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The build up
Wales will be looking to keep hold of top spot in their UEFA Nations League group when they take on Republic of Ireland at the Leckwith place on Sunday..
Wales are top of League B Group 4 with two rounds of fixtures to play, one point clear of Finland, while the Republic of Ireland are out of contention for promotion. Scoring goals is becoming a major issue for Wales, having now played out two goalless draws in their last three matches and scored just three times in their last six games. When those goals have arrived, they have been in the final 10 minutes of games, earning late victories over Finland in Helsinki and Bulgaria home and away. All that matters, though, is that Wales top their group ahead of back-to-back home encounters with Republic of Ireland and Finland. With Finland favourites to beat Bulgaria in Sofia on Sunday, it may well come down to a final game shootout in near the dual carriageway next week for promotion to League A. Not that any of this is confusing. Finishing top is out of the question for the Republic of Ireland, having failed to win any of their four matches so far in this latest edition of the competition.
Wales Nations League form: WWDW
Wales form (all competitions): WWLDWD
Republic of Ireland Nations League form: LDDLDL
Republic of Ireland form (all competitions): DLLDLL
So what do we know of that republics of the irelands
Everyone who has been born in Ireland is Irish, that’s never in question, that is apart from 97% of them who were born in the USA. We have mentioned this before. Americans are very lucky they can choose where they are from on Mondays and Fridays, but not on Sundays, it’s the 42nd amendment which Joe Biden, who is unquestionably Irish supports. Americans like amendments. Joe being a fully fledged Irishman forgot he was Irish for thirty two years, then he remembered, but sadly forgot again. Then he remembered he was Irish, and he was very happy. His Great Great Grandfather was Irish but died before the invention of World Wars and air travel. This makes Joe 100% Irish, and for any doubters just reference the Tony Cascarino Clause, this landmark piece of legislation means even if you have never been to Ireland, have any family from Ireland or don’t even know where it is, then you can be a Irish. For many this is all a load of hot Eire, for Tony he needed to find a get out so he told everyone he wasn’t Irish, but thought he was. He blamed his mother for adopting him and then started supporting England which is near France.
Other famous Irish Folk
Joe Malone
Italian American politician in Massachusetts who won terms as State Treasurer in the 1990s and tried to run for Congress. Now a successful businessman, most Bostonian Irish assumed he was of their heritage and he never sought to dissuade them, but he was one of seven children of Italian American parents.
John Kerry, US Secretary of State
Kerry is a practicing Catholic from Massachusetts but his family's roots lie in Judaism. His grandfather Fritz Kohn and Fritz's brother Otto were living in Vienna in 1901 when, suffering greatly under the anti-Semitism that prevailed in Europe, Fritz decided to shed his Jewish-sounding name. He dropped a pencil on a map of Ireland and it landed on County Kerry. Fritz changed his name to Frederick Kerry.
Boston Irish folk are all Irish, in fact they even put on an Irish accent, which makes them really Irish, they also sing about being Irish and when you put all these things together you have a cultural melting pot of mental illness, which is never a good thing. Psychologist Martin Turps has written in depth about the American fixation with everything that isn’t American and discloses that in Boston this desire to be Irish actually does cause psychological problems. Especially when real Irish people tell them, you are not Irish, you fool. Boston Irish choose not to identify with anything other than the stereotype that is leprechauns and drinking. They have Irish bars in Boston and once when a real Irishman went in to one of those bars they shot him because everyone got confused.
Real Irish folk
Harry Ferguson invented the tractor’s original Ferguson System in 1926. It has the same basic design for modern tractors used today. Known as The Mad Mechanic, Ferguson also invented his own plane, race car and motorcycle. He was the first Irish man to fly in 1909. He also built the very first 4-wheeled Formula-One car.
James Martin (not the cooking bloke)
There were previous versions of ejector seats, but it was Sir James Martin’s invention that allowed pilots to eject from planes that moved at high speeds. The first live test of his ejector seat occurred in July 1946 and it was a success. An explosion blew away the cockpit and a second blast pushed the pilot out of the plane that allowed him to parachute to safety. Martin’s idea was approved by the RAF and within a year, the whole RAF fleet had been installed with ejector seats.
