LOI fixtures 24th Feb 2017

**MattB11** · 23/02/2017, 12:10 PM

Pitch inspection at 10am tomorrow in Finn Park weather has being shocking all week

**nigel-harps1954** · 23/02/2017, 12:15 PM

Torrential rain over night and a lot of flooding in Donegal. I know my back garden is underwater.

**Yossarian** · 23/02/2017, 12:49 PM

It's great to have summer football back!

**shep** · 23/02/2017, 1:04 PM

No need to worry Cork fans...games are never called off in Finn Park

**Bray Head** · 23/02/2017, 1:05 PM

Originally Posted by MattB11

Pitch inspection at 10am tomorrow in Finn Park weather has being shocking all week

I'm sure Cork will love you for that. I'm sure they'll be on the way by then.

**nigel-harps1954** · 23/02/2017, 1:17 PM

Weather has cleared up, hopefully the new drainage system in Finn Park works. A good test for it anyway now. The weather really is atrocious though, in the past 24 hours there's been sun, rain, hail and sleet here.

**El-Pietro** · 23/02/2017, 1:20 PM

Originally Posted by Bray Head

I'm sure Cork will love you for that. I'm sure they'll be on the way by then.

Team are travelling up today. Fans will be leaving Cork around that time I'd imagine.

**vinnie** · 23/02/2017, 1:59 PM

Any Dundalk lads see the new pitch in Oriel yet ? What's it like ?

**dundalkfc10** · 23/02/2017, 2:52 PM

Originally Posted by vinnie

Any Dundalk lads see the new pitch in Oriel yet ? What's it like ?

i was up today and its still not finished

Kenny supposedly very unhappy as team were meant to train on it this evening.

Looks 1 million times better than the old one though.

**White Horse** · 23/02/2017, 2:52 PM

Originally Posted by vinnie

Any Dundalk lads see the new pitch in Oriel yet ? What's it like ?

Looks miles better but I'm worried that it being laid too late. These pitches need time to settle and there is still infill going on it today.

Dundalk haven't even been able to train on it yet.

In time, it should be the same standard as the one in Abbotstown, but not sure what it will be like to play on tomorrow night.

**oriel** · 23/02/2017, 2:55 PM

Its looks rich green Vinnie and unlike last years terrible quality, it almost has the appearance of freshly cut grass!

They've left it late though, but the work guys have been tidying it up last few days, I think Dundalk have their first training session tonight or early tomorrow am.

**PartySaint** · 23/02/2017, 3:26 PM

How can it be better than the old one? Dundalk fans have been telling us for years that the Oriel pitch is perfect

**Longfordian** · 23/02/2017, 3:55 PM

Not looking good for the game in Finn Park tomorrow unless that new drainage system is really really good

http://twitter.com/adriantaaffe/stat...00859292827648

**El-Pietro** · 23/02/2017, 4:03 PM

Is that not an old photo?

**MattB11** · 23/02/2017, 4:08 PM

Yeah that photo is from December 2015

**placid casual** · 23/02/2017, 4:08 PM

And to think some people regard the LOI as a disorganised mess...

**poster** · 23/02/2017, 4:27 PM

How's Markets' Field doing with all this wet rain?

**Longfordian** · 23/02/2017, 4:30 PM

Originally Posted by MattB11

Yeah that photo is from December 2015

Ah consider me fooled so apologies

**dundalkfc10** · 23/02/2017, 4:34 PM

Originally Posted by PartySaint

How can it be better than the old one? Dundalk fans have been telling us for years that the Orile pitch is perfect

Bull****! You know quite well, Dundalk fans have known our pitch was terrible for the past few seasons!

**Jofspring** · 23/02/2017, 4:53 PM

Originally Posted by poster

How's Markets' Field doing with all this wet rain?

Can't see there being any hassle with the pitch. It would want to get extremely bad to cause it to be off. The state it's in after the game is a different story.