QuoteThere was a crowd of 2,000
A picture from the post match conference
Post match
There was a crowd of 2,000
A picture from the post match conference
Post match
Met Brian in Kehoes on Friday night, not for the first time either. Genuninely nice man any time ive met him and was good to see plenty of congrats going his way. Deserves huge respect for what he did at underage level for us.
Although I think he had lost the dressing room by the time he left, he also played a very negative style of football. Too many times we lost leads that ultimately wouldve got us qualified. The two Israel results and the Swiss away game the best examples.
We need him back though more than ever; as I said it's a total farce that our best underage / local manager is plying his trade in the Faroes. Someone in the FAI needs to go cap in hand to Kerr and get him back in our system. Pronto.
I don't think we sat back to protect leads in the likes of Switzerland for tactical reasons. Just instinctively and Kerr couldn't get his players to beat the phsychological side of the game (telling players to push up will only work until they give away possession). I don't think his tactics would have been more negative than someone like Mourinho.Originally Posted by elroy
Last edited by eirebhoy; 13/09/2009 at 6:16 PM.
Under Trap we lost leads against Bulgaria twice in not dissimilar circumstances.
Away to Switzerland I think we scored early against a better team (though we didn't accept it at the time) and the better team deservedly equalised with a well worked goal. It was actually a good point in my opinion.
Away to Israel was different. I don't think we sat back as such, more that we lacked the composure & ability to keep the ball and make something of it. I think when you're 1 up you'll always be a bit more cautious and as eirebhoy said at the time, psychology rather than tactics take over.
It's a fine line: if that Israeli Arab chap hadn't hit the best shot of his life it'd have gone down as a famous away win, won by scoring early & closing shop like a top team would have done.
As for Israel at home, what a freak game. OK, we stupidly gave the back the initiative but we absolutely mullered them in the second half. Doherty, O'Shea & Duff all missed when it was easier to score. If we'd won like we should have there'd have been some correct querying of Kerr's tactics / substitutions, but when you win the tactics are correct.
Spot on.
Well according to the latest rankings Edgar kindly provided, Kerr's team have jumped 44 places to ... 119
At a barstool in Kehoes
I met one of our heroes.
I said "will you have a pint"
he said "I don't want to disappoint"
but I have a plane to catch to the Faroes.
Nice picture of the celebrations. Brian is using this as a stepping stone for greater things. Don't think he'd be interested in coming back to underage football unless another offer doesn't come in.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
i think people also forget that duff hit the crossbar in the last seconds away to Israel. fine line as you say
Kerr had just as much good fortune as bad luck in the group. Who can forget Shay Given's performance away in Cyprus that managed to salvage 3 points from a game we should have been comfortably beaten in? In both Swiss games we were lucky to grab a point as they were the better team on both occasions.
Most of his bad luck was self inflicted anyway due to the negative approach to the game he seemed to have particularly evidenced through his substitutions.
Good luck to him in the Faroes though he seems to be doing a good job.
Last edited by youngirish; 15/09/2009 at 11:26 AM.
Having a great goalkeeper in your team isn't luck
Faroe Islands due to be FIFA ranking highest movers this month - up 41 places in total.
I wonder if there's an award for that.
Well done to him. Great fella and good manager.
Probably in the wrong place at the wrong time as regards the senior international team. After WC2002 and Keane/McCarthy dispute the structure and team was in free fall and he did stepped into an unwinnable situation.
My feelings at the time said the players attitudes let him down more than anything - especially the now senior players. The FAI/JD didnt do him any favours and I wouldnt expect him back in any FAI position for at least another 10 years if ever.
He deserves bigger and better than the Faroes but I get the sense from him that he likes being the big fish in a small pond. The big underdog tag seems to motivate him greatly too.
Who is this guy, Trapper Tony?
Fair play Brian, it wont be long before he moves onwards and upwards.
As it happens, has this dispute continued on in Limerick with the aid of the Dundon family
Who is this guy, Trapper Tony?
I think he was out of his depth at top level senior international management.
It's ok to get an odd good result, but consistancy is the key at that level.
I do remember Ireland playing very well though in Paris against France.
Had he more experience at senior management I have no doubt he'd do a fine job for some team.
I doubt he will make it back to the senior Irish setup, he fell out with too many people.
I'd say he'd be ideal for our u-21 side, but I doubt it will happen any time soon.
he should get a job handily enough i would think, either in the danish league or maybe with someone like iceland or finland. finland might be a good one for him. it's likely he'll do two more years with the faroes though.
we'll probably get them in the euro 2012 draw now.
No, there's not. There used to be one for top annual mover but they got rid of it a few years back.
Faroes are still going to be bottom seeds.... though this campaign has been good for them, previous campaigns cost them.
Their last campaign (0/0/12/4/43) is what is dragging them down. This campaign (1/1/8/5/20) has been much better and was good enough that if rankings were done based on these qualifiers alone they would be fifth seeds not sixth seeds.
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