Drogs

Once again the ref didn't help us but thats another matter.
Ramblers played well for 8 mins. You could see how valuable Alan Carey and Kieran O'Reilly are to the team. They were missing and you could see the gap they'd left.
But once again Ramblers never took their chances. They still go around the pitch trying to play 1st Division football and the likes of Drogheda just read them like a book. We should have had at least 3 goals IMO. John Kearneys wonder goal from the halfway line was wrongly dissallowed and Davin should have had 2.

Like it or not lads Ramblers have lost the midfield. John Kearney and Shane Barrett are not up to Premier Division standard neither is Gareth Cambridge. John and Shane still think they are in the 1st division and demand an age on the ball, Gareth just isn't strong and is afraid to tackle.
Kenny Coleman and Michael Mulconry should start next week as the centre-mids because they are the most tuned in players we have. They are calm on the ball and know how to pace themselves against the faster players. This is clear as so far they have been our best players this season. Basically they have the best footballing brains on the team and deserve a crack at it. Ray Lally should come in at left-mid and Davin play on the right.

A re-shuffle is needed and it's time for Hendo to forget about being loyal to the players who got him promoted and be brave and make a change.
We need a striker and we need one now.

Match report on the site now lads. www.cobhramblers.ie

Thx to Rams07 again

bad result last night lads but all we can do is keep showing our support and have faith with hendo and his team.50/60 made da trip up witch wasnt bad,i was a bit disapointed to see some of our fans walking out early ,not great to see:mad:lets stick with them til the end...good or bad

A harsh lesson in the ways of the bookie...

Can see JC having a good chuckle at this thread.

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Originally Posted by outside in

bad result last night lads but all we can do is keep showing our support and have faith with hendo and his team.50/60 made da trip up witch wasnt bad,i was a bit disapointed to see some of our fans walking out early ,not great to see:mad:lets stick with them til the end...good or bad

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ya it was a bit disappointing, but they played well. i felt gutted to be honest but that was because the promising start gave me hope of an upsetr, we had them bombarded from the start, if u asked me before the game i would have taken a draw but would have been expecting to lose. drogs are the champions and they are that for a reason: ruthless finishing, job well done, tks.:cool:

i stayed til the end but i seen the people that left but they were just gutted, they love the rams. it was 3 nil and no hope of coming back.

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Originally Posted by rambler14

A re-shuffle is needed and it's time for Hendo to forget about being loyal to the players who got him promoted and be brave and make a change.
We need a striker and we need one now.

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the deadlines gone what do you want hendo to do?? The reports i was getting was ken coleman got destroyed, why would you move him into the most important position into the pitch if he got destroyed at RB.

he was just found out playing RB he looked lost. but the two CM's looked very off the pace and i like barrett but he didnt seem to be want to be there last night.. looked like he didnt wanna put in 100%.

Mucky would be my first choice cm this season anyway, and im sure barrett will come good, especially against city, would worry slightly about john kearney though. Would love to see kinger given run about any time on the ball and the lads clinical at picking passes, doubt hes prem standard though, fitness especially. Ken Coleman would prob be the best footballer we have though, i agree with r14 there.

He didn't play too bad. He over-lapped well and put in some good crosses. He has a proper footballig brain like muckie and so far this season they are probably our most creative players. They have a great ability to read a game which is something Barrett and Kearney are struggling to do.
The teams we have played so far have attacked us through the middle because in every game so far Kearney and Barrett have lost the midfield and the gap is clearly there.

Hendo has a 22+ squad available to him yet he starts with practically the same 11 every week bar one change.
It's time he made use of the squad and gave the likes of Alan Kearney, Coleman and Lally a start as they are consistently being used as subs and are impressing people when they come off the bench.

As for transfers. I know they can't be made as the window is closed. But i'm not saying that, the only thing missing from the squad is another striker like Kieran O'Reilly. The only players he can sign now are non-contracted players. (Infact that was our discussion on the way home last night, what players are out there in the MSL and available on the free list for the PFAI that would be of rams standard.)

the guy in the echo hit the nail on the head tonite, we would never have expected to get anything from drogs away, we need to be concentrating on ucd, galway, bray, harps and sligo and plan to get max points off these teams any other points are a bonus