The game has really picked up here in the last few minutes. We just had to sit through ninety minutes of utter rubbish to see it.
The game has really picked up here in the last few minutes. We just had to sit through ninety minutes of utter rubbish to see it.
Kenny is very reactive, not proactive.
Brady couldn’t move since HT. Had to go off injured before he subbed him.
433 suits teams that are comfortable with the ball. Bulgaria are woeful, so are we,
Can we start with this team that are finishing in future. The difference those subs made.
We would've been better off playing with 10 rather than Cyrus Christie
What an irritating game of football
A bit infuriating to see us dominating poorer players for the last 15 minutes , instead of for the whole thing. O'Shea, Christie, Byrne, Cullen, Long all showed glimpses of utter superiority that I feel was probably within us for much of the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colbert Report
Strange game. It was tough viewing, probably because of the fact that we had more limited players out there. I was happy with O'Shea, Knight and Cullen and I feel they give us options. So does Jack Byrne and hopefully Troy Parrott. Manning was really poor. Hourihane has been poor and was true to form tonight. Collins is little more than an option.
What an irritating game is footballQuote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
That is exactly how I would describe it. Why in the name of Jesus he left it so late to change Curtis and Collins I'll never know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
can't really say anything negative because of the covid free pass.
Duffy did ok. Collins got in decent positions. Knight has something about him.
neither side deserved a win.
Too little. Too late.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colbert Report
Time to show him the door. This has gone long enough. Mick McCarthy left us with a playoff for the Euros and looking fairly secure of being in the 2nd pot for the World Cup. He's ****ed all that up against the wall and never even had the common decency too look upset about how it's been going.
On the positives, Knight had a very encouraging game, Cullen was hood when he came in, made a difference. There are some good players to come back in.
Thought the same he showed today he isnt very intrepid!Quote:
Originally Posted by shakermaker1982
we needed two front man,
we can play this with minnows
Manning showed today he is better in midfield. Cullen was huge
Because Hourihane is muck and he had tried an in swinger already. He was the worst player on the field.
We actually looked like a team with some ideas for the last 15 mi nutes but it took Kenny too long to react...even then he left Hourihane on and it hurt us.
Atrocious again. One goal in eight matches. 10 and a half hours without a goal.
A competent manager confined to to picking players from the LOI couldn't have gotten worse results. This is the worst it's been in the modern era.
I could never have believed we'd fall so far.
Incredibly, Bulgaria look even worse than us, yet still we couldn't score.
There was a lot more positives at the end of that second half than there was at the end of the first.
Not to say I'm happy with it as I can only imagine walking down Shelbourne Road now fuming, but with the hope that come March we won't be with a hundred first choice players unavailable, that the green shoots will start to come good.
Or of course we could **** it all up the wall and get in Paul Jewell or Phillipe Troussier.
While the fans are clearly divided on whether Kenny should go or not, I think the reality of the FAI piggybank* means that sacking him is off the table. Basically, the only way he goes in the short term is if he Kevin Kegans it. ("I'm blaming nobody but myself. I wasn't good enough.")Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
*Thanks, JD.
we are stick to him until 20 games,Quote:
Originally Posted by backstothewall
unless he resigns
4-3-3 nullifies us going very predictable
curiosity, oldham number two and vietnam under 19!Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
Ditch 433. 442, 4411, 352. I’ll take anything.
I’d like to see Cullen, Knight and Byrne get a crack in a friendly.
Hourihane. I genuinely do not understand how he keeps getting minutes. Bar run to the ball when the CB are in possession to instantly pass it back what else does he offer?
Curtis and Manning out of their depth tonight.
Brady played well against Wales I thought, way off the pace tonight. His inconsistency must drive Dyche crazy.
11 hours without a goal is astonishing.
Oh yes, wouldn't it be just terrible if all that amazing progress we've made over the past eight games were to go to waste...Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
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Originally Posted by bennocelt
I just thought I'd remind the young wans of the good old days.
What do you suggest we do?Quote:
Originally Posted by Trequartista20
We sack Kenny then what?
Something something profit?Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
That link was broken. I've removed the twitter tags in the quotation above and it works for me now.Quote:
Originally Posted by centre mid
How much is Stephen Kenny on, and for how long, does anyone know?
3 at the back, I thought Manning was impressive but the guy is a midQuote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
There are so many players to come back in before our next round of fixtures; Byrne not starting tonight, given the vast number of cry-offs, means he's never going to start.Quote:
Originally Posted by shakermaker1982
Proof positive that Kenny isn't the keenest and it was only ever political-motivated call up. But most of us had worked that out anyway.
540k per year, says The MirrorQuote:
Originally Posted by Colbert Report
https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soc...ation-21851746
Ha yes, i should have said i was curious to what they are up to now, i dig yaQuote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
Big Sam is free these days too:p
so, pot 3?
Jewell is Director of Football at Swindon btw. Left Oldham two years ago.
can some one tell me if we hadn't played England and lost some points in the ranking would we be seeded now, cheers
what it has been shown is that 4-3-3 is not working,
More when the 3 up front are not forwards,
I would go with 3 forwards up front
Mick McCarthy left us a playoff spot because we got a free one "earned" by Martin O'Neill after finishing bottom of the Nations League group. The format is a farce. McCarthy was terrible as well and finished 3rd in a favourable group scoring only 7 goals.Quote:
Originally Posted by backstothewall
Not at all; whilst alarm bells are starting to ring for me, he needs more time, and there have been obvious mitigating factors.Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
I just find it rather odd for you to suggest that after the worst run of results in history, in appointing another manager we'd be ****ing all Kenny's hard work up the wall, when we appear if anything to have gone backwards under his stewardship.
Has there been talk that Byrne isn't fully fit for this level either after his symptomatic covid illness?Quote:
Originally Posted by Trequartista20
That may be a consideration, but he was fit enough to start Rovers' last game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
I haven't read anything like this, but if I'd been in Kenny's shoes, trying to select a team with so many players out, I'd have been looking to maximise the experience on the pitch tonight. Sticking with Brady makes sense in that regard, though it's clear now that he wasn't physically up to it and Byrne might have made an impact earlier. Recall too that Byrne was pilloried here for a hospital pass late in the Wales game that got Hendrick sent off: hardly a cameo that made him first on the teamsheet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
When you are in the Gutter the only way is Up ! !
Thank heavens its not performance relatedQuote:
Originally Posted by John83