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Group E: Belgium vs Rep Ireland - (18/6/16) KO 2pm, ITV1/HD |
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On paper the Republic should have better players but Northern Ireland come across as more of a team. Then again, let's see how they do against Germany as they haven't had opposition as tough as Belgium yet.
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i need 30 points for my sun dream team and i don't want to be too greedy :P
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There is no "if" Ireland will not beat Italy, the Italians will have far too much for them.
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Worst team in the Euro's I would think
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Ah, understandable then, sorry but that won't be happening though.
i took out lukaku for goatse a few days ago right after belgums awful display, now its backfired.
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Perhaps, but I'm just making the point that the scale of Ireland's defeat today will in all likelihood not change what they have to do against Italy.
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Worst team in the Euro's I would think
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people seemed certain of that in '94 too...
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Worst team in the Euro's I would think
That's consistency. |
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i know
i took out lukaku for goatse a few days ago right after belgums awful display, now its backfired.
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Worst team in the Euro's I would think
I think Albania, Turkey and Ukraine all look slightly worse than Ireland. |
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On paper the Republic should have better players but Northern Ireland come across as more of a team. Then again, let's see how they do against Germany as they haven't had opposition as tough as Belgium yet.
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I would like to see that happen. I think NI are a significantly better side than Ireland, at least on what I have seen in this tournament.
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Ireland had a good and underrated team back then, this team is far inferior.
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It's quite impressive really, Ireland were the worst team at Euro 2012 in a 16 team tournament and have maintained that position and been the worst team four years later at Euro 2016 in a 24 team tournament.
That's consistency. |
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Albania are up there.
I can think of at least 4 or 5 teams that have put in worse performances than that so far. |
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It's quite impressive really, Ireland were the worst team at Euro 2012 in a 16 team tournament and have maintained that position and been the worst team four years later at Euro 2016 in a 24 team tournament.
That's consistency. |
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the point is you seem to say things with absolute certainty that this or that will happen... as a football fan you should know that nothing is for certain in this sport. yeah, as things stand it's unlikely that ireland will win, but can they win? yeah they can...
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the point is you seem to say things with absolute certainty that this or that will happen... as a football fan you should know that nothing is for certain in this sport. yeah, as things stand it's unlikely that ireland will win, but can they win? yeah they can...
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They did manage that draw against Sweden.
I think Albania, Turkey and Ukraine all look slightly worse than Ireland. The Czech's draw yesterday came as a result of freak circumstances. |
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They did manage that draw against Sweden.
I think Albania, Turkey and Ukraine all look slightly worse than Ireland. |
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Ireland were wasting time from the first whistle. Their lousy tactics were ruined the moment Belgium scored the first. Thank god they scored early in the second half. We've at least had some entertainment now.
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Not sure how much Italy will care as they have now won the group first team to do so so it's zero at stake so just never know
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Sweden haven't managed a shot on target in 180+ minutes of football - it is really difficult to get any worse than that.
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And that's rubbish. We got a draw against Sweden, and should've beat them. We have been awful today, but we are playing a very good side.
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i took out lukaku for goatse a few days ago right after belgums awful display, now its backfired.