Heimir Hallgrímsson

[ontheotherhand]

Whatever about the value of a training camp and the timing of it, not briefing the league or managers about the idea is another clumsy move by HH. Comes across well but he really needs to pay more attention to what he says. Bradleys response was a bit OTT for me but he's right to say something. Be interesting to see what O'Brien has to say. He'll have time to think about his response and be a bit more diplomatic.

A friendly would've probably made more sense, but even then you'd want to be talking to the clubs involved. Preseason has come a long way from a few friendlies and wind sprints. For Rovers and Shels every day will be carefully planned given the short turnaround time. We saw how badly the wrong workload can affect things when Shels took the title last season.

Good craic having a league manager challenge the national team manager all the same. It's good for the overall picture in the long run.

[Nesta99]

Yeah cause thats a regular headache for LoI clubs playing in to December. Wait til its happened 4 or 5 years and maybe not just champions practically parachuting in when they have a half decent seeding. It was more a question to HH rather than a formal we're telling everyone now publically. I doubt there would be no contact with clubs considering clubs need to be notified. Which would people rather Trap saying there is no league in Ireland or Halgrimmson saying he wants a domestic based international camp to assess possibilities?

Last year after Rovers Conference group performance you could argue that players merited serious consideration for a full camp call up and Bradley saying so is backed by performance. This season its a different picture, underwhelming against similar/lower seeded sides. Pick your battles, how and when also. Kind of fits the profile of a manager deflecting attention away from results/performance, if Bradley is calculated in his response for this reason then he really is maturing as a manager. I just dont think that is his reasoning but..

[ontheotherhand]

Yeah cause thats a regular headache for LoI clubs playing in to December. Wait til its happened 4 or 5 years and maybe not just champions practically parachuting in when they have a half decent seeding. It was more a question to HH rather than a formal we're telling everyone now publically. I doubt there would be no contact with clubs considering clubs need to be notified. Which would people rather Trap saying there is no league in Ireland or Halgrimmson saying he wants a domestic based international camp to assess possibilities?

Last year after Rovers Conference group performance you could argue that players merited serious consideration for a full camp call up and Bradley saying so is backed by performance. This season its a different picture, underwhelming against similar/lower seeded sides. Pick your battles, how and when also. Kind of fits the profile of a manager deflecting attention away from results/performance, if Bradley is calculated in his response for this reason then he really is maturing as a manager. I just dont think that is his reasoning but..

Not sure what you're getting at. It doesn't matter if it's a regular occurrence. It's the reality this season.

It doesn't matter if clubs would have been notified, they should have been consulted before it was brought to the media. It's very basic stuff Nesta. Even if it was a good idea, you don't just casually bring it up in the media without doing the background work.

Rovers didn't parachute in. We got there the hard way, beating a Portuguese team on the way. Not sure why it would matter either way tho. We want our teams playing into December.