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Yiksheemash
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Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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A 'Glasgow Celtic patriot' is a contradiction in terms. There is no country called Glasgow Celtic, nor disputed territory. If you want to try and be a ****, at least be able to get it out right.
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Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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Yes, but were they called Glasgow Celtic patriots? For that is a very different thing, as it is possible to have Celtic nationalism and patriotism. I'm also aware of the Celtic Patriots, but thanks. FOI: it hasn't been called the SPL in some time. FFOI: I didn't call you an obscene name FFFOI: What the f**k does 'FOI' mean?
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Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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How is it a typo? That makes no sense at all!
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Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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I need things explained to me, always. It's a form of OCD. Now; how is that a typo?
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Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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But 'o' is nowhere near 'y'. So you are saying that you're an idiot, but we had already established that.
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Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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This is tremendous fun.
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Ray Houghton Joined: 16 Aug 2019 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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Missed out on a return to the championship tonight.
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JUICEBOMB
Liam Brady Joined: 06 Oct 2011 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 2097 |
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Have to say I watched both legs of the play off and was really expecting more from him at that level.he was tidy in his passing but he just kept the ball moving (sideways mostly) and he never got above a trot in both games. Also fleetwood deserved noting from either tie...they gave away some awful goals but were also robbed of two peons in both games.
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hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard
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BrendanD88
Jack Charlton 99% of my posts are emojis Joined: 29 Mar 2013 Location: Co Down Status: Offline Points: 9988 |
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Sounds familiar.
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thebronze14
Jack Charlton Derry City Til I Die Joined: 22 Feb 2011 Location: Dublin/Donegal Status: Offline Points: 7166 |
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Tbf the type of player he is he could move to LSL and he wouldn't be running rings around people. He does what he does well...We've seen him for 15 years odd now surely you know what he does at this stage!
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The O'Shea
Jack Charlton I know everything and I’m NEVER wrong Joined: 16 Aug 2013 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 9532 |
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Not sure why its surprising. Whelan's the sort of player who'll perform the same way no matter what level you put him at. You could put him in the Conference and he wouldn't dominate the game, he'd still take possession and just move it on as he always does.
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We're decent enough..
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horsebox
Robbie Keane Born n bred in darndale. Joined: 03 Feb 2010 Location: Ireland Status: Online Points: 34816 |
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He's doing what his role involves.
Not sure why a holding midfielder would dominate a game |
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It was far across the sea,
When the devil got a hold of me, He wouldn't set me free, So he kept me soul for ransom. na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na. I'm a sailor man from Glasgow to |
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The O'Shea
Jack Charlton I know everything and I’m NEVER wrong Joined: 16 Aug 2013 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 9532 |
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Because as you drop down the levels, typically your overall game will be so superior to the opposition that you will be able to dictate the pace of the game. The idea that just because you're a "holding midfielder" means you literally don't have to do anything other than "hold" is part of the reason Whelan has thrived in an Irish midfield for a decade. By doing nothing other than the bare minimum of what his position requires, he's convinced a significant number of people that it would actually be impossible for anyone in his position to do more than that bare minimum. Quite a trick.
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We're decent enough..
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horsebox
Robbie Keane Born n bred in darndale. Joined: 03 Feb 2010 Location: Ireland Status: Online Points: 34816 |
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Not a lot changes as you play further down the divisions, you could argue it will get a lot more physical but the concept is still the same.
No doubt the quality of opposition will be more noticeable too. |
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It was far across the sea,
When the devil got a hold of me, He wouldn't set me free, So he kept me soul for ransom. na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na. I'm a sailor man from Glasgow to |
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irelandshirts
Ray Houghton I love Ireland jerseys Joined: 02 Apr 2010 Location: Jersey Status: Offline Points: 4416 |
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In fairness to Whelan from 2008 on he played over 450 games at International, premier league and championship level for Ireland, Stoke City and Aston Villa. He averaged 35 Premier League appearances a year for Stoke over nearly a decade as a "holding midfielder" and only scored 5 goals so he literally probably just did the job that he was told to do. The only people Whelan "convinced" he could do the role better than him are the managers at Stoke City , Aston Villa and Ireland who looked at him and thought he must be doing something right in it!! Managers pick teams not fans and i hope that any of our current crop of new young midfielders coming thru under Stephen Kenny go on next year to either get promotion with their clubs or get moves to premier league clubs and then go on to make 35 plus PL appearances a season over the next 9 years. We would be in great shape if we could get 8-10 of our best 15 players playing at that level on a regular basis. Edited by irelandshirts - 07 Jul 2020 at 3:21pm |
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The O'Shea
Jack Charlton I know everything and I’m NEVER wrong Joined: 16 Aug 2013 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 9532 |
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Nothing gutless about it. It's an explanation as to why Whelan doesn't stand out at lower levels, as you might expect from a man who has so much experience at higher levels. When I say Whelan does "the bare minimum", that is not insinuating that he is lazy, merely that he is risk averse in the extreme. He takes an incredibly narrow definition of what the holding midfielders job is, and then executes that particular interpretation. Due to this cautiousness he rarely, if ever, strays from this role, and consequently his performances look pretty much the same no matter who he's playing against. It could be Andorra, it could be Austria, he'll do the same thing. That is my point.
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We're decent enough..
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Jack Charlton Man City records obsession Joined: 20 Mar 2012 Location: Dundalk Status: Offline Points: 9647 |
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That’s a very good and logical post Irelandshirts. So get off this thread and take that fact based knowledge somewhere else. We have experts on here that know better than premier league and International managers.
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