How many points were they behind 2nd bottom when he took over?
Long also had to work with the squad Cooke assembled. The damage was already done when Long took over.
How many points were they behind 2nd bottom when he took over?
8, we went 10 behind after his 1st game.
We only took 1 win from 5 against Bray and UCD just above us, under Long.
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10 points with 22 games to go is hardly gone tbf and with the stats there against Bray and UCD it seems he had the chances to get em out of it. Not saying the improvement wasn't impressive but to make out he hadn't a hope of keeping em up is plain wrong imo.
If it were Sligo, Rovers, Dundalk or another team with a similar squad then fair enough. But it was Athlone, a newly promoted team with a squad put together by someone else. For a team like that to give a 10 point advantage to anyone is a lot. So to get them to the last game of the season with a chance of staying up was remarkable.
Haha I just listed those 3 cos they've been champions the past couple of seasons! I suppose I can throw Pats in there too.
Well Dundalk it was more yoyooooooooooooyo! You're sounding a bit like Roddy Collins PartySaint..
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Did you have to bring Roderick into this?
Terrible decision by ref for Sligo peno, even 80 yards away it looked wrong to me on the night. In 3 of the 4 league games in Galway so far this season the refs have being very poor.
I thought at the time from the far end of the stand that Shaw's one was a penalty and there was no reason for him to go down. The replay makes it even worse than I thought then he books Shaw.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
Sean Grant has a lot of history against us. Booked Alan Kirby for diving a few seasons ago as well when he was also cleaned out.
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