BOF Posted November 14, 2013 Moderator Share Posted November 14, 2013 I thought Keane came across very well in his conference and answered the intentionally-awkward questions satisfactorily, in the sense that all the petty journos with their thinly-veiled shit-stirring agendas now have the answers to their lazy questions. He didn't dodge anything and I'm now even more positive that this regime is going to be a professional one that will leave no stone unturned and will get the most from what we've got as a squad. The FAI give the conference, it's up to the press to ask the questions about squad, fixtures etc. They (the press) obviously needed this first conference to get the mischief out of their system (to knock one out as it were). Hopefully they've done that now and we can focus on the football from here on rather than the circus that they are desperately trying to turn it into, but which it isn't, much to their (and many fans') seeming disappointment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 (edited) agree thought the Keane interview was very good but not surprised as he is an intelligent guy and always a good speaker compared to a lot of other Premier League footballers past or present Edited November 14, 2013 by Zatman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 14, 2013 Moderator Share Posted November 14, 2013 For me personally, the microscope is not on Keane and O'Neill. It's on the meeja and their vox-popping of the [generic dickhead sitting in a pub] as to whether MON/RK will be even allowed a fair crack of the whip. I'm already seeing an appetite for a total disaster. Typical small-minded paddy bullshit and I can't wait til I'm in a pub and the topic comes up and I hear one of them pipe up about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 yeah I normally would detest that myself (the Robbie Keane bashers are the worst, would swear we have Marco van Basten and Ronaldo waiting in the wings) though I do have my own reasons for wanting MON to fail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFulcDJDJEU Wait until the pressure is on 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 He's right about the phone though, although I suspect the journo is on the wind up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommybread Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 words removed like Eamon Dunphy are a cancer to Irish football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 15, 2013 Moderator Share Posted November 15, 2013 So I see Finland's U21 international Patrick O'Shaughnessy was sent off last night ... Roy, get on the phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 words removed like Eamon Dunphy are a cancer to Irish football. dont think anybody takes Dunphy serious anymore, last month he said Vicente Del Bosque was on 50k a year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 15, 2013 Moderator Share Posted November 15, 2013 Keano throws another one on the pile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 (edited) I only just found out he's Morrissey's cousin. Now I hope he plays on for years because I have a lot of Smith's related puns in my locker. Edited November 15, 2013 by CarewsEyebrowDesigner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Magic Martin !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 15, 2013 Moderator Share Posted November 15, 2013 Seriously. That performance was a breath of fresh air. We were unrecognisable. The first touch passes, the 1-2s, give and go's. The build-up to Long's goal. The desire to get forward. Hallelujah.Yes Latvia were muck but we actually went out and punished their incompetence. We were ruthless and showed a hunger and a belief in our ability. I haven't seen that in a long time. As Houghton said in commentary, we didn't even do that against poorer opposition like Kazakhstan.Looking forward to Tuesday now and a sterner test away in Poland. On the evidence of the attitudes shown in that one performance, irrespective of the result, I suspect we're about to become quite an annoying opponent for the big boys once again. No more of us being a soft touch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papillon Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFulcDJDJEU Wait until the pressure is on Haha that was actually pretty funny. And he was totally right to tell that idiot off, just letting it ring in front of everyone. Sensed a bit of Fergie in his stare there to be honest.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YLN Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 (edited) Yeah Latvia are muck, but we made them look it last night, which we never did to inferior teams did under Trap. I'm hopeful Edited November 16, 2013 by yillan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFulcDJDJEU Wait until the pressure is on Haha that was actually pretty funny. And he was totally right to tell that idiot off, just letting it ring in front of everyone. Sensed a bit of Fergie in his stare there to be honest.. Yeah, Keane is spot on there. The Journo is deliberately being a word removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 we won 3/0 in Staunton 1st game as well against a better team and we know how that ended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packoman Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 So? Would you have preferred a loss? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 no but I think a lot of people need to get some perspective. this is a team that finished 2nd last in arguably the weakest group in 2014 qualifying and drew with Liechtenstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 16, 2013 Moderator Share Posted November 16, 2013 Anger at positivity :-) Add in the 'yeah but one time...' logic and you've almost won cynical bingo :-P If you read my summary carefully, you'll see I was quite deliberate with the wording. It was the attitudes shown and the tactics employed that were the most impressive. You have to admit that the old Ireland would have gone out to play quite a cautious cagey game even against opponents of that quality. The way we approached it showed me that we believed we were a lot better than them and weren't afraid to prove it. That's something I haven't seen much watching Ireland over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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