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Post by Бенне on Jan 14, 2019 11:35:14 GMT
People of Ireland, am I right to be depressed we’re apparently due to announce Martin O’Neill as manager shortly? notpropaganda
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Post by notpropaganda on Jan 14, 2019 11:44:38 GMT
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Post by notpropaganda on Jan 14, 2019 11:46:25 GMT
You's will have a bounce no doubt but be prepared for a load of over 30s "reliable" players to come in to "do a job" initially and eventually become inexplicable starters in positions they've never played.
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Post by ic on Jan 14, 2019 12:22:21 GMT
Great announcement 15 years ago
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Post by Luke on Jan 14, 2019 13:03:22 GMT
That is an absolutely terrible appointment. Something Fawaz would do. Mental.
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Post by Бенне on Jan 14, 2019 16:07:03 GMT
Ironic because it’ll set us back a good 10 years
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Post by Maskya Yoshida on Jan 14, 2019 16:15:09 GMT
What you think of Karanka going in the first place?
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Post by Бенне on Jan 14, 2019 17:14:57 GMT
Shambolic decision, as usual with Forest
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Post by Exonerator on Jan 14, 2019 18:12:42 GMT
Wagner leaves Huddersfield by mutual consent.
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Post by Heung-Min Pleat on Jan 14, 2019 18:20:43 GMT
He's done an excellent job with them that's undeniable but this Huddersfield team might just be the worst team I've seen at this level, incredibly out of their depth - I'd only say Jorgensen and Billing are anything more than half decent at this level in the whole squad. He'll make a good Premier League manager probably sooner rather than later
Run of fixtures doesn't look too good, Man City, Everton, Chelsea & Arsenal are the next 4 games
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Post by Бенне on Jan 14, 2019 19:01:06 GMT
Imagine thinking any team is worse than that Derby side...
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Post by #FreeBTS on Jan 15, 2019 17:44:40 GMT
Was O’Neill not saddled with the worst generation of Irish players for years? The football was awful but I thought he had them playing above their ability for the most part. Tend to think people have went too far in the other direction when it comes to British/Irish managers, basically now appointing any British manager over the age of 50 is met with derision. Especially unfair on the likes of O’Neill or Allardyce, who have massively better records than someone like Pardew.
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Post by notpropaganda on Jan 15, 2019 18:04:20 GMT
It’s a poor generation of players and he was able to get them up for big one-off performances before the Euros but he doesn’t have any tactics, all reports from the Irish camp were that he didn’t work on shape or what they were gonna do against the next opposition, it was just five-a-side matches and that was it. No set piece work, nothing.
He started Cyrus Christie in midfield in his last few games as Irish manager even though plenty of midfielders were available. Not only that, he told him an hour before kickoff that he was in midfield. Christie hadn’t played midfield since he was 13 or something. If you wanna try something different, shouldn’t you at least let the player know so he can try and prep? Never mind that he lost us our best chance to top a WC qualifying group probably ever with his baffling tactics and ineptness. We still scrape into a playoff and he decides the best tactics for the final 45 minutes when you need to come from 2-1 down and win the match is to just sub off all your centre mids and throw on wingers and attackers. Nobody needs to watch Christian fucking Eriksen lads, he won’t do any damage. Then he has the fucking cheek to sit in an itv studio during the WC and chastise Denmarks opposition for giving Eriksen space. He’s an insufferably arrogant man.
Honestly, unless you were in Dublin for one of those matches the last 2 years it’s hard to explain. The players literally looked lost every game for the first 20 til they figured their shape out.
Regardless, he gave us some amazing nights. But the biggest drawback is how much of a grumpy fucker he became. Constantly sniping at his own players, constantly (and I mean CONSTANTLY) referring to playing under Brian Clough, “back in my day” type fucking nonsense. There’s no doubt he’s a good motivator and like I said, I reckon Forest will have a bounce under him. But once it starts going pear shaped he’ll blame everyone around him. Be interested to see how he handles the transfer market I suppose.
TLDR: he’s a dinosaur and him leaving the Ireland job was my football highlight of 2018 - and I loved the World Cup.
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Post by notpropaganda on Jan 15, 2019 18:06:29 GMT
Like I can’t emphasise enough how fucking shite we became under him. And when you compare us to other countries that would be at our level, it was embarrassing. A bunch of Welsh 16 year olds passed us off the park in Dublin like. And he’d come out afterwards and say Cyrus is a good honest lad and Ireland don’t have Robbie Keane anymore. Fuck off
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Post by Heung-Min Pleat on Jan 15, 2019 18:11:36 GMT
Also 95% of O'Neill's defeats throughout his career has been the refs fault
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