HOPING IRELAND ARE IN GROUP A OR B

im not really feeling the euphoricness of qualifying this time,guess its because of the dull style in which they play,few nights of entertainment next summer but wouldn't travel to follow this team,did this qualification give the public a lift,im not sure tbh

Group B won't be much fun for people going! A really looks the plum draw. A4 the ideal spot as all 3 games are in Wrocklaw.
As for our current dull style was it that much different in 1990 or 1994? Imo it will definitely lift the country.

Draw starting soon on Eurosport

dancing on the stage, the draw should be completed by 10pm local time

We got poland, germany and greece in the fake draw. I would gladly take that.

I backed us to get England @ 11/4

Bit of value there I reckon cos we always get them!

Portugal Italy Ireland Greece would be appropriate, if possible!

11/4 value
true odds are 3/1 so 10/3 would be value.

Didn't see 10/3 so just took the best price

Spain disaster

Spain - ffs!

Poland - Czech Republic - Greece

what a pile of wank that group is, odds on England getting it?


Poland v Greece opening match, i can't wait

Croatia

Sweden would have been sweet - that donkey at the back for Celtic wouldn't stop laughter.

worst possible geographical venue of the opening game...

Depending on the last team,may not get a point,may not even score.Looking like a stay at home might be on the cards for many.If i want to see a massacre then theres no point in seeing it live.

Poland - Czech Republic - Greece - Russia

fack wanted England

Italy,Spain,Croatia.They should have stalled traps contract because if ye thought Shamrock rovers shamed the country in that Europa Cup rubbish,wait until they see these wankkers.

Scillachi's fluke according to this clown on RTE, didn't Packie Bonner parry a shot straight into his path and he finished it??

donadoni's shot

BBC had us in Ukraine yet RTE have us in Poland??

Maybe it's me that got that wrong!

Thanks china, thought my memory was going there when he said it was a fluke, maybe if Bonner had of held it or pushed it away from an oncoming Italian they wouldn't of scored but sure why let the truth get in the way just say it was a fluke

Poland or Ukraine please?

Tough group but at least we've got a few high profile games to enjoy.

Packie got in his own way,feet all over the shop.

2 games in Poznan, 1 game in Gdansk

BBC made the rick:- Jonathan Pearce stated during their broadcast that we were playing Croatia on the Monday in Shaktar's ground.

jeez Dunphy is totally deluded

Ireland should be a short price to make it to the Quarters, 2 tournaments now and unbeaten away from home in both

4/1

Ireland, going back as far as 2008 to the present are unbeaten in 2 major tournament away from home under the management of Giovanni Trapatonni

Ireland 1:0 (1:0)  Colombia  29/05/2008 London Friendly Match
Norway 1:1 (0:1) Ireland 20/08/2008 Oslo Friendly Match 
Montenegro 0:0 (0:0) Ireland 10/09/2008 Podgorica 2010 World Cup Qualifier 
Ireland 1:1 (1:0) Italy 01/04/2009 Bari 2010 World Cup Qualifier
Ireland 1:1 (1:1) Nigeria  29/05/2009 London Friendly Match
Bulgaria 1:1 (1:1)  Ireland 06/06/2009 Sofia  2010 World Cup Qualifier
Cyprus 1:2 (1:1)  Ireland 05/09/2009 Nicosia 2010 World Cup Qualifier
France 1:1 (0:1) Ireland 18/10/2009 Paris 2010 World Cup Play-off
Armenia 0:1 (0:1) Ireland 03/09/2010 - Yervan Euro 2012 Qualifier 
Slovakia 1:1 (1:1) Ireland 12/10/2010 - Zilina Euro 2012 Qualifier
Russia 0-0 (0-0)  Ireland 06/09/2011 - Moscow Euro 2012 Qualifier Well dunne the bohys in green
Andorra 0-2 (0-2)  Ireland 07/10/2011 - Andorra La Vella  Euro 2012 Qualifier 
Estonia 0-4 (0-4)  Ireland 11/11/2011 - Tallin Euro 2012 Qual PO

Anaglogs, there's a job at Sky Sports waiting for you !

The way the games fall is good for Ireland. Hopefully we can snatch a result against Croatia and then I assume we will lose to Spain in match #2. This should leave a winner-take-all match against Italy in the last match. It will be the most defensive match in European Championship history!

We will beat croatia, draw with spain.
Italy will beat spain, and draw with croatia.
Ireland and Italy will play out a farcical draw.

Ask long as we missed Brazil i'm happy enough with the draw.

Spain likely to beat Ireland 1-0 or 2-0 (we wont be able to get the ball). Main thing is not to lose to Croats in opener and we have a chance.

So what group are Brazil actually in .......Aguero is playing well ...................

Spain will struggle against defensive minded sides. England, swiss and paraguay are prime examples.

Like Russia struggled against Ireland in Moscow.

A very tough group but nothing was ever going to be easy!

First up Croatia, we drew 0-0 against them in August, it was an absolute bore as far as I remember we just stopped them from playing their game. Modric is the heart and soul of their side and when he gets going they're threatening. Prediction: Draw.

It's 'goodnight irene' against the Spaniards. It should be quite a spectacle- our middle of the park contingent v. their weapon of a midfield. Andrews has a fine pair of legs to dig in to them! Who knows but I cannot honestly see us getting a pop at goal. Prediction: Lose.

Italia: We're as good as Italy. Ballotelli is twice the player of any of our strikers no question. They couldn't score for **** (bit like us) but at the same time not easy to be creative against or break down. It will be interesting, I give us one hell o' a chance here! Prediction: Ireland win.

The main thing is, we're there!

As long as we do better than En-gerland I'm happy! Keep them boys down!

Paraguay ? they innit as well .......what group,please ?

The group stages look straight forward to me. Th hosts generally do well in major competitions, even South Africa (completely useless) managed to beat france and pick up 4pts in the last world cup. Awful style match ups for spain, facing both Italy and Ireland and look like certain casualties in the group stages. The attacking system of portugal will be too hot to handle for Germany and the Dutch.

Group A
Poland
Russia

Group B
Portugal
Germany

Group C
Ireland
Italy

Group D
Ukraine
France

Should pay 1000000/1 for the accum, and looks nailed on.

Spain look like certain casualties??Ill have some of what your smoking please!

Vinnie_Roe

I see us not losing to Croatia. Maybe even a sneaky one nil win. I also see us giving Spain a tough game not losing. Even possibly nicking it one nil again. Then I see us hving a 2-2 again with the Eyetalians, before setting up a quarter final showdown against Engurlandshire. With a Robbie Keane strike smashing against the roof of the net. Then a semi final against Germany. I even see us getting through that. But then I see us losing controversially again to France and having our hearts broken...

One thing is for sure. NOBODY WILL FANCY PLAYING US!!!! ;)

Does anyone remember them inflatable hammers that were on sale for the 2002 World Cup? 'Hammered by the Irish!' was labelled on the head! I want one of these!