Spain v Republic of Ireland

team news anyone

Valdés; Arbeloa, Piqué, Sergio Ramos, Jordi Alba; Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta; Silva, Pedro y Villa

David Forde, Paul McShane, Sean St Ledger, Darren O'Dea, Stephen Kelly; Seamus Coleman, Jeff Hendrick, James McCarthy, Andy Keogh; Robbie Keane, Conor Sammon.

anyone got a link for the match?

Is it on the telly?

i thought it was gonna be covered somewhere considering some of the sh1te thats been on lately

it's on setanta if you have that

spain are a rotten betting proposition. They're always incredibly short but often win by just 1 or 2. yet its so hard to take the mug opposition on a spread.

as you know theyll have so little of the ball

cheers thanks for i didnt realise it was on setanta

Ireland to win 4-0 at 1000 if Armenia can do it against Denmark...

Any stream of it, guys?

Want to see McShane... 

http://www.firstrow1.eu/watch/190932/1/watch-spain-vs-ireland.html

http://www.firstrow1.eu/watch/190932/1/watch-spain-vs-ireland.html

already being taught how to play football.....................

spain are like a constrictive snake that takes 85 minutes to suffocate its prey

a random goal from Ireland would be lovely

It's on Channel 428 on Sky.  I'm watching it

true but it works... there is only so much running a team
can do without the ball before they give way
id love to see ireland give them a proper game
but in reality theres not much hope

Looks like a small pitch

It must be free to air on premier sports>  I'm not a subscriber buts its on

Ireland should be 2-0 up and Spain down to 10 men

Jun 12, 2013 -- 1:15AM, smemon87 wrote:

Ireland should be 2-0 up and Spain down to 10 men

The foul by Pedro or did I miss something else?

Thanks. :)

are my eyes playing tricks (it is late) or is this pitch absolutely tiny?

unsurprisingly spain playing like theyre playing a money spinning friendly at yankee stadium, ireland rather more motivated

Jun 12, 2013 -- 1:17AM, BlindProbe wrote:

Jun 12, 2013 --  1:15AM, smemon87 wrote:Ireland should be 2-0 up and Spain down to 10 menThe foul by Pedro or did I miss something else?

foul by Pedro... a dodgy referee would have issued straight red

ah FFS sammon

The Sammon of College

one on one with keeper

ooooh sammon nearly

hit it through his legs

the pitch is not a football pitch, just adapted.

Yankee stadium is a baseball venue, much smaller in terms of area.

Left field is 116m for baseball, the touchline runs length ways along left field, it must be between 100m and 110m long by FIFA rules so plenty of space. Likewise thr right field is 108m long, the goal line runs along this and must be between 64m and 75m.

half time 0-0

Spain backers & goal backers sweating now...

camera angle makes pitch look smaller

Jun 12, 2013 -- 1:45AM, smemon87 wrote:

Spain backers & goal backers sweating now...

Goal backers yes but spain backers not by a long shot, standard goal 75+ and I hope Xavi or Silva get it!

2-0 spain ft at least,when 1 goes in there could be 3. they'll bring subs on and score by minute 60

i am all in on ireland, should i red out?

red out and put what you save on a late goal when the odds go above evens, 75-80 mins

lol ramazz

Why all in on ireland.

GTFI

1-0 spain :(

good gol ah well fun when it lasted

100 on over 1.5 spain 1.83

just kidding kodiak

Yeah we nearly got the 0-0 haha !!

Probably will end 2 or 3 nil now ...not long left though !!

Time to lay my stake off on Spain now, James Mclean coming on, the Sunderland maestro.

well played cox,every man in ireland want to do that

Left field is 116m for baseball, the touchline runs length ways along left field, it must be between 100m and 110m long by FIFA rules so plenty of space. Likewise thr right field is 108m long, the goal line runs along this and must be between 64m and 75m.

You can see its tiny since a goal kick with a bit more power behind it goes from one goalie to the other, doesn't happen in europe.

Maybe if it was howard, on a windy night. But thats not the case.

Phew.

lollllll ruled out just our luck

lol

why was that disallowed again?

ireland all over them

i was balls deep on unders there. cox was offside

2-0

mata has just been a different class since he came on tbf

yeah

customary late goal

2 fair result over all

why isnt Ireland in the WC qualifiers?

they are

Jury still out on Trap, but alot to b positive about of late

thye played last friday kodak 3-0 v Faroes

nevermind, its 3 feckin am.

in fairness they were missing Long and O Shea to be fair

could have been a different ball game with them available

juan mata looks like an irish man

Jun 12, 2013 -- 2:49AM, lukekelly88 wrote:

in fairness they were missing Long and O Shea to be fair

....most importantly hoolahan

Forde, coleman, hoolahan, mccarthy all stepped up to the plate in recent matches...nice to b positive bout it all for once

good performance, been impressed with forde the last few games. we have some good players that another manager could do a lot better with

The Spanish lads were all fighting about who'll get McShane's shirt

joe9000 12 Jun 13 02:54
Forde, coleman, hoolahan, mccarthy all stepped up to the plate in recent matches...nice to b positive bout it all for once

Apart from Forde they could all have stepped up a year earlier. Hard to believe that none of Coleman , Hoolahan , or McCarthy who were all established Premiership players were not considered for the Euros

i take it you mean stepped up by Trap? as in my earlier "jury still out on Trap" comment...Didn't take a brain surgeon to see they shud have been in the team even 2 years ago