LewisEDI Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 good draw IMO, fancy ireland to go through. would have fancied us as well :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotlad Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 I don't think it's too bad a draw for them, to be honest. A team like Sweden might have been tricky but I think the Irish have every chance in this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudScot Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Hopefully Ireland go out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainmac1 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Sweden v Denmark. Is that the Scandinavian equivalent of Auld Enemies' . Without the booing of national anthems I imagine. Would have thought Norway and Sweden would be that one. They share a land border and used to be one country after they joined in union after a brief war. Norway went and ruined everything though by voting for Independence a century later. A period of great regret in Norwegian history as all Norwegians have finally realised they were better together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 (edited) I am non-plussed. Love how some here downplay Wales group and feat of qualifying saying they were in an easy group. Yet Bosnia who finished BELOW Wales are now being talked up. So which is it to be? Wales qualified from a tough group (some feat) or Ireland are in with a very good chance as Bosnia are pish? Edited October 19, 2015 by Caledonian Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggycoo Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Sweden v Denmark. Is that the Scandinavian equivalent of Auld Enemies' . Without the booing of national anthems I imagine. Na, Norway v Sweden is the big one. Mind when we were over in Olso 2005?, won 2-1 and rushed back to watch England v NI only to greeted by Sweden v Hungry I think - the only show in town that night given how many Swedes work in Olso. Watched the end of that game, Zlatan scored at the death, all the Norwegians who had stayed to watch or came back from our game were gutted and the Swedes then informed us that there is no love lost between the 2 nations - much like Scotland and England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Ireland may have a chance given Bosnia have been pretty poor this campaign, however, if Bosina turn up over the two legs, i'd expect them to win by a couple of goals overall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe545 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Na, Norway v Sweden is the big one. Mind when we were over in Olso 2005?, won 2-1 and rushed back to watch England v NI only to greeted by Sweden v Hungry I think - the only show in town that night given how many Swedes work in Olso. Watched the end of that game, Zlatan scored at the death, all the Norwegians who had stayed to watch or came back from our game were gutted and the Swedes then informed us that there is no love lost between the 2 nations - much like Scotland and England. Nah, for Swedes it's versus Denmark that matters. Last time they played some Danish drunk living in Malmö ran into the pitch and attacked the ref Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slide tackle Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 I am non-plussed. Love how some here downplay Wales group and feat of qualifying saying they were in an easy group. Yet Bosnia who finished BELOW Wales are now being talked up. So which is it to be? Wales qualified from a tough group (some feat) or Ireland are in with a very good chance as Bosnia are pish? bosnia were very slow starters and were almost out of the group, a few months ago it looked like they were down and out but theyve hit form at the right time and the mini collapse of israel also helped them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggycoo Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Nah, for Swedes it's versus Denmark that matters. Last time they played some Danish drunk living in Malmö ran into the pitch and attacked the ref Suppose, could be that for Sweden the big game is Denmark and for Norway the big game is Sweden... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Nah, for Swedes it's versus Denmark that matters. Last time they played some Danish drunk living in Malmö ran into the pitch and attacked the ref Suppose, could be that for Sweden the big game is Denmark and for Norway the big game is Sweden... Historically have Denmark and Sweden not been the two big kingdoms of Scandinavia, and Norway just keeping itself to itself? Thus Sweden v Denmark is viewed as the big heated rivalry, and the rest between each of them not so much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Hunt Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Historically have Denmark and Sweden not been the two big kingdoms of Scandinavia, and Norway just keeping itself to itself? Thus Sweden v Denmark is viewed as the big heated rivalry, and the rest between each of them not so much? Thanks for the feedback. So it seems that Sweden are the england of scandinavia then. With Norway (wales?), Denmark (us) and Finland (Ni) presumably wanting to see Sweden beat at everything from football to tiddlywinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe545 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Thanks for the feedback. So it seems that Sweden are the england of scandinavia then. With Norway (wales?), Denmark (us) and Finland (Ni) presumably wanting to see Sweden beat at everything from football to tiddlywinks. Should add that aside from football where they are rubbish, the biggest rivalry for Sweden is vs Finland. They even have their own annual athletics competition which is called "The Finn battle" in Swedish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wubbs Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Ireland only got 600 tickets for the game Zenica. Had we of drawn them there would be a lot of unhappy TA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Ireland only got 600 tickets for the game Zenica. Had we of drawn them there would be a lot of unhappy TA 10-9 pointers guaranteed fastest broadband first for 8 pointers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Notice Slovenia are not playing their game in Ljubljana, but in the smaller Maribor stadium (Slovenian journalist says that the players prefer playing there as it is a better atmosphere).... with the return leg in Ukraine being played in Lviv rather than Kyiv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishandproud Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Going to be a really tough tie for us, not fussed by a few on here hoping we lose, we are there on merit and if you take 4 points off the world champs then who can argue it especially when your own boys took 0. Home leg second is massive, keep it tight first leg and we will have a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euan2020 Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Going to be a really tough tie for us, not fussed by a few on here hoping we lose, we are there on merit and if you take 4 points off the world champs then who can argue it especially when your own boys took 0. Home leg second is massive, keep it tight first leg and we will have a chance. Germany result kinda gets negated by getting beat by a 4th placed team ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByronLoon1986 Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Good luck tae Ireland. Met a good bunch from Dublin in Albufeira. Hope they qualify! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1ANDYP Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Couldn't give a monkeys to be honest. Met loads of decent irish. Too many on here gloating though. And far too many plastics here to make me like them.as for the decent of which there many. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Couldn't give a monkeys to be honest. Met loads of decent irish. Too many on here gloating though. And far too many plastics here to make me like them.as for the decent of which there many. Good luck.likewise don't think a,ll even watch the play offs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Should add that aside from football where they are rubbish, the biggest rivalry for Sweden is vs Finland. They even have their own annual athletics competition which is called "The Finn battle" in Swedish. Aye, but it's ice hockey that's the important battle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Some awful bitter posters on here. I can guarantee you lads you'd have practically zero posters on our Irish forum hoping Scotland go out if you got into the playoffs ahead of us. I'd certainly be shouting for yourselves. As for the others wishing us well cheers We'll certainly need it. Being honest, I do think Bosnia will go through as O'Shea and Walters are huge losses for the away tie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debian Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Some awful bitter posters on here. I can guarantee you lads you'd have practically zero posters on our Irish forum hoping Scotland go out if you got into the playoffs ahead of us. I'd certainly be shouting for yourselves. As for the others wishing us well cheers We'll certainly need it. Being honest, I do think Bosnia will go through as O'Shea and Walters are huge losses for the away tie. I hope you get absolutely battered. Ps. Wee Molly Malone is a hoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I hope you get absolutely battered. Ps. Wee Molly Malone is a hoe ? Sure she's from Dublin. I agree ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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