No I was given some home truths about what he was saying. It was only during delaney. He always makes it into his own little show.
Ya i was surprised and shocked at that, supporters knowing more than them on a few things.
I'm getting awful depressed with this world cup fever and no ireland there. :(
He was first up. I told you to shut up and you did. That's why you were quiet during everything else. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Paul if you're looking for positives during the recent spare of matches perhaps I can offer: for the first time in ages we actually looked as fit as the opposition and had what appeared to be real pace throughout the team, ward/mcclean/walters excepted.
Good to see ken back posting regularly again.
No, the sky guy was.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Let's take a moment to remember our fallen comrades.
Colbert Report
Kingdom
Murfinator
Worm
Gone but not forgotten.
How do you remember all those TOWK?
I hope mypost is gone, and can most certainly be forgotten, he had no clue whatsoever about football.
Hey thanks stutts! - had a son who's nearly five now so an enforced hiatus of all things foot.ie for quite some time!
Eirebhoy - truly gone truly not forgotten :(
I understand that only three times have we conceded 5 or more goals since 1982: Germany, Cyprus and Brazil (1982). That is the measurement of the hammering by Portugal.
The embarrassing standing ovation for McLean as far as I recall had little to do with Trap but a Nordie declaring for us.
It is not an anomaly, TheOneWhoKnocks, for a team to qualify when it goes a campaign unbeaten away from home. How come you remember those not contributing any more? What was your former name?
Not sure what you are trying to imply but I was a lurker. Never heard of them before, no?
And when you look back at threads, those names - and their reasonably high post counts - pop up a lot so it's strange for them to fall off the precipice as it were.
I know why Worm left but I don't know about the others.
I think it was genuinely an anomaly to do so well away yet so badly at home!
I think our points per game totals were lower than usually would secure second place.
He was the compere. Delaney was the first proper speaker, or put another way, the first guy I was interested in listening to. I can listen to you anytime. I usually choose not to though :)Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
But he had an invaluable knowledge of Dublin's public transport network.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
The results were basically the same at home as they were away from home. Our performances were better away from home because teams were more inclined to come on to us, whereas at Lansdowne it was generally just a stand-off between two pretty unambitious teams. An anomaly, yes... but an understandable one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
El Salvador looked pretty good against Ivory Coast last week. Really should have snook a draw.
It strikes me that a player like McClean might be a bit redundant for Ireland. If we're playing overlapping full backs we probably don't need wingers, as apart from Bayern Munich I can't really think of any big side who play with attacking full backs and wingers. I like the idea of having Hendrick ahead of Coleman and McGeady on the other side - two guys who'd be comfortable coming inside and allowing the overlapping full back to do his job, but also able to do the defensive job.
I guess the anomaly is that Trap's away record was the best of any Irish manager ever, but his home record was the worst. The results may have been the same - in fact a fraction better away because of Moscow and Sweden at home - but ultimately it shows the limitation of being hard to beat. Hard to beat must be the minimum.
OwlsFan, nobody denies show crap Tuesdays performance was and how chaotic the shape of the team was towards the end. The only thing being disputed is how significant the hammering was. The glass half full approach would be to say hopefully not very significant because it's all WIP and we'll never pick an all tier 2 back 5 again.
What? It most certainly did not have anything to do with his background. He was a good player who had burst on the scene and most people wanted to see him on the pitch, end of.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Wasn't Conor Sammon in the squad for the 4 games? Where did he get to? Injured?
He came on against Italy then missed the US games to get married. No commitment (except to his wife).