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SuperDave84
Robbie Keane ooh Thomas, how could you do this to me! Joined: 26 Aug 2011 Location: Far Fungannon Status: Offline Points: 21384 |
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Yeah. The trams in Cologne were definitely worse. Bordeaux too left a bit to be desired.
Why, have they taken up golf? |
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Drumcondra 69er
Jack Charlton Joined: 07 Oct 2009 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 7123 |
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Is he? Knew Cunningham was but thought Doherty had been with the squad in Fota? |
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Green Devil
Robbie Keane Aye Kes, I've pissed me-self again Joined: 06 Oct 2010 Location: Barbados Status: Offline Points: 22175 |
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None of them took responsibility, there was no leader amongst them and they got pulled all over the place. If management fail to see or correct such issues of course you would expect players to make a call on the field for basic organisation. Again this is just something I felt like the lack of someone taking responsibility in the holding role. |
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"He drives two Ferraris; I think he's a very lucky lad to have 50 caps for Ireland,"
Eamonn Dunphy on Glenn Whelan |
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zizu Kilbane
Jack Charlton Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 8367 |
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Really can't understand all the negativity surrounding a friendly defeat for what was, in affect, a second string irish side.
MON will have learned loads fron the wee long camp. Lads who haven't payed in a month got minutes under their belt. Austria on June 11 is what it's all about folks. Don't lose sight of that |
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"Sometimes, sh*t happens, someone's gotta deal with it, and who ya gonna call?"
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Banjaxed
Liam Brady Joined: 21 Feb 2014 Status: Offline Points: 2965 |
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Hard not to read this without a Martin O'Neill voice in your head. |
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TonyNotJack
Liam Brady Joined: 16 Oct 2015 Status: Offline Points: 2491 |
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As a manager MON is pretty much a one trick pony.It's a very good trick and he's one of the best at it.
Motivation.
In most other aspects of management, he's lacking.He's not especially good tactically. Set pieces? No. Almost nothing innovative or inventive from the training ground is seen in matches. He's not good at friendlies because motivation doesn't play a part in them. Does he make great changes during matches as he sees problems and solves them? No, he's just not that kind of manager. He almost always waits 70 mins to make a change no matter how bad we are. Like last night. Ireland v Germany Bosnia v Ireland Ireland v Bosnia Ireland v Sweden Ireland v Italy In all those matches we saw an ordinary workmanlike Ireland team playing above itself and getting really good results. Competitive matches and especially the harder crunch ones are where he's at his best.It's better to just judge him on those. He's also a lucky manage.That and his great motivational skills can still get us to a world cup finals when more talented Irish sides failed in the past. |
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irelandfan
Ray Houghton Joined: 13 Aug 2010 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 3656 |
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Just a thought not one Dublin born player started the game last night and only two came off the bench can never remember this happening surely a first?
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I'm the gaffer whatever I say goes.
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johnvonp
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First time no Dublin player has started since 1997 https://twitter.com/noriordan/status/870444764814028800 |
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Trap junior
Robbie Keane YBIG Minister of Doom & Gloom Joined: 25 Jan 2010 Location: Irish Riviera Status: Offline Points: 39879 |
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+1 been my opinion for years on O'Neill. I see they trained at Abbotstown earlier today. Its mad when you think about it. Finish a game in New York and 14 hrs later finish training in Abbotstown. |
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Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more...
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Lenny82
Liam Brady Joined: 20 Aug 2010 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 2914 |
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This was far from the worst Irish performance I have ever seen. The only negatives I took from it was Duffy's performance, but as pointed out, he's been injured since March.
We were all over them until they scored the 1st on the counter. McClean gave away a stupid penalty, and we were just beaten by a technically superior team. We created more chances last night than we did in the Wales and Iceland match combined. O'Dowda should have done better with his chance, Hourihane and McClean had a decent effort, and Murphy should have scored that header. The positives far outweigh the negatives last night for me. |
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gazurtoids
Liam Brady Joined: 13 Mar 2015 Location: dublin Status: Offline Points: 1763 |
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Notice Eirsport advertising the Uruguay game for 9.30pm .....are they not showing it live ?
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Maccatacca
Ray Houghton Joined: 01 Jun 2016 Status: Offline Points: 4217 |
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Darren Randolph would have been born in Dublin.
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irelandfan
Ray Houghton Joined: 13 Aug 2010 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 3656 |
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Is there no Wicklow Maternity hospitals.
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I'm the gaffer whatever I say goes.
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pre Madonna
Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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Does it f**king matter? I am not exactly known for my tolerance of Dubs and I couldn't give a sh*te.
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Maccatacca
Ray Houghton Joined: 01 Jun 2016 Status: Offline Points: 4217 |
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No, sure the national maternity hospital is about a 25/30 minute drive from Bray, Darren also played DDSL for years. |
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irelandfan
Ray Houghton Joined: 13 Aug 2010 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 3656 |
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It's a shift from were our players are coming from might not Interest you but it does me. It's good to see players from different parts of the country picking up caps as was shown last night and at the euros were a once dominated team of Dubs bastards was restricted to 9 of the 23.
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I'm the gaffer whatever I say goes.
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pre Madonna
Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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Ah ok, I thought ye were crying about it! That is how it came across. I couldn't give a f**k where they come from once they have respect for the jersey.
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pre Madonna
Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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Well I am more of the opinion that it was a waste of time than any harm done, this is just nonsense.
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