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2-1 Croatia  :pint:

Come on the paddy's!!!!!

1-1 draw with Coxy coming off the bench and scoring an equalizer.

Shay Given - for me one of the most under-rated keeper around. At one time he was for sure in the top 5 in the world

He was the best keeper in the country when he played for us ;)

Having some Irish blood in me I'm wanting Ireland to do themselves proud. Come on you greens!

Id love Cox to come off the bench and id love it even more if he got the winner :)

well that was a crap start

woo! oh b'jeesus!

The cunt in the crowd with the whistle needs to be knocked out, I thought that goal had been ruled out initially.

Good game

Why do the telly get all gooey over Ireland as if they some sort of twin town.

They are a foreign country....end of.

And this goes for all other shit as well as football......paddys popping up in all UK programmes.

I hope they get dumped out early doors....coxy or not.

Cos they are always the underdogs

I'd love it if they got further than our bunch of cunts

Because alot of us have irish roots i suppose.

Agreed. The commentator is creaming his pants over the Oirish fans!

Need Jelavic to score. Is he playing?

There you go he just scored.

Get in.

Need Jelavic to score again....

Did ok up till the last 10 when they couldn't keep the ball and hence got pushed further back and back. Eventually paying the price.  

Cox should get 20 mins or so maybe. Dunno if Ireland normally use Long before him though.

game over

Coxy poised to come on!!

Lively start from Coxy, would love to see him score.

Coxy does more in 2 mins than that waste of space Duff has in the whole game

How much of the field is Cox playing?

He's just been playing at RB

Is it just me, or is Cox being played on the wing?

Yea, I think he is.

He's podged out a bit hasn't he

Cox is wasted on the wing.

If Ireland wanted a winger surely they'd have gone for McLean from Sunderland, and as you say Cox appears wasted!

See ya later Ireland. Thanks for popping in.

For me Ireland have been the worst team in the comp so far

Yep

Only caught the second half.

Poor from Ireland, seemed to just want to play it to the right. Cox seemed to be playing as a WB at times. Gotta push men forward if you want to score goals.

Croatia didn't get forward much but at 3-1 why would they? They did look a tad sexy when they did though.

shite goals to conceed and didn't offer alot going forward. Task gets even harder in the next 2 games.

Fuck me, you sound American!

I'm about as Irish as Andy Townsend.....oh hang on a minute!!!!

The only Irishman who can do the Lambeth Walk......fuck off.

I have Oirish roots

My grandparents are irish.The school i went to had mainly irish students and most of my mates have irish family,irish roots? how the fuck does that sound american exactly?

Boston.

Think everyone knows Irish people over here and they are generally a well liked nation by us. Nowt wrong with wanting them to do well

I bet flash doesn't even drink Guinness.

What passport have ya got dere paddy?

If Ireland is wonderful why do none of the fuckers live there?

Because their ancestors moved over here to find work. Potato famine and all that innit.

Beamish....nit picker

What has that got to do with your original point?You asked why so many people over here liked them,i told you.I class myself as english but have no shame in saying i don't mind seeing the irish do well.

I have no affinity with Ireland but I want them to do well. They're our neighbours and speak the same language as us, we have a lot in common with them. Although I also want Croatia to do well for the very same reason.

Guess you failed Gcse geography  :D :D :D

Last time I checked Ireland was to the left of us...  ???

Oh never mind :doh:

Irish people speak English. And you obviously have no idea where I'm from.

I have O level Geography (exams when they were hard).

I suppose I better back down on this one and accept we all love Ireland cos they are part of the British Isles.

I know plenty of people who have nasty experiences in Ireland (more rural areas if I'm honest) because they were English. Hundreds of years of oppression will probably do that to a national psyche.

The Irish I've met over the years have been very pleasant but that doesn't mean I want them to do well in the football :)

depends on if your looking north or south.

The missus is irish so want them to do well. We're off to Croatia today for a week so timed it right to miss the game last night! Probably be in Dubrovnik for the England and Ireland games later in the week!

I have some Irish roots, but I want them to fail.

Ireland looked awful when I was watching it, I think there out now though, can't realistically see them getting results against the other two in their group.  :bye:

This went well! Given had a mare.