Whatever about allegations of bias from a particular Twitter account, it appears that the fundamentals of the story are correct according to the Indo, who report that Bradley and another Rovers staffer were sent-off by the referee
http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-36096742.htmlTwo members of Rovers staff - including first-team manager Stephen Bradley - were sent-off by the referee during an incident-packed second half of the game at the club's Roadstone academy base.
Fake News, Fake News?
mostly factually accurate but facts in the absence of detail or context can be misleading.
It would be factually correct to say you are "interested" in all things related to Rovers and Stephen Bradley.
But to report such a fact without mentioning your B.O.D (Bradley Obsessive Disorder) would be to miss out on the broader detail and context that would give a better understanding for a casual reader of this thread that might be unfamiliar with your disorder and the slant that the disorder might give to any comments on any specific situation.
A bit like asking an alcoholic for his views on a nice pint of Guinness, one can appreciate the potentially true statement that "Guinness is good for you" but you have to keep in mind the illness and think about how it influences the sufferers opinion.
So, is anyone actually able to say what happened or is it all going to be mindless nonsense on here about who's more obsessed with the other?
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I was at the game. Very good standard of game from both sides would be the first observation and among the players on the pitch it was played in an excellent manner.
The initial incident happened when a Rovers player was "fouled" in/just outside the box, the linesman flagged to award a foul but the referee (who was in a good position to see it) overruled the linesmans decision. 5 minutes after this incident, the linesman waved his flag during a break in play and singled out Bradley (who was standing beyond the fence at the corner flag alongside other prominent members of the Rovers board) Bradley was asked to leave the park.
Ten minutes later in a completely separate incident (last minute of normal time), Rovers were awarded a free kick to the right of the penalty area. St Kevin's set up with a two man walk. As the free kick was being lined up, St Kevin's decided to make a sub and replace one of the players in the wall. As the player being subbed was making his was off the pitch (roughly 10m from the sideline), Rovers took the free kick and scored. The referee awarded the goal, but the linesman who was overseeing the substitution ruled that the goal shouldn't stand (rightlfully in my opinion). The entire Rovers staff surrounded the referee resulting in one member being sent off.
Overall one member of the named technical staff and Bradley (a "spectator") were sent from the park.
This sort of "scandal" is everything that the League of Ireland underage systems were created to steer away from.
Thanks for that, ThirdManRun.
But we should probably keep this thread on topic folks. We have another thread for the national underage leagues.
Thanks for the unbiased view, first ive seen anyway. I heard the football was great on the day. As a player though if i had that goal disallowed i'd be absolutely fuming since the linesman cant actually make a sub just ask the ref to make it but it would also be very harsh on Kevin's as blame has to rest purely on the linesman there.
So you agree that the Indo report is factually correct but are still banging on about how the journo sourced his information?
According to many Hoops fans there always seems to be a reason (or "context") to deflect away from unpalatable realities whether that has got to do with pitch invasions, racist abuse, red cards, BradleyBalls, filing fraudulent accounts or violent attacks on other fans
I surprised that you seem to be doing the same.
Lol B.O.D flog them all I say flog them. Start with the season ticket holders, that will teach them....
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mea culpa for(kind of) dragging the thread off topic.Split mod if you see the need to do so.
Lol i'll appeal on the basis of irrefutable body of evidence...he really is tiresome but I'm done with him now , I'm equally sorry for going off topic I'll try to not rise to the troling
Last edited by sbgawa; 05/09/2017 at 10:08 PM.
No problem. For me, the League of Ireland underage system was an unbelievable opportunity to move away from the traditional set up of "win at all costs", which has an awful overbearing input on player development in this country. During my time working in both school boy and League of Ireland football, this has always been the defining difference between both. Hopefully this can carry on this way rather than being dragged down to the standards of schoolboy football, which I'm sure everyone agrees is what needs to be avoided.
Apologies to the mods for for dragging this thread off course.
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