Ireland's starting line-up:
Given
Kelly - Dunne - O'Dea - Ward
Duff - Andrews - Whelan - McGeady
Keane - Doyle
A win would be great, a draw bearable but a loss and our chances of qualifying would be slim.
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Russia v Ireland | Euro 2012 Qualifier
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What will be the result?
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jeb4eva-
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Ireland's starting line-up:
Given
Kelly - Dunne - O'Dea - Ward
Duff - Andrews - Whelan - McGeady
Keane - Doyle
A win would be great, a draw bearable but a loss and our chances of qualifying would be slim.
coolhead33-
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Is Keogh on the bench?
jeb4eva-
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No he's not. A first half dominated by the Russians, Given's made 3 great saves and Dunne excellently cleared a ball off the line. Let's hope for a much better second half.
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Robbie Keane only needs 2 more goals to beat Zico's record
Bushido-
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Richard Dunne mate that was fucking hilarious 
jeb4eva-
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What a save by Shay Given!!!
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You're telling me nobody even laughed at Richard Dunne having somebody draw his numbers on his shirt? boring boring bastards.
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Russia have been the much better side, but they're so wasteful.
jeb4eva-
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Nightmare wrote:You're telling me nobody even laughed at Richard Dunne having somebody draw his numbers on his shirt? boring boring bastards.
His injury was no laughing matter, I can tell you that.
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given 
and jela what are doing facepalming all the russian players?
and jela what are doing facepalming all the russian players?
jeb4eva-
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That match made me feel like Jodie Foster in The Accused. We got ripped apart so many times, it's unbelievable we came away with a draw.
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Win are last two games which are Andorra away and Armenia at home and we have got at least play-offs.
Demba Ba-
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Ireland played relatively well and got a good draw, but I think they should have gone all out for the win, as that was what they really needed at the end of the day.
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cheesy wrote:Ireland played relatively well and got a good draw, but I think they should have gone all out for the win, as that was what they really needed at the end of the day.
What game did you watch?
Demba Ba-
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arsenalap11 wrote:cheesy wrote:Ireland played relatively well and got a good draw, but I think they should have gone all out for the win, as that was what they really needed at the end of the day.
What game did you watch?
Funnily enough, the game we're talking about here.
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Armenia are beating Slovakia 2-0, we can still get automatic qualification. 
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Keanoo wrote:Armenia are beating Slovakia 2-0, we can still get automatic qualification.
Handy indeed, we still have to go there though.
Whats the group like?
Russia 17
Ireland 15
Slovakia 14
Armenia 14
As it stands iirc?
Demba Ba-
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Hopefully Ireland will go through.
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Slovakia are 3-0 down now, if only we beat them 
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VivaRonaldo wrote:Keanoo wrote:Armenia are beating Slovakia 2-0, we can still get automatic qualification.
Handy indeed, we still have to go there though.
Whats the group like?
Russia 17
Ireland 15
Slovakia 14
Armenia 14
As it stands iirc?
Correct. Russia still have to play Slovakia away and Slovakia has already beat Russia in Russia. Slovakia will have to beat Russia to have a chance so hopefully they can.
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Armenia still in it too though. We just need to concentrate on our own results.
Keanoo-
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If we want to qualify we have to beat Armenia at home and Andorra away. If we can't do that then we don't deserve to qualify.
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If only he went for it against Slovakia, they were there for the taking.
Does 2nd place qualify automatically or a play-off?
Does 2nd place qualify automatically or a play-off?
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You may get neither. Play-off if you have the right amount of points.VivaRonaldo wrote:If only he went for it against Slovakia, they were there for the taking.
Does 2nd place qualify automatically or a play-off?
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I was wrong
Taken from the official site.
The qualifying round is made up of nine groups of five or six teams, who contest home and away fixtures. The section winners and runners-up with the best record against the top five in their group progress automatically. The remaining eight second-placed sides contest two-legged play-offs, with the victors joining the hosts to complete the lineup for the final tournament.
Taken from the official site.
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Keanoo-
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The best runner up gets automatic qualification, if we win our last two games we would have a good chance of getting that place as we would have 21 points. Otherwise if we don't it's play offs.
But we can still win the group if Slovakia get there act together and beat Russia as we know they can.
But we can still win the group if Slovakia get there act together and beat Russia as we know they can.
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Ah so we need the Slovaks to beat Russia aslong as we win our own games. 
