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He looks absolutely shattered though.
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[Albion] Evan Ferguson
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He looks absolutely shattered though.
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Who’s likely to be the new manager?
Lee Carsley is being spoken about...
3-2.
Telling that it was from winning the ball high and just going for it. The short passing/build up from the back football they try to play is just hopeless to watch. Small nations need to play according to their limitations. Just hoof it to Quinn.
Telling that it was from winning the ball high and just going for it. The short passing/build up from the back football they try to play is just hopeless to watch. Small nations need to play according to their limitations. Just hoof it to Quinn.
Jolly Red Giant
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Yea - it looks like Carsley is being lined up for the job
Weststander
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I remember him as a player. Is he looking good as a coach.
I rate Kelleher really highly, that’s another position sorted!
England u21 manager. Has a good rep as a coach in that system.
I love Kelleher. We have 3 prem gk's so fine there for a decade. Manager is the problem at this stage. We do actually have some nice players now. Frustration is building. Selections are very poor. Tactically inept.
Jolly Red Giant
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Carsley has been coaching for 10-11 years. He did his badges while playing for Everton. He has spent most of his time as a development coach and working with underage teams - although he has ended up as caretaker manager at Coventry, Brentford and Birmingham. He is currently England U-21 coach.
Kelleher is a good goalie and will be playing for a PL team next season - Aston Villa are apparently the favourites at the moment. He is behind Bazunu in the Irish squad.
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Good luck.
Despite fans of the 4 other nations in these isles wanting us to crash, I always want you lot to succeed.
Sheedy, Ronnie Whelan, Aldridge, Houghton, Lawrenson, McGrath, Brady, Stapleton … great footballers.
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I’d take Kelleher. Quality.
Jolly Red Giant
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With Irish teams the sum is usually greater than the individual parts - under Kenny we aren't reaching anything close to what these players are capable of.
Yep. But his selections don't even match up to his philosophy. Building up from the back he kept duffy in for a time and McClean. Lots of the build up is wide, McClean.. awful in possession.
Midfielders that do not fit the profile of the system. Like it is baffling.
Smallbone will work out though.
Funny he said 15's right up to seniors will play the same football. Mentions Belgian system.... the proceeds to play 5 at the back because he can't get a team playing... then picks the same dross
This is what put me off them despite having an Irish father and living there for around 10 years.
I grew up supporting England and hated the anti English stuff from the Irish living around me, most of whom had never set foot in Ireland. I never understood why they stayed in a country that they hated.
However, I feel strangely supportive of them now Ferguson is playing which is weird.
Barca should sign him so he can play up front with Robert Lewangoalski ((c) Thomas Muller).
Jolly Red Giant
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Ireland were always able to put out a good first eleven - the problem arose when any of those players got injured.
The difference at the moment is that there is a signficant number of young players that are showing huge potential (the U-17s topped their qualification group ahead of Italy, Ukraine and Cyprus last week). If only a fraction of these come through Ireland will have a very solid squad for the next 10-15 years and that is a solid base to build from. Remember - soccer competes with the GAA in Ireland and it is very much the poor neighbour.
A key element for soccer in Ireland is the significant development of facilities in Ireland. Soccer is very much the poor relation of the GAA and rugby and despite having more people playing the sport than the other two - is signficantly underfunded by comparison. Case in point - Dalymount is the traditional home of Irish soccer - the record attendance there is 48,000. Today the ground is largely derelict with a capacity of less than 5,000 for Bohs. Despite this pretty much every Bohs home game is sold out. Three separate plans for the redevelopment of the gound into a 10,000 capacity stadium have been brought forward and shelved. Yet if the ground was rebuilt to a 10,000 capacity Bohs would probably fill it every home game. In contrast - I live in a town of about 10,000 population - the local GAA club is in the middle of the town - it has two full-size pitches, a large clubhouse and excellent dressing rooms - two training pitches - several astro pitches - a large car park and a stand with a capacity of 2,000 - all publicly funded. The rugby club which has about 100 members in total has a large clubhouse, changing facilities and two full-size pitches - again all publicly funded. Of the top 20 grounds in Ireland, 18 are GAA grounds, 1 rugby ground and the Aviva which is shared between the IRFU and the FAI. The GAA has five grounds with a capacity greater than 40,000.
On the positive side - there has been a major increase in attendances at LoI games - a couple of weeks ago Cork City had 6,500 at their home game against Bohs, St. Pats had just under 5,000 against Derry, Sligo (a town of less than 20,000) had nearly 4,500 against Shamrock Rovers, Shelbourne had 3,500 for Drogheda and Dundalk had over 3,000 against UCD (who don't have any travelling fans). Most of these are near capacity attendances. Tallaght stadium which was built new about 20 years ago and has had consistent upgrading since, has a capacity of 8,000 and Shamrock Rovers are selling out almost every home game. The expectation is that for the first time ever the LoI will see attendances top 1 million. The other thing of not is the large number of young players now coming through the LoI - a lot of the players who are starting for clubs have come through the ranks of their respective academies (which get little or no funding). Things are very positive in Ireland at the moment.
Jolly Red Giant
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You need to know the history of Ireland to understand the emotions.
You don't think I do?
I still don't get it from people living and working in the UK for all their lives and hating everyone around them.
Thankfully I had a father that was above all of that.
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I did remember the GAA and rugby side of things. All within a population of 4 or 5 million, plus some Anglo Irish and rugby has benefited from southern hemisphere players naturalising as Irish. Amazing 82,000 capacity Croke Park speaks volumes.
My ill informed guess is that Irish players coming through English club academies should help you guys.
The club football will stay semi professional at most clubs.
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Post 1997 would you say its greatly dissipated across the Isle as a whole?
New Order, in no way imperialists, spoke of being spat at in the ROI in the 80’s, they were told because they were Brits.