John Philip Holland has changed the way deep sea exploration could be conducted and the way war could be done at sea. Holland’s first prototype sank on its very first voyage. In 1881, he launched Fenian Ram and it was a success. He won three competitions held by the US Naval Department to design and construct submarines. After successful tests, the US Navy bought its first submarine Holland VII and continued to purchase six more. He was born in Ireland but died in America, it isn’t thought he was the bloke who was shot in Boston, although it has never been stated he wasn’t.
This chaps name is Lawson, he moans about micro aggression from his local Irish police service, but states he has never experienced it. This makes Lawson a pilot because he has never flown a plane either, I suppose he could be a surgeon too ? Same applies. However Lawson has been the victim of racism, and this isn’t right, so don’t do it. Even when you are in a bad temper.
This is a picture of a football team from Ireland.
Here’s a lovely Irish story written by Jimmy Choo
Late one Autumn afternoon in 1949 I hopped on a Number 3 bus in Sandymount, heading towards O’Connell Street. Just coming up to my 20th birthday, I was a sports reporter with The Irish Times. At Ringsend Tommy Godwin, who was Shamrock Rovers’ goalkeeper at the time, got onto the bus and sat down beside me. We were off to a football match. As we walked up the North Wall towards the Liverpool boat, we were joined by Tommy O’Connor, who worked with me occasionally in the caseroom of The Irish Times. A nippy outside left, he also played for Rovers.
The crossing to Liverpool was as ordinary as any other crossing in those days. There was none of the present-day razzmatazz surrounding the Ireland soccer team and there would have been fewer than 200 travelling supporters. After we berthed, the two Tommys went off to join the rest of the Irish team in a hotel in Southport. Next morning, training got under way at Southport’s ground on Haig Avenue and, while Billy Lord was the official trainer — how could we lose with the Lord on our side? — it was the 1949 Footballer of the Year in England, Manchester United’s Jackie Carey, who called the shots. Carey put Tommy Godwin through a gruelling session with a series of lobbed balls from the edge of the box. The great man’s concentration on the Rovers’ keeper was to pay off handsomely.
The weather on Wednesday, September 21st, 1949, was calm and dry. Goodison Park was packed to its old rafters with a crowd of 51,847. We were about to watch only the second ever meeting between England and Ireland. But this was the first since, just five months before on Easter Monday, Ireland had become a republic. England had won the first match, also a friendly, with a Tom Finney goal at Dalymount in 1946.
Ireland, with the wind behind them, started shakily, and England looked sure to score an early goal. But the crowd was shocked into silence after 32 minutes when Middlesbrough’s Peter Desmond was taken down by Bert Mozley of Derby County. Penalty. Con Martin stepped up, but he struck his shot close to Williams. The keeper got a hand to the ball but the force of the shot saw the ball trickling over the line. One-nil to the Republic.
Then Tommy Godwin came into his own. Constant England attacks brought save after save after save. The highlight was when he actually jammed the ball against the bar from a corner by Derby County’s John Morris. Now England’s frustration, despite their confidence and occasional brilliance, was increasing by the minute.
In the second half, it was more of the same. We were under siege. But time and again, the English were beaten back by the superb Irish defence. A key to this was the way Carey handled Tom Finney. He stood off him and allowed him to keep the ball. This allowed Ireland to use the extra breathing space to defend in greater depth.
Five minutes from the end, Ireland got out of their own penalty box and a superb movement was finished by Peter Farrell, who lobbed the advancing Bert Williams. Two-nil. Mission impossible accomplished.
Then it was over. England, with their first full-time manager, Walter Winterbottom, at the helm, had been nobbled in their own back yard. The English crowd, however, was generous. As he left the field, Godwin, the hero of the hour, was given a noisy ovation.
England - Bert Williams (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Bert Mozley (Derby County), John Aston (Manchester United), Billy Wright (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Capt), Cornelius Franklin (Stoke City), Jimmy Dickinson (Portsmouth), Peter Harris (Portsmouth), John Morris (Derby County), Jesse Pye (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Wilf Mannion (Middlesbrough), Tom Finney (Preston North End)
Republic of Ireland - Tommy Godwin (Shamrock Rovers), Johnny (Jackie) Carey (Manchester United, Capt), Tom Aherne (Luton Town), Willie Walsh (Manchester City), Con Martin (Aston Villa), Tommy Moroney (West Ham), Peter Corr (Everton), Peter Farrell (Everton), Davy Walsh (West Brom), Peter Desmond (Middlesbrough), Tommy O’Connor (Shamrock Rovers)
The Referee was J. A. Mowat of Scotland
Lovely stuff.
