Conor Sammon F Alloa Athletic b.1986

**geysir** · 12/04/2013, 2:05 PM

Originally Posted by DeLorean

Adebayor getting a bit of a slagging over his penalty. Am I going mad by thinking it may have clipped the bar though? (I think I probably am)

The goalie was in danger of getting a cric in his neck looking at the flight of the ball.

**DeLorean** · 12/04/2013, 2:14 PM

Because it elevated after clipping the bar?

**geysir** · 12/04/2013, 4:51 PM

The last straw left before 2pm (GMT).

**Fixer82** · 13/04/2013, 8:55 PM

YES!!!

**Fixer82** · 13/04/2013, 8:59 PM

Ah balls. I can't attach the image properly.
How does one do this?

**geysir** · 13/04/2013, 9:23 PM

Originally Posted by Fixer82

Ah balls. I can't attach the image properly.
How does one do this?

It has to be said that the path (of the righteous) to get your image in a post is not at all clear.
Assuming you are selecting an image from a website and assuming you have copied the url of the image

select the image icon
select from url
paste in the url of the image
unselect Retrieve remote file and reference locally

Your image should now show in the post.

**Fixer82** · 13/04/2013, 11:43 PM

That doesnt seem to work.
Ah well not that big a deal.

here's the photo

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

**tricky_colour** · 14/04/2013, 4:06 AM

Do it like this

Anyway if you quote my post and look at it you will see the address of the picture is between "[img]" and "[/img]"

so just click on the image and select "copy image url" (if using firefox) or similar, if using another browser, and then but the "[img]" and "[/img]" things around it.

That is what geysirs advice should have done.

**geysir** · 14/04/2013, 8:35 AM

Originally Posted by Fixer82

That doesnt seem to work.
Ah well not that big a deal.

here's the photo

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

That's the link to the page with the photo.
What you need is the link to the photo itself.

Right click the photo and open up in a new window - copy that url.
or right click the image and copy image address (url)

In your reply
Select the image icon
Select from url
Paste in the url of the image.
unselect Retrieve remote file and reference locally

**tricky_colour** · 14/04/2013, 10:18 PM

Actually I just noticed that if you right click on the photograph and drag it into the test box it puts the address there, like this:-
https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.n...00451498_n.jpg

It's a pity it did not put the [img] things around it as well as that would make it even easier.

You can also drag a picture straight to your desktop, if yo did not already know that.

**Charlie Darwin** · 11/06/2013, 11:28 PM

Sammon happy to learn from the master Keane: http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/socc...eane-1.1423761

**Stuttgart88** · 12/06/2013, 9:09 AM

I've been very critical of Sammon. I thought he did nothing against Poland and was awful against Austria, but credit where it's due. He linked well with Keane in the two recent home games. I've yet to see last night's game but am glad to hear he did well enough and I'm pleased that he seems to have played his way into the squad as a regular member.

However, I can't find Charlie D's quote from earlier right now (it's in the Spain match thread I think) where he said Sammon is not a target man and his clubs haven't used him that way. That may well be true, but Trap did use him as a target man against Austria and he won much less in the air than he should have. He even failed to read the flight of the ball at times and gave his marker a free jump. It was a tactical blunder by Trap in my opinion and one that was very costly.

**Drumcondra 69er** · 12/06/2013, 10:29 AM

Bit of a curate's egg, does something decent such as picking Pique's pocket but his touch coming in on goal with his left foot was awful, narrowed his own angle by moving inside instead of cutting across the goal to open his angle up. Did okay in general but never looks like scoring.

**paul_oshea** · 12/06/2013, 2:41 PM

I'd agree with that pretty much, but he did very little, I think his touch is a consequence of luck as much as anything else cos he doesn't do it consistently enough, perhaps its something he is still working on.

Stutts I agree with that also, I think when you watch the match you will agree with most of what I said, assuming he doesn't do anything too significant after 65 mins

He must feel good about having 19 pages on the Ireland forum though.

**Stuttgart88** · 12/06/2013, 5:00 PM

There's a picture on the Irish Times website of the team lining up before last night's game. Sammon isn't that tall compared to some teammates. It surprised me, although having hair maybe adds an inch!

**shakermaker1982** · 14/06/2013, 1:37 PM

His lack of height might explain why he didn't win that many headers against the Spanish the other night. For a so called target man it was a painful watch.

**Charlie Darwin** · 14/06/2013, 1:53 PM

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

There's a picture on the Irish Times website of the team lining up before last night's game. Sammon isn't that tall compared to some teammates. It surprised me, although having hair maybe adds an inch!

This one?

He looks like he has his head slightly bowed whereas the others are standing upright. It's fairly clear watching him in action that he's taller than everybody except Forde. His lack of ability in the air is just that, a lack of ability, probably due to the fact he's generally played for clubs where he's required to play the ball on the ground rather than be a target man.

**Stuttgart88** · 14/06/2013, 2:00 PM

Who cares whether he's an inch taller or shorter than O'Dea or whoever? He's cr@p in the air and shouldn't be used as the focal point for a long ball game. His lack of ability in the air is probably innate, not because he plays / played for Barcelona copycats like Kilmarnock.

That photo seems to show that he's no Tony Cascarino and even if he has bowed his head (even though is right arm is arched upwards just to get around O'Dea's shoulder - or maybe his elbow is bent, but who cares?) he's not as tall as I thought he was. You have no idea how tall I thought he was! Argue that...

**Charlie Darwin** · 14/06/2013, 2:18 PM

I wouldn't say he's far off Cas. It looks fairly obvious O'Dea is pushing his neck slightly forward but I don't really want to argue about a picture.

There's no such thing as innate aerial ability. It's one of the most practicable skills in football, hence why there are so many target men around who don't show much innate footballing ability elsewhere. I'd say his lack of aerial ability is down to the fact he's come through at clubs like Cherry Orchard and UCD where playing the ball on the ground is taken for granted. Wigan are the same. I'd say it's stupid to use him as a target too.

**pineapple stu** · 14/06/2013, 2:21 PM

Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

I'd say his lack of aerial ability is down to the fact he's come through at clubs like Cherry Orchard and UCD where playing the ball on the ground is taken for granted.

I dunno; Paul Byrne came the same route and was quite good in the air, I think. He just doesn't have the knack for it. He's improved (some very nice, Quinn-esque, knock-downs in recent games), but it's just a weak area in his game. He makes up for it elsewhere obviously.

No point reading too much into it.