Airtricity league:13th and 14th August

[danthesaint]

Find that a strange comment dan. Considering Pats league position surely you should be looking up (win the league) as opposed to down (scraping in to europe). There is still a quarter of the season left too.

no i just meant the top 5 is so tight at the moment, just meant it would be cruel for pats to lose out on european spot considering we havent been outside of the top 3 for most of the season

[green army]

Everytime I have watched you in the Showgies or on the telly yee have been horrible to watch.
Its effective but its not pretty.

out of the 20 odd games this season, how many times have you seen pats play?

[avvenalaf]

out of the 20 odd games this season, how many times have you seen pats play?

Pats have played in the twenty (odd games)

[Rasputin]

I'm not a fan of this view that to deserve anything, you have to play like Barcelona. Having a solid back line, deep-sitting central midfielders, and powerful strikers to feed on crosses and long balls is just as much "good football" as passing the ball across the back four thirty times until the opposition get confused enough for you to launch a counter attack, and if you do it right, it's just as deserving of praise and results.

Yes because I am clearly advocating "passing the ball across the back four thirty times until the opposition gets confused".
I am advocating attacking football not necessarily possession football.
It still will not change my perspective that Pats brand of football this season is pure muck.
Horrible on the eye but effective like I have stated over and over.
Its not to say its talentless but it is certainly not worthy of praise from a spectator perspective.

[Rasputin]

out of the 20 odd games this season, how many times have you seen pats play?

Between the Setanta Cup and League I would say probably around 4-5 times this season.
But that is not counting watching them on the Telly.

[Dodge]

We've had 3 league games on TV, and one of them was aganst Sligo

[peadar1987]

Yes because I am clearly advocating "passing the ball across the back four thirty times until the opposition gets confused".
I am advocating attacking football not necessarily possession football.
It still will not change my perspective that Pats brand of football this season is pure muck.
Horrible on the eye but effective like I have stated over and over.
Its not to say its talentless but it is certainly not worthy of praise from a spectator perspective.

Perhaps not from your perspective, but you don't speak for all spectators. I find it very worthy of praise, if it's done well.

[thischarmingman]

Everytime I have watched you in the Showgies or on the telly yee have been horrible to watch.
Its effective but its not pretty.

out of the 20 odd games this season, how many times have you seen pats play?

Between the Setanta Cup and League I would say probably around 4-5 times this season.
But that is not counting watching them on the Telly.

In fairness lads, in the absence of Premiership-style coverage, what other basis is there for holding an opinion on another team's footballing style barring games at (your) home and the on TV. T4/5 games is a reasonable basis.

[PartySaint]

Yes because I am clearly advocating "passing the ball across the back four thirty times until the opposition gets confused".
I am advocating attacking football not necessarily possession football.
It still will not change my perspective that Pats brand of football this season is pure muck.
Horrible on the eye but effective like I have stated over and over.
Its not to say its talentless but it is certainly not worthy of praise from a spectator perspective.

My eyes like it

[HarpoJoyce]

Sligo Rovers 4:0 UCD
Same ol', same ol' from Rover and Paul Cook. Midfielders supplying fast paced forward runners, Boco and McCabe linking well, Alan Keane firing in crosses, Ndo hanging back and dealing with any break-outs from UCD's defence.

John Russell and Eoin Doyle were part of the crowd that stuffed UCD last month, I'm glad Russell wasn't available/didn't play and Doyle only played for a little piece.

There are only two Premier Div. grounds where UCd won't pick up points, Richmond Park and The Showgrounds............ and that's where the comparison ends.

[Rasputin]

We've had 3 league games on TV, and one of them was aganst Sligo

I was referring to MNS.

[PartySaint]

I was referring to MNS.

Ah so you say this
"It still will not change my perspective that Pats brand of football this season is pure muck.
Horrible on the eye but effective like I have stated over and over.
Its not to say its talentless but it is certainly not worthy of praise from a spectator perspective."

On the strenght of 3 minute highlight clips which is mainly just goals and chances

[Dodge]

On the strenght of 3 minute highlight clips which is mainly just goals and chances

Disgusting goals like this presumably?

[Dodge]

or these?

[peadar1987]

Now why did Coughlan never do that for Bray?!

[Olander]

Now why did Coughlan never do that for Bray?!

It's hard to soar like an eagle when you're surrounded by turkeys.

[peadar1987]

It's hard to soar like an eagle when you're surrounded by turkeys.

Here, that's just insulting. The turkeys did nothing to deserve that!