Poland's problem is that their form has been patchy. Brilliant at times but very average at others....that explains their not overly impressive ranking.

Been looking forward to this one. C'mon Northern Ireland.

irish well under the kosh here...

Got a bad feeling about this game for NI, hopefully they can weather the storm.

Will be nice to see a 4-0 or 5-0

Attacking teams need to be rewarded if we are to have an enthralling tournament!

Too easy for Poland down the flanks.

McLaughlin looks lightweight in the right back position especially.

This is going to be a loooong game for Norn Iron. If they can concede fewer than 2 goals they will have done well.

It has started pretty much the way I would have expected, lots of early pressure from Poland. The North need to be a little more composed though, they're giving the Poles too much room.

I have often found FIFA rankings to have a tenuous connection with reality. For instance, Switzerland - who were trounced home and away by England in qualifying - are currently ranked above France.

As for Poland, i am old enough to remember when they had a very fine football team, as far back as the 1974 World Cup finals .

Good, fast start by the Poles. Irish need to get a foothold.

I don't think the Poles can sustain this for 90 minutes....they're not a Germany or a Spain and they can be quite brittle at times

I had deleted that part of my post but a poster retweeted it in a knee jerk reaction to go down the sectarian route. I don't feel represented by NI opponents in any way and never actually said that I did.

Upon reflection I should have placed a large number of smileys after my brief post abut supporting Poland to indicate that it wasn't meant to be taken as anything more than banter. I didn't realise Norn Iron fans were so thin skinned.

At least you have the grace to acknowledge that having a different opinion doesn't make one sectarian.

They recently asked Stormont to suggest a different one but Arlene Foster told them it was their decision.

Seems to be a bit of a personal battle developing between Jonny Evans and Lewandowski...

Milik has been terrible so far

Northern Ireland will do very well to come out of this with a clean sheet at this rate.

Is that guy who thinks the Republic are better than NI in here ATM? Even though NI are ranked 25th and Eire 33rd?

Bet the Republic are out first.

It's like a training ground exercise, attack v defence, so far.

This game is terrible

And just to confirm that, he misses a glorious chance.

This is how I remember NI playing in the world cups in the 1980s - not my sort of football at all.

The finishing in this tournament............

How did he not hit the target ?

This game could do with a Polish goal to force Northern Ireland to come out a bit more.

milik did well to work the position but his final shot was woeful...