What's new

COYBIG! (COYGIG!)

Dougal

Staff
Jun 4, 2004
60,369
130,268
Frantic end? Check.
80 odd minute goal? Check.
Play-offs? Check.

*sigh*
 

werty

Well-Known Member
Aug 8, 2005
25,102
26,362
Deserved to win on the night. Didn't deserve to go through based on the rest of the group. If we play like that, and play a forward alongside McGoldrick, we'll do well in the play-off.
 

Archibald&Crooks

Aegina Expat
Admin
Feb 1, 2005
55,602
205,182
Go have a cup of tea and cucumber sandwich there
dummy spitter.jpg
 

Archibald&Crooks

Aegina Expat
Admin
Feb 1, 2005
55,602
205,182
Deserved to win on the night. Didn't deserve to go through based on the rest of the group. If we play like that, and play a forward alongside McGoldrick, we'll do well in the play-off.
Yeah they really need to start scoring more goals I think. I really enjoyed watching that last half hour, shame they couldn't quite get there.
 

haxman

Well-Known Member
Jan 14, 2007
16,922
8,165
Yeah they really need to start scoring more goals I think. I really enjoyed watching that last half hour, shame they couldn't quite get there.
That's been our problem since, well, forever really. Even in the days of Jack Charlton it was usually low scoring stuff. The talent just isn't there.
 

Saoirse

Well-Known Member
Aug 20, 2013
6,163
15,641
So who are they going to heroically fail against in the playoffs?

If Wales beat Hungary and everyone's interpreted the insane set of rules correctly, the League B Playoff Semi-Final would be Bosnia vs Northern Ireland and Slovakia vs Republic of Ireland, with a draw to decide which winner hosts the final.

Northern Ireland vs Republic of Ireland on a Tuesday night in Belfast. 400 matches, 55 nations, 24 places, 12 hosts, 8 years of coefficients, 5 interlinked qualifying tournaments, 4 sets of play-offs, and it comes down to a civil war. Only UEFA!
 
Last edited:

spurs mental

Well-Known Member
Mar 10, 2007
25,317
49,975
That's been our problem since, well, forever really. Even in the days of Jack Charlton it was usually low scoring stuff. The talent just isn't there.

Barring the time we had Keane and Duff. That team that went to the 2002 WC was good enough to get to the semi finals. The shootout v Spain still grates on me.
 

werty

Well-Known Member
Aug 8, 2005
25,102
26,362
If Wales beat Hungary and everyone's interpreted the insane set of rules correctly, the League B Playoff Semi-Final would be Bosnia vs Northern Ireland and Slovakia vs Republic of Ireland, with a draw to decide which winner hosts the final.

Northern Ireland vs Republic of Ireland on a Tuesday night in Belfast. 400 matches, 55 nations, 24 places, 12 hosts, 8 years of coefficients, 5 interlinked qualifying tournaments, 4 sets of play-offs, and it comes down to a civil war. Only UEFA!
Wait, the play-off is just a semi-final?
 

tototoner

Staying Alert
Mar 21, 2004
29,402
34,111
If Wales beat Hungary and everyone's interpreted the insane set of rules correctly, the League B Playoff Semi-Final would be Bosnia vs Northern Ireland and Slovakia vs Republic of Ireland, with a draw to decide which winner hosts the final.

Northern Ireland vs Republic of Ireland on a Tuesday night in Belfast. 400 matches, 55 nations, 24 places, 12 hosts, 8 years of coefficients, 5 interlinked qualifying tournaments, 4 sets of play-offs, and it comes down to a civil war. Only UEFA!

that's a shitshow no one needs
 

Marty

Audere est farce
Mar 10, 2005
40,170
63,865
Northern Ireland vs Republic of Ireland on a Tuesday night in Belfast. 400 matches, 55 nations, 24 places, 12 hosts, 8 years of coefficients, 5 interlinked qualifying tournaments, 4 sets of play-offs, and it comes down to a civil war. Only UEFA!
Speaking as a man who will sit and watch the game in the comfort of my own home, that would be a fantastic match.

If I was on the island of Ireland, I'd be shitting myself at the prospect of it happening.

Wait, the play-off is just a semi-final?
It's a straight knockout tourmanent based on Nations League performances last autumn. Semi finals on the Thursday, and the two winners go straight to a final on the Sunday.
 

Dougal

Staff
Jun 4, 2004
60,369
130,268
Speaking as a man who will sit and watch the game in the comfort of my own home, that would be a fantastic match.

If I was on the island of Ireland, I'd be shitting myself at the prospect of it happening.


It's a straight knockout tourmanent based on Nations League performances last autumn. Semi finals on the Thursday, and the two winners go straight to a final on the Sunday.
Followed by an extra place being given to the best out of three winners at ‘Rock Paper Scissors’, ‘Ip Dip Sky Blue, who’s it? Not you’ and ‘Had’.
 
Top