FAI...June 2024 Friendlies v Hungary and Portugal

[laoislad]

ah jaysis Italy.....

[laoislad]

Could so easily have been Hungary and Austria instead of Italy and Sweden.

[From the Bunker]

Could so easily have been Hungary and Austria instead of Italy and Sweden.

A world of a difference!

Anyway great to be there!

[BennyCake]

Sweden a one man team, Italy always flop in finals, and them frickin' Belgians are overrated. World number 1, me hole.

There you go, easy run to the next round.

[laoislad]

Germany
Poland
Northern Ireland

The O'Neill will be looking for tips from O'Neill!

Tell the bastards nothing.

[Boycey]

I don't get the negativity that abounds on social media about this group. We're not gonna win the fecking thing, even with a strong wind at our backs a quarter final berth would be the absolute height of our ambitions?? We've got 3 teams that you would pay money to watch, let's make the most of it, one win and we're well on our way.. Enjoy

[annapr]

I think its a decent enough draw.
Sweden aren't world beaters by any stretch of the imagination.
Italy are Italy but we have got results against them before.
Belgium probably the toughest but not the toughest of the Pool A teams that we could have gotten.
In summary it could have been better but could have been much worse.
I think the Norths group is tougher.

[ONeill]

This is a hard tournament to get eliminated from. As well as the generous qualifying numbers, top 2 in each of the 6 groups qualify as well as 4 of the 6 third placed teams.

[BennyCake]

This is a hard tournament to get eliminated from. As well as the generous qualifying numbers, top 2 in each of the 6 groups qualify as well as 4 of the 6 third placed teams.

It's as bad as the X factor!

[seafoid]

This is a hard tournament to get eliminated from. As well as the generous qualifying numbers, top 2 in each of the 6 groups qualify as well as 4 of the 6 third placed teams.

That's just to get it down to 16 so they can run the knockout with pre quarters, quarters etc. The republic are probably not in the top 16.

[general]

Rob Elliot for Newcastle yesterday TOP CLASS

[Asal Mor]

Rob Elliot for Newcastle yesterday TOP CLASS

He's been excellent for them recently. I'd imagine that he's now first choice, ahead of Krul when he gets back from injury.

[OgraAnDun]

Anyone applied for their tickets yet? Does anyone know what the actual difference is between applying for a 'Follow your Team' ticket and applying for the matches individually in a package?

[laoislad]

I applied for 2 for the Sweden game.
Some difference in price between Cat 1 and Cat 4 tickets!

[ballinaman]

I applied for 2 for the Sweden game.
Some difference in price between Cat 1 and Cat 4 tickets!

Snap. Over on Saturday 11th and back Tuesday 14th from Orly. Looking at Eurostar from London to Lille for Italy game. Can't swing any more days to go to Bordeaux.