REP OF IRELAND V ESTONIA IN EURO PLAYOFFS,VERY HAPPY WITH THAT REST OF DRAW:TURKEY V CROATIA BOSNIA-HERTZ. V PORTUGAL CZECH REP V MONTENEGRO
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Am I the only one who wants Estonia to go through? Nowt against the Irish but it would be good if one of the real 'minows' got through.
Pleased for Ireland. Have to say if the shoe was on the other foot though the Irish people I know would be wishing Portugal on us. With both legs in Portugal!! The Celtics don't have much love for our great nation. I think there was some karma at work after France! They certainly did not want Bosnia and Herzegovina. They looked a really tidy side the other night and Dzeko is just awesome. Really pleased for Trappatoni as well. Like Capello he gets plenty stick, but he has done a cracking job with Ireland and is a first class manager. He also likes to provide some very unusual quotes and little sayings a la Cantona. I like a character.
He also expressed the hope that Ireland would be drawn to play their home game second, something that would have come automatically under the system that prevailed two years ago when France, as the seeded team, got to take Trapattoniâs side back to Paris after their visit to Croke Park. âYes, that was me, they changed it because I said âthis is not fairâ but now I would like to play away first and have our opponents at home second,â he said. Such a draw would require a little luck but, as was put to the 72-year-old â who said he is happy to wait to discuss any new contract offer until the FAI are ready to open talks or, failing that, to take on a new challenge â he has had plenty of that of late. âAnd thank God!â he exclaimed. I won a lot of cups and championships in my career and I can tell you that luck is a good thing. âNapoleon chose his generals because they were lucky, not because they were brave. âAnd you,â he said with a smile, addressing the journalist who had asked the question, âyou are a beautiful man . . . but sometimes you still need a little luck to get a woman.â Here's a couple of his quotes from the other night
It's unlucky for Montenegro, they deserve to be in the finals instead of us. It was mint when they equalised against us. You would have thought they won the European championships the way they celebrated. Best of luck to them. I hope Ireland get through as well.