Tbf, Keogh's a pretty ordinary defender, a poor man's Damian Delaney if you like. As in not consistently good enough for the PL, unlike Duffy or Hendrick who definitely still have the potential.
But better than Ward IMO.
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Tbf, Keogh's a pretty ordinary defender, a poor man's Damian Delaney if you like. As in not consistently good enough for the PL, unlike Duffy or Hendrick who definitely still have the potential.
But better than Ward IMO.
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Said I'd bump this thread as it will be useful over the next couple of weeks. Well played Charlie for not putting a specific year in the title, the destroyer of many a small thread.
The FA/Police are a little worried about the potential meeting of Norwich and Ipswich, well they've taken precautionary measures with both games being move to the 12:15 Saturday slots should it happen, with the other semi final being moved to Friday night slots, if needs be.
Ipswich still have a nice bit to do to stay in there. Just looking at the table and their +3 GD advantage over Brentford could easily be caught if they don't get anything out of their trip to Blackburn, with Brentford entertaining Wigan. They won't have to worry if Derby don't secure the point they need at home to Reading though.
Not the most dramatic of final days in the Championships, with the automatics and relegation decided, and none of the direct playoff rivals playing each other.
Ipswich and Brentford going up as it stands. Wolves level on points with inferior goal difference. Derby trailing in 8th after Bent missed a penalty in first half stoppage time.
Peter Beagrie thinks Keogh "sold himself" for the Reading goal.
Keogh given the benefit of the doubt this time after the ball hits his arm in the box. Derby lucky not to concede a penalty this time.
Ipswich 3-1 down now.....still in playoff positions .....just
Derby bypassing the midfield and pumping ineffectual long balls due to their lack of holding midfielder, whereas Keogh would normally play the ball to a holding midfielder. *paraphrasing commentators*
Edit: Just as I write this, Derby are lucky not to concede a second after Keogh dives rashly into a tackle leaving Fosu with the freedom of Pride Park to blaze a presentable chance wide.
"Risky from Keogh".
"Defensive disintegration for Derby".
True. But wasn't no 32 totally to blame by slicing a volleyed clearance backwards instead of forwards? Keogh can't be blamed for a sliced clearance by his teammate.
Murphy with his second to make it 3-2.
To me, it looked like a catalog of errors and missed opportunities to clear their lines.
The biggest error of all was number 32 slicing the ball backwards. It landed at Keogh's feet and he was rooted and unable to do anything with it. I've no interest in defending Keogh but the big error was just beforehand, a truly brutal effort at a simple enough clearance.
3-0 down now.
I have no interest in getting into aggro here but there was more sympathy for Keogh's attempts at a clearance in the Playoff final last season.
That was a "team error" but this was all no. 32's fault.
Look at it again and tell me honestly that it wasn't a shocking individual error by no 32. What happened after wasn't great either. If you think blame can be attributed equally in this instance it may be your honest opinion but it'd be one I wholly disagree with.
Keogh's error was worse at Wembley but it was preceded by another bad error (Buxton?) and at least one more I think. I don't try to memorise these things. All I said then was that Keogh's wasn't the only error, but it was an error, a bad one and a very costly one.
Champions: Bournemouth
Second: Watford
Playoff Places confirmed
Semi-finals
Ipswich V Norwich
Brentford V Middlesborough
Derby BLEW it...from first to 8th in the space of a couple of months. Shocking stuff
Derby were in the top six for the whole year from September 27th and got pipped on the final day. That's not bad luck, it's just carelessness.
Ipswich v Norwich is going to be a huge game. A derby and a playoff. If only they were kept apart, it could have potentially been a final.
Hopefully it's Ipswich v Brentford in the final.
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Its calamitous Charlie
Christ i would not want to be a loyal Derby fan today
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I've just seen it for the first time: Keogh absolutely sold himself for the first goal. Very rash decision to go to ground. He could have stayed up to make it harder for the goalscorer.
He did the same thing when it was still 0-1. It gave Fosu time and space to pick a shot and he arguably should have scored.Quote:
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Your schadenfreude towards Keoghs performance is disgusting.
Middlesbrough - Bamford*
Norwich - Hoolahan, Callan-McFadden
Ipswich - McCarthy, Murphy, McGoldrick, N. Hunt, S. Hunt, Tabb, Chambers, Connolly, Kenny
Brentford - Judge, Douglas, McCormack, Bonham, Hogan*, O'Shaughnessy*, O'Connor
Bump the League One playoffs starting tonight. Preston v Chesterfield is on SS1 - Alan Browne unlikely to feature for Preston but Jay O'Shea and Jimmy Ryan should feature for Chesterfield.
Sheffield United v Swindon is the other game - Michael Doyle and Anton Rodgers on the benches.
The Preston manager is evidently not a Browne noser.
Not sure how Chesterfield managed to lose that. Total domination. Jimmy Ryan played the whole game and Jay O'Shea 87 minutes.
Barry Corr smashes a penalty against the crossbar 7 minutes into second-half stoppage time. It remains 1-1 between Southend & Stevenage and goes into extra-time.
Cian Bolger, Michael Timlin & Corr started for Southend. Stephen McLaughlin came off the bench. Gary Deegan remains on the bench. With a strong Irish contingent, Southend are the team to favor in this leg, but Corr has missed the chance to make himself a hero.
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Stephen McLaughlin making some impact off the bench. Barry Corr faltering up front.
Remains 1-1 with Southend on the front foot.
McLaughlin puts Southend in front.
I enjoyed the game particularly because of the Irish interest. For a big man, Corr has excellent feet (despite missing the penalty). Mind you he played back in the day for Wednesday and never managed to score. Just lacking the aggression and physicality of a Tony Cascarino to have made it. Bolger and Timlin were excellent.Quote:
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Hoolahan starts for Norwich. Chambers & Murphy start for Ipswich with the two Hunts, Tabb & McGoldrick on the bench. Kick off at 12:15
*Wes scored a penalty to go 1-0 up. Score is currently 2-1 to Norwich
That's Norwich through to the final. Simple now: Norwich and we'll have extra Irish involvement in the Premier League; Middlesbrough win and we don't.
And Middlesbrough are horrible to watch. The two best teams have got to the final though to be fair. They were the two challenging for the automatics while Ipswich and Brentford scraped into the playoffs. Nice penalty from Wessi. Tabb at fault for third goal.
Murphy, McGoldrick, Tabb and Hunt won't be getting promoted. Disaster.
On the plus side, there should be a few opportunities in the Championship for young lads like Connolly and McDonnell. Slight chance of McGoldrick and maybe Murphy getting a move to the Premier.
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Hehe, I sense a subtle hint of sarcasm, but I was disappointed. Whilst those lads are peripheral for us, it's good to have as many eligible players playing at the top-level as possible and Mick is always keen to bring in Irish players wherever he is. Would have been good to have him back in the Premier League.Quote:
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Southend go up in dramatic style. Barry Corr is a doppelgänger for Olivier Giroud. Cian Bolger is a giant. I'd say he has a great physique but that raised a few eyebrows last time I said similar. Timlin scored a tidy penno, Bolger nailed his.
I didn't watch all the game. Heard McLoughlin mentioned but that's all.
Graham Coughlan is Brown's number two I think.
Both managers watched the shoot out together. Nice touch.