Shamrock Rovers Thread

Beat me to it!

Alan Mannus returns 

We have two excellent keepers in the under 17s and 19s. Both a bit too young now but hopefully they'll be ready for when Mannus calls it a day in a few years.

Limerick Live claim that their press accreditation pass for tonight's game was revoked by Rovers as they had made derogatory comments about Bradser last week

Up until half time things weren't going too badly. Rovers lined up differently, kind of a 5-4-1 type formation with Kavanagh and Boyle as the wing backs and Finn & Bolger x2 as the midfield trio. They pretty much dominated the first half without playing brilliantly and had a few chances other than the goal, Limerick were very poor. Second half Rovers seemed afraid to commit men forward in case of conceding, it resulted in Limerick creating one or two chances and Rovers not offering much going forward, in the end Limerick caught them on the hop and took their goal well.

IMO the pressure is getting to Bradley and the players, things aren't clicking and some of them seem afraid. They are not good defensively and going forward Burke is the only real threat. There is definitely a shade of Arsenal about Rovers at the minute. Interested to hear what other fans think.

Rovers were missing Carr, as he made his own contribution last week to Bradley's appalling disciplinary record. 

He hasn't got the basic qualifications to do the job and is hopelessly out of his depth, but you wonder if the board are more interested in getting players ready for the boat, than in the senior team that generates all the club's revenue, winning points. Remember, it's the same Bradley who lost 5-0 at home in the cup and kept his job.