Was thinking the same thing myself. Very similar to Odds except they actually were quite a bit better than us and we raised our game - this lot are pretty poor and we were just worse. The second goal was farcical. A midfield of Cregg, McPhail and Killian Brennan wouldn't win a match in a nursing home.Originally Posted by ger121
Was at the Rovers game. They really were awful against a very average looking side. I think Fenlon has another year and a half on the contract though- can they afford to get rid of another manager? Awful atmosphere around the place, really dead, resigned feeling about the place like I've never witnessed before.
You hit the nail on the head there. The whole of tallaght stadium appeared to be in a funk, apart from Miele. The Brennans were absolutely woeful.
A year and a half, yeah. There's no point sacking him unless we have somebody better lined up who is happy to work on a reduced budget, which we don't. All we can do is hope Fenlon realises the likes of Brennan are contributing nothing and trust the younger players.
How's Dean Clarke doing?
He's been in and out. Struggles a bit when he starts but usually has a good impact as a sub, as he did last night. I'd expect him to start a lot more for the rest of the season.
There really is an incredible shortage of quality managers out there
The only man for the job is Sean Connor - solid and reliable, guaranteed entertainment, has an eye for a bargain, would have Bohs fans hysterical, he just ticks all the boxes!!
The area under the TV gantry was certainly in one. Second time (out of less than 10 total visits) in Tallaght that there's been an overwhelming smell of the auld waccy stuff.
Fenlon just needs more time and understanding.
Perhaps Rovers should give him a long term contract - maybe a 5 year deal?
(maybe we could do a Denis O'Brien on it and subsidise his wages if that would help?)
Unless you really want to see Jonathan Roche's head on a pike (well I don't know about you, but maybe Stephen Kenny would), I wouldn't recommend it. Fenlon's a good manager and he'll realise sooner or later who is and isn't doing the business, but it's probably too late to save his job beyond the end of his contract.
Let's imagine!
Wow, when that gives a Galway fan a shiver down their spine, you know it's bad.
dahamsta, ban this punk.Let's imagine!
The Boss or Sean Connor?
The ball is round and has many surprises.
I was speaking to a couple of Linfield fans after the game, they seemed reasonable, so I asked them why they sent so few tickets to Cork.
Not so they said. They wanted the money and it is very easy to segregate fans in Windsor. They claim that they sent a lot of tickets to Cork but the club would't sell them.
Could be bullsh!t, but that is what they were saying.
They are at least partially correct. The hassle was certainly on our end, not with Linfield.
It looks like Cork fans will have a "real" Euro away tie to look forward to based on what I saw on Thursday.
If so, they better watch out for "Paulinho" He's one of the best players in the League. And Häcken is a different team with him on the pitch. But he's been injury prone this season and therefore been on and off a bit for them. Still, second in goals with two other players in the league. But with approx 300 min less of playing time than the other two. And the current goal leader has left for Leeds.
Häcken plays a 4-3-3 system where they also like to keep the ball on the ground as much as possible with a fast passing game.
Otherwise, they are most known for their transition-game, when they often use their wings alot, even the d. But their defensive game can be somewhat hollow at times.
And they play on an artificial ground since last year.
The Swedish league has also been on a break since the end of May. Häcken now start up again on saturday against Hammarby at home. So they might be a bit rusty at the moment.
Cork City FC got all the tickets they wanted. But the club would only sell to members and season ticket holders. The ordinary fan were considered a "security risk" and were told to take a running jump.
The club eventually climbed down and sold to the general public for 1 hour with photo ID provided. (Probably because fans were selling tickets amongst themselves anyway).
Idiotic decisions by CCFC. And shows what the City hierarchy think of the ordinary fan.
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