Roy Keane - A Cobh Ramblers Journey

Slight lapse of concentration by the assistant there.

By slight, I mean, 2 month's worth.
 
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Keano moves quick to secure new assistant!!

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I had to move quick to replace Wolfe with a new assistant manager as the first game of the season is in the next few days!

I decided to stick to hiring an Irish assistant who knows the league well.
O'Connor Played his entire career with Galway United before taking up his first assistant job at Mervue United.

After speaking to O'Connor it is clear that we both like to play a 4-4-2 formation and close down quickly. His attacking style will give us invaluable input when we decide to go with our 4-4-1-1 pressing tactic.

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He has great ability in judging players current ability along with being able tell if a player has what it takes to develop into a valuable player for the club.

He will be fantastic for giving us match reports on opposition players.

Lastly, I am once again happy to welcome him to the club and hope we have a long and successful working relationship!


Guys, let me know what you think of the appointment...good or bad?

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Season 3

March Update


The season rolls around again for my 3rd year in charge of my boyhood club Cobh Ramblers.

The lads and I are ready for the fixtures ahead, we are confident that if we play to our potential we can definitely finished higher than last season...avoiding injuries will be key though!!

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League

We have Galway as our first game this season, they have just been promoted so hopefully we can start off strongly and build upon the win!


Galway United
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Fantastic!!! Rafter starts off with a hat-trick!

Murphy red carded which is unfortunate.



Bohemians
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BOOM! 2-1..another great win!

Rafter scores a brace.....5 goals in his first 2 games.



Bray Wanderers
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FRUSTRATING!!! We did not deserve that...

We gave away a terrible penalty!



Shelbourne
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Unlucky to concede in the last 10 minutes!

Yadolahi scores his first goal for the goal.

Rafter with another!!







Munster Senior Cup Qtr Final

Waterford United
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I decided to kick things off with our new 4-4-1-1 pressing formation!

What a win!!

Took us until extra time be we managed it.



League Cup 1st Round

Wexford Youths
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We went back to our 4-4-2 long ball tactic.

It didn't work at all..

Our youth Kearney got on the score sheet but we were poor!




Summary

Well we started off extremely well in the league! 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. 7/12 points.

New assistant has been brilliant in providing accurate opposition reports which has led to us being able to set better!!

Rafter is playing out of his skin at the moment, 7 goals this month. We were lacking goals from our strikers last season so great to see this.



Cobh Ramblers POTM
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Michael Rafters
6 Games 7 Goals

Well it could have been anyone else, could it? He has been fantastic for us so far...long may it continue.​
 
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Season 3

League Table

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So I didn't think we'd be sitting 2nd after the first month..

Although, we have currently played 1 to 2 more games than a lot of the other teams so cant get too excited!




Munster Senior Cup

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After overcoming Waterford in the quarter finals we now come up against rivals Cork.

They trashed us at this point last season in the cup so it would be great to get some revenge.




League Cup

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Another year, another knock out in the first round!

We just haven't had any luck in this competition.



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Season 3

April Update

After a positive month of March, I am keen to see more of the same.

We have 7 league games this month along with a Semi-final of the Munster cup against Cork....staying injury free will be key this month.


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League

7 games in the league this month which include clubs huge clubs like Derry, Cork and Dundalk!


Cork City
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We got lucky but a win is a win...they had double the amount of shots than us!

Rafter with another.



Dundalk
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This 4-4-2 long ball just isn't working any more...may need to change to my new 4-4-1-1 tactic if this continues.

League leaders trash us in shots and possession.



Shamrock Rovers
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Defender Cantwell scores from a corner to get us the win.




Sligo Rovers
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Boring game for the neutrals...but Cantwell played out of his skin with his defensive qualities.

They had 29 chances on goal!




Derry City
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Not a chance...we got hammered in all stats!




Longford
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We finally switch to our 4-4-1-1 pressing formation and manage a strong 3-1 wing with a lot more shots and possession.

Turner, right winger, scored his first for the club.



St. Pat's Athletic
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Our best youth prospect (Kearney, attacking midfielder) scored a brace, including a fantastic free kick. He is still only 17 years old!!




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Munster Senior Cup Semi-Final

Cork City
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Sticking with our 4-4-1-1 pressing tactic we managed to give as good as we got throughout.

It went to penalties and we scored all 5 with Cork missing their last!

Through to the final.


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Summary

Another positive month for us with 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.

Jon Kearney scored a brace and assisted a few as he seems to fit into the 4-4-1-1 formation perfectly as an attacking midfielder.

