David Forde

Watching Fordey's documentary for a 2nd time and picked up a few things I missed the first time around. 

This is my interpretation and reading between the lines but it appears that Forde fell out with either Keane or MON over the drinking culture.  His mentor in the documentary says this member of the management team wouldn't take too kindly to someone standing up to him.  Forde says he was shocked at the drinking culture and how a lot of the players are boys not men and very immature.  He also talks about the arrogance in a lot of the players. That one person refused to give an autograph to his nephew and how he couldn't believe it.   Then says how hurt he was that Seamus McDonough didn't come to say anything to him when MON left him out of the Erio 2016 squad.

I always like Forde and thought he was very harshly treated.  He says MON only told him he wasn't playing as hour before kick off versus Poland after he went out to inspect the pitch. He said he was in shock that he shook his hand.

Forde comes across as really down to earth lad and I'd have no reason to doubt his interpretation of past events with Ireland.

That said, it's always hard to judge from the outside over a spurned player's views on McDonagh as with the Kevin Foley situation, we could be rushing to judge the conduct of the Irish management team without their side of the argument.

Force might feel understandably aggrieved amd that could cloud his take on events though I would say again, I don't think he seems the type to stir sh*te or be intentionally dishonest about past events in the Irish set up

Edited by irishmufc - 28 Nov 2017 at 7:18pm

Well done Fordey.  You got shafted by MON, Keane and Shay Given.

A year too late! 

Pauldaly1984 wrote: gufct wrote: Best of luck Fordey treated shamefully by the Irish Managment Team and Shay Given before the Euros in 2016. Never let us down whenever he played for us . Treated shamefully maybe but he was the worst keeper around the squad at that time. Wasn’t a great keeper let’s he honest. Practically threw the ball into the net in tibilisi when mcgeady saved us

Pauldaly1984 wrote: gufct wrote: Best of luck Fordey treated shamefully by the Irish Managment Team and Shay Given before the Euros in 2016. Never let us down whenever he played for us . Treated shamefully maybe but he was the worst keeper around the squad at that time. Wasn’t a great keeper let’s he honest. Practically threw the ball into the net in tibilisi when mcgeady saved us

Bizarre way to announce his retirement.

Seems a decent fella by all accounts, not too bad at stopping shots, very good at commanding the box, kicking & distribution well short of a top class keeper. 

Dunno if I'd say that, he certainly put plenty of cleances wrong for us. Never should have been first choice but he gave it his all and by and large did a decent job, wish him all the best going forward.