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ROI vs NI, International Friendly, k.o. 7:45pm, Sky Sports Football

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  • #252
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,655 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Those of you suggesting Stephen Kenny as the new manager to replace MON ...... Just feck off.

    Up the Town.


  • #253
    Irishmale0399
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Irishmale0399


    tayto lover wrote: »
    Those of you suggesting Stephen Kenny as the new manager to replace MON ...... Just feck off.

    Up the Town.


    If you had a choice....Mike Treacy and Peak 6 or JD and his cronies as your boss who would you take. Sure he would be mad to leave the town for the big smoke and the 2 faced fcuks in Abbotstown.


  • #254
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,655 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Irishmale0399 wrote: »
    If you had a choice....Mike Treacy and Peak 6 or JD and his cronies as your boss who would you take. Sure he would be mad to leave the town for the big smoke and the 2 faced fcuks in Abbotstown.

    There's a huge project underway at Dundalk to try to take LOI football forward in Europe.
    The National team Director and Manager seem to be trying to take our National team back to LOI standards.


  • #255
    Irishmale0399
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Irishmale0399


    tayto lover wrote: »
    There's a huge project underway at Dundalk to try to take LOI football forward in Europe.
    The National team Director and Manager seem to be trying to take our National team back to LOI standards.


    Peak6 are no dopes. They invested their money and have a plan to ensure they get their money back. For that plan to work the FAI will have to follow and support them, I am told they are already influencing them. They are a professional outfit, clever business men and have the American attitude towards sport. Stats are a big thing for them and together with StatSports I am sure they have/will want to have the club at Real Madrid level sports science wise. Hence the plans for the YDC at Oriel. Without that and good training facilities you dont need to start with them.



    As for the FAI....a few lads in an office who answer to themselves. MON and RK passing the motions, picking up their wages and always good for the odd press appointment for the FAI if needed.


    Peak6 will make the FAI look very silly within a few years. I see Peak6 doing things like the Liverpool owners have obviously at a much lower lever....however they will slowly improve the club not only on the pitch and are in it for the long term to maximise their profits.


  • #256
    Strumms
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,007 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    The problem I have with the current setup is when we are not winning/playing well the feedback from O’Neill and Roy is just a formulated response of ‘sure we were unlucky’ and what do you want. Anyone demanding or expecting more is almost painted as unreasonable or belligerent. It IS going through the motions, constantly calming expectations and that’s neither the spirit or desire of Irish football. Setting low standards and failing to meet them is no recipe for success. Change would be welcome.


  • #257
    Agent Smith
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 21,504 Mod ✭✭✭✭Agent Smith


    applehunter wrote: »
    Have the usual heroes waved the white flags?

    Staunton, Trapattoni, O'Neill.

    Time for a real change.

    Stop this corruption of Irish soccer.

    We all Know who we need...


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  • #258
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    Conas wrote: »
    I don't understand why the vast majority of people seem to be calling for O'Neill to be sacked. The manager always seems to be an easy scapegoat. It's hardly his fault if a team of full time professional footballers can't string a few passes together, and do the basics right. Give us a break, the players have a lot to answer for aswell.

    When the manager openly admits that he doesn’t work on team shape, set pieces or tactics, and only tells the players who is playing an hour before kickoff. When he plays a right back in midfield who’s not played there since he was 14, without drilling things on the training pitch. It’s the managers fault.


  • #259
    briany
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,321 ✭✭✭✭briany


    Strumms wrote: »
    The problem I have with the current setup is when we are not winning/playing well the feedback from O’Neill and Roy is just a formulated response of ‘sure we were unlucky’ and what do you want. Anyone demanding or expecting more is almost painted as unreasonable or belligerent. It IS going through the motions, constantly calming expectations and that’s neither the spirit or desire of Irish football. Setting low standards and failing to meet them is no recipe for success. Change would be welcome.

    The media absolutely hop on a manager or player any time they speak any way candidly and any way negatively. If we had a calmer, more rational audience for managers/players to speak their mind to, they probably would do it more often, but we don't.


  • #260
    Coillte_Bhoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,909 ✭✭✭Coillte_Bhoy


    Conas wrote: »
    You are only addressing one part of my post. I was saying he's an easy scapegoat, and should the players not be held accountable for playing such poor football? A manager can't go out on the pitch and do that for them. These guys know what has to be done in a match.

    Actually it seems they dont, thats the problem


  • #261
    cj maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,838 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    How did it go ?.
    I fell asleep sometime after half time !


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  • #262
    Berserker
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    Not much in the mainstream media about the NI fans who were attacked last Thursday night. The Mirror appears to be the only paper who covered it.


  • #263
    eigrod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,620 ✭✭✭eigrod


    Berserker wrote: »
    Not much in the mainstream media about the NI fans who were attacked last Thursday night. The Mirror appears to be the only paper who covered it.

    Dreadful.

    I am in the Upper West Stand near the journalists area and under the stand bythe shop before this game there was this clown shouting at a Garda telling him to throw out 2 lads in a NI jersey and that there’s no way he should have to sit with them. Absolute bellend.


  • #264
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    eigrod wrote: »
    Dreadful.

    I am in the Upper West Stand near the journalists area and under the stand bythe shop before this game there was this clown shouting at a Garda telling him to throw out 2 lads in a NI jersey and that there’s no way he should have to sit with them. Absolute bellend.

    In fairness he’s not wrong. Away fans have a separate area.


  • #265
    Berserker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,046 ✭✭✭Berserker


    weldoninhio wrote: »
    In fairness he’s not wrong. Away fans have a separate area.

    Should the same rule apply when RoI fans turn up in home areas at away games? They are notorious for doing that.


  • #266
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    Berserker wrote: »
    Should the same rule apply when RoI fans turn up in home areas at away games? They are notorious for doing that.

    Rules should be enforced when they are seen to be broken. They are rules for a reason.


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