1. You’re furiously making plans for another league decider tonight
2. You swore never to set foot on a ferry again after the trip to Cwmbran
3. You’ve seen half of Ireland’s squad play for the club at this stage
4. You gave up the Friday night of the Jazz for a memorable night in Drumcondra in 2011
5. You really wanted Jason Kabia and Gerald Dobbs to become the best strike partnership in Ireland
6. You were there in ’98 when Big D scored against Shels
7. You believe in two Gods – the lad upstairs and this guy
8. You miss Moses in the Shed
9. You learned an awful lot about football administration in the past few years
10. You wish Dave Barry was your grand-dad
(Take that Stefan Effenberg)
11. You know Patsy Freyne could have played midfield for Barcelona if you he laid off the fags for half a season
12. To you, this is a pyjama top
13. You knew about Kubilay Turkyilmatz way before Euro 96
14. You were in Limassol in 2006, even if Georgie wasn’t
(Rico telling him to shut the gate on the way out of Bishopstown was worse than Saipin, to be fair)
15. You still know The Turner’s Cross Tavern as Frankie Sulls
16. You’ve lost all concept of space and time on a marathon trip home from Derry
17. You know what it feels like to win the league…
Even when on the bench he didn’t get game time. The coach doesn’t like or trust him. Saturday once again showed just how wrong O’connor has been all season
O’Connor is just all wrong for Leinster.
He has a very big chance next season with Leinster during the World Cup, midfield won’t be as competitive so he should get a good run of matches.
Mark if Darcy doesn’t make the World Cup squad, he’ll play 12 with t’eo at 13. Then Madigan and sexton will be back so the midfield won’t be as easy to get into as you may think
That pop pass from O’Brien
Battle between him and Madigan for the 12 jersey next season.
It’s always to easy to see who coaches ‘just like/don’t like’. When Gopperth played badly it was ignored whereas when Madigan played mediocre or even if Reid played well decisions went against them.
It creates such a poisonous culture as some players start to feel entitled to spots and others feel it doesn’t matter how well they play they won’t get picked. Cody and Fergusson were masters at disregarding players identities and judging on match performance alone. MOC is such a stink manager.