almilan

almilan · 20-09-2004, 13:10

im going to the france ireland match in paris october 9th. over 25000 irish applied to the footballl association of ireland for tickets. my friend was randomly selected by computer and got two tickets. he had like probably a 1 in a 200 chance of getting tickets. he gave the other one to me as you have probably guessed. the tickets havent actuallly arrived yet though think they are been posted next week. we are shocked we got tickets but we are delighted its going to be a great weekend. over 20000 irish are expected to travel to paris many without tickets. the match on a saturday we are flying in friday night and going home monday evening (all the flights back on sunday were booked out) the only bad thing is ill be broke after weekend and am going to have to stay in the next few sat nights trying to spare money. i hope the paris nightlife will make up for it.

as it stands ireland and france both have 4 points.
matchday 1
Ireland beat cyrus 3-0 at home
France drew 0-0 wit irasel at home
matchday2
Ireland drew 1-1 away with switzerland
france beat the faroe islands 2-0 away

Zidane,Thuram, Lizaruaru,Desailly all retired international duty after euro 2004
Claude Makele retired 2 wks ago after not been picked for game against faroe islands
Vieria is suspended for ireland game

with all the above missing and frances less than immpressive current form plus irelands habit of rising to the occassion against big teams i think we will get a result either a draw or win.

For those of ye who are not familar with the irish team here is how i would expect us to line up taking into account injuries and form

Given(Newcastle)

Finnan(Liverpool) O'Brien(Newcastle) Cunnigham(Birimigham) O'Shea(Man Utd)

Reid(Notts Forest) Keane(Man Utd) Kilbane(Everton) Duff(Chelsea)

Robbie Keane(Spurs) Morrrison(Birimigham)

France on the hand will have Henry and Trezeguet(who seems to be back in form unfortunately 3 goals in games in serie a for juve)

i may be too optimistic here but im predicting 1-0 to ireland with Roy Keane scoring.(but it doesnt really matter who scores)
What way does everyone else see the match going? as we all support milan we are all knowledge football fans so the poll should be accurate if everyone who is familar with the teams votes.

View Poll Results: France Vs Ireland Oct 9th
France will win	6	35.29%
Ireland will win	8	47.06%
It will be a draw	3	17.65%
Voters: 17. You may not vote on this poll

20-09-2004, 13:10	#1
almilan Registered User Join Date: 07 2004 Location: Ireland Fave Players: Maldini, Baresi, Gullit, Shevchenko, Kaka	France Vs Ireland Oct 9th im going to the france ireland match in paris october 9th. over 25000 irish applied to the footballl association of ireland for tickets. my friend was randomly selected by computer and got two tickets. he had like probably a 1 in a 200 chance of getting tickets. he gave the other one to me as you have probably guessed. the tickets havent actuallly arrived yet though think they are been posted next week. we are shocked we got tickets but we are delighted its going to be a great weekend. over 20000 irish are expected to travel to paris many without tickets. the match on a saturday we are flying in friday night and going home monday evening (all the flights back on sunday were booked out) the only bad thing is ill be broke after weekend and am going to have to stay in the next few sat nights trying to spare money. i hope the paris nightlife will make up for it. as it stands ireland and france both have 4 points. matchday 1 Ireland beat cyrus 3-0 at home France drew 0-0 wit irasel at home matchday2 Ireland drew 1-1 away with switzerland france beat the faroe islands 2-0 away Zidane,Thuram, Lizaruaru,Desailly all retired international duty after euro 2004 Claude Makele retired 2 wks ago after not been picked for game against faroe islands Vieria is suspended for ireland game with all the above missing and frances less than immpressive current form plus irelands habit of rising to the occassion against big teams i think we will get a result either a draw or win. For those of ye who are not familar with the irish team here is how i would expect us to line up taking into account injuries and form Given(Newcastle) Finnan(Liverpool) O'Brien(Newcastle) Cunnigham(Birimigham) O'Shea(Man Utd) Reid(Notts Forest) Keane(Man Utd) Kilbane(Everton) Duff(Chelsea) Robbie Keane(Spurs) Morrrison(Birimigham) France on the hand will have Henry and Trezeguet(who seems to be back in form unfortunately 3 goals in games in serie a for juve) i may be too optimistic here but im predicting 1-0 to ireland with Roy Keane scoring.(but it doesnt really matter who scores) What way does everyone else see the match going? as we all support milan we are all knowledge football fans so the poll should be accurate if everyone who is familar with the teams votes.