FAI...June 2024 Friendlies v Hungary and Portugal

[Il Bomber Destro]

The Swiss by far the easiest draw.

They aren't that great, Djourou manning the defence is an obvious positive. Denmark would be fairly well equipped to handle our route one football and have a lot of class in the midfield. A lot of those Swiss lads like Lichsteiner, Xhaka, Shaqiri are of the flaky variety.

[SHEEDY]

Denmark or possibly Switzerland is our best chance of going through.

Denmark the easiest but Switzerland's form probably makes them a greater threat than Croatia. Italy the obvious one to avoid.

switzerland are no world beaters, they had very good form in what has to be the weakest group in history. they had hungary, latvia, andorra and the faroe islands in their group. hardly the group of death. watched them tonight against portugal and thought they were very ordinary.

[BennyCake]

We owe the Yodelling Nazis a beating.

Would be sweet to knock them out.

[Syferus]

We owe the Yodelling Nazis a beating.

Would be sweet to knock them out.

Err, try to be a little less racist.

We're hardly the ones to throw stones at the Swiss for neutrality in WW2.

[Itchy]

We owe the Yodelling Nazis a beating.

Would be sweet to knock them out.

Err, try to be a little less racist.

We're hardly the ones to throw stones at the Swiss for neutrality in WW2.

Except the Swiss weren't so neutral really.

[BennyCake]

We owe the Yodelling Nazis a beating.

Would be sweet to knock them out.

Err, try to be a little less racist.

We're hardly the ones to throw stones at the Swiss for neutrality in WW2.

Nothing racist about it.

Neutrality was correct. It wasn't Ireland's fight.

[Syferus]

We owe the Yodelling Nazis a beating.

Would be sweet to knock them out.

Err, try to be a little less racist.

We're hardly the ones to throw stones at the Swiss for neutrality in WW2.

Except the Swiss weren't so neutral really.

Neither were we. I'd like to see BennyCake have the balls to say it to a Swiss person, or better yet a German.

[Avondhu star]

Playing Switzerland would also give George and Jimmy the chance to use their "Swiss roll" cliches

[Ball Hopper]

USA out of World Cup.  Lost 2-1 to Trinidad & Tobago, while Honduras beat Mexico 3-2 and Panama beat Costa Rica 2-1.  Honduras now play Australia in a play-off, while Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama go to Russia.

[Ball Hopper]

Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Colombia all head to Russia, while Peru play-off with New Zealand.

Chile don't make it - recent losses to Paraguay and Bolivia cost them dearly.

[Asal Mor]

Messi never does it for Argentina except when he scores one of the all-time great hat-tricks in a do or die World Cup qualifier after they've gone a goal down. Well worth a look on YouTube.

[Ball Hopper]

Panama's first goal did not cross the line - although they probably should have had a penalty instead.  Judge for yourself here about 40 seconds in (wait for replay as well): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKdsmwA9IYo

USA will be livid, as a Panama draw would have seen the US progress to the play-off game.

Alexi Lalas will be some fun over the next few days - he went off on the entire team a few weeks ago. 

[gallsman]

Messi never does it for Argentina except when he scores one of the all-time great hat-tricks in a do or die World Cup qualifier after they've gone a goal down. Well worth a look on YouTube.

In a game they desperately needed to win, at altitude in Ecuador where they had something like one win in about the last billion years. The man is a footballing God.

[Declan]

Messi never does it for Argentina except when he scores one of the all-time great hat-tricks in a do or die World Cup qualifier after they've gone a goal down. Well worth a look on YouTube.

In a game they desperately needed to win, at altitude in Ecuador where they had something like one win in about the last billion years. The man is a footballing God.

Unbelievable stuff from Messi - absolute genius

[PW Nally]

Messi never does it for Argentina except when he scores one of the all-time great hat-tricks in a do or die World Cup qualifier after they've gone a goal down. Well worth a look on YouTube.

In a game they desperately needed to win, at altitude in Ecuador where they had something like one win in about the last billion years. The man is a footballing God.

Unbelievable stuff from Messi - absolute genius

Wasn't bad was it!

3rd goal, this man is on a different planet.

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