last nights game, any info ???

**boots** · 12/05/2004, 5:41 PM

Originally Posted by Maz

Lavine was useless and proved why Matthews leaves him in the stand week in week out!! as for his attitude he went straight to the dug out and Matthews went over patted him on the back and he didnt so much as acknowledge him! darragh (i feel pretty) sheridan was also crap da usual pull out if tackles and den started mouthin when something else was goin on! Vinny had a bad game but i think his outburst was more to do with playing bad rather than bein takin off!he didnt go to the dressing room but went down and was stretchin and stuff with the other lads! as for prunty he was outstanding and a well deserved goal

If Lavine was useless then i wouldnt like you to describe the preformances of our other strikers... So what if he didnt give Matthews a great big beaming smile, players should be judged by what they contribute on the pitch not how they react to their managers after being substituted. By that logic, Vinny should be accused of having the worst attitude of any town player at the moment... and we all know thats b*lox.
I know nothing of the ins and outs of his off the field problems but from a purely footballing point of view his attitude was 100% last night. He tackled back alot and more than once made something from nothing. He also created great chances for barrett, keegan and vinny. We dont have a more creative player(well mabye Dessie Baker). Hes obviously lost all confidence in front of goal though so mabye a more withdrawn role could work.CAnt remember who suggested a centre midfield position (think xlex). Agree with this being worth a try.

Agree with you about prunty.. excellent! And when Paisley came on our left hand side looked extremly dangerous. They would definetely be my choice on the left

**Maz** · 12/05/2004, 7:50 PM

Originally Posted by boots

If Lavine was useless then i wouldnt like you to describe the preformances of our other strikers... So what if he didnt give Matthews a great big beaming smile, players should be judged by what they contribute on the pitch not how they react to their managers after being substituted. By that logic, Vinny should be accused of having the worst attitude of any town player at the moment... and we all know thats b*lox.
I know nothing of the ins and outs of his off the field problems but from a purely footballing point of view his attitude was 100% last night. He tackled back alot and more than once made something from nothing. He also created great chances for barrett, keegan and vinny. We dont have a more creative player(well mabye Dessie Baker). Hes obviously lost all confidence in front of goal though so mabye a more withdrawn role could work.CAnt remember who suggested a centre midfield position (think xlex). Agree with this being worth a try.

Agree with you about prunty.. excellent! And when Paisley came on our left hand side looked extremly dangerous. They would definetely be my choice on the left

in fairness majority of my rant regarding Lavine was towards Xlex question about his attitude! agree our strikers were all bad last night but Lavine just does not have the quality to be playing week in week out! He had two glorious chances last night other strikers would have put them away..he pulls out of scoring opportunities! other than this 2 of his "chances" were ballooned over the wall and the rest he stops in his tracks and waits for someone to move forward and hits it across the field! all our strikers need more confidence infront of goal but Lavine is playing here long enough to know what he has to do, last season was long enough for us to wait for him to regain his "confidence"! i have said before to try lavine in midfield to get the breaking ball and send barrett etc through but then we end up going back to his training commitments and so on which would lead us to believe he really doesnt deserve his game!
No one can argue about Vinnys commitment to our club and as i said his outburst was more about the way he played than the fact he was taking off!

**A face** · 12/05/2004, 10:11 PM

Prunty nets Town winner

Longford Town 2-1 Kildare County
Premier Division Longford Town gave themselves a chance of qualifying for the last eight of the League Cup with a hard-fought victory over First Division leaders Kildare County at Flancare Park on Tuesday night.

Left back Sean Prunty fired the all-important winner seven minutes from the end to seal all the points for Alan Matthews�s side.

Read more at www.eleven-a-side.com

**Enda M** · 12/05/2004, 10:21 PM

Originally Posted by Maz

in fairness majority of my rant regarding Lavine was towards Xlex question about his attitude! agree our strikers were all bad last night but Lavine just does not have the quality to be playing week in week out! He had two glorious chances last night other strikers would have put them away..he pulls out of scoring opportunities! other than this 2 of his "chances" were ballooned over the wall and the rest he stops in his tracks and waits for someone to move forward and hits it across the field! all our strikers need more confidence infront of goal but Lavine is playing here long enough to know what he has to do, last season was long enough for us to wait for him to regain his "confidence"! i have said before to try lavine in midfield to get the breaking ball and send barrett etc through but then we end up going back to his training commitments and so on which would lead us to believe he really doesnt deserve his game!
No one can argue about Vinnys commitment to our club and as i said his outburst was more about the way he played than the fact he was taking off!

maz you keep going on about his two siters what about keegans.i personally think hes a crap signing.lavine at midfield would be a good move i think

**Maz** · 13/05/2004, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by Enda M

maz you keep going on about his two siters what about keegans.i personally think hes a crap signing.lavine at midfield would be a good move i think

i dont think he was a crap signing but sure we could have spent the money elsewhere! he is good in the air etc but we are paying a few strikers alot of money and none of them except sean francis are doing their job...scoring goals

**Macy** · 13/05/2004, 10:13 AM

Lavine in Midfield? We're lightweight enough in there, and given his attitude he should be fooked out of the club at the earliest opportunity.

