Yeah, when was the last time the League of Ireland went down to the last fixture or two?
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Yeah, when was the last time the League of Ireland went down to the last fixture or two?
Sheridan on squad exclusion.
http://www.the42.ie/cillian-sheridan...99562-May2017/
A 14-minute video interview with Sheridan here conducted by Paweł Wilkowicz of Sport.pl:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxDzhMDh9nw
Sheridan says the Polish league is a lot more intense than Cyprus and he's had to up his fitness levels, despite already having been in pretty good shape when he arrived. He says the style of play there tends to be fast-paced and "up-and-down", which he claims is similar to Scotland, although the standard is higher in Poland.
He also talks about going against the grain. He does yoga to improve his flexibility and to prevent injuries and future aches/pains. He has used a sports psychologist to help fine-tune his performances and also loosely follows a vegan diet (although he doesn't get too hung up on the terminology as he still wears leather and might eat the odd Haribo or something like that) which he maintains has significantly enhanced his energy levels.
He puts his lack of international opportunities down to being out of the spotlight, having moved to CSKA Sofia the day after his last appearance for Ireland (against Argentina in 2010).
It's a pity Sheridan has potentially the most crucial game of his season clashing with the Uruguay friendly on the 4th of June, but I get the impression from Martin O'Neill's words that he may not have been selected in the provisional squad anyway even if he had been available for the friendlies.
Well that explains the man-bun and hipster beardQuote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Huge game for Sheridan later on this evening (kick-off at 5PM) as Jagiellonia (currently on 37 points) take on league-leaders Legia Warsaw (currently on 39 points) in Białystok. A win for Jagiellonia would put them top again with two games to go. As far as the results of previous games between the clubs are concerned, Legia beat Jagiellonia 4-1 in Białystok last November whilst the sides drew 1-1 in Warsaw on the opening day of this season the previous July.
Lech Poznań and Lechia Gdańsk, who are also both on 37 points, play one another today as well. That match kicks off at 2:30.
Lech Poznań and Lechia Gdańsk are drawing 0-0 as the game approaches half-time. Stream here: http://live.robinwidget.org/streamvi...m-1442236.html
I imagine that would be the preferred result for Jagiellonia and their title ambitions as it would leave those two clubs two points off the pace if Jagiellonia can manage to beat Legia later.
Lech Poznań and Lechia Gdańsk finished 0-0.
Jagiallonia and Legia kicking off now at 5. Stream here: http://live.robinwidget.org/streamvi...m-1442308.html
0-0 at half-time.
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...ps8pfznqpb.png
Jagiellonia have created more despite enjoying less possession than Legia. They can definitely win this and reclaim the top spot. Legia haven't seriously threatened and Jagiellonia have defended well when necesssary; a big improvement on the sloppy/careless defending on show during the 4-0 loss to Lechia Gdańsk last Wednesday.
Aw, Sheridan has just had a goal disallowed for offside. He was offside, to be fair. 15 minutes left. Still 0-0.
Legia down to ten men. Jagiellonia putting them under pressure, but the game is into the 89th minute now.
Game ends 0-0.
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...pssepxsbbr.png
Jagiellonia huffed and puffed but unfortunately ran out of time in the end. Legia should be firm favourites to win the league now.
i watched the last 20 mins. i didn't feel the home side were really pressing for a winner that much til maybe the last 5 minutes. maybe i'm too used to english/irish direct football but there were several occasions when i thought they could get the ball into sheridan but passed it around the middle instead. it felt almost as if they were happy enough with a point which was odd but perhaps they were running on empty.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Jagiellonia really should have scored with about half an hour to go when Sheridan teed up the winger on the edge of the box. Shame as they looked the stronger team. Hopefully Legia slip up in one of their remaining games and Jagiellonia take it home.
