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Ireland 1 Holland 2 FT. Damn!

5-0 FT Come on Ireland!

Greece 5-0 Gibraltar FT

4-0 Mavropanis

So far HT in both games things are going well. An Ireland win would be huge but even a draw works well

Rota looking like Roberto Carlos

Even a draw is good!

Goal!!!! Mavropanos

Ireland 1-0 over Netherlands 6 minutes in.. if Ireland can keep this result, that would be huge for us..

Bouchalakis is in the starting eleven?? Poyet what are you thinking?

Yes we need an Irish draw/win to stay alive.

This will be a good bounceback game, good chance to let out some frustration after being outclassed by the Dutch. Better win by at least 3. Otherwise this expected win won't do much for us, unless maybe the Dutch slip up in Dublin, get some Irish help.

Very disappointing performance, team was in good form and had just frustrated a more talented French side. But to be blown away like that in the 1st half is really poor. TBF we didn't do much wrong until we conceded the first goal, the Dutch had a clear height advantage and looked threatening every time they had a corner. The way we were torn apart for the 2nd and 3rd goals was simply not good enough for this level. That just about buries any chance of direct qualification we have. The Dutch have a game in hand on us too and own the H2H (we would have to beat them 3-0 in Greece for other tie-breakers to come into calculations) so they are basically 4 points clear of us with the game in hand too. We also have to play France again. We have to win our last 4 to have any hope, and even then it's out of our hands. If the Dutch win 4 of their last 5 they would qualify ahead of us. Off to the play-offs we go! Let's hope the squad can have a strong finish and hit the play-offs in March with plenty of confidence.