Irish soccerball nil - That boy Jinky will save us (Part 2)

[Fagan_ODowd]

In fairness to Kenny, he has a very good record in friendly internationals.

[myboyblue]

Warhurst had a wee bit of class to him though.

[myboyblue]

So had Kerr. Is it a failing in LOI managers?

[Julio_Geordio]

@Fagan_ODowd

In fairness to Kenny, he has a very good record in friendly internationals.

If he could get us into World Cup Qualifying in Asia we could give it a rattle

[Biff_Egan]

@myboyblue

So had Kerr. Is it a failing in LOI managers?

Big step up from managing Anto Byrne the part time plumber to dealing with proper professionals.

[myboyblue]

@Biff_Egan

@myboyblue

So had Kerr. Is it a failing in LOI managers?

Big step up from managing Anto Byrne the part time plumber to dealing with proper professionals.

But they could get the proper professionals purring for the Friendly games?

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

We should beg dela to come back.

[myboyblue]

Would he come back?

[Cheasty]

We need a Talch’n Cup type competition to compete against teams on our own level like Luxembourg and Azerbaijan. But not Armenia, they’re too good for us.

[Big_Dan_Campbell]

Wonder will Spock have another motivational video up his sleeve for the lads ahead of Scotland?

[Cheasty]

Daniel McDonnell

[peddlerscross]

This Johnathon Hill chap hasn’t a clue.

He hasn’t even got a sponsor yet for the Senior Team - the deal with Three Mobile must have finished 2 years ago.

He’s living over in England costing us a fortune on flights/taxi’s and hotels and he’s totally out of touch with the grassroots.

[Biff_Egan]

Has the hoor even got a set of nets down to John O’Regan in Mounthawk Park yet?

[peddlerscross]

Not a hope of it.

Remember when Dela used arrange for the FAI Junior Cup Final be played in the Aviva? It created a great buzz across small clubs around Ireland.

Now its been shoehorned back to Turners Cross and Terryland Park. I doubt Johnny Hill even knows the competition exists.

[Ralphie]

Gilesy was always wary about “holding midfielders” or “attacking midfielders”

In Gilesys mind a midfielder is a midfielder Bill

[Cheasty]

@Bandage

The late, great Johnny Giles used to always ridicule the tactic of throwing a defender upfront when chasing a late goal.

“Bill, if it it’s not right to do it at the start of a game or in the middle of a game then I don’t see why it’s right to do it at the end of a game. If you think putting a defender up there is the best way to score then why don’t you start him up there? It just doesn’t make sense to me Bill.”

I’m seeing in my mind’s eye footage of Robert Huth fighting for balls in the opposition box late on in a Chelsea European exit under Mourinho, maybe at Anfield.

Big Dave Watson being thrown up to centre forward saved Everton in normal time in the 1989 FA Cup final.

Big Gerard Pique going up to centre forward nearly saved Barcelona against Inter Milan in 2010. His hips didn’t lie when he swivelled on a sixpence to score.

[peddlerscross]

Midfielders needed to be able to ‘do their stuff’.

[myboyblue]

@Ralphie

Gilesy was always wary about “holding midfielders” or “attacking midfielders”

In Gilesys mind a midfielder is a midfielder Bill

I used to love that about him. He had no time for this shite about the likes of the “Makelele role”.

[Batigol]

If you look at any of the good “holding players” they could all play the ball. Kante is an unreal passer. He supports forward when he has to. Even takes on shots.

[myboyblue]

Glen Whelan could do it all.