Darragh Lenihan

[JacknOry]

5 hours ago, Gav said:

I remember him joining the site and telling the board Owen Coyle wasn't given a fair chance - He almost never made it past day 1 😆

I remember joiningg the site and got banned within minutes after you called me saxoman.

[47er]

16 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

… and Stuart?

Yes, I've been wondering about him. He went from prolific poster on football matters only, to completely absent.

Give us a word Stuart to tell us if you're OK---if you are OK that is.

[Gav]

4 hours ago, JacknOry said:

I remember joiningg the site and got banned within minutes after you called me saxoman.

Jogging or joining? 

You remember wrong, I’ve heard of saxonman, but have no idea who he is or was, so that couldn’t have been me with respect Jack.

[J*B]

4 hours ago, JacknOry said:

but is bigdog?

Kind of. He’s refusing to acknowledge a warning therefore can’t post but isn’t banned. It’s a stand off. I feels the right way for BDS to go, really. 

[lraC]

13 hours ago, Gav said:

I remember him joining the site and telling the board Owen Coyle wasn't given a fair chance - He almost never made it past day 1 😆

Probably one of the reasons why I didn’t see eye to eye with him.

[JacknOry]

5 hours ago, J*B said:

Kind of. He’s refusing to acknowledge a warning therefore can’t post but isn’t banned. It’s a stand off. I feels the right way for BDS to go, really. 

Whats he been warned about? Never really thought he oversteps the mark often - unless its the coronavirus thread - he has some strong thoughts about that. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

What’s this “ Operation Save Big Dog “ I’ve been reading about in the paper today. Is he in danger of being fired for lying to the board ?

[DeeCee]

9 hours ago, JacknOry said:

Whats he been warned about? Never really thought he oversteps the mark often - unless its the coronavirus thread - he has some strong thoughts about that. 

Isn't he an HR person? 🤣🤦‍♂️

[Colt Seavers]

On 16/01/2022 at 13:25, Gav said:

I remember him joining the site and telling the board Owen Coyle wasn't given a fair chance - He almost never made it past day 1 😆

I remember that too.

One or two posters speculated that Bigdogg may have been Paul Senior in disguise when he first started posting.

[booth]

1 hour ago, Colt Seavers said:

I remember that too.

One or two posters speculated that Bigdogg may have been Paul Senior in disguise when he first started posting.

I thought he was a Burnley fan on the wind up.

[Oldgregg86]

Nothing beats when everyone thought chaddy was that German bloke 🤣

Edited January 18, 2022 by Oldgregg86

[Bigdoggsteel]

Lenihan surely a shoe in to start the Republics next few games at centre half. Deserves to move ahead of Egan imo 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

Lenihan surely a shoe in to start the Republics next few games at centre half. Deserves to move ahead of Egan imo 

Don’t let him anywhere near the opponents goals though.

Edited February 9, 2022 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[bluebruce]

22 hours ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

Lenihan surely a shoe in to start the Republics next few games at centre half. Deserves to move ahead of Egan imo 

Won't have done himself any favours last night though...

[Bigdoggsteel]

22 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

Won't have done himself any favours last night though...

No, but he needs to bounce back when he returns and get to where he was before that, arguably our best performer 

[G Somerset Rover]

That was the Lenihan from previous seasons last night. Brain dead, rash, frustrated. 

So, so unprofessional and the exact opposite of what we needed from our leader.

[Bigdoggsteel]

Thier first goal will be horror movie viewing for our players today 

Worst goal we have conceded all season 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

27 minutes ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

Thier first goal will be horror movie viewing for our players today 

Worst goal we have conceded all season 

Brererton had a chance to get a tackle in during that incident but he did his best not to. Three players all drawn to the ball, what were we thinking. ?

[Bigdoggsteel]

24 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Brererton had a chance to get a tackle in during that incident but he did his best not to. Three players all drawn to the ball, what were we thinking. ?

