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Liverpool's woes, rabonas and Joe Schmidt's sleeve; it's the comments of the week

Damien Comolli also got a good hammering.

Brendan Rodgers Liverpool came in for some criticism this week. James Crombie / INPHO James Crombie / INPHO / INPHO

Liverpool have underperformed in Europe this season and jimmidibillybob seems to be revelling in it.

Ryanair are to sponsor Liverpool next season,in and out of Europe in 90mins

A piece looking back at Championship Manager had Alan Dowdall bursting with nostalgia.

I always played as Rushden & Diamonds. Since they went defunct I have not had the heart to return to the game, think FM11 was my last year to play. I missed them too much!I always put ‘Pool down as my favourite team and after winning the champions league and peen league with Rushden they offered me the job. Lasted half a season and was heartbroken I left my team (captained by Conor Clifford at 35 years of age.. A sentimental choice but he was my captain from 20! 100 + Ireland caps too) and didn’t have the heart to go again as Liverpool!As for the old CM games ..GK – Hugo Pinheiro, picked up from some Portuguese team for a song! Mark Kerr in the middle.. Jonas Lunden beside him.Another one who was a bit his and miss with Random stats was Antonio Gallieri from Coventry.. One game he was like Totti next time he was like Ngog.

Phil O’Meara thinks a new scoring system should be used for Rabona’s.

Goals scored using a rabona should count as two goals because of the almost limitless potential to make a tool out of yourself by getting it spectacularly wrong.

On the same theme, Rob O’H can remember people trying the trick back in the day.

I remember Ronaldo crossing rabona-style in the FA Cup final against Millwall… Had a match the next day and every 13 year-old on the pitch was trying (and spectacularly failing) to replicate it!

Ken doesn’t know if Ireland can beat South Africa but he trusts Joe Schmidt, and more importantly, what he has in his sleeve.

If our scrum gets taken apart and out rolling maul fails we’re in serious trouble. Set pieces have to fire but it’s against a team with some of the best set pieces in the world but saying that I’m still hopeful. I think Joe will have an ace up his sleeve.

Charles Rex poetically remembers Alan McLoughlin’s famous goal against Northern Ireland.

Roy Keane celebrates with Alan McLoughlin after the game McLoughlin and Roy Keane celebrate his famous goal. ©INPHO ©INPHO

Irwins kick spun off a defender,
And mcloughlins boot said no surrender!

Paul Merson was heavily critical of Arsenal after they let a 3-0 lead slip against Anderlecht but Andrew S was content to shoot the messenger.

It was crazy stuff to throw that lead away but I wouldn’t take traffic directions off Paul Merson.

Damien Comolli was chiming in about Liverpool’s current form but Dan Smith was having none of it.

He’d know all about spending loads on crap players. Andy Carroll, Stewart Downing & Charlie Adam instantly spring to mind. Yet he has the cheek to call Jordan Henderson, now one of Liverpool’s most consistent players, a guaranteed starter & now vice-captain, the reason he got sacked by Liverpool’s hierarchy. This is just nothing but sour grapes.

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