It's better to laugh than cry.
Ireland supporters are back to feeling pretty down in the dumps about the senior team's prospects under Stephen Kenny after this latest international break.
A promising performance in Glasgow came with a gut punch near the end to temper much of the good vibes that had been generated before it.
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And then the pattern of strong starts unravelling continued alongside another frequent failing in not being able to dispatch sides ranked way below us.
While Stephen Kenny's side did secure a late 3-2 win and thereby avoid relegation from League B of the Nations League and the resulting Euros seeding implications that come with that, the air has further gone out of the balloon even among the majority of fans who feel the Tallaght native is the right man for the job in the long run.
While turning our collective attention to the Euro 2024 qualification draw on October 9, a few possible opponents immediately jumped out as the Groundhog Day nature of being an Ireland fan could be even more enhanced if it breaks a certain way.
In one popular tweet, Alex said: "Don't want to alarm anyone but was looking at the pots for the Euros qualifying draw, and we're pot 3, Denmark are pot 1, Wales are pot 2, Georgia are pot 4, and Gibraltar are pot 5..."
Similarly, someone else had written: "We all know the group is Denmark, Wales, ourselves, Georgia, Gibraltar and then Andorra."
The seeding pots in full are:
Pot One: Netherlands, Hungary, Denmark, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Belgium, Croatia, Poland, Switzerland
Pot Two: France, Austria, Czech Republic, England, Wales, Israel, Bosnia, Serbia, Scotland, Finland
Pot Three: Ukraine, Iceland, Norway, Slovenia, Republic of Ireland, Albania, Montenegro, Romania, Sweden, Armenia
Pot Four: Georgia, Greece, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Azerbaijan, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Faroe Islands, North Macedonia
Pot Five: Slovakia, Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Belarus, Lithuania, Gibraltar, Estonia, Latvia, Moldova, Malta,
Pot Six: Andorra, Liechtenstein, San Marino
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