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Wales are lovely to watch and I was happy to see them qualify at last, think it's 1958 since they were last in it. Granted, Bale and Ramsey probably add a lot to their team, but for Ireland, the question should be: why aren't we producing those sorts of players any more? Even relatively poor Irish sides produced very good quality players like John Giles, Liam Brady, Peter Farrell, Jackie Carey, Tony Dunne, Charlie Hurley etc. We don't seem to produce anyone near that quality any more, possibly because of the globalization of the Premier League. But I think we need to go with the times and try to offer a better quality of football at home, or if not, get young players deals in other European leagues. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2104 - 25/06/2022 17:37:27 2427434 Link 0 |
How much of a joke have Manchester United become? johnocarroll17 (Limerick) - Posts: 399 - 25/06/2022 19:55:18 2427477 Link 0 |
Utd seem to be more content to be a "content" generator and measure success by number of clicks rather than titles these days. They really need to get back to basics at that club big time.
Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 7880 - 26/06/2022 09:32:53 2427526 Link 1 |
New manager has a huge task on his hands… Glazers lining their pockets with huge sums of cash each month while the stadium and training ground is crumbling to pieces… Fans go out protesting yet fill the stadium every home game… what idiots ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 754 - 26/06/2022 10:26:10 2427537 Link 1 |
New manager has a huge task on his hands… Glazers lining their pockets with huge sums of cash each month while the stadium and training ground is crumbling to pieces… Fans go out protesting yet fill the stadium every home game… what idiots ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 754 - 26/06/2022 10:30:33 2427539 Link 1 |
Thanks Lockjaw. Will check it out. Have you listened to the "Italia 90 one day at a time" podcast"? It's brilliant stuff.
Malonemagic (Laois) - Posts: 709 - 26/06/2022 10:31:41 2427540 Link 0 |
They are being run into the ground by mercantile capitalists, who couldn't care less whether they win another trophy or not. That the roofs at Old Trafford are leaking and the gates rusting is symbolic of how they do things. A lot of people will compare them to the oligarch owners at Chelsea and Manchester City, who are also undoubtedly ruthless businessmen. But rightly or wrongly, those regimes demand success and dispense with those who fail to deliver it. Compare that with United, who persisted with the likes of Solskjaer for three years when it was obvious from early on that he was way off the standards set by Guardiola and Klopp. The recruitment has also been pathetic, the likes of Sanchez, Pogba, Matic, Maguire etc. have all been major flops. The Super League fiasco was the cherry on top of the cake. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2104 - 26/06/2022 11:06:01 2427545 Link 1 |
Yeah it's a big problem that we haven't any players operating in the upper ranked PL teams. Matt Doherty was looking like he might be establishing himself as Conte's first choice right-wing back until his injury. It'll be interesting to see if he if can re-establish himself when he's fit again. But other than him I don't think there's anyone close. As you say it would be better for our lads to try their hand in other European Leagues and establish themselves as first team players rather than a succession of loan spells around England. It would take a bit of bravery though in terms of new culture, language, climate etc.
Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 7880 - 27/06/2022 12:21:11 2427945 Link 0 |