Latest
Gareth Bale will be back involved after sitting out Thursday's friendly, but fellow key man Aaron Ramsey is not part of the squad. With Wayne Hennessey and Adam Davies both nursing injuries, third-choice goalkeeper Danny Ward will start in goal for the second game running.
As for the Republic of Ireland, Seamus Coleman missed the England game with a hamstring problem, only adding to Kenny's injury woes as Enda Stevens was also absent. Having had a batch of coronavirus-related withdrawals last month, the Boys in Green lost Callum Robinson ahead of the Wembley trip after he tested positive for COVID-19. Alan Browne has also since tested positive, but he is not believed to have been in close contact with any other players or backroom staff members.
Aaron Connolly is the other fitness doubt, with Kenny expected to make changes in that Leckwith.
Wales possible starting lineup:
Ward; Williams, Mepham, Rodon, Davies; Ampadu, Smith; Bale, Brooks, James; Moore
Republic of Ireland possible starting lineup:
Randolph; Doherty, O'Shea, Long, Brady; Molumby, Hourihane, Hendrick; Curtis, Idah, McClean
What do you think of our Wales starting eleven ?
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| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 18:10 - Nov 15 with 1420 views | trampie |
Stupid stupid Ben Davies getting booked for nothing, all going wrong at the moment for Wales. |  |
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| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 18:10 - Nov 15 with 1420 views | Fireboy2 |
| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 17:53 - Nov 15 by jasper_T |
Drop Ampadu into defence and get Josh on to sort them out.
Rodon's dominating their number 9. |
Nah, we need to get ben further up the pitch and either roberts or moore up top. |  | | |
| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 18:20 - Nov 15 with 1391 views | AndyCole |
We need to wrest control of the middle (Sheehan ?)
And Moore to complete the spine, which is lacking |  |
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| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 18:27 - Nov 15 with 1368 views | AndyCole |
Deserved after a clever tactical change | |
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Will always make a stand against those who consistently choose to turn a blind eye |
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| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 18:29 - Nov 15 with 1372 views | Fireboy2 |
| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 18:27 - Nov 15 by AndyCole |
Deserved after a clever tactical change |
Oh i dont know about that dad, we seemed to be on the back foot until the move for the goal.
Btw I totally agree with you re sheehan. | | | |
| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 18:30 - Nov 15 with 1364 views | felixstowe_jack |
Great bust of speed and a good cross caused panic amongst the irish. 1-0 | |
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| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 18:59 - Nov 15 with 1321 views | Groo |
BBC at it again with their headlines.
On the match thread at the end of the match, their headline
"Nations League: Wales 1-0 Republic of Ireland - Brooks goal beats 10-man Ireland"
Where it is factually correct for the end of the game, the player was sent off in the dying seconds, the headline makes it look like we played 10 men all match. |  |
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| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 19:05 - Nov 15 with 1310 views | trampie |
If Wales had not won I would have made Finland favourites to win the group as they are one of the hottest teams in Europe at the moment but because we won and now just need a draw to top the group I would say it's 50-50. [Post edited 15 Nov 2020 19:13]
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| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 19:08 - Nov 15 with 1298 views | felixstowe_jack |
| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 18:59 - Nov 15 by Groo |
BBC at it again with their headlines.
On the match thread at the end of the match, their headline
"Nations League: Wales 1-0 Republic of Ireland - Brooks goal beats 10-man Ireland"
Where it is factually correct for the end of the game, the player was sent off in the dying seconds, the headline makes it look like we played 10 men all match. |
Dirty team those Irish . They must have thought they were playing England again. | |
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| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 19:15 - Nov 15 with 1291 views | Flashberryjack |
| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 18:59 - Nov 15 by Groo |
BBC at it again with their headlines.
On the match thread at the end of the match, their headline
"Nations League: Wales 1-0 Republic of Ireland - Brooks goal beats 10-man Ireland"
Where it is factually correct for the end of the game, the player was sent off in the dying seconds, the headline makes it look like we played 10 men all match. |
The BBC used to stand head and shoulders above other news outlets, for honest and unbiased reporting, sadly over the last few years they've lost all credibility, shame, it really is. |  |
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| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 19:18 - Nov 15 with 1282 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
oung Neco is Wales best player in my view. . Brookes and Moore should have made it 3 - 0. Moore s tactics of hitting the ball slowly toward the goal keeper did not work. |  |
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| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 19:21 - Nov 15 with 1278 views | Landore_Jack |
Dan James looks a shadow of the player that we use to know. |  |
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| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 19:28 - Nov 15 with 1256 views | jasper_T |
| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 19:21 - Nov 15 by Landore_Jack |
Dan James looks a shadow of the player that we use to know. |
Looked no different from when Potter would try to play him up front to me.
