Trap haters

Just to say about whether players have done enough. I think a manager is entitled to make a call on a player like he did with st ledger and Lawrence and cox and put them in the team if he feels they are good enough and fit in.

It's not based on time served.

Ha sorry just realised I posted the exact same team as someone above

rainpaulo wrote: horsebox wrote: Thoughts after tonight's performance? Better tonight hope he has learned team vs Germany Westwood. Kelly....O Shea....Dunne.....Wilson... .Coleman.......Meyler....Whelan....McCarthy..McGeady. .................Long.............. Would be devastated if O Shea and Ward are fullbacks now. If Andrews came in for Meyler wouldn't be end of world either.

Cant understand why Wilson was taken off at half time. St.Ledger will definitely start.

Meyler and Wilson definitely have not done enough.

Thoughts after tonight's performance?

RogerMilla wrote: Newryrep wrote:   Does Play off defeat Qualification P1W1   justify sacking a manager from a side that hadnt qualified in 10 years ?     a bit selective there newry , i am trying to repress the polish memories myself but no need to leave it out altogther     Tournament record Played 3 lost 3 -8 goals

greengooner wrote: Mick_G wrote: I love the way people come on here saying that no matter what trap does they're will be gobsh*tes who slate him I feel the exact same way but the opposite No matter what trap does some gobsh*tes will back him.congrats that I the stupidest post I've seen on here in a long time and that's saying something. How anyone can defend that display is beyond me. Trap got it 100% wrong last night players out of position hoof ball and you come on here like trap is some kind of tactical genius I know the policy is attack the post not the poster but would you ever f**k off coming out with that sh*te Nonsense.   We won 2-1.   We got 3 points.   Where exactly did he get it wrong?   As opposed to expressing your opinion of how he got it wrong, would you care to provide evidence in fact to back up where Trap got it wrong?   He made substitutions which changed the match.    IIRC, SAF did the same in the CL Final against Bayern Munich and won it - should he be blamed for not picking the subs at the start of the match?

O'Shea right back
Ward Left Back
Cox Left Wing
McClean left on the bench while 3 strikers were played in his positon
Playing the ball over McCarthys head the whole game
Not playing 3 in midfield as we get overrun there every game
Long not starting


We were unbelieveably lucky to get anything out of that game and anyone that says different was watching it with a blindfold on.

I'm resigned to having him until the end of the World Cup qualifiers. I think his tactics are limited and even average teams have answers to our type of play now.

Trap picks the strongest squad and the strongest team from that squad for his purpose of playing the way he makes the team play.

He obviously has no faith in our ability to play with the ball on the floor and building up nice attacking movements down the wing with the full backs overlapping so they rarely go beyond the half way line and we play the bog ball that is terrible to watch but has limited success.

Realistically, he's not going anywhere until this campaign is over. He lives in Italy anyway so doesn't even have to listen to the Irish media/fans giving out about him and he's been a manager long enough now to not let it affect him anyway.
 
I was at the paralympics on Friday so sky+ the game and watched it yesterday, we were terrible full stop and anyone that thinks we can beat Germany next month playing like that is well beyond an optimistic person. Under Trap (he isn't the only one that this happens to), we play better away from home than we do at home so I expect another Russia game unfortunately.

I can't see us separating Germany and Sweden in this group playing the way we do but the FAI cannot afford to get rid of him and Tardelli so we're stuck with him until the end of this campaign, it's that simple.