Game Week 3

**colonelwest** · 24/03/2015, 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by geysir

Dundalk don't water the pitch, they spray silicone onto it.

New pre match entertainment to try and get more people through the turnstiles in Oriel:

Pamela Anderson & Mickey blasting this over the tannoy:

**Charlie Darwin** · 24/03/2015, 10:58 AM

Originally Posted by White Horse

After looking at Soccer Republic last night, Oji can consider himself very unlucky to have been sent off. There was a foul but it didn't look like an obvious goal scoring opportunity as the goalkeeper was always going to get to the ball first.

Wasn't even a foul for me. Oji could have ran away from the ball and Mulvenna still would have caught up with him to manufacture the "foul".

**gufcfan** · 24/03/2015, 1:05 PM

Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

Wasn't even a foul for me. Oji could have ran away from the ball and Mulvenna still would have caught up with him to manufacture the "foul".

Have to agree now that it wasn't even a foul. Seeing it live, I thought it could be given, but I mistook Oji's shoulder movement for a tug, when from the other angle you can see he was just getting out of the way.

Better quality than RTÉ Player

**TheBoss** · 24/03/2015, 6:35 PM

Originally Posted by seand

Re: Cork, agreed it's 993 standard league games plus 6 playoff games, and the total excludes expunged games v Dublin City 2006 and Monaghan 2012.

Originally Posted by stann

They played 6 play-off games over two phases in the '92/'93 league winning season, brings it up to 999.

Well, the guys at Cork seem not to understand that playoff games are not considered league games

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**MeathDrog** · 24/03/2015, 9:47 PM

Originally Posted by gufcfan

Have to agree now that it wasn't even a foul. Seeing it live, I thought it could be given, but I mistook Oji's shoulder movement for a tug, when from the other angle you can see he was just getting out of the way.

Better quality than RTÉ Player

Karma for Drogheda United then. Alan Byrne sent off for a challenge on the Limerick player in the box. It was a peno but was never a red card. Limerick player didn't have control of the ball when he was brought down and there were two Drogheda players covering him. He still had a lot of work to do.

**TonyD** · 24/03/2015, 9:56 PM

Absolute wonder goal from Greg Bolger tonight for Pats. From half way line area (could even have been inside his own half, I'm not too sure.) Derry keeper Doherty injured himself going for it and had to come off. Game stopped for 8 minutes.

**White Horse** · 24/03/2015, 10:04 PM

Very good performance by Bohs this evening.

Dundalk went ahead through a fortunate deflected goal and Bohs looked dangerous from every set-piece.

Bohs were very much in the game at 1-0 but Murphy got himself sent off needlessly. It's all well and good getting in teams faces but not if you are going to get yourself sent off.

Even with 10 men, Bohs continued to look dangerous but chasing the game left spaces that Dundalk exploited to score another two goals.

**Longfordian** · 24/03/2015, 10:15 PM

Great to get our first win. Going to be a bit of a dog fight between (probably) ourselves, Limerick, Drogs, Galway and Bray in the bottom half I reckon so any wins we get against those teams are important. Happy enough with our start so far overall. An improvement on our friends in Athlone's last year anyway ;-)

**dong** · 24/03/2015, 11:05 PM

All looks very grim indeed.

**Charlie Darwin** · 24/03/2015, 11:22 PM

To go to the one true Rovers and get three points will surely go down as one of the proudest moments in Shams history

**El-Pietro** · 25/03/2015, 12:17 AM

We were rubbish. 3 points is nice though. Great to see Sheppard get a goal, he has been one of our better players for the past few weeks.

Bennos goal was quality and you could tell it meant a lot to him. He's loving being home.

**Dalymountrower** · 25/03/2015, 6:29 AM

Originally Posted by White Horse

Very good performance by Bohs this evening.

Dundalk went ahead through a fortunate deflected goal and Bohs looked dangerous from every set-piece.

Bohs were very much in the game at 1-0 but Murphy got himself sent off needlessly. It's all well and good getting in teams faces but not if you are going to get yourself sent off.

Even with 10 men, Bohs continued to look dangerous but chasing the game left spaces that Dundalk exploited to score another two goals.

That pretty much sums it up, except to add that Tomney did his best to ruin a good game.Even the RTE report refers to him missing one clear handball in the first half which should have been a peno for Bohs.
Murphys sending off looked a fair tackle or marginal free to me, not a booking
Dundalk dont look as strong as last year.
We look like we could compete for fourth pllace

**Ezeikial** · 25/03/2015, 8:25 AM

Originally Posted by Dalymountrower

That pretty much sums it up, except to add that Tomney did his best to ruin a good game.Even the RTE report refers to him missing one clear handball in the first half which should have been a peno for Bohs.
Murphys sending off looked a fair tackle or marginal free to me, not a booking

There is no doubt that the ball hit Gartland's arm, but it would have been a very harsh decision to give a penalty.

RTE says: Adam Evans’ cross from the left flicked off the heel of Brian Gartland and skipped up onto his outstretched arm.

Originally Posted by Dalymountrower

Dundalk dont look as strong as last year.

It is more that Dundalk have not yet hit the heights of last season - apart from Hoban and the shortage of options at centre forward, the squad is stronger. 12 from 12 is satisfactory start for a team yet to find form.

Bohs looked decent and will rue the sending off - without that, it is possible that they could have got something from the game

**Kiki Balboa** · 25/03/2015, 8:35 AM

Thought it was a very harsh second yellow alright, and looked like a handball. Dundalk also defiantly had a penalty not awarded when McMillan was clipped as the ball went out for a goal kick.

Dundalk looked pretty poor alright with Finn in particular looking unsettled. Bohs dominated parts of the game alright, but Dundalk wont concede many goals with that defence. And thats what wins league titles.

**seand** · 25/03/2015, 8:37 AM

Originally Posted by TheBoss

Well, the guys at Cork seem not to understand that playoff games are not considered league games

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I'd agree with you there, but for the purpose of having a bit of a party/generating some hype where's the harm in building up last night's midweek game. The actual 1000th league game is home to Dundalk on April 24 I reckon!

**White Horse** · 25/03/2015, 8:38 AM

Originally Posted by Dalymountrower

Even the RTE report refers to him missing one clear handball in the first half which should have been a peno for Bohs.

I've seen them given, it would have been very harsh though. I thought the McMillan penalty claim was more clear cut though, it was a stonewall penalty. However, getting penalty decisions in the LOI is a lottery.