Through to the final of the Munster Senior Cup!



Cobh Ramblers POTM
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Jon Kearney
6 games - 2 goals 2 assists

Kearney has been immense this month sitting in the AMC position when we played our 4-4-1-1 pressing tactic.

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One of his goals included this beauty of a free kick against St.Pats Athletic.

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Season 3

Injury table


Unfortunately our new right winger, who been mainstay in the team so far, got injured in training and will be out for nearly 2 months!

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Kenny, our backup right winger, will need to come in and start performing at a higher level until Ian Turner returns!


I have been a lot luckier this season with injuries but it is still early days..



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Season 3

May Update

The month of May holds 5 league games and a cup game to keep us busy!

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League

Tough month ahead with league leaders Dundalk and giants Derry among the fixtures.


Galway United
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Frustrating..the game was basically 50/50. We just couldn't take our chances!

Darren Murphy out for 1 month!! Oh come on...




Bohemians
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Nice victory!! But it comes at the cost of our player Jon Kearney..

Kearney scored another freekick!

Kearney injured for 1 month...This is going downhill




Bray Wanderers
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What a bore of a game..




Dundalk
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Knew this would be a tough game..the best in the league best us comfortably.

Rocks finally ended his goal drought!




Cork City
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That's what I'm talking about!!!

Rafter getting a brace over our Rivals!




Senior Challenge Cup 2nd Round


Swilly Rovers
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Poor...Poor...Poooor!

Yeah we got the win but it took 85 minute to get the winner.

Nice to see Meade take advantage of his opportunity though.




Summary

2 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw in the league this month. Disappointing.
We tend to go downhill the moment our Ball winner Darren Murphy gets injured!

Currently have an injury list growing big time but luckily most should be due back in a week or two.


Cobh Ramblers POTM
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Niel Yadolahi

Neil had a superb month for us, getting 2 man of the match awards along with scoring a volley from a corner in the Cork game.

He was brought in on a free transfer to play cover to Dempsey but he has managed to take a starting 11 spot recently!


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Bit up & down but a massive win over Cork, surely that'll put a smile on Roy's face?
 
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League Table

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We somehow find ourselves in 2nd place in the league, in between Dundalk and Derry...yet we have lost 5 games and they have only lost 1.

Derry and 4th place Sligo Rover's have 2 games in hand so we could slip down the table.

Dundalk have run away with the league in 1st and I;m sure nobody has a chance of catching them..I'd be over the moon to sit in 2nd all season!​
 
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Injury woes..

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Going into a new month, we assess how last month treated us!

The loss of 3 KEY players and a further 1 the month before has hindered our progress...

Thankfully they will return to action within a week, in time for our next fixture, thankfully not until the 2nd week of June.




Side note..I am getting increasingly concerned over Darren Murphy. He is no doubt out best midfielder but he is extremely injury prone and his attributes are suffering because of it...I will have to try better manage him.

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Season 3

June Update

Quite a relaxed month in terms of the number of fixtures but we have got a cup final to win so we need to be at our best!

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League

Only a single fixture this month in the league agaisnt the Shamrocks.

Welcome back Murphy, Kearney, O'Connor and Turner..basically our entire midfield, from injury.


Shamrock Rovers
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Boring draw...I expect better! Going with our 4-4-1-1 pressing tactic did not work today..Kearney didn't have the best game in AMC.

Although, I must say it is nice to see we keep another clean sheet. Definitely a huge improvement on last season.





Munster Senior Cup Final

Mervue United
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Sticking to our long ball 4-4-2 we managed to dominate with our right winger Turner scoring!

Defender Yodahali also scored!

CUP WINNERS!!





Summary

We managed to win the Munster Cup again for the 2nd time in 3 seasons. Great achievement but it now means we can try and take that form into the league and push on!



Cobh Ramblers POTM
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Ian Turner
2 games: 1 goal 1 assist.

Turner, just back from a 2 month injury scored and assisted in his first game back to help us win the cup .
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No internet in my new place yet, will commence updates in the next few days.

Should get to the end of the season in the next update session.
 
Wahhh still no internet. On a more serious note, broadband providers are a joke!
 
Lippo255 said:
**** broadband bastards! Just had a week without myself, so feel your pain. Was loving this too!
Click to expand...


Yeah not moving house again! Ever.

I've been told everything will be up and running tomorrow. I'll believe it when I see it. Then hopefully get this story back on track.
 
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