Keegan's problem is that whenever he's on the pitch we play long ball rubbish - if we played football he would be a success. However, given the money he's likely to be on he should've been brought in as player coach, given his qualifications.

**Maz** · 13/05/2004, 10:17 AM

Originally Posted by Macy

Lavine given his attitude he should be fooked out of the club at the earliest opportunity.

think everyone would agree there!!!

**max power** · 13/05/2004, 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by Macy

Lavine in Midfield? We're lightweight enough in there, and given his attitude he should be fooked out of the club at the earliest opportunity.

Keegan's problem is that whenever he's on the pitch we play long ball rubbish - if we played football he would be a success. However, given the money he's likely to be on he should've been brought in as player coach, given his qualifications.

i agree with all that macy

kirby isn't the solution either, but at least murph gets in a few tackles

**Maz** · 13/05/2004, 10:41 AM

kirby will come good he will i know it!!!!!!

**max power** · 13/05/2004, 10:51 AM

he'd want to come good fast, hasn't been at the races since the tail end of last season.....

**Wiseguy** · 13/05/2004, 12:27 PM

I can't believe there is so much anti Lavine talk.So he fuked up a bit and his attitude hasn't been the best.He's not the first and won't be the last so get over and move on.If he gets a few runs under his belt and a goal or 2 he'll be flying again.His goal rate has been very poor but his all round general play has been good at times.He deserves his chance for the contribution he has made to this club over the years and on this he should be judged.He has won more games for us than i can remember.There was no need to sign Paul Keegan.He makes little or no contribution.He wins sweet FA in the air and what he does win are little flick ons to nobody.He can't pass all that well and he wouldn't score in a brothel with free vouchers.Whether you like my opinion on Keegan or not the facts speak for themselves.We took him on even though he hadn't performed well for Bohs in a long time.I hope i am proved wrong but at the moment i doubt it and believe me nobody wants him to do well more than me.In relation to my previous post i said Vinny was annoyed because he was taken off.I was suppose to put down that he was frustrayed with himself due to a poor performance.

**Macy** · 13/05/2004, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by Wiseguy

He deserves his chance for the contribution he has made to this club over the years and on this he should be judged.He has won more games for us than i can remember.

You've gotta be takin the p!ss... He's had long enough to prove himself, in between spitting the dummy of course.

So you want Lavine to be given yet another chance and you're writing off Keegan after 11 Competitive games?

**Longfordian** · 13/05/2004, 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by Wiseguy

I can't believe there is so much anti Lavine talk.So he fuked up a bit and his attitude hasn't been the best.He's not the first and won't be the last so get over and move on.

He's the only one at the moment, thats the whole point he's annoying the other players with his lack of professionalism..

**max power** · 13/05/2004, 1:20 PM

the playoff game in donegal was the last decent game lavine played for the club and that was 2 years ago, this is football and if you don't cut the mustard than its bye bye time, past achivements hold little water in the present......bon voyage eric !!!

and from me, someone eho was very vocal last season on giving him another chance that says a lot about his attitude towards the club.......

**Xlex** · 13/05/2004, 1:29 PM

Originally Posted by max power

and from me, someone eho was very vocal last season on giving him another chance that says a lot about his attitude towards the club.......

It's just that your a bit ssssllllllooooooowwwwwww max....

and goodluck the chancer, don't care who it is, if the attitude isn't right then he isn't right for LTFC.

**max power** · 13/05/2004, 1:37 PM

ah now no need to be like that, with all this running i'm doing i'm not as slow as i once was !!!!

**Enda M** · 13/05/2004, 4:03 PM

Originally Posted by max power

the playoff game in donegal was the last decent game lavine played for the club and that was 2 years ago, this is football and if you don't cut the mustard than its bye bye time, past achivements hold little water in the present......bon voyage eric !!!

and from me, someone eho was very vocal last season on giving him another chance that says a lot about his attitude towards the club.......

to say that that is the last decent game he played is pure rubbish max in fairness