Dodgy recent form

I'm worried about our form. Don't get me worng, I'm sure we'll go up - but it's staying up that I'm worried about. Going up and coming straight back down is not progress. Look at our recent form:

- Should have been beaten by mid-table Dundalk
- Poor performance against Dublin City
- Adequete performance against Kilkenny
- Couldn't beat bottom of the league Athlone who have won once in 16 matches
- Adequete performance against Monaghan
- Good result in Cobh
- Couldn't beat Limerick at home
etc etc

Also, despite being top of the league:

- Haven't won by more than 3 goals in any match this season
- Failed to score again and again against ****e teams
- Have only scored 37 times in 29 matches

I'm not in a strong position to comment as I rarely see any actual football and rely on the reports here - but it seems to me that we're struggling against mid-table sides in 'the worst first division in years'.

The Cork match was the one match I did see and although the side did us proud considering how well Cork are doing, I wasn't particularly reassured by the performance...

What is the key to staying up next year? I know we need some new players but is the side mature enough? Is Connor tactically astute enough?

Realistically - who would we beat from this season's premier?

this is really stupid

really stupid

adequete performence...**** off

What is really stupid about this?

ranting_rover has used facts to make his case that Rovers could very well struggle in the premier league next season.

For a team top of the league their record is not very impressive when compared to the teams who won promotion last season.

Hopefully Rovers will get the promotion they deserve and they can build on that to be a force to be reckoned with in the premier league and not just be struggling for survival.

Compared to the last couple of seasons this is huge progress. There are a number of positions that need to be strenghtened and if we get promoted I'm sure Sean will deal with that.
We're six points clear at the top and here we are complaining.

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Originally Posted by wild rover

this is really stupid

really stupid

adequete performence...**** off

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Fully agree. Lets talk about beating Premier Div teams, when we are in the Premier Div. As for the worst 1st Div in years, where does that stat come from? We can only play the teams that are there. This Div has always been a very tight affair. Nothing new about this season. Sean brought in a squad to compete for this season, and they have done so. We're 6 points clear on top. If, at this stage last season you were told that would be the case, would you have believed it?
If we go up and I pray we will, we have to strengthen the squad. Everybody knows that.

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Originally Posted by nephin

Compared to the last couple of seasons this is huge progress. There are a number of positions that need to be strenghtened and if we get promoted I'm sure Sean will deal with that.
We're six points clear at the top and here we are complaining.

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remember the programme incident..this is another example..

idiots who will never be happy...someone actually complaining we wont be good enough in the premier and we are in the 1st division!!

we will strengthen if we go up...connor has done magnificently

the end

Is a cup half full or half empty?

This is a better position than we have being in in years! but, its a big but, we would need to risk substantial funds getting new quality players in to compete in the prem! Worth a shot!

As a little bit of perspective, the programme from the cork match had a big article about how SRFC are the reigning champions at 'survival' (ie - nearly going out of existence every 7 to 10 year on a cyclical basis).

I, for one will take where we are now to where we have been, any day!

many informed neutral have been saying the league is won for weeks now & deservedly so but yet some of our own fans are criticising the team now. ungrateful or what? performances against mons&kilkenny were fantastic. 2 early goals&then closed out da 2nd half. nothin great v athlone but conditions didn't suit our brand of football but yet we got another clean sheet. very poor v dublin city in 1st half but showed da team spirit&ability in 2nd half. next year i'm sure sean will bring in da players to keep us up

Jaysus lads - calm down. And Wild Rover, don't call my post 'stupid' and call me an 'idiot' because I expressed concerns about our form. I'm not crisiticising the team or Sean Connor. Read posts properly before flying into a typing rage. I have always being fully supportive of the team - this season and for the last 20 years - even in the Dog o riordan era. To suggest that I post 'critical' and 'negative' comments is ignorant. I don't post very often but when I do it is usually to spur the team on. Look at my past posts.

I'm obviously delighted with the fact that we are more than likely going up this season. I think it is long overdue (and our attentendances are proof of that) - but credit to Sean - I think he has done a good job so far.

All I'm saying is that for league leaders our form ALL season hasn't been great - as far as I can see. All I'm saying is that we don't seem to be a very confident team.

And I was asking how we sit alongside the clubs in the Premier - I know we've often spoken of who needs to be replaced etc - I was asking how people think we would do tactically against teams in the Premier. Read my first post again. I was asking what people think of Sean Connor's tactical astuteness... Having the players is only half the battle. Look at the ridiculous galaticos of Real Madrid for example.

main thing im worried about is going up and Sean leaving for an English team and some incompetent gob****e taking over and ruining us

Same as....But will he try and establish himself as a good Premoier Division manager first?

Stupid thread :cool:

Same oul s**t! if we win people complain, draw people complain, and if we lose people complain! Were top of the league with 7 games left...now stop complaining!!

Holy shiit - everyone's missing the point!

