Post 25. You are a legend ive been thinking the same­ thing for years but could never put it into words as­ good as yours. As for the match I thought we did well­ considering it was the World Cup holders, we looked­ good in patches even Mcgeady played well (though his­ end product is still a bit on the Aaron Lennon side)­ are defence seems a bit weak and we def. need a Roy­ Keane type in midfield, all in all im happy we are in­ the play-offs but feel like FIFA are fecking things up­ with this seeding @#$%, what ever happend to the luck­ of the draw.

Ow and somebody needs to give Stephen­ Ireland a kick in the arse that guy need his head­ sorted, I would do anything to play for my country

Andy Reid is on fire at the moment for Sunderland,­ There is no way he should be left out of this play off,­ Reid with Steven Ireland in the middle of the park­ should be a good basis for the midfield. Trappitoni­ should he horse wipped if he does not bring Reidy into­ the squad

england have had loads of foreign born players over the­ years look at your own side first for players of irish­ descent and birth only for us you wouldmt have some of­ your current crop league and country included and no­ amount of ranting will change that fact

england have had loads of foreign born players over the­ years look at your own side first for players of irish­ descent and birth only for us you wouldmt have some of­ your current crop league and country included and no­ amount of ranting will change that fact

Well we get to pay France in the play-offs.­ Doesn't­ look too promising. Good effort to date­ though. Bring­ back Andy Reid and hopefully Duffer will­ be fit.­ Kilbane (though a great and loyal servant)­ must go.

aye marcus #37

ed joyce is another cricket player­ that represents england and he is from bray co wicklow­ ireland
so to all you moaners out there g.i.r.f.u.y

Cormac what a load of @#$% you spout my ancestories­ where irish but i was born in england therefore i am­ english and if i had the choice to play for them i­ would. Hope ireland get ukraine they look the weakest­ team in the play offs.

I must say that personally, i am not overly impressed­ or happy with National teams being managed by Foreign­ Managers. However, playing devils advocate here, the­ smaller footballing nations are already disadvantaged­ by the fact that they have limited player resources so­ further hampering their chances by restricting the type­ of people they can employ as Managers would not really­ be helping them at all.
Also seeing someone in the­ England team with the name Pietersen, or Hussain­ (cricket) seems really strange. Not that they­ shouldn't be there but they're not­ "English" (traditional) names are they - no­ racism intended.

20 - I'm an Englishman, with distant Irish Ancestry­ (haven't we all though [lol]) and was really glad­ to see the result was not all doom and gloom. Hopefully­ the play offs will be kind to the Irish and it will be­ England and you in the Final in South Africa. (Maybe­ not but who says were not allowed to dream!)

Well done­ boys and keep up the fighting spirit.

Well said Cormac (26). I also think that a lot of­ Ireland's best sporting talent is tied up in Gaelic­ football and hurling. Not that they should be playing­ football but if these Irish games didn't exist­ (I'm glad they do) ROI would have a much bigger­ pool of talent to choose from.

I was at the game and­ thought it was a fair result in the end although I was­ gutted when Italy scored the equaliser. Italy­ weren't that great but were better than Ireland in­ midfield, at least in the second half. Pirlo had a­ shaky start but his class started to show as the game­ went on. It's such a pity Stephen Ireland won't­ play for the team as he would make a big difference­ with his creativity and passing. I think ROI did well­ against a huge footballing nation where almost everyone­ plays football from a very young age. We played them­ twice and were close to beating them on both occasions.­ Hopefully we can raise our game again for the­ play-offs. I agree with Shay Given about the seeding­ for the play offs, it's very unfair on the smaller­ nations that the rules have been changed at the last­ minute just because some of the bigger teams aren't­ good enough to qualify automatically. I know it's­ good to have the best teams competing in the World Cup­ but changing the rules at the end of the qualification­ stage, because some of the bigger teams are not good­ enough, is just not fair. Good luck to the lads next­ month.

aw only back from a session on da strongest coke going­ yeeeeha time ta pull da giblets outta meself and den­ hit da hay,great night in dublin tonight,has 2 be da­ best city in da world,followed by new york and sydney,­ what a place

26 - YOU MIS DA POINT MISTER CORMAC OREILLY. AF YER NAT­ BORN IN DA IRELUND U IS NAT FRAM DA IRELUND. IT AS THOT­ SEMPLES.

AF YE DINNAE SPEEK THA ACCENT YER NAY FRAM THA CONTRAY.­ I SEEN MOTD LAS NITE. MY GAWD MERK LAWRENSON HAS A WILD­ IRISH BROQUE AN EM.

26 - @#$%.

I think you English people need to look at history. ­ Ireland in 1840 had a higher population than it does­ now. Because of your colonial aggression Ireland was­ kept poor, and, as a result, generations of people left­ the country. Now we want some of our people back, and­ you have a problem with that. That's a fuking­ joke...If it wasn't for your oppression the England­ team wouldn't have Rooney, Gerrard, Ferdinand and­ many others with Irish heritage, who should be playing­ for Ireland. Typical English, no idea of your own­ history.

It's not only Ireland who have a load of foreign­ players in their squads. They do seem the worst­ culprits though.