Well Lads. Given the quality of the qoutes so far, it might be worth gathering up all of Traps Words of Wisdom so that we can look back on them at the end and marvel at the greatness that was put upon us.
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Well Lads. Given the quality of the qoutes so far, it might be worth gathering up all of Traps Words of Wisdom so that we can look back on them at the end and marvel at the greatness that was put upon us.
"For example, a player is looking down at the ground and I shout, "Turn and look a the ball. There isn't money on the pitch. Keep your eyes on the ball".
'You can improve your position immediately if you keep your eye on the ball. What is there to look at on the pitch? Grass. It's a habit. I get animated because I want to help them and I want to win.'
Liked the one about John Delaney having a great game in defence for us.
17th May
“It is a very, very beautiful colour,” Trap beamed as he admired his green FAI tracksuit
embarrassing
Id like to nominate Skitz for the TOTM award.
You can do so by pressing the red button atop his post. ;)
You must lead a very sad life since you have nothing better to do than go onto a forum for a team that you say you hate to try to wind up peopleQuote:
Originally Posted by skitz3
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Originally Posted by skitz3
Sad, feel sorry for you, to be so bitter so young
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Originally Posted by skitz3
Indeed you are
“I am confident, I trust he will come back. I spoke with him and normally when I speak with a player, I look the player in the eyes. The eyes never lie.
Trap did say this about Di Canio when Trap was manager of Italy. 'There will have to be a bubonic plague for me to pick Di Canio.'
god what a tool. i assume u are some pathetic english kid with very little going for you in life. sad.Quote:
Originally Posted by skitz3
according to his profile he is a "facist" Shelbourne fan, whatever "facist" means???Quote:
Originally Posted by Scooby Doo
Man, in the forum index the heading for this thread appears, when you read it quickly at 4 in the morning after a few beers it looks like "Trappatoni Quits Thread" :eek:
give him a break lads. He watched "Mike Bassett: England Manager" in 2004 so he's obviously an expert.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scooby Doo
I'm born and bred in Dublin, still living here too after 24 years and i've never seen Mike Bassett. What is pathetic is this thread and the "Irish" national team.
Oh and SkStu, it's a play on the word facist taken from a quote by another member of this forum.
Normally, I wouldn't allow myself to be dragged in, but this takes the biscuit. The only reason most of us log on to this forum is because we've been following the fortunes of Ireland's senior international team for most of our lives, we are fervent and passionate supporters, through good times and bad. It has been a point of benevolent expression for our sense of national pride. We log on here because we wish to share opinions and information about the team we care so much for.Quote:
Originally Posted by skitz3
If you can't relate to that, and the light-hearted attempts at comic relief which we care to express, why bother with the blatant wind-ups? What kind of gratification can you take from it? The Irish international team is socially important. The team, and its fans, have contributed more to this country, and enhanced our reputation around the world, more than can ever be accomplished with such negative, poorly-articulated cynicism. Grow up.
If this lad is a Eircom league fan is there any way of banning him from this part of the Forum and only allowing him to post on the Eircom League part? He says he lives by the river... More like he lives in the river like most dirty rats. :rolleyes:
Guys, can we ignore this plank? Thought we'd be having a little fun quoting the big man himself; instead we're just rising to an obvious troll (who I've reported anyway) who is clearly like a bottle empty. :(
“A man who understands Mozart can also play better football. Mozart teaches you about tension, tempo, rhythm, structure. In his music you can learn the logic to read a game.
“For me in any case, that was a big experience. I believe that through music I grew as a player and a man.
“Young players no longer have the patience for a symphony, which takes an hour and which one must hear several times to understand.
“Sometimes the concentration would do them good. They think their whole lives happen on the pitch. They don’t realise that they could learn a lot in the real world to improve their game.
“They sit with their MP3 players in the bench, in the dressing room and are much too nervous before the game. I say to them sometimes ‘why don’t you listen to Bach?’ But it gets harder to appreciate the classics in this culture.
“The best players know the real world, they find inspiration for their game in their lives away from the field.”
When did he say this?
He is obviouslly an intelligent man, but then again all good managers are.
Interview taken from todays Daily Màil
http://www.eleven-a-side.com/boysing...ws.asp?n=32673
"But in my team, you need balance. It is important to have balance. It's very important. And I like the physical condition also. Today it is very important in modern football, the build and physical condition. We need strong players as well as the technical and stylish players."
from http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...e-1462235.html
Was randomly reading elevenaside.com and saw this quote..
"If Jack Charlton was criticising me then I would be happy because he is a winner, but the others . . .'
Well done Trap. He's a proper manager.
Andy Reid take noteQuote:
Originally Posted by blobbyblob
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Originally Posted by Pauro 76
Trophies won by Brian Kerr - 2 League Titles, 2 European Championship Titles
Trophies won by Jack Charlton - um........ 0
Think Mr Trappatoni has a strange understanding of what a winner is. (Fair play to Pat Dolan btw for being the only media commentator to point this out.)
Ridiculous.Quote:
Originally Posted by TonyD
I hope you make your 1000th post better than your 999th.
Number of tournaments Ireland reached under Charlton - 3Quote:
Originally Posted by TonyD
Number of tournaments Ireland reached under Kerr - 0
Ireland's competitive victories under Charlton against seeded opposition - 6 (Bulgaria '87, Scotland '87, England '88, Spain '89, Italy '94, Portugal '95).
Ireland's competitive victories under Kerr against seeded opposition - 0
Besides, Charlton won the old Second Division with Middlesbrough, and won Manager of the Year in the same year. He also won the old Third Division with Sheffield Wednesday. So in that context, yes he is a winner. As a player, he also won the World Cup and a host of trophies with Leeds under Don Revie. Kerr did a great job with the youth teams, and I'll always respect him for that, but many of today's internationals (many of whom played big roles in Kerr's success at underage level) wouldn't even have been playing the game if it wasn't for Charlton's success.
You had a point right up until you quoted Pat Dolan to support it. That just destroyed it, quite possibly the worst pundit on TV at the moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by TonyD
From the Independent:
"It will be a strange game for me. I want Italy to win all their games, but to draw their two matches against Ireland."
Drawwwwwwww?
I think that's just Trap throwing the Italian press a bone; he's hardly going to admit he'll send the team out to win (leastwise, he should!)Quote:
Originally Posted by musicinmouth
theres no possibly about it, he is a complete clownQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
From todays Indo...
"I gave them carte blanche when it came to their diets," says Trapattoni. "I did not want to change their established habits.
"However, I saw the players eating mushrooms before a friendly, and I was stunned into silence for several seconds. I then told them that mushrooms are banned on matchdays -- both for breakfast and for dinner.
"I need time to change my players' mentality. But I was pleased to see some of them waste a few seconds after we went 1-0 up against Georgia. Little details like that can make all the difference."
what kind of mushrooms were the players eating?!
Certainly not performance enhancing ones anyway.....:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by shakermaker1982
magic mushrooms might explain the Cyprus fiasco :) a few of em did play as if they were tripping.
Ok, is there any real reason Trap was in shock? Are mushrooms some kind of faux-pas in modern sports nutrition or something?
Let the mind games begin. He'd love to beat them.Quote:
Originally Posted by musicinmouth
By all accounts the whole press conference yesterday was very entertaining. I think he made reference to a hack, presumably Fanning, and his bemoaning the fact that Venables wasn't appointed.