I for one am not complaining - I'm merely asking how people think we will* do in the 'total football' ;) oriented premier versus the 'kick people not the ball' oriented first division...

we play a certain way under Sean - how would that 'way' perform in the premier...

i don't expect any replies due to the way this thread has been misinterpreted but isn't there some irony in the fact that people are complaining about people complaining?? :rolleyes:

forums are about debate - not about shooting people down and complaining about complaining...

*IF WE GO UP...

lads we should have beaten Galway.We need to beat th mid table strugglers if we're going up!

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Originally Posted by SligoBrewer

lads we should have beaten Galway.We need to beat th mid table strugglers if we're going up!

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Sorry but for most of the game you wouldn't have been able to distinguish who was top and who was 7th.I don't see why should have beaten us on Saturday...though a draw was the fair result.

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Originally Posted by Conor H

Sorry but for most of the game you wouldn't have been able to distinguish who was top and who was 7th.I don't see why should have beaten us on Saturday...though a draw was the fair result.

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Will agree with you on this one! But the ref did not help with the way the game went.

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Originally Posted by Shiba

Will agree with you on this one! But the ref did not help with the way the game went.

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No 2 harsh sending off's IMO.

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Originally Posted by Conor H

No 2 harsh sending off's IMO.

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Well, I seen one anyway

Ranting rover is right, I dont know what ye are giving out to him about cos it's clear to see. We are on poor form, Sean Connor may not want to admit it but drawing our last 5 games against two or three relatively poor sides is not good enough for a side that's hoping to win the league. Since our cup game against Cork we seem to have gone backwards instead of forwards. This run has got to come to an end on Saturday cos if we dont beat Cobh then I dont think we'll win the title. Changes have to be made in the team or in tactics or something, it's the managers job to spot the mistakes and fix them, so far, Connor has failed to do that:(

First post...gas conversation going on here Anyway will everyone lay off sean connor, personally i feel he's been the best manager since mcstay. God knows we've had a lot of bad managers..we've had a great season and fingers crossed this pattern of draws will end on sat in cobh. Lot of negativity floating around the supporters and we need to get behind the team and give 100% support in the last few matches. Dissapointing result last nite, wasnt at the game but heard they were terrible. Cant believe low missed the penalty, why did he even take it??:confused:

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Originally Posted by spud21

gas conversation going on here Anyway will everyone lay off sean connor, personally i feel he's been the best manager since mcstay.

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Dont get me wrong, Connor is a good manager but you cant deny the fact that we are having a very poor spell at the moment and it's a crucial part of our season so we cant afford slip-ups now:o

to be honest if we dont win on saturday we dont deserve to go up so lets hope the lads can end the blip then

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Originally Posted by gustavo

to be honest if we dont win on saturday we dont deserve to go up so lets hope the lads can end the blip then

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I'm beginning to think the same. Nobody deserves to go up this season to be honest. If they're was any great team out there then they would have walked it long ago:mad:

For me The Kildare match on Monday night was the lowest point of the season, In fairness Connors is probably doing his best, he is new to this game if he was an accomplished manager with years of experience he probably wouldn’t be in Sligo.
Apart from that The Team showed no passion no urgency some of them didn’t want to be there. If we had have won in Limerick and in Kildare we could have lifted the league on Saturday night (if my calculations are correct & we beat Cobh). This should have been motivation enough But we couldn’t do it.
The top 7 teams are seperated by 13 pts: We have scored the lowest amount of goals in the top 7 (with DFC): Drawn 14 out of 32 games its hardly stuff legends are made of!

in case you lot hadn't noticed we're unbeaten in 12 league matches now.we have had too many draws but at least we're not losing.another draw on saturday wouldn't be a disaster either and cobh have to play dublin yet too.

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Originally Posted by roversforever

in case you lot hadn't noticed we're unbeaten in 12 league matches now.we have had too many draws but at least we're not losing.another draw on saturday wouldn't be a disaster either and cobh have to play dublin yet too.

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At last somebody with a positive outlook on things. It feels like a morgue around here the last few weeks. I know we're not playing as well as we should but as roversforever said we're not losing. If we all go to the showgrounds on Saturday with the attitude of we're not going to win it will filter through to the players on the night.
I predict we'll win 2-0 and we'll all be happy posting here Saturday night:)
And lets get behing the lads on Saturday. Drum or no Drum, Shedheads or no Shedheads. No excuses.

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Originally Posted by nephin

At last somebody with a positive outlook on things.

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Well said nephin and roversforever! There has been far too much doom and gloom on the bulletin board recently. This is natural, of course, with the way results have been going. However, now is the time to really get behind the team starting this Saturday night.

With a win against Cobh and Dublin beating them the following Friday, by my reckoning, we could potentially sew up the title at the Monaghan game. So, I'd encourage as many people as possible to sign up for the BORST bus to the Monaghan game and let's support the team home and away for the last few games. Let's help the team to win the title rather than rely on Cobh or Dublin losing it. Roll on Saturday night!

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Originally Posted by red_all_rover

BORST

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i hate that word lads!!could ye not just leave it at ST or something?:D :D