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[Ayatollah Hermione 15082]

Anyone seen that big list of players who aren't going btw? It has some lads from places like Gabon and Wales who never go anyway but consider some of the players that play for Holland, Italy, Chile etc and you realise that it's a good chance for some new lads to make a name for themselves in this tournament.

 

Having said that, they should put all the good players who aren't going in a hat and do a draw. So, the likes of Panama pick a name out of a hat, Robben, for instance, and he plays for them for the duration that they're in the tournament. 

[Meenzer 16787]

  On 15/11/2017 at 11:51, Ayatollah Hermione said:

Anyone seen that big list of players who aren't going btw? It has some lads from places like Gabon and Wales who never go anyway but consider some of the players that play for Holland, Italy, Chile etc and you realise that it's a good chance for some new lads to make a name for themselves in this tournament.

 

Having said that, they should put all the good players who aren't going in a hat and do a draw. So, the likes of Panama pick a name out of a hat, Robben, for instance, and he plays for them for the duration that they're in the tournament. 

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Let's just cancel NZ-Peru and have the Rest Of The World as team 32. We can give Nobby a place in the starting line-up as compensation.

[Meenzer 16787]

  On 15/11/2017 at 11:37, Alex said:

Having to play at high altitude in La Paz and Quito and so on against decent sides is considerably tougher I'd say

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Aye, but Kyrgyzstan doesn't even exist. You try chartering a plane to an imaginary destination.

[strawb 4731]

Be a proper shite tournament without the good old “Socceroos” though wouldn’t it, worst name for anything, ever.

[Alex 37714]

Crazy to think Craig Moore has scored the winner in a World Cup finals match

[Tdansmith 3260]

New Zealand or Peru is the last match to be decided. 

 Do we have any New Zealand or Peru NUFC fans here ?  Just in case I fancy a bet on the match 

[Park Life 71]

  On 15/11/2017 at 11:51, Ayatollah Hermione said:

Anyone seen that big list of players who aren't going btw? It has some lads from places like Gabon and Wales who never go anyway but consider some of the players that play for Holland, Italy, Chile etc and you realise that it's a good chance for some new lads to make a name for themselves in this tournament.

 

Having said that, they should put all the good players who aren't going in a hat and do a draw. So, the likes of Panama pick a name out of a hat, Robben, for instance, and he plays for them for the duration that they're in the tournament. 

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Another crack pipe Monsieur?

[Park Life 71]

  On 15/11/2017 at 12:16, Tdansmith said:

New Zealand or Peru is the last match to be decided. 

 Do we have any New Zealand or Peru NUFC fans here ?  Just in case I fancy a bet on the match 

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Ant is from Peru.

[Tdansmith 3260]

  On 15/11/2017 at 12:17, Park Life said:

Ant is from Peru.

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[The Fish 11410]

  On 15/11/2017 at 11:57, Meenzer said:

 

Aye, but Kyrgyzstan doesn't even exist. You try chartering a plane to an imaginary destination.

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My dad's been there. Was in Bishkek(sp?) for a while. He and the British consulate spent the "Emergency Fund" on some tinned food, some long life water and stuff then blew the rest on getting shit faced, instead of making an actual Emergency Supply cache.

[Kevin Carr's Gloves 4361]

  On 15/11/2017 at 12:19, The Fish said:

My dad's been there. Was in Bishkek(sp?) for a while. He and the British consulate spent the "Emergency Fund" on some tinned food, some long life water and stuff then blew the rest on getting shit faced, instead of making an actual Emergency Supply cache.

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Where do you get that from mine keeps going off after 7 years.

[Meenzer 16787]

  On 15/11/2017 at 12:19, The Fish said:

My dad's been there. Was in Bishkek(sp?) for a while. He and the British consulate spent the "Emergency Fund" on some tinned food, some long life water and stuff then blew the rest on getting shit faced, instead of making an actual Emergency Supply cache.

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As a Sporcle-head, I naturally own this T-shirt (though I don't really have the bust for it).

[Park Life 71]

  On 15/11/2017 at 12:22, Kevin Carr's Gloves said:

 

Where do you get that from mine keeps going off after 7 years.

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It's expensive.

[The Fish 11410]

  On 15/11/2017 at 12:22, Kevin Carr's Gloves said:

 

Where do you get that from mine keeps going off after 7 years.

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Dunno, but I hope it comes in a glass bottle so I can carve my contempt of you with a shard.

[Ken 119]

  On 15/11/2017 at 11:53, Ant said:

 

They drew with thailand... 140th in the world whose only wins were against North Korea and Myanmar in the last 10matches  

 

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Pitch was bad, tactics had dramatically changed playing a back three, and we had no Tim Cahill, a little bit like Ireland without Ray Houghton back in the good old days. Dominated possession too as we always do. Matters not, we made it.

[Ken 119]

  On 14/11/2017 at 07:19, Howmanheyman said:

That doesn't work Ken, otherwise I'd be a big Hong Kong fan.

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Honkie eh?

[Anorthernsoul 1222]

I was alluding to the fact of the miles covered as oppose to the opposition faced.

[Alex 37714]

  On 15/11/2017 at 14:32, Anorthernsoul said:

I was alluding to the fact of the miles covered as oppose to the opposition faced.

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I appreciate that but people were responding to the last line of the Tweet you posted

[Anorthernsoul 1222]

  On 15/11/2017 at 14:48, Alex said:

I appreciate that but people were responding to the last line of the Tweet you posted

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Cool.

[Meenzer 16787]

But who was your equivalent of supersub James Troisi?

[Alex 37714]

  On 15/11/2017 at 16:18, Ant said:

 

Same apply for suadi arabia and iraq aye?

 

Aye Ireland back then were lost without Houghton, we'll ignore McGrath, Bonner, Keane, Irwin, Aldridge, Staunton, who all had a either a bit of talent or medals from club level   

 

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Did any of them ever score 13 goals in a World Cup qualifier though?

[Alex 37714]

  On 15/11/2017 at 16:33, Ant said:

 

They were busy qualifying for tournaments not almost doing it 

 

tbh without McGrath, Baggio amongst others probably would've had a shot of getting that tally in a single game

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Tbf like lots of teams would struggle to beat the 5th place South American side. I think Oceania only having half a place is fair enough but mebbies play-off against an Asian or Concacaf side like they have done in the past. Oceania sides have only qualified for 3 World Cups.

[Noelie 103]

  On 15/11/2017 at 12:17, Park Life said:

Ant is from Peru.

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No he's not, he's from Patagonads.

[Tom 14278]

  On 15/11/2017 at 06:12, Tdansmith said:

 

Bono, Graham Norton, Ant the cunt, Father Ted, Bob Geldof, shaun shaun the leprechaun, Dana, TheGingerQueer, Damien Duff, Ken Doherty, Terry Wogan, Roy Keane..Father Dougal 

Your green boys took a hell of a beating, a hell of a beating 

 

 

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Somebody reported this post. The report simply read "wanker"  

[OTF 8657]

  On 15/11/2017 at 12:07, Alex said:

Crazy to think Craig Moore has scored the winner in a World Cup finals match

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From the spot. Our player at the time...only one of ours at the cup that year from memory.