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Don't get me wrong, they did well, but MON has always struck me as more concerned with not losing than going for it. They did well and the Danes didn't have too many chances to over run them, and true, if Turner's header had gone in it would have been a much more interesting game. I guess it just disappoints me that with all the talent at his disposal MON just doesn't get the best out of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by marinobohs
........ wait until they see Nutsey's european tactics :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Spudulika
Not in the least, as I've already stated I find the man pleasant on a personal level and respect him as a coach, though I don't see him as being able to make that mental step forward/up with the players he has on the books. Luck, well, I'm not so sure if what happened last night can be ascribed to luck. If Rovers had 15 chances on goal then you could say the team increased their luck. Rovers didn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jicked
I thought we were purposeful throughout, tried to get numbers forward when we could and if we had a better final ball could have scored over the two legs. Our attacking players might seem like a LoI all star team, but they're ex Brechin City, Oldham Athletic, UCD and Galway Utd. Up against a team like FCK we got just about as much as we could from them. go any more "gung ho" and we wouldn't have been able to get the ball back, instead for 30 minutes we had McCormack running the show. If we can keep knocking on the door over the next couple of years we'll take one of those half-chances and go through.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spudulika
I agree completely with you on the possibility of breaking through in the next 2 years, though I don't see MON as the man to do it. Earlier this year I sat watching Rovers in Tallaght trying to figure out when they would just cut loose a little. I know it's always a risk to push on, though there is a fear in the play that is not going to improve. Then again, I'd love to be proved 100% wrong in a couple of weeks with Rovers making the EL group stage, along with Sligo and Pats (after they put 5 past the Ukranians).Quote:
Originally Posted by Jicked
Thats where the fun really starts!Quote:
Originally Posted by poster
Where most players are out of contract at the end of October they are in a very strong negotiating position.
Clubs can extend exisiting contracts by agreement with a player before the end of the season, but to replace a player who will not agree a new contract they must wait 'till the transfer window in January (unless he was out of contract at end of July)
Whut?
Sorry wrong forum....but it did get me thinking :DQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Any more on the fighting between Shamrock and FCK fans? I heard FCK got a Shamrock banner as a souvenir and a few of their fans arrested?
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Originally Posted by Sean South
...... oh crap, I must have clicked on the "two sets of morons fighting in Tallaght" thread by mistake :rolleyes:
Same lads drinking in Dalyer so?
Genuinely have no idea about it apart from a mention on bohs website of an "attack on Copenhagen fans outside the Maldron". No idea if it is true or not (not especially bothered either way)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sean South
There'd have to have been FCK fans in attendance for that to happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sean South
its just a pity turners header didnt go in would have been a great goal and changed the tie. Copenhagen are nothing special just a pity they scored a sh1ty goal to basically kill off the tie. Shams did well before they scored and made them look ordinary which i think they are. just shows the importance of an away goal in europe. All our sides in europe just have to take any goal chances we get but we rarely seem to do which is frustrating. On a side note on Twigg, his first touch is very poor and he just dosent look up to it at a higher level. thats just my opinion, hope he proves me wrong in the near future in europe.
There were 36.Quote:
Originally Posted by dfx-
Correct if wrong but did MON not leave one up front for the last half hour even when ye still needed to score three.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jicked
And not an umbrella between them.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Yes, the game was over at that stage. We also didn't send Thompson up for corners in the last minute for the same reason and started substituting our key players.Quote:
Originally Posted by redobit
Glasgow Rangers are out as well .... and i believe if Shamrock Rovers were playing Malmo ... Rovers would have won that tie and be in the next round. Good luck to Sligo and St Pats tomorrow
From what I saw in that game there wasn't a huge gulf in class between Shams and Copenhagen. They were that bit stronger physically maybe and could stroke it around well at times. More clinical over the two legs as well.
Still all to play for in the Europa league for them. They certainly didn't let themselves down.
Nice display the ultras put on as well.
non event why did you bring it up?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sean South
If it happened it is NOT a non event. Typical nothing to see here attitude just makes things worse. As Ace once said "Denial is a terrible thing".
Good luck to both teams tonight, unfortunately the way things appear from the outside at Pats I can only see them getting beaten tonight, perhaps well.
2 teams in the 4th qualifying round of the Europa League would be a very good achievement.
I've often thought that seeing Irish lads up against foreign players but really, it should be one of the simpler things to rectify, an extra half an hour a day pumping iron should sort it.Quote:
Originally Posted by dong
If it happened, can we find some report of it? Otherwise we'll descend into the usual pantomime of "Yes it happened - you've your head in the sand" "No it didn't happen - I saw nothing beside me anyway" that we could do without.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Stu you don't hear about every fight on a saturady night outside a nightclub.
It doesn't mean it didnt happen.
This is something I also mentioned during the first leg that richardson mentioned a few times the last night, the conditioning and physical build of the players was far superior for all to see.Quote:
Originally Posted by punkrocket
In other sports in Ireland be it rugby/GAA this is what they focus on over the winter/when not playing. Its very little cardio and all weight training. I cant understand how this can't be rectified by a proper weights programme, especially at somewhere like rovers where they are paying a sports scientist.
But it does mean that threads can get particularly tedious if unsubstantiated allegations are being thrown about the place. That's why we have a rule against it.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Good luck to Sligo and er..the silly ****s tonight
Oops..didn't realise I was being rude there, rhymed with Pats
Haha Br@ts very good PR. The pats players should give 110% tonight after this big hullabaloo. I'm sure everything would be forgiven-from the club and fans- if they won 3-0.
No Paul it started with a Tw
HAHA ya i was wondering alright when brat wasn't covered. D'oh :) But brats also ryhmes and is less forceful....
Alan Keane failed fitness test today (injured in training yesterday) and will be out tonight.
Reckon we're gonna lose by at least 2, but I'm never really confident before games anyway.
Sligoman ye were honestly the better team the last day. Take that from a neutral, nothing to fear, and definitely capable of scoring but you need to take your chances not like last week or like rovers over the 2 legs v copenhagen.
Don't think you'll lose. A score draw would be a total sickener but it's quite likely.Quote:
Originally Posted by sligoman
I've seen Vorskla play 3 times in the last couple of weeks - most recently against Karpaty on Sunday - and they can be beaten - they're especially weak from crosses and corners, rubbish keeper and dodgy centre halves.
I'd love to be up there at the match anyway. Sligo are the best team in the league now and deserve to go through - just hope they're getting paid enough in bonuses!
Best of luck.
Yeah the word you posted means gowl, goother, flange, minge...I wonder if these will get censored?Quote:
Originally Posted by punkrocket
...seems not...Gee, maybe we need a more hibernophonic swear filter?
Or nun's habit, which isn't rude at all. So I'll assume that's what he meant and won't infract. :)
Not forgetting hoo-hooQuote:
Originally Posted by born2bwild
Saints preserve us.
I'm thinking a score draw for Sligo today. Hopefully it's a home win though!