FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifying

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Well Ireland don't look like getting through... Sweden and Germany. Yikes. We could finish 4th in our pool. I guess I'll be cheering on New Zealand again. Who'll we be up against in that playoff thing? Costa Rica? Canada? Jamaica?

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Kazakhstan game was unbelievable. No shots on target until around the 70th minute, and that was a simple catch. the penalty was our first chance. They should've won like 3-1. Jammy jammy Ireland. We'll be murdered by the Germans/Swedes though. That performance was worse than when we nearly drew with San Marino.

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Wow Azerbaijan winning in Northern Ireland.

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Tomorrow is Ireland vs. Austria.

The Irish can hope to win this, because in the last 10 years Austria has lost 16 away games, with 13 draws and only 4 wins.

The last "away" win for Austria was 2 years ago against Azerbaijan ...

Still, my prediction for this is a 2:2 draw.

Well for us, bizarrely, our away form is better than our home form. We haven't lost an away competitive match in a long time. At home though, we lose badly, like 6-1 to Germany. 1-1 for me. A must win for both teams. Win this and I'll start to feel good especially after drawing with team Zlatan.