Once we had targets in the box and they pushed on so we could counter he started creating chances. | | | |
| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 19:30 - Nov 15 with 1254 views | jasper_T |
| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 19:18 - Nov 15 by ReslovenSwan1 |
oung Neco is Wales best player in my view. . Brookes and Moore should have made it 3 - 0. Moore s tactics of hitting the ball slowly toward the goal keeper did not work. |
Hopefully gets some regular games with Liverpool now.
Connor might want to audition for left wing back. | | | |
| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 19:31 - Nov 15 with 1251 views | Kilkennyjack |
| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 19:21 - Nov 15 by Landore_Jack |
Dan James looks a shadow of the player that we use to know. |
Yes - he needs to get back to basics.
Look at the Brooks breakaway from his own half.
Dan is inside him, but does not seem to know where to run.
In the end Brooks with the ball appears to outrun him by 10 yards.
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| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 19:33 - Nov 15 with 1245 views | Fireboy2 |
| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 17:19 - Nov 15 by pikeypaul |
Enough of this borefest for me after 15 minutes It's back to The Masters golf for a couple of hours.Hope I turn back in 90 mins to see us beating the micks.by a few but can't really see more than 1 in it for either side.
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| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 20:32 - Nov 15 with 1202 views | Badlands |
| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 19:15 - Nov 15 by Flashberryjack |
The BBC used to stand head and shoulders above other news outlets, for honest and unbiased reporting, sadly over the last few years they've lost all credibility, shame, it really is. |
BBC charter up for renewal and Tories and the Cyrene right have been making threats for years, BBC caving in to political pressure.
That said Wales has always had a rough deal from BBC London. |  |
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| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 20:37 - Nov 15 with 1192 views | builthjack |
| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 19:18 - Nov 15 by ReslovenSwan1 |
oung Neco is Wales best player in my view. . Brookes and Moore should have made it 3 - 0. Moore s tactics of hitting the ball slowly toward the goal keeper did not work. |
He does look a star of the future. Agree, Moore and Brooks should have easily buried their chances. |  |
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| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 20:48 - Nov 15 with 1180 views | trampie |
How many suspensions do we have for the Finland match ? | |
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| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 21:01 - Nov 15 with 1170 views | builthjack |
| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 20:48 - Nov 15 by trampie |
How many suspensions do we have for the Finland match ? |
Giggs is suspended | |
| Swansea Indepenent Poster Of The Year 2021. Dr P / Mart66 / Roathie / Parlay / E20/ Duffle was 2nd, but he is deluded and thinks in his little twisted brain that he won. Poor sod. We let him win this year, as he has cried for a whole year. His 14 usernames, bless his cotton socks.
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| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 21:13 - Nov 15 with 1163 views | Fireboy2 |
| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 20:48 - Nov 15 by trampie |
How many suspensions do we have for the Finland match ? |
Three I think. | | | |
| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 21:50 - Nov 15 with 1141 views | trampie |
I'm going to guess Morrell and Ben Davies suspended. | |
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| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 03:19 - Nov 16 with 1051 views | Whiterockin |
| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 21:01 - Nov 15 by builthjack |
Giggs is suspended |
Perhaps he thinks its a friendly. |  | | |
| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 08:00 - Nov 16 with 1013 views | trampie |
Rodon MOTM | |
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| âš½ï¸ Wales v Republic Of Ireland : Matchday Thread Saturday Update âš½ï¸ on 08:01 - Nov 16 with 1011 views | pikeypaul |
Good result beating them again.
Just watched the highlights how the guy that did get sent off wasn’t earlier in the game for his off the ball kick at Brooks was astonishing. And the guy at the back who used to play for Brighton constantly and cowardly leading with his elbow in to every aerial challenge should have gone also, even tried to take out Brooks when he scored but Brooks was to quick for the Donkey.
Dirtiest team around and target players they want to injure, Joey Allen being a perfect example, these type of teams have no place on the big stage and I am very happy we kicked their backsides again and sent them home defeated.Well done lads.
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