QuoteOriginally Posted by joe_barry80
Never thought that we all would be following Fc Salzburg
Salzburg are 2 up at half time in their game with matterburg
4-0 up now
The above posts moved into a new thread which I was going to open myself. I feel we'll all be following Salzburg now for obvious reasons.
Just looking and they haven't won by 4 goals in the league since 2006. Coincedence that they do it this week?
I didn't realise they had a strong enough team. Alexander Zickler, Niko Kovac and Sasa Ilic scoring for them tonight.
finished 4-0 happy if he gets us scoring like that
I'd sooner he got us the Nil as the Four. If he gets us that, an old fashioned 1 will do
Matterburg are no good lads
Does that contraption you have suck the fun out of ANY size room, or are there specific ones for specific jobs?Matterburg are no good lads
On the way into the stadium, an elderly San Marino Steward waved us in and said "Tonight, may the best team win"
And they nearly did.
They are ok they have Carsten Janker from Bayern and as number of austrian National Team PlayersMatterburg are no good lads
is the rest of their team any good though? 4 good players won't get ya into the premiership. Not suprised they have such a good team as the owners are so wealthy
A smattering of Macedonians & Bosnians in a Sea of mostly average Austrians. Janker's the star man. 9 goals in 24 games.is the rest of their team any good though? 4 good players won't get ya into the premiership. Not suprised they have such a good team as the owners are so wealthy
They were only 5 points off RBS before tonight's match, not up there challenging for top 3 primarily due to a few recent drawn games where they threw away the lead in the last seconds.
To be honest, I have no Idea of the overall strength of the Austrian league, and whether this performance is good or bad.
Perhaps someone from the Starsurfing foot.ie looking for an easy space fillerdoing reasearch here at the moment could enlighten us over the next few days?
Sv Mattersburg
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On the way into the stadium, an elderly San Marino Steward waved us in and said "Tonight, may the best team win"
And they nearly did.
It's a weak league to be honest. You have 3 champions in the last 8 years gone out of business. Wacker Tirol, GAK and Sturm Graz. The top few Teams have lost at least 5 games each. They can all beat each other there is no real consitincy in the league. Had it's hey day in 1998-2002 Sturm Graz got far enough in the champions League
Im sad he's gone out of business, but Im very glad that Whacker Tyrrell got himself a decent gig and achieved something for himself. It's hard to find work coming off those Fás courses in Clondalkin.
On the way into the stadium, an elderly San Marino Steward waved us in and said "Tonight, may the best team win"
And they nearly did.
Just to confirm I was being sarcastic
sorry i'm working at the moment. just glimsing at the posts
What's wrong with this sentence?
With last season's runaway league success swiftly receding into the history books, Trapattoni is under pressure to consolidate a second successive league title as they aim to break away from a tight-knit bunch at the top of the Bundesliga.
No surprises then that Il Trap picks a rudimentary 4-4-2, with two natural front men replacing his recent predilection for swarming midfield and leaving the lanky Niall Quinn-like Marc Janko up front.
Instead, the veteran Alex Zickler joins Janko and, with the pacy Johan Vonlanthen on the bench and wide men ordered to get forward at all times, this is a team Trapattoni has sent out with eyes on a morale-boosting home win.
A bit like ...
Arsene Wenger
Tactics
Not much call for a forward-lying offside Trap on this night, not against such weak opposition.
However, for a man famed as a defensive co-ordinator, he has a rum bunch in the back four, a very hesitant operative and a goalie who gives everyone the heebie-jeebies just for good
measure.
He orders his right winger, languid Serb Sasa Ilic, to aid the defence but the player often seems reluctant to do so, much to the manager's growing chagrin. A roaming winger -- Damien Duff perhaps -- is allowed some free rein.
Even during attacks, and his side are very proficient out wide with two target men supplying goals from impressive crosses from either side, Il Trap is already attempting to re-align his defence in case of counter-attack.
A bit like ...
Fabio Capello
Half-time impact
With his team utterly dominant, there is little need to tinker with what is a facile winning formula.
Accused of sometimes sitting back on 2-0 leads, most notably when dumped out of the Champions League earlier this season, the Italian clearly feels there are more goals in this one and he has every intention of getting them.
Hence his instructions to maintain the pressure on the creaky opposition defence, a policy which reaps dividends as his side cruise to an effortless victory.
Even more impressively, the defence is utterly watertight, his half-time words clearly had the desired effect.
A bit like ...
Alex Ferguson
Body language
Get ready for some fun times. The Italian's fiery temper shows no immediate signs of abating even as he prepares to begin his 70th year. At various times, he harangues an assistant bearing an uncanny resemblance to Burt Reynolds; a young ballboy for giving the ball back to the opposition too readily; one of his subs for not giving the message to the ballboy with sufficient vigour and, most bizarrely, a member of the crowd sitting behind the dug-out.
And that was only the first half!
Bravely sporting just a natty Italian suit in temperatures plunging to several degrees below zero, the effervescent Trapattoni, when not standing at the edge of the dug-out, kicks every ball and indulges in a mini-twirl and fist pump every time his side score.
A bit like ...
Neil Warnock on a bad day
Reaction to players
More fun. At times either whistling or imparting his message with his hands, Trapattoni engages in constant communication with his team. Sometimes, he has to go to extremes with some of the more diffident players.
He harangues his confused left winger Patrik Jezek, who fails to understand his coach's orders, another time his central defender for daring to go up front for a free-kick.
When his team scores, the players celebrate with the subs bench and, intriguingly, ignore the management team. He does applaud their decent attacking efforts though but his key agenda is organisation. And when they scored the third, he even makes up with the sub he earlier harassed.
A bit like ...
Neil Warnock on a worse day
Reaction of fans
Trappatoni is hardly ever serenaded by the crowd during the first half and his appearance on the big screen in the 16th minute raises barely a murmur despite the early lead goal.
But, as his side wallow in the comfort of a 2-0 lead, they do begin singing songs in salutation to the man who led them to a first title in a decade last season.
Although weary of his defensive-minded line-ups of late, they warm to a one-sided display, ending in a 4-0 win. There's no shouts of "Give me a T" and Il Trap doesn't court his public.
He leaves the pitch in a very relaxed manner. Mutual respect between a maestro and his audience, one would conclude.
A bit like ...
Avram Grant
http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...n-1290832.html
In the light of irish toours to Sunderland I think an enterprising Irish travel agent could arrange weekend trips to Salzburg over the next few months.
They could call them the 'Trap and Von Trapp' tour!
No bad for a team managed by someone who is apparently "defensive" (or a non-english speaker apparently)
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