Comments on: World Cup Qualifying Preview Part 3: Republic of Ireland vs. France http://www.the-football-blog.co.uk/world-cup-qualifying-preview-part-3-republic-of-ireland-vs-france The number one blog for the world of football. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:42:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Castrol Football http://www.the-football-blog.co.uk/world-cup-qualifying-preview-part-3-republic-of-ireland-vs-france/comment-page-1#comment-3329 Castrol Football Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:09:07 +0000 http://www.the-football-blog.co.uk/?p=1226#comment-3329 I hope you don't mind us commenting on here, on behalf of the Castrol Performance research, but I think there is something we could add from a stats perspective... Really good point about how important the 'team aspect' will be for Ireland... they will need to defend for their lives. They have done well so far, although interestingly, it seems their goals in the other qualifiers have mainly come from set pieces - http://www.castrolfootball.com/article/2009/11/09/REPUBLIC-OF-IRELAND/29BD2F4C-CD36-11DE-BCBE-E2C6F4018AA4.php according to the Castrol stats, they have scored 7 this way, and may well be relying on the same again on Sat. I hope you don’t mind us commenting on here, on behalf of the Castrol Performance research, but I think there is something we could add from a stats perspective…

Really good point about how important the ‘team aspect’ will be for Ireland… they will need to defend for their lives. They have done well so far, although interestingly, it seems their goals in the other qualifiers have mainly come from set pieces – http://www.castrolfootball.com/article/2009/11/09/REPUBLIC-OF-IRELAND/29BD2F4C-CD36-11DE-BCBE-E2C6F4018AA4.php according to the Castrol stats, they have scored 7 this way, and may well be relying on the same again on Sat.

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