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Suffice to say that there are more problems than the results in Limerick.Quote:
Originally Posted by redarmyfaction
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Originally Posted by Ezeikial
Very touching how he stands up for Horgan against all those nasty bullies. He doesn't mention that he has just signed a keeper to replace him though.Quote:
"He's shown tremendous character the last few weeks because a lot of people have spoken about him, an easy target, a young boy, 'let's go and have a go at him'," Bradley added.
"He's stood up, he's shown unbelievable character. Many players would have folded. He hasn't and he's produced some really good performances.
What a bizarre interview. They've lost six league games, drew at home to Limerick, lost one LC game against Longford, so there's eight bad days straight off.
They were not excellent in Derry. An excellent team would have scored several of the many chances they created.
Still though, biggest club in the country! I do think he's just having fun with these statements at this stage.
Bradser
https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2018...-jumped-on-it/Quote:
This team, we're three unbeaten now, is capable of going on a run."
Getting turned over by Longford in the EA Sport Cup has been airburushed
A draw at home to Limerick is part of the celebrated unbeaten streak
Accentuate the positive Stephen
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You've got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
Bing Crosby
It never gets old with you :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial
His last four posts on this thread are about rovers but he doesn't think he is obsessed. I think stephen kennys statement about connolly is funnier than anything bradley has said to be honest anyway.
What are they?Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
We were absolutely battered last night. Dundalk should have been at least 3 or 4-1 up at half time.
When they weren't I was hopeful it would be one of those nights for them but it wasn't to be they upped the pace and left us for dust second half.
Granted the first two goals they got were as lucky as it comes double deflections and lucky bounces but they weren't undeserved.
We didn't play well at all and perhaps the 2 games a weekend especially playing a full time side in the second one on a very quick pitch didn't do us any favors.
Friday night against rovers is a big game for both sides they'll be looking to push on after a great result last night and we'll be trying to keep ourselves up there with an outside chance of pushing for 4th place.
Dundalk and Derry fans laughing at a statement from another manager, people in glass houses
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Originally Posted by sbgawa
Bradser is just impossible to ignore when he comes out with these lines.Quote:
Originally Posted by Asterix
I'm beginning to consider a previous suggestion that maybe he is just "taking the pi$$" (copyright Mr L Varadkar) with some of his comments
That website piece was pretty bizarre - it's hard to know if it was the writer or the interviewee who is primarily responsible for how poor the article readsQuote:
Originally Posted by Asterix
Don't you realise that his statements are consistently madcap?Quote:
Originally Posted by RathfarnhamHoop
Biggest club in the country on a 3 match unbeaten streak (except for 1 defeat in the middle) after a bad 5 days (despite not winning a game in a month) is all comedy of the highest order.
One day even Rovers fans will look back and laugh
I look back at your obsession every day and laugh :)
Pretty much everybody else manages it but you. Your constant posting about him is genuinely pathetic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezeikial
He keeps getting bites though. It's hilariously ironic reallyQuote:
Originally Posted by osarusan
It really isn't though.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcgonigle
Brief and potentially incomplete summation (and in no particular order):Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
-The lack of funding for the squad.
-The hiring process for the last two managers/general situation with Neil McDonald.
-the general quality of the pitch and the ongoing lack of clarity over who is in charge of its upkeep.
-The pricing policy for tickets, which has backfired given the quality of what's on offer.
-An ongoing dispute between the "Blue Army" section of supporters and club management over a variety of issues.
-The saga of the Bruff training facility which has been "close to opening" for a while now.
-The well-noted issues that have resulted in a restriction on public comment on the club on this forum.
-A serious lack of clarity over whether the current Chairman is selling the club or not.
-Chairman's apparent greater concern for away fans at matches than home fans.
-Concerns that too much has been invested in projects outside of the first team (in two minds on that myself).
-Perceptions of, shall we say, an unhealthy closeness between certain members of the media and club management.
I'm sure others could add more.
And then the actual football side of things: the bad results, the lack of goals, the lack of gumption. When Limerick were promoted a few seasons ago the hope was that the club could push on and secure a prominent place in the League of Ireland. Instead they wobbled around mid-table for two years, were relegated in a disaster cost-cutting season, strolled a poor First Division, and spent last season in another relegation battle. The enormous strides by Waterford in this season and last are also galvinising the negative appraisal of Limerick's last few years. Crowds are down, the mood is pessimistic, the OSC stopped functioning due to a lack of volunteers. Even if the club stays up this season, I think it is fair to say that there's little expectation of progression with the current leadership.
