Martin O'Neill...

Excellent stuff. Very good article   Lee carsley for the Ireland job. -)

The O'Shea wrote: Ironically enough I think O'Neill's biggest managerial fault isn't really a managerial fault at all, but rather a character defect: his hypersensitivity to criticism. We've seen it repeatedly over the past few years with O'Donoghue. It's not only embarrassing to watch, but it essentially rules out any possibility of O'Neill doing what the article suggests he needs to do, in fact it would only set him deeper into his ways...

Very insecure and prickly.  Someone questions some decision he made as manager is some game and he starts going on about what he won as a player in 1979/80

What has that got to do with taking off your midfield when they have a top class player who plays directly in fron of our back 4??

Baldrick wrote: Excellent stuff. Very good article   Lee carsley for the Ireland job. -)

Did we have a shot on target against Denmark away?

O'Neill needs to change, at least bring in an assistant who knows his ball.

Edited by horsebox - 23 Nov 2017 at 9:46am

The reason he has to go though is because of the fact he won't change. I believe that much is obvious. 

horsebox wrote: Did we have a shot on target against Denmark away? O'Neill needs to change, at least bring in an assistant who knows his ball.

kearney304 wrote: Trap junior wrote: But even if he wanted to change he hasn't a clue about tactics.  You can't give him a brain transplant. Kinda making the same point. What people are suggesting / hoping I would say is this.  MON stays as he has gotten us some great results. Clearly a good motivator etc.  Bring in a better number 2 who does all the training and coaching and get us playing better.  It was clear we were exposed against Denmark but tactics were spot on in Cardiff. Do we not think they worked on that? I can't get my head around the playoff game at the Aviva. My misses would have been better tuned in tactically.  ****not a hope this will happen.

Not sure about Cardiff tbh  Result great yes. How he went about it?  Not good nor any different to any other performance this campaign imo.


In football there is things you can control and things you can't control.  The things you can control are preparing the best you can,  getting the set pieces right, the tactics etc...  Then there is the things you can't control.  When a ball is bouncing around a pitch like a pinball machine you are going to get some good bounces and some bad bounces no matter how good a team you are, there is a fair slice of chance and luck involved.  Sometimes the ball breaks into the path of one of our players and sometimes it doesn't.  That part of the game is pure chance. sometimes you get a run where the breaks seem to all go for you. Other times they all go against you.  Sometimes there is a fair amount of breaks in a game and its who is sharper in taking that chance that can determine the outcome.  These are the tactics MON employs.  He plays the gambling game.  He launches the ball into the box and hopes that lady luck is on his side tonight and the ball will fall into the path of one of our lads to score from.  He relies on luck.  Its his only plan.  And when you put one up front the odds of the ball falling to one of our lads is reduced again.  When luck deserts him, he is lost.

Then we go back to things we can control.  Being creative. Trying to work openings, one-twos. Trying to proactively make your own chances to score as opposed to putting all your eggs into the one basket-luck,  hoping chances fall to you by the grace of God from a jammy bounce or ricochet.   This is where every other team lives. Not us.

That performance in Wales was the same old same old. We got a break that night when Williams made a f**k up. We scored from their mistake i.e. the ball fell to us by the grace of God. Fair enough Hendrick played a part and McClean had a great shot.  But did we really play better that night than say Georgia away??  IMO no.  For the whole game bar our only chance we were muck.  Dominated by Wales, creating nothing, lumping the ball, having 30% possession as usual.  Going back to things you can't control. Wales had injuries and no firepower that night.  Lady luck was smiling down on us. The luck game plan paid off.

The only win under MON where after the match you could say 'yeah that was a good performance, we deserved to win that' was Bosnia at home. 



Edited by Trap junior - 23 Nov 2017 at 11:38am

I don't necessarily think that Roy is in a mad rush to go. Nice wee job and salary for him to alternate with his TV work

John Wick wrote: Hopefully Roy will walk and Mon will follow. Eveyif Mon brings in a fantastic tactician....will be listen to him in the heat of battle