Replied to this and deleted the post while trying to edit. I'm not interneting well....
I was only using Long as a way to highlight how rival supporters view other managers more unfavourably than they probably should. Sort of playing off the previous back and forth about the Dundalk managerial situation getting more attention etc.
'Spoofer' is the term I most often see used by Bohs fans to describe Bradley and Long may he spoof....
FWIW I think Long and Croly are doing a good job although I do get a bit sick of hearing how they "aren't getting the credit they deserve" every single week on every podcast and broadcast. The new line seems to be that they are the only LOI mgmt team who has to deal with losing their best players...which is always funny to hear from the mouths of the same people who then go on to highlight how weak Rovers look without Jack Byrne and Aaron McEneff.
I can see why people don't like Bradley. He's the Rovers manager and he does stick the boot sometimes in interviews. The Sligo game this year is a good example. He said afterwards that we had enough chances to win two games and that rankled a few heads. I get that. Probably could have been more gracious. But then he'd praised Sligo all week in the build up and let's be honest, probably doesn't have too much goodwill towards one of the clubs who were messing about last season when we were trying to restart and his team was on course to win it. He also tends to praise his team in the media. Probably to build confidence or get new players to buy into the system we play. The lad is still only 36....he's a baby in managerial terms. If he was managing a lower profile club he'd be lauded but.....such is life. No one likes us, we don't care etc.....
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