supporter when things are bad. Be critical when things are good.

Unearthly · 04-02-2008 01:12PM

Afraid not

The 4 people who voted Ireland did their research and didn't vote with ignorance

_blank_ · 04-02-2008 01:18PM

jameshayes wrote: »

Can I take Celtic as a example;

Celtic -v- Milan. If every fan had of looked at stats & form they would have said - MILAN win! NO HOPE of a Celtic win. Whats the point of even going?!

Instead - the fans believed they could beat Milan, they went to the game and cheered uncontrollably.

1-1 last few minutes of the game the fans were going mad - cheering, screaming. Bang 2-1!

While in Croker it'll be all Mexican Waves and English accent chants. "Who aah ya. who aah ya".

Have you been to an Ireland game recently? More to the point, a friendly?

Screaming and cheering? Give me a break ffs. I was at the Holland game, the 0-4, and the atmosphere was absolutely shocking.

I was in Belfield for a FAI Cup match in 2006, UCD vs Limerick. There was a better atmosphere with twenty fans there than at any Ireland game I've been to in recent times.

LOL if you are expecting an atmosphere on Wednesday night, you will be majorly disappointed.

jameshayes wrote: »

There is a time to be critical and a time to be a supporter. IMO you should be a supporter when things are bad. Be critical when things are good.

Bull tbh.

Unearthly wrote: »

Afraid not

The 4 people who voted Ireland did their research and didn't vote with ignorance

ziggy · 04-02-2008 01:45PM

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LuckyLloyd · 04-02-2008 01:45PM

jameshayes wrote: »

There is a time to be critical and a time to be a supporter. IMO you should be a supporter when things are bad. Be critical when things are good.

NO

Jazzy · 04-02-2008 02:11PM

DesF wrote: »

Pilfering the pockets of the Olé Olé-ers, which I supose isn't a bad thing.

jameshayes wrote:

I'm going to watch it with my 8yr old nephew who living to see the likes of kaka play.. And it's a chance for me to see these people play - what other time would I see the likes of Kaka or Baptista play?

Im sorry James, DesF is level 10 at football and therefore decides whos really allowed to watch Ireland properly.

he laughs at ur pathetic attempt to enjoy a football match with ur son. do u not realise that friendly matches are serious business and that ireland need to learn lessons from friendly games? even if said friendly game involves no manager so nothing can be learned anyway but lets give the FAI some money cos apparantly they have none and isnt that the problem the league of ireland have at the minute..... no money? and doesnt DesF cough out LoI like he is some sort of creature who has a intravenous injection of LoI but is running at 18 times its normal capacity?

now for the bit about how "ppl going to national games wont make a lick of difference to the funds of the LoI teams". yeah fair enough... but I would like to see some money going into Irish football rather then the minimal amount that is gained by our team and 2,000 fans travelling to Kiev for 3 days. and also it might be nice for ppl like James and his son go to see Robinho & co. play on irish soil right in front of their eyes

BaZmO* · 04-02-2008 02:14PM

I voted 'Trapattoni'

whiskeyman · 04-02-2008 02:22PM

Tickets for this game were available on ticketmaster.ie over the past week.
I thought they were supposed to be part of a 2 games package with Serbia?
If they can't sell with that, what the hell is the demand for the Serbia game going to be like?

PHB · 04-02-2008 02:26PM

Wow, its amazing that it went to ticketmaster.

Personally I took the tickets cause I believe in Ireland future, and don't want to lose my place on the list after waiting years to get in

I know the only mechanism I have to change is taking away my money, but im hopeful that change will happen anyway

darkman2 · 04-02-2008 02:26PM

We will be very lucky to get away with just a hiding tbh. A Rugby type score is very possible for Brazil. Too many factors against us atm that no other team could cope with without taking it to the field.

ironictoaster · 04-02-2008 02:34PM

It's a money racket scheme indeed, ah well. Either way my ticket only costed me 7 quid

Kanney · 04-02-2008 02:34PM

Yay, can't wait got tickets to this. Can't wait to see all these superstars of the beautiful game, Paul McShane, John Douglas, Wayne Henderson.... Can't wait.!

sprinkles · 04-02-2008 02:49PM

Just wondering - will there be a minutes silence for the Munich Crash and in particular Liam Whelan before the match?

BaZmO* · 04-02-2008 03:06PM

sprinkles wrote: »

Just wondering - will there be a minutes silence for the Munich Crash and in particular Liam Whelan before the match?

Dunno possibly, but I do know the English are to have one before their game and I'm sure it will, as always, be impeccably respected.

ShoulderChip · 04-02-2008 03:57PM

PHB wrote: »

I figured Kaka would pull out, but Im disappointed Pato did. I've seen Kaka play, but not Pato Would have liked to see him play.

I'm looking forward to seeing Anderson play actually, should be fun. Also hopefully Robinho will play, never seen him,

I am completely shocked by these statements,
dnon't you comment on this board the whole time, and yet you don't watch italian or spanish soccer????

Do you just like man united and not soccer?

missingtime · 04-02-2008 03:59PM

ShoulderChip wrote: »

I am completely shocked by these statements,
dnon't you comment on this board the whole time, and yet you don't watch italian or spanish soccer????

Do you just like man united and not soccer?

I'm guessing he meant live. As in at the stadium.

_blank_ · 04-02-2008 04:00PM

ShoulderChip wrote: »

I am completely shocked by these statements,
dnon't you comment on this board the whole time, and yet you don't watch italian or spanish soccer????

Do you just like man united and not soccer?

Do you watch every league in the world?

No?

Oh...

BaZmO* · 04-02-2008 04:05PM

ShoulderChip wrote: »

I am completely shocked by these statements,
dnon't you comment on this board the whole time, and yet you don't watch italian or spanish soccer????

Do you just like man united and not soccer?

Great username, very apt!

PHB · 04-02-2008 04:48PM

I am completely shocked by these statements, I meant actually watch them in real life.

eirebhoy · 04-02-2008 08:01PM

DesF wrote: »

What, like Cyprus, or San Marino?

Jesus like, Ireland are shíte, have no manager and are in total disarray.

I can't believe how stubborn you are with this. Player for player we're as good as Poland imo. The difference between that and shíte is enormous. The thing is you know quite we'll we're not rubbish and have a decent squad of players. And no need to go over the Cyprus and San Marino thing again. We had Stan in charge.

Even look at the Czechs. Are Rozehnal, Kovac, Galasek, Polak, Sionko, Koller, Baros better than what we've got? They're all regular starters for the Czechs.

OPENROAD · 04-02-2008 08:05PM

Although he is not playing for us at the moment, hope Gilberto comes back ok. God I hate International week :mad:, are Spain playing this week.

estebancambias · 04-02-2008 08:24PM

eirebhoy wrote: »

I can't believe how stubborn you are with this. Player for player we're as good as Poland imo. The difference between that and shíte is enormous. The thing is you know quite we'll we're not rubbish and have a decent squad of players. And no need to go over the Cyprus and San Marino thing again. We had Stan in charge.

Even look at the Czechs. Are Rozehnal, Kovac, Galasek, Polak, Sionko, Koller, Baros better than what we've got? They're all regular starters for the Czechs.

Once again agreed. Good point about the Czech team, I wasn't aware we actually had at least the same level players.

ziggy · 04-02-2008 08:52PM

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eirebhoy · 04-02-2008 08:53PM

ziggy wrote: »

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For the millionth time, we had a guy called Steve Staunton in charge. Managers are getting paid up to €6m a year for a reason.

ziggy · 04-02-2008 09:31PM

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