FAI...Spring friendlies for Interim Manager - Belgium/Swiss

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seafoid

Quote from: JPGJOHNNYG on March 26, 2024, 07:57:20 PMPoyet to be the new Ireland manager as Georgia beat Greece on penalties.
Awesome a coach who can't even get Greece to the euros through the back door of dud teams, can't wait. Might as well stick with o'shea
We couldn't beat teams at our level under the previous regime. Poyet knows how to do that !
Losing on penalties ONCE doesn't mean the manager is bad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZt6-NJYv6U
O'Shea needs more time anyway. He definitely has talent.
"f**k it, just score"- Donaghy   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbxG2WwVRjU

mouview

Quote from: seafoid on March 26, 2024, 08:49:38 PM
Quote from: JPGJOHNNYG on March 26, 2024, 07:57:20 PMPoyet to be the new Ireland manager as Georgia beat Greece on penalties.
Awesome a coach who can't even get Greece to the euros through the back door of dud teams, can't wait. Might as well stick with o'shea
We couldn't beat teams at our level under the previous regime. Poyet knows how to do that !
Losing on penalties ONCE doesn't mean the manager is bad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZt6-NJYv6U
O'Shea needs more time anyway. He definitely has talent.


Very little, ochon. Ferguson starting to look more like a kid who had a streaky spell a few months ago than "maybe the best teenager in the world" as one over-excitable commentator described him at the time. Both our vaunted goalies are scarcely world-class either; after that? Very little.

weareros

The world class lad opted for the North. Class goal for Conor Bradley against the Scots.

From the Bunker

Quote from: weareros on March 26, 2024, 09:44:36 PMThe world class lad opted for the North. Class goal for Conor Bradley against the Scots.

He opted for the North so he could stay in Liverpool's Academy. If he declared for the Republic he'd have to leave under Brexit rules.

seafoid

Quote from: mouview on March 26, 2024, 09:35:03 PM
Quote from: seafoid on March 26, 2024, 08:49:38 PM
Quote from: JPGJOHNNYG on March 26, 2024, 07:57:20 PMPoyet to be the new Ireland manager as Georgia beat Greece on penalties.
Awesome a coach who can't even get Greece to the euros through the back door of dud teams, can't wait. Might as well stick with o'shea
We couldn't beat teams at our level under the previous regime. Poyet knows how to do that !
Losing on penalties ONCE doesn't mean the manager is bad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZt6-NJYv6U
O'Shea needs more time anyway. He definitely has talent.


Very little, ochon. Ferguson starting to look more like a kid who had a streaky spell a few months ago than "maybe the best teenager in the world" as one over-excitable commentator described him at the time. Both our vaunted goalies are scarcely world-class either; after that? Very little.
Not the players, 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjE080TGEEk

But Ferguson will find his mojo again
"f**k it, just score"- Donaghy   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbxG2WwVRjU

weareros

Quote from: From the Bunker on March 26, 2024, 10:01:16 PM
Quote from: weareros on March 26, 2024, 09:44:36 PMThe world class lad opted for the North. Class goal for Conor Bradley against the Scots.

He opted for the North so he could stay in Liverpool's Academy. If he declared for the Republic he'd have to leave under Brexit rules.

I doubt that Brexit rule would have applied to him, as it didn't to Trent Kone Doherty who is still U.18, from Derry, and has opted for FAIreland.

maldini

Bradley had never any interest in switching I heard

An Watcher

Let's just say that it wouldn't be looked on too favourably in the small village he was from if he played for the Republic.  At the same time I don't think ireland put up much of a case to try and get him

marty34

Quote from: An Watcher on March 26, 2024, 10:37:35 PMLet's just say that it wouldn't be looked on too favourably in the small village he was from if he played for the Republic.  At the same time I don't think ireland put up much of a case to try and get him

Is he not from a border village?

markl121

Quote from: An Watcher on March 26, 2024, 10:37:35 PMLet's just say that it wouldn't be looked on too favourably in the small village he was from if he played for the Republic.  At the same time I don't think ireland put up much of a case to try and get him
and why is that then?

