you couldnt make that shit up ha !

Its in ours hands now, we can make our own destiny…

In our hands again thankfully! That game against Armenia is going to be huge. I’d say we’re fairly likely to end up in the play-offs at this stage though, winning the group would seem ridiculous..

The determination and application of senior players like Keith Andrews ?? What game was that senile old man looking at? We’d be better off with 2 armchairs in the middle of the park than Keith Andrews and Glenn Whelan.. At least with armchairs there the ball might rebound off them and go forward !! Credit to Dunne and Given as always !!

God I love football!

anyone remember how ireland got to japan/korea 2002? holland should have one 4 or 5 nil at landsdowne road
ireland crossed the half way line once and jason mcateer scored

we got a play off against saudi arabia which we won

the players and coaching staff made their own luck they deserve to be in this position

Yeah it’s our own hands. Just have to win to more games and if that gets us the playoff spot, then hope we get a good draw and win both of them games. I’d take that " if your not in you can’t win". But in this f%*ked up group we could still end up top team. Ole ole days again love it.

St. Patrick was looking but there was no victory, so, someone was looking from the other side … Stalin, perhaps?

On the brink of finishing second in a group that includes a country that’s a gagillion times our size and people are still moaning. Amazing. Well actually that’s not what’s amazing – I can’t believe there’s so many negative comments and nobody has had a go at Robbie Keane yet!

This group is wide open now.. although if we win our last two games we are guaranteed a playoff with 21 points. IF’ the Russian go to Slovakia and lose we are then in the driving seat to win the group. Again i must reiterate we must take maximum point against andorra and armenia.

We arent the best team in the world but i am so proud of those players. Dunne was a god last nite!!

Who’s the patron saint of Poxyness? All hail.

The determ

Oh dear..senile is not the word. Things were not working against slovakia yet he persisted with 4-4-2 (with, i’m sorry.. 2 of the most limited midfielders imaginable) right up until the end. Lucky enough there to come away with a draw. Could have stuck on Hunt way before 7 mins before the end. Tonight we were absolutely blessed as the russian completely wasted a host of chances…again ran us ragged with a 5 man midfield, like they did to us in Dublin A YEAR AGO. Make no mistake we rode our luck in the last 2 matches and are still in this only because of a heroic defence in both games – heroic as our midfield is incapable of ball retention of any kind or imposing themselves on the game. Doyle does not look happy. This is another player Trap has pissed off over the course of three years. I am not happy.

So many comments supporting the ‘sure we’ll be grand" philosophy of life. Contrast the performance of a â

Funny, every single article I’ve read on the web about this match and the team in general raises questions about the midfield and still Crapatoni insists on doing nothing. Strange.

Fair play – we drew a match – that between a former world superpower and a wee island on the windswept eastern Atlantic. If the contest were conventional (or nuclear) warfare or even chess then …????!!!

Would definitely prefer one all or nothing game with Armenia than another round of playoffs… Come on Slovakia!

If Slovakia beat Russia then we are into a win or nothing situation against Armenia. A draw would be no good for us in the sceanrio that Slovakia win both their games, and Russia beat Andorra in their final game, leaving them both on 20 points. After we beat Andorra we will have 18 points going into the Armenia game. Too hairy to think about!

I would love to see trap go and bring in a manager that wants to play football

God I hate football Рoverpaid w@崉

Play with pride and spirit. Win or lose. Is that too much to expect. bring in the entire rovers Europa league squad.