coybig2015

bear in mind, that had you beaten Georgia, and the other results were the same. The game in Poland then is entirely different, a point would have done us. the way it panned out, it was all or nothing, go for the win or 2-2 draw or higher or dont and get the play off. It would have been a different match in Poland for Ireland, if we couldnt afford to lose...

correct me if I am wrong, but they have never won anything, they have no tradition. I fancy Germany, you never know what you will get with French at home though... I am not sure where Spain are in the rebuilding process...

we took 4 points from the world champions and top seeds. Then beat Bosnia who were top seeds in their group (they were also the highest ranked in world ranking of teams that made it to the play off). The group we were in was obviously tough and it looked to be a 3 horse race for second and third spot. Scotland did look to be on a good run and have their s**t together, but there was one reason I fancied Ireland to beat finish ahead of them in the group and think some of your fans "oh we will have the republic" etc was OTT and misplaced arrogance. We are consistently there or thereabouts come the end of qualifying, we have decent pedigree in that regard. Scotland have been nowhere since '98. It would have been amazing to have all of the "home nations" and Ireland there... I reckon we are going to be tough for anyone to beat, I feel the "bigger teams" Spain and Germany, arent what they were in 2012... Also that year we ended up in a group with 2 eventual finalists. Given also made a few uncharacteristic mistakes, that had he been his usual self, would have resulted in the hidings, being beatings. It was just one of those campaigns where nothing went right for us. Trappatoni having no faith in the players, what good does that do for morale etc?