It was embarrassing. One of the worst goals you will see. Definitely not a goal conceded by a team serious about promotion. 

Zeefuik tried foul him and he couldn't even do that 

Speaking of fouls , Rothwell did a pretty nasty one. He kind of had to do it ,but it was one where you could injury someone very easily. 

I don't see many saying it,but I thought he stank the place up last night. Pointless display by him 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

8 minutes ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

It was embarrassing. One of the worst goals you will see. Definitely not a goal conceded by a team serious about promotion. 

Zeefuik tried foul him and he couldn't even do that 

Speaking of fouls , Rothwell did a pretty nasty one. He kind of had to do it ,but it was one where you could injury someone very easily. 

I don't see many saying it,but I thought he stank the place up last night. Pointless display by him 

I thought he had a good twenty minutes after the sending off but other than that he was pretty quiet. He only plays in brief flashes. Also I thought he was playing too deep.

[Bigdoggsteel]

4 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I thought he had a good twenty minutes after the sending off but other than that he was pretty quiet. He only plays in brief flashes. Also I thought he was playing too deep.

It was congested in the middle in their 3rd. They were well set up to stop his breaks. 

[riverholmes]

4 hours ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

Thier first goal will be horror movie viewing for our players today 

Worst goal we have conceded all season 

Definitely bad defending but also good play by the Forest forward who, I think, came deep and pulled Lenihan out of position. Our defence is a good unit that isn't blessed with great pace and likes to sit deep to absorb attacks. It seems a tactic of opposition teams to drop off and pull defenders out of the backline.

I don't know much at all about defending but I wonder whether the defenders need to track forwards so deep, or whether midfielders should be taking up the work. I suppose a problem in the current formation is that the midfield can be quite light, in numbers, at times.

Edited February 10, 2022 by riverholmes

[Bigdoggsteel]

2 minutes ago, riverholmes said:

Definitely bad defending but also good play by the Forest forward who, I think, came deep and pulled Lenihan out of position. Our defence is a good unit that isn't blessed with great pace and likes to sit deep to absorb attacks. It seems a tactic of opposition teams to drop off and pull defenders out of the backline.

I don't know much at all about defending but I wonder whether the defenders need to track forwards so deep, or whether midfielders should be taking up the work. I suppose a problem in the current formation is that the midfield can be quite light, in numbers, at times.

Good play alright, but no way he should have been let do that. He needed to be taken down. 

I think you're onto something there. Lenihan was sucked out a few times and ya it should be the midfielders taking some of that, Johnson is decent at winning headers and getting Infront of things, but Rothwell isn't, so it just leaves Travis. We are predictable, so ya I think teams are figuring out what to do. Which is worrying. 

[rigger]

25 minutes ago, riverholmes said:

Definitely bad defending but also good play by the Forest forward who, I think, came deep and pulled Lenihan out of position. Our defence is a good unit that isn't blessed with great pace and likes to sit deep to absorb attacks. It seems a tactic of opposition teams to drop off and pull defenders out of the backline.

I don't know much at all about defending but I wonder whether the defenders need to track forwards so deep, or whether midfielders should be taking up the work. I suppose a problem in the current formation is that the midfield can be quite light, in numbers, at times.

That is where the defensive side of being a wing back comes in, adding numbers to the midfield.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

58 minutes ago, riverholmes said:

Definitely bad defending but also good play by the Forest forward who, I think, came deep and pulled Lenihan out of position. Our defence is a good unit that isn't blessed with great pace and likes to sit deep to absorb attacks. It seems a tactic of opposition teams to drop off and pull defenders out of the backline.

I don't know much at all about defending but I wonder whether the defenders need to track forwards so deep, or whether midfielders should be taking up the work. I suppose a problem in the current formation is that the midfield can be quite light, in numbers, at times.

Forwards coming deep for the ball wasn’t invented yesterday. It’s been going on as long as I can remember. You need to have a plan to deal with it before the game starts.