MON84 1 Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Facing up to Henry, Benzema, Anelka and Ribery I really didn't rate the chances of Richard Dunne and co to hold the fort and scrape a victory. Now that Ribery's injured, that's still a pretty hairy looking attacking lineup.But as this World Cup blog on Ireland vs France considers, Domenech seems to be facing a great deal of confusion over what defensive lineup to play. Apparently in 16 outings, he's never picked the same back 4 for more than 2 consecutive outings in 16 games, and that's not even taking into account how much he meddles with his keepers!I know Robbie Keane has looked p*ss poor in recent months/years, but he often has a knack of pulling it out for his country. Anyone fancy the upset? Link to post Share on other sites
lukedaw 80 Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 yes is it two legs and if they get throught are they trought to the world cup Get well soon Petrov Link to post Share on other sites
The Aston Villan 41 Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 I think the Irish can win ans will certainly be cheering them on DONT FORGET YOUR PREDICTIONS FOR PREDICTION LEAGUE PEOPLE Link to post Share on other sites
irish mad villian 0 Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 unfortunately the first leg is at croke park :(as long as Ireland dont conceed in the first leg they are in with a really good chance it wont be a good match as trappotoni like any italian has Ireland defending an not attacking. hopefully Dunne does the business at the back and duff is injury free. come on the IRISH Link to post Share on other sites
irish_villain 58 Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 I think we can win.Of course the French have much better individuals but I'm not sure what sort of a team they are, they were poor in their qualifying group and alot of the senior players don't like playing for Domenach.Anything can happen. Link to post Share on other sites
ak47deol 177 Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Domenach crap manager as he believes in picking his teams by reading stars!! Think Ireland can win as France may think it will be a walk over but defos hoping for an upset <a class='bbc_url' href='http://www.avillafan.com'><img src='http://www.avillafan.com/forum/predictionleague/Carlingcup.png' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' /></a> Link to post Share on other sites
minibeard 12 Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 I'm hoping the irish can get the job done. We (NZ) have our own chance of making only our second world cup in history this weekend.. Link to post Share on other sites
MON84 1 Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 6 reasons from this football article on World Cup betting why Ireland can beat France, and none of them relate to Domenech and his crazy methods for selecting the team! Did anyone see this fighting talk from Richard Dunne? Looks like he's really up for it, but not surprised considering Domenech described Ireland as England's B team! Link to post Share on other sites
villa1874 3 Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I think Ireland can definitely win this, the fact that France are even in the play offs shows that they have struggled, France are a team on the way back down but Ireland are a team on their way back up. Link to post Share on other sites
Dublin Villain 78 Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Have my ticket for this .Well as Dunne has said they have to be considered clear favourites and its a pity the first leg is at home .No reason why we can't beat them , im sure Croke Park will be a cracking atmosphere and I feel the french have a certain arrogance going in to these games .We need another epic performance from Dunne and Given and as someone said Keane does tend to spring up with vital goals .Could be very tight and defensive games but im sure at some stage we will give it go as a defensive system can only do so much .Not that I need to mention it but when Dunne charges himself up for these games he can put in a world class performance which is amazing to watch . "This is not possible. What McGrath is doing is just not possible with the amount of preparation that he's had." Link to post Share on other sites
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