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Loved the game last night, despite the result. And despite the fairly shite football from City.

They definitely didn't look like they were at the races, but the fact they could regather for a bit, ten minutes at the end of the first half they showed a bit and the last twenty or so minutes would tell me they have some amount of quality. I think the defence will always be a bit poor, especially compared to the top talent. The attack will be fine when someone is feeding it. The midfield were atrocious. All stuff pointed out by RTE but their first touch, ability to keep the ball and win the ball just wasn't there. When you can't do that, actually get the ball in the first place, the idea of stringing passes together is a big ask, but they were doing that by the end. Keating was definitely the best of them, but Healy saying they changed formation at half time would tell me they just got it wrong in how they approached the whole thing from the off.

As for the keeper, I felt he played his way into the game a little. There was some decent stuff from him after he left the second goal in. Whether he'll always play with nerves and mistakes I don't know, but I think he does have enough quality to take part. Whether you can suffer X bad games while he "gets up to speed" is a different question.

Finally, on a separate note, does anyone know what the story is with LOItv. It's €120 for the season pass, which is fine, but there's no real way to spread it out over the course of the season. Instead it's a lump sum all up front, and I'd prefer not to do that. Also, has anyone tried "sharing it with a friend?" I know some of these things let you watch on two devices at once, in two different places. Say my brother who definitely lives with me wanted to watch the games in an apartment he just happens to be in literally every friday night, would that work?
 
LOI TV €7 per match or €120 up front for the full season. You can only be logged into one device at a time I believe this was the case in 2021 at any rate.
 
City not looking too with it, but managed to get a little bit back into the game in the last ten minutes of that half.
TBH and Frank and as a die hard Cork soccer supporter since cork Celtic days
That manager and team ate at best first division standard.
Worst display of ineptness,panic, disorganized mayhem I've seen at Turner's Cross ( first half,as I'd enough of it by then)
Coleman is not captain or premier material.
Bolger was a disaster.
Gilchrist dire.
New keeper beyond bad.
Healy rubbish,sat within 2 metres of him throughout the first half.
He shouted instructions twice,np other words.
Frankly it was embarrassing
 
But apart from that ....?
How Healy thought that team would prevail in the premier division is a serious lack of judgement.
Myself and I'm sure most city fans expected that we'd buy a decent team for the premier league.
How wrong we were, I'm on a LoI forum with fans from most of the clubs , ordinary football fans , but unlike me know their LOI clubs inside out.
To a man they were shocked surprised and bewildered by our lack of basic football skills
 
TBH and Frank and as a die hard Cork soccer supporter since cork Celtic days
That manager and team ate at best first division standard.
Worst display of ineptness,panic, disorganized mayhem I've seen at Turner's Cross ( first half,as I'd enough of it by then)
Coleman is not captain or premier material.
Bolger was a disaster.
Gilchrist dire.
New keeper beyond bad.
Healy rubbish,sat within 2 metres of him throughout the first half.
He shouted instructions twice,np other words.
Frankly it was embarrassing
I think you're being a bit harsh. The last twenty minutes show they have some ability. If they can keep that up over a full match they'll get results.
 
I think you're being a bit harsh. The last twenty minutes show they have some ability. If they can keep that up over a full match they'll get results.
I was gone by half time (sick of it,nit also driving to S Armagh at 6 the next morning)
That was against a midtable team at best,I may be harsh,but it's my honest opinion
 
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