Is it sacrilege to question Paul Cook's tactics?

**Midgit** · 22/08/2007, 11:00 PM

What you told me to say. Stop talking behind his back like we are on here.
You were slate'n me for doing that, telling me to say it to his face, and i did now your slate'n me for that??? Cop it Feo......

I said: do you wonder why rovers fans get on your back.....jumping from 50/50 tackles and not giving 100% doesn't help. I told him he would really want to raise his game for them to stop critisicing him, or at least give it his all(100%)

**feo123** · 22/08/2007, 11:07 PM

when he scored against bray who just sat back and didnt cheer for the goal? midgit! fact is, he played well when he came on last night...he was probably better than judge was for the 120 minutes, judge never goes into tackles either, does anyone shout abuse at him for it?

**Patrick Dunne** · 22/08/2007, 11:09 PM

What a bunch of gaylords

**kkontour** · 23/08/2007, 1:11 PM

Originally Posted by feo123

.....judge never goes into tackles either, does anyone shout abuse at him for it?

I never want to see judge go into 50/50 tackles. With our lack of strikers to choose from if he gets injured we are in trouble.

**Shedzer** · 23/08/2007, 5:05 PM

Originally Posted by kkontour

I never want to see judge go into 50/50 tackles. With our lack of strikers to choose from if he gets injured we are in trouble.

pulling out of tackles is how you get injured....half hearted attemps

**kkontour** · 23/08/2007, 8:56 PM

Originally Posted by Shedzer

pulling out of tackles is how you get injured....half hearted attemps

With judges skinny legs he would be advised to stay out of the tough tackles

**Shiba** · 23/08/2007, 10:18 PM

Originally Posted by avvenalaf

All the usual 'look forward' 'not our night' 'unlucky' sh ite being wheeled out when we are looking at a situation where we should have beaten Waterford off the field. The reality is that by playing a right footed player at full back we handed an area of the pitch to the opposition where they could hurt us. Did anyone not see the interview Gareth Cronin gave TV3 after we beat them down there when he was livid at the fact that his team did not carry out his instructions to target Ventre for that very reason.
The reality is we are out of a competition which we were second favourites to win - beaten at home by a side fighting relegation and if we don't admit why we were beaten then we will be beaten again. What's the point in getting onto Stephen Manson - he'a an easy taget and after all he was put on.
I don't want to put out major criticism when the season has gone so well from a disastrous opening but the coffee is brewing whenever you want to wake up, guys. Smell it.
Onwards and upwards by all means but with lessons learned.

Have to agree with Commments on Ventre hugly noticable that he not comfortable in that position

**Gaillimh Al** · 25/08/2007, 7:08 AM

If that left-back from last night was the one you signed then I'd be worried lads. He was woeful bad, and then when Foy came on he started to put in a few great balls. I don't know how sound he is defensively but he is a great aseet from dead balls and the like.

**Bravo** · 26/08/2007, 11:18 PM

Its gas too, a win on Saturday night against Derry & everyone will be dusting of the passports in anticipation of a trip to Europe next year, fickle aren’t we?
Fact is Galway & Waterford needed the last two results an awful lot more than we did & they got them, I prefer to see Galway take points off us rather than Waterford/UCD or Bray.
You have to look at the bigger picture when trying to justify the tactics been used, we are having a remarkable season given the lack of dept and versatility in our squad, I feel Cook has to try and evaluate players in other positions in order to determine if they can provide adequate cover in these areas, if he is serious about challenging for honors next season now is the time to do it, especially against teams like Galway.
You also have to consider the lack of motivation, we don’t have cover for many areas so how can ya be dropped if ya don’t play well or don’t give 100%? play with 10 men? In saying that I don’t think any player in a bit O red shirt this season can be criticized of that, there are certain players who don’t head or tackle probably cause their sh1te at it, others who can’t pass to save their lives, others who are of incapable of taking on and beating players its not that they are less committed there just different.