Jagiellonia did look the stronger of the two, although I suspect Legia were happy to take an away draw rather than risk going all out for a win considering they were away from home and the draw still left them two points ahead.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
interviewed in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/football...rcelona-celtic
A bit off topic but just in relation to this, I noticed Antonio Valencia doing an interview on Sky or BT recently and he had to do it Spanish. Thought that was amazing really for a guy that has been playing in England for over ten years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cillian Sheridan
It was like 'Where's Wally?' trying to find the two APOEL jerseys that Sheridan was talking about in Messi's collection.
https://m0.joe.co.uk/wp-content/uplo...509-124709.png
Took me a while to spot the ones under the glass floor:
No. 28 Mario Sergio
No. 30 Tomás Di Vincenti
Kevin Kilbane said the following about Valencia a few months ago:Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
It seems Valencia hadn't a word of English when he arrived in England, but I would get the impression from Kilbane's words that that has changed. I suspect the Sky interview was done in Spanish as Valencia would still feel a lot more comfortable and coherent when speaking in Spanish.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin Kilbane
doesn't he pay for everything in his home village as well? And I really mean everything, IIRC he owns the power plant, the school, etc
Interesting. Kilbane is great, seems to have crossed paths with everybody, brilliant addition to Newstalk.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Valencia, by the way, came across as an incredibly humble chap even through translation. I suppose the reason I was surprised it because you know he's such a solid professional as well, that it wouldn't be out of laziness or anything.
If I remember correctly, Cristiano Ronaldo used do his early interviews at United in Portuguese, he seemed to grasp the language incredibly well very quickly. He probably had a stonger base than Valencia though I would assume.
Top 4 all winning. Cillian just put his side 2-0
Sheridan has scored to put Jagiellonia 2-0 up away to Termalica Nieciecza. Lechia Gdansk lead by the same score with Legia Warsaw and Lech Poznan both a goal up. Jagiellonia need a slip up from Legia Warsaw to have things in their own hands.
Legia were the last of the top four to take the lead, prior to which, the top four were all on the same amount of points. So 20 goals was all that separated Champions' League qualification from no European football at all. Mad stuff.
It's ranked by whoever finished with most points in the regular season, not goal difference. So if they finish on the same points it'll be:
1) Jagiellonia
2) Legia Warsaw
3) Lech Poznan
4) Lechia Gdansk
Sheridan substituted. Just saw his goal there too, tap in.
Termalica have pulled one back so a nervy last fifteen minutes for Jagiellonia.
All four win and remain in contention for the title next weekend, when they meet each other once more.
The situation for Jagiellonia is straight forward - they need to win and hope that Legia Warsaw don't to be crowned champions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ekstraklasa final fixtures
Some confusion over who scored the first goal but both goals have been attributed to Sheridan.
Video of both of Sheridan's goals here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9jRZ6QF7kA
Not sure why the footage is so dark.
Anyhow, his first came from a deflection off his leg after a team-mate took a shot into his path. The ball flew into the net past the wrong-footed keeper. His second was a tap-in from a pass across the box.
Went off injured as well, not sure how serious it is
It didn't look serious. I was trying to see if he was limping or anything but he didn't look in any major discomfort anyway, hopefully precautionary.
Not looking good for Jagiellonia. They're 2-0 down at home to Lech Poznan after 60 minutes. If they could manage three goals in the last half an hour and win the game, they'd win the league as Legia are drawing 0-0 with Lechia Gdańsk.
As it stands though, Jagiellonia will finish fourth and miss out on Europe.
Jagiellonia have pulled a goal back with 15 minutes to go and, for some reason, their fans have decided to hold up the game by throwing streamers and flares into the box that Jagiellonia are playing into.
2-2! It's on.
Stream here: http://live.robinwidget.org/streamvi...m-2559729.html
They've equalised now. Both they and Legia are playing v 10 men.
I think if any of the top three score now, they're champions. Amazing stuff
Poznan have had a man sent off. Three minutes to go, plus a fair bit of additional time for the stoppage.
Ten minutes of stoppage time.
At least they'll qualify for Europe if things remain as they are.
0-0 result in Legia.
Only Jagellonia can take the title from Legia now.
Come on Lech!!
2-2 result.
Legia win the league
Balls.