NORN IRON

[Shan]

Dave is turning into a legend. Go Dave.

[ColinM]

Yes the ref had a shocker giving the penalty and the Swiss lad was lucky his "tackle" happened in the first 5 minutes, but Northern Ireland were at home and managed zero shots on target.

Very flat performance, similar to what happens to Ulster in the "big games" as Baggy mentioned above. Better being the underdog, things go Pete Tong when people actually start thinking there is a chance of winning the game.....

Difference between Norn Iron and UR is that UR actually have the players to compete in games and produce decent rugby, they just don't do it very well. The NI football team have in recent years just defied all the odds, and produced performances well beyond the sum of their respective parts.

Its also easy to forget, that despite the group table, Norn Iron don't generally produce a lot of chances, scoring probably 80% of their goals off the set piece, but generally working hard and making life difficult for the opposition.

In the last 3 games, they have lost their way completely. The belief seems to have gone since about the 10th minute in Oslo. I think they have either started to expect too much from themselves, or the oppositions have started to take the team more seriously working out how to annul them, and with the limitations in talent there is no plan B.

As for last night, the Swiss seemed to be a foot taller, a yard quicker and a deal more talented in every regard except for finishing. Despite their overall dominance they only had one or two shots on goal so overall a poor match.

It has been suggested that following the admission by the Swiss themselves that we wos robbed, they could stick the ball in their own net at the start of the second leg just to even things up. Will watch with interest....

[ColinM]

Unnecessary and out of order.

Someone's had the sense to delete her account.

Imagine coming home after the worst day at the office imaginable and finding out yer missus had been so buck daft while you were out

[big mervyn]

Unnecessary and out of order.

Someone's had the sense to delete her account.

Imagine coming home after the worst day at the office imaginable and finding out yer missus had been so buck daft while you were out

Is the luvverly Lisa a Norn Irn scumbeg, or a piece of human detritus he picked up in Engerland.

[BaggyTrousers]

Who is Lisa?

[ColinM]

Who is Lisa?

Wife of Corry Evans (the unfortunate hand ball chappy)

[Dave]

Dave is turning into a legend. Go Dave.

Unfortunately I can't take credit for that lovely prose

[Cap'n Grumpy]

Dave is turning into a legend. Go Dave.

Unfortunately I can't take credit for that lovely prose

UNFORTUNATELY??????

[Dave]

Dave is turning into a legend. Go Dave.

Unfortunately I can't take credit for that lovely prose

UNFORTUNATELY??????

Shhh...it might make me a legend!

[Dave]

Unnecessary and out of order.

Trap 2?

[Cap'n Grumpy]

Unnecessary and out of order.

Trap 2?

Now you mention it ....

[Shan]

Dave is turning into a legend. Go Dave.

Unfortunately I can't take credit for that lovely prose

I was talking about the Garces comments which were funny.

I don't associate racism with being a legend and knew you were quoting some semi evolved humans.

[Russ]

I stopped buying flowers when i saw one of the sellers spit on the produce in tesco

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[Russ]

Dave is turning into a legend. Go Dave.

Unfortunately I can't take credit for that lovely prose

I was talking about the Garces comments which were funny.

I don't associate racism with being a legend and knew you were quoting some semi evolved humans.

Where was the racism?

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[Shan]

Where was the racism?

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Have a day off langball.