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Originally Posted by matt
I'm not that gutted as I'd much rather watch France in next year's finals than the Republic's negative tactics.
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Yikes, that's a bit harsh.
I get your point but Ireland played out of their skins last night, against a distinctly average France.
Only one game, but I'm changing my mind on Trap, St Ledger and Andrews were excellent, I think he deserves a little credit.
France couldn't string two passes together all night, you could see why they were in the playoffs.
As for the corruption mentioned elsewhere, the seeding thing stinks.
It was great to see NZ qualify the other day, I'd rather they made the WC (and took the next logical step to improving their quality of football) than see a barely interested French side.
The whole night left a sour taste, which was a real shame after such a cracking game.