You could use the ignore option if it irritates you.Quote:
Originally Posted by osarusan
Or if you believe any of the comments unfair or I accurate, post your contrary arguments
agreedQuote:
Originally Posted by osarusan
Its funny when I saw the first post about a boycott , I did think them Limerick lads are nutters the team is 8 points above Bray in a tough 10 team league, but reading your points I can kind of get it,Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
Its the lack of hope of improvement that's the problem.
Its hard to shift owners (athlone) and its easy for the owners to just row back further on investment.
Boycotts rarely work , it hasn't with Athlone.
You need an investor like Waterford but its hard to find people interested in this league.
To be honest, the gradually lowering attendance figures - just over 700 for Derry and dropping fast - will be almost as powerful a statement as an outright boycott would be.
When supporters do that they need to understand it can take time for change. Just look at us.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
It's a statement alright, but what impact will it actually have?Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
However we view the past spending/wastage, the fact remains that we have no money right now to improve things.
As I said possibly Bohs worst display of the season and still worth a point.If by solid you mean trying to hold the ball at the corner flag, then yes, Pats were 'solid'. At no stage were Pats 'in control' of the game, even before the sending off. Once they got the first goal they sat back and tried to hit Bohs on the break. Bad passing and snatching at chances were all that preserved their lead (first goal a fluke cross following Buckley slipping out wide and the second goal from a corner - hardly 'in control').Quote:
Originally Posted by Couch Potato
Anyway sure if you are happy with pats and think them quality then fine.Your comments regarding the dive, I wont dignify with a response. always nice to get a late late equalizer but I would have been gutted to drop three points to such a poor Pats team
PS every team in the premier division are just a 'God keeper and a certain forward' away from top 4 :cool:
Holding the ball in the corner flag was in the last couple of minutes, when, as you may have noticed, we were down to 10 men. There's not a team in the league that would have done different. Plus we nearly scored a third goal in that spell. And you accused me of talking rubbish:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by marinobohs
On looking at the TV it was no penalty, so I'll hold my hands up there. Doesn't necessarily mean it was a dive. And we were comfortable at two up with 11 v 11. I'll stand by my statement that you weren't getting back into it without the sending off. Even your manager admitted the sending off changed the game.
It wasn't one of our better performances this year, we miss Garvan and Brennan in the centre in my view, we'd be a different team with those two.
PS - I'd quite like a "God" keeper. :cool:
Very true! There isnt a club in the league that hasnt had spells where crowds have bottomed out due to the well publicised examples of problem owners and some crazy and whacky managers/teams on show. No matter how any club is doing right now its not an indication of years of being well run or that current success or security will be forever and a day. At Dundalk we have been blessed with some proper white knight owners (including Gerry Matthews when we needed his ownership regardless of how things went south at the end of his era), FastFix lads and the key decisions they made that turned fortunes around (again with some retrospective criticism in some quarters for not trying to do more with Oriel Park), Peak6 is too early to call but so far not so bad. There were Enda McGuill, Eamonn Hiney, Paddy Malone types in the more distant past who were club saviours but then, in particular with Enda McGuill came in for smoe criticism in the end.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
Waterford recently, Cork, Shamrock Rovers, Derry have been on life support but have gotten back to the business end of the league and cup competitions. Limerick, Galway, Athlone, Bray and to a lesser extent Longford are having issues currently. Sligo and Pats have had scares but not the extent of others that I remember. Bohs and Shels have worked hard to reduce their crippling debt. Drogheda, Cobh(?), and Wexford have been bailed by the FAI by taking on the millstone like purchase of their grounds. Harps have done reasonably well to try and keep things afloat by working withing their means, Sligo too had their appeals to the public for greater support - Is there anyone left out as its every club.
I know this is all stating the well known turmoil in our league over the years, without even mentioning clubs that are no longer around but Athlone fans among others should never totally give up. It obviously helps to have some sort of organised supporters group ( eg Cork Foras, Dundalk Trust, Rover's 400 club) preparing to step up and offer an option to an owner when they eventually have nowhere to turn and they just want to offload their vanity projects or whatever and Athlone have enough history and prestige for the town not to forever have abandoned the club if a more palatable owner or board were to take the helm one day.
'certain forward' wouldn't go amiss either :cool: anyway thought a draw was probably fair but can understand your frustration at pats tossing away a two goal lead.Quote:
Originally Posted by TonyD
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On looking at the TV it was no penalty, so I'll hold my hands up there. Doesn't necessarily mean it was a dive.
Ref was very close to the incident and called it, inconclusive from TV coverage, most benign explanation is that Brennan may have tripped over his laces or hit by a sniper in the stand.