Captain Obvious

Greece weren't up to much a poorly managed Irish team made them look better than they were. Great pitch celebration by Georgia after that win.

Pub Bore

Quote from: marty34 on March 26, 2024, 10:42:15 PM
Quote from: An Watcher on March 26, 2024, 10:37:35 PMLet's just say that it wouldn't be looked on too favourably in the small village he was from if he played for the Republic.  At the same time I don't think ireland put up much of a case to try and get him

Is he not from a border village?

I think the family live in Killen.  Not exactly a hotbed of republicanism.  There's loads of villages in border areas that would be staunch unionist.

yellowcard

Quote from: seafoid on March 26, 2024, 10:17:19 PM
Quote from: mouview on March 26, 2024, 09:35:03 PM
Quote from: seafoid on March 26, 2024, 08:49:38 PM
Quote from: JPGJOHNNYG on March 26, 2024, 07:57:20 PMPoyet to be the new Ireland manager as Georgia beat Greece on penalties.
Awesome a coach who can't even get Greece to the euros through the back door of dud teams, can't wait. Might as well stick with o'shea
We couldn't beat teams at our level under the previous regime. Poyet knows how to do that !
Losing on penalties ONCE doesn't mean the manager is bad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZt6-NJYv6U
O'Shea needs more time anyway. He definitely has talent.


Very little, ochon. Ferguson starting to look more like a kid who had a streaky spell a few months ago than "maybe the best teenager in the world" as one over-excitable commentator described him at the time. Both our vaunted goalies are scarcely world-class either; after that? Very little.
Not the players, 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjE080TGEEk

But Ferguson will find his mojo again

Will he though? It can't be a coincidence that his form has nosedived after he signed the big contract and he looks bang average all of a sudden. He could just as easily fall by the wayside like many before him. Troy Parrott was talked up as the new Harry kane at one stage and he has done little to live up that reputation since. The same applies to Bradley whose next contract will probably be life changing numbers. He has played well for Liverpool but there are only about a dozen games to base it on and I'd only judge them after playing a couple of good seasons after they become established pros. 

seafoid

Quote from: yellowcard on March 27, 2024, 09:17:33 AM
Quote from: seafoid on March 26, 2024, 10:17:19 PM
Quote from: mouview on March 26, 2024, 09:35:03 PM
Quote from: seafoid on March 26, 2024, 08:49:38 PM
Quote from: JPGJOHNNYG on March 26, 2024, 07:57:20 PMPoyet to be the new Ireland manager as Georgia beat Greece on penalties.
Awesome a coach who can't even get Greece to the euros through the back door of dud teams, can't wait. Might as well stick with o'shea
We couldn't beat teams at our level under the previous regime. Poyet knows how to do that !
Losing on penalties ONCE doesn't mean the manager is bad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZt6-NJYv6U
O'Shea needs more time anyway. He definitely has talent.


Very little, ochon. Ferguson starting to look more like a kid who had a streaky spell a few months ago than "maybe the best teenager in the world" as one over-excitable commentator described him at the time. Both our vaunted goalies are scarcely world-class either; after that? Very little.
Not the players, 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjE080TGEEk

But Ferguson will find his mojo again

Will he though? It can't be a coincidence that his form has nosedived after he signed the big contract and he looks bang average all of a sudden. He could just as easily fall by the wayside like many before him. Troy Parrott was talked up as the new Harry kane at one stage and he has done little to live up that reputation since. The same applies to Bradley whose next contract will probably be life changing numbers. He has played well for Liverpool but there are only about a dozen games to base it on and I'd only judge them after playing a couple of good seasons after they become established pros. 
It's the nature of the game for top class strikers to go through lean periods. Richarlison couldn't hit Clery's window with a brick last season.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STKrmBq7MTs
Someone on Radio 1 was saying that Poyet was unlikely to be the new man.  Nobody knows who the mystery new manager is. 
"f**k it, just score"- Donaghy   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbxG2WwVRjU

weareros

Knowing the FAI, the mystery new manager could be A.N. Other. Would not put it past the blazers to pretend they had someone lined up and then if John O'Shea doesn't F up too much (the bar was low, very low), come out with his promising performance in the two matches has led them to change their mind.