Games weekend 20th September to 23rd September

**placid casual** · 23/09/2024, 9:37 PM

Frustrating evening for 84 mins with Rovers missing 3 great chance's in the first half, but ultimately class won out against a woefully unadventurous boez team. Drogs will definitely catch them.
Next.

**joey B** · 23/09/2024, 9:59 PM

That was some strike from Burke for the winner….

**Acornvilla** · 23/09/2024, 10:13 PM

Originally Posted by joey B

That was some strike from Burke for the winner….

He's such a good footballer, I don't really understand how he scores so few goals.

**dundalkfc10** · 23/09/2024, 10:25 PM

Originally Posted by Acornvilla

He's such a good footballer, I don't really understand how he scores so few goals.

I checked today when he didn't start and he's only started 7 games since May and 2 games since July.

Crazy options Rovers have, he would be the best player for any other team in the country

**brendy_éire** · 23/09/2024, 10:35 PM

Originally Posted by Shearer

Tommy Barrett has to get the sack now.

As in immediately? Not sure what brings on this comment after a 3-0 away win.

**Shearer** · 23/09/2024, 10:51 PM

Originally Posted by Acornvilla

Replace him with who on what budget is what I always think when I see people very harshly judging what he's doing, I feel like Tommy is a victim of his early success, very difficult to build on what he's done already.

Yeah it's silly really. He hugely over-achieved the first year, less so the second year.

He's had no budget to work with and he clearly hasn't benefited from the takeover as this is our weakest squad yet, and if you search a piece with Dan McDonnell he correctly predicted this to be our toughest year. He has lost his best players each and every year and it's impossible to successfully replace them each time on a shoestring. We have some poor players in the squad and lost massive players last year like Success Edogun, Dean George, Conor Barry and Marc Ludden.

Soundings from interviews suggest that he will be backed more in the upcoming off-season. Nobody is immune to criticism but criticism of Tommy would be somewhat justified if he was actually backed.

It's in stark contrast to Kerry who get a huge free pass. They've won about 10 out of 80 games, none of which on grass. They've the division's top scorer, have a player's house this year and have signed some strong players from last year's First Division (Kavanagh, Spain, Dolia, Tuta). While Kerry have improved on last year, Treaty had been to two playoffs and an FAI Cup Semi-Final in the same time frame on smaller money.