I was fairly optimistic when I heard the draw first but not anymore. I think the turning point came when I heard on a champions league week Wednesday that France had 43 players playing in the CL on Tues&Wed whereas Ireland had 1 (John O'Shea)
Can't see the Credit Union giving Jockser 10 grand for a kitchen next June
O/11 correct. Not a good return.
I predicted 0-1 in the home leg.... just didn't tell anyone.
We were very unlucky not to score at least one tonight.
It will make for a very interesting game in Paris.
Hopefully caution will be thrown to the wind on wednesday, the negative tactics are stiffling the side, Have seen Leon Best play a coiple of times, he is not a world beater granted, but a good player with an eye for goal, if he starts Wednesday my prediction is he will play a blinder.
A fella you may have heard of called Brian Clough insisted that attack was the best form of defence.
I dont expect an Ossie Ardiles type five man front line, But Italian managers do employ the tactic of scoring early and defending a lead, its the fundementals of Italian soccer there is even a term for it "Catenachio" Door bolt.
Taking the game to the opposition is not insane...at the end of the day we need two goals you do not need to be an international coach to appreciate the enormoty of the task.
I have seen hundreds of first class football games over the years and followed Cloughs best team around Europe with one particular game where Forest trailed to Anderlecht and went for the jugular in the return only to be denied by a bribed referee for a place in the final.
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As a Leeds fan, Legs, I'd have to say, (in the words of Paul Daniels), not a lot!!!!!
We only need one goal, the same as before our home match. We are definitely still in with a shout and as was shown on Saturday we definitely have a chance of getting a goal.
I thought the players worked well and deserve credit for the performance. Somebody said France are an average side, but that really doesn't add up when you look at the players at their disposal.
Our best performance was against Italy in Italy and 1-0 down so fingers crossed. (I know they only had 10 men).