"The Irish are currently joint top of the Group Four table after home wins against Cyprus and the Faroe Islands and draws away to Switzerland and France. They will be without midfield players Andy Reid and and Matt Holland who both picked up ankle injuries while playing for their clubs over the weekend while full-back Steven Carr has a knee problem. For Croatia, Ivica Olic is injured and therefore unavailable while Stjepan Tomas is also unavailable.

Ireland are playing with confidence at the moment, Brian Kerr has brought some calm to a sometime stormy camp and the team are playing well at the moment. Their last three games shows this form - they have drawn with both France and Switzerland already and beaten the Faroe Islands at home. Defensively they are sound having conceded only one goal in their World Cup Qualifying Group. Croatia however, will be a tough test for the Republic and are unbeaten in their group, having already beating Hungary 3-0 and in their last away game they had a superb result when they beat Sweden 0-1. For this game though, Im on the Republic of Ireland @ Evens with Coral [£10 Free Bet]. Brian Kerr will want the team to continue their habit of winning, even though this is a friendly, and they have Robbie Keane in good form for his country. It reamins to be seen hopw motivated Croatia will be for this match, and with full home support the Irish can snatch the win. Get On! "

I can't justify the overpaid wages for starters. When I see young footballers for Sunderland who can't even get a game being paid too much for achieving so little.

Ben Alnwick, 19, dropped for a couple of games for letting in goals left and right is suddenly 'unsettled' but would love to join Spurs where I doubt he'd even make the subs bench.

Stead, 1 goal in 50 games and driving about in flash cars.

I can't see me paying £30-£40 like the Newcastle fans do. It's simply not worth it when we'll just another team in the Prem that's going to win nothing and just survive like all the others.

Sky has killed it for me. If football prices had risen with Inflation since the 90's it would be about £14 to get in. Now Hartlepool are charging £18.

When I hear the likes of Wenger complaining he shouldn't be playing Fulham on a Wednesday night but he's quite happy to play his CL games it just turns me off. Maybe if the G14 do split and leave, football might have a chance again. One survey revealed it was cheaper to watch top-flight European football than go to non-league Crawley Town. This week the Guardian set out to test the proposition with a midweek trip to watch a top match in Italy's Serie A. Last season Distin really struggled against Jason Roberts at Wigan around this time of the year. Roberts is a fast, strong aggressive striker - just like Marlon King. King has the potential to cause them big problems with his direct style and the odds do not reflect this. Watford have also battled to some half decent results away from home against teams that have a lot better defences than City. There is no reason why they can't go there and get a couple of goals, with King getting at least one.

City also have quite a small team (reyna, Barton, Vassell) and will struggle with the aerial ball and high set pieces against a tall Watford team.

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