As draws go, the Euro 2024 qualifying one couldn't have gone much worse for the Republic of Ireland.
Stephen Kenny's men were drawn in Group B alongside world champions France, the Netherlands, Greece and Gibraltar during Sunday's draw in Frankfurt.
Fans took to social media in their droves afterwards to have their say on what is now an incredibly tough road to Euro 2024 for the Boys in Green.
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While some made silly jokes about hopefully taking points off minnows Gibraltar, many searched for some positives, and well they didn't really find many.
Trips to all four countries should be relatively straightforward for travelling supporters, while some fans believe it will be "good" to see Ireland test themselves against some of the best players in the world.
One supporter said: "If we put more effort getting behind the lads instead of slating them maybe that would be a help to them, yes its a tough group, yes we have a lot of work to do, yes the manager is not filling us with confidence, but we are Ireland and always stick together, its not the size of the dog in the fight, its the size of the fight in the dog."
Another posted: "Group of Hell with most of our lads playing in England's 2nd and 3rd tier no matter what group we got it would have been difficult let's just go and blood some youngsters which we need to do anyway."
Someone else commented: "Tough group! Nothing to lose either. Be a great experience for the young lads. COYBIG."
One other fan added: "At least we will get to see some of the best players in the world at the Aviva."
The FAI say that fixtures will be announced in due course, with the qualifiers set to start in March.
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