I watched it last night on TV and couldn't believe Fenlon's antics, I was actually cringing with embarrassment for him. However my wife made me laugh when she asked in all seriousness "why is the wee ball boy going mad"!!
Originally Posted by lofty9
I watched it last night on TV and couldn't believe Fenlon's antics, I was actually cringing with embarrassment for him. However my wife made me laugh when she asked in all seriousness "why is the wee ball boy going mad"!!
"I'd rather play in front of a full house than an empty crowd" Johnny Giles
Maybe the shels officials etc. should stay in the dug out until everyone else has left the stadium ???
Disgraceful scenes on tv last night, at the end of the day, how can clubs stamp out violence and the likes by supporters when club officials are ten times worse. Action has to be taken!
Ever get the feelin' you have been cheated?
Oh thats cheered up this Tuesday morning!!!I watched it last night on TV and couldn't believe Fenlon's antics, I was actually cringing with embarrassment for him. However my wife made me laugh when she asked in all seriousness "why is the wee ball boy going mad"!!
Cork City FC
the thing is the Shels player passed the ball through to O'Brien so he was onside regardless of the linesman putting his flag up sure anyway the ref is entitled to overrule especially when it's the correct decision. It really stinks of Shels being bad losers and the carry on should not be allowed.
The scenes on TV (seems they even worse after the game) are why people do not like Shelbourne. I blame Oily as he sends out a message that this behvaiour is ok for his manager & players.
Some great quotes from TV Weekly:
Trevor: "...Shels are bad losers.."
Scully: "...Pat Fenlon is a disgrace...disgraceful scenes"
As said already its simple really - PLAY THE WHISTLE. With new offside rules this is especially important!
BYE BYE Season at Tolka. City will put nail in the coffin live on TV Monday Night!
The referee was 100% correct to play on, my gripe is at the lack of a signal, as the assistant referee had his flag in the air for some time. A simple hand gesture would have sufficed. Either way, a draw was a fair result. Drogheda only had something like 4 attacks anyways, need to sort out the defence, couldn't blame the keeper for any of them.
God
BYE BYE Season at Tolka. City will put nail in the coffin live on TV Monday Night!
theres going to be absolute war at that game
I had nothing better to do last night, so I thought it would be a good night to introduce my 9 year old godson to his first EL game. And in fairness, it was a cracking game.
But the scenes at the end were deplorable, and trying to explain behaviour like that to an inquisitive 9 year old is pretty hard. I was sitting quite close to it all, and the bile and evil coming out of Fenlons mouth was quite unbelieveable. Eamonn Collins is not much better.These people are representatives of the Eircom League, both home and abroad and they behaved like nothing but tinkers. Indeed, I'd say that tinkers would even be shocked at them. Under no circumstances should any man degrade himself and behave like a caged animal, yet these people seem to be allowed to do this. I've seen them inaction before, last season against Cork in Tolka springs to mind, but this was simply unbelieveable.Shelbourne Football Club, its management, Chief Executive and some of its players are the epitome of everything football is not.
This was a great game, 6 goals, plenty of controversy and drama...everything that the EL is all about. The behavour at the end however befits the Zoo area of the Phoenix Park. I'll not be bringing my godson to Tolka again, which is a pity because he really enjoyed the game. Unfortunately he witnessed a totally depraved, insane lowlife in full flow afterwards, and it genuinely scared him.
Serious bans, fines and points deductions have to be the order of the day. These people cannot be seen to be allowed behave in this manner and get away with it.
Last edited by joeSoap; 09/08/2005 at 9:21 AM.
oh I see you want a special shels players cant play to the whislte I better give them a nudge signal - just for you, even though its not in the rules and this is the highest level of football inteh state, played by well paid professionals...hmmm...right, cant see anything wrong with that...
If you feel strongly about email the fai at andy.needham@fai.ie I've always found he replies to emails.Serious bans, fines and points deductions have to be the order of the day. These people cannot be seen to be allowed behave in this manner and get away with it.
so what!
he doesnt have any power to sanction fenlon
fenlon and collins have been fined and "severely warned as to their future conduct" twice this season - they always get away with it because nobody wants to rock the boat
Maybe your players should learn to PLAY THE WHISTLEThe linesman put his flag up for offside, the defenders saw it and stopped. the Drogheda striker ran through and scored with everyone thinking it would be disallowed and the goal was given, the ref went over to the linesman and the goal was still given. Only in this league
I have no confidence the FAI/eL will do anything different this time. It was minor matter but Fenlon clearly broke the 50m rule for at least 2 bans this season already. The FAI/eL acknowledged it happened, said was to be discussed at the Disciplinary Committee but nothing happened.
No one likes a good loser but theres a difference being a gracious loser.
they rocked the boat quite dramatically when they took 8 points off us!
i think certain clubs appear to have more brownie points than others at fai/el level.
every time there is a barnstormer at tolka that goes against shels, oily runs amock, people go nuts, the fai fudge it, and the circle goes round and round again.
opposition teams have to start banning him from their grounds when he acts up.
Serious bans, fines and points deductions have to be the order of the day. These people cannot be seen to be allowed behave in this manner and get away with it.
info@fai.ie ..... they can never do anything unless people tell them, feedback is the only thing that will resolve this !!
The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.
Face, it's the eircom League that you need to lobby, not the FAI.
Have Boot Disk, will travel
very naieve, the politics of the el is ingrained following years of poor housekeeping - it will never change and your 'emails' are a waste of time
andy.needham@fai.ie
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