McEleney quickly becoming the main man for dundalk. Next week should be very interesting indeed.
Things looking extremely bleak at pats
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They worked hard in the first half but once they conceded it was a question of how many they would concede.Originally Posted by patrickccfc
To give them their credit, they still tried to play football but were second best all over the park.
I was impressed with Michael Barker though, he has the makings of a good player.
Just looking at the lineups; I assume Barker was shifted into the holding midfield role today, yeah?
Stephen Kenny offered Maguire a contract for 2016, but the player declined.
By signing for Cork, Maguire got regular football which allowed him to develop confidence and establish himself as an exceptional goalscorer. It has proven to be an enlightened decision and it will prbable lead him back to a decent UK contract next season
He played right back and gave Massey a torrid time.
Who was in the middle for Pat's then...please
McEleney is sneaky. Mark my words - in the first 2 minutes of he will shin a Cork player on the foot.
They played Lee Desmond as the sitting midfield with Lunney and O'Hanlon in front of him.Who was in the middle for Pat's then...please
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-----------------------------Conor O’Malley-------------------------------------Who was in the middle for Pat's then...please
----------Rory Feely -------Gavin Peers-------- Darren Dennehy-------------
Michael Barker----- Lee Desmond----Jonathan Lunney----Ian Bermingham
----------------------Alex O’Hanlon--------- Josh O’Hanlon-------------------
-----------------------------Christy Fagan-------------------------------------
Pathetic from Town.
How did the two O'Hanlon's play? Neither has offered much so far. Lunney is talented but will need time. Certainly we are in big trouble.
Two more superb goals tonight from McEleney, hard to pick which was the best, two outstanding efforts, probably the first one, brilliant run, then a deft touch to lift it over the keeper, he is in some form. Overall very happy with the 3-0 win, probably should have been more. Pats at least tried to play a bit, their shape wasn't too bad, some good performances in Barker and Peers & in particular O'Malley, but overall they have nowhere near the quality of players at the minute and things look very bleak for them.
Good to see Shields come on for the last 20 and make an immediate impact, I'd like to think he can come straight into the side to face Cork next week.
#DundalkFC - First Irish club to win an away game in Europe (1963), first Irish club to win points in a group stage in Europe (2016).
Pathetic isn't the word.
Haven't seen Hery but I'd have said all the others are natural box to box midfielders. You don't necessarily need one though - Dundalk with Towell-Finn-O'Donnell didn't play with one, although Shields was when he played.
Ya natural box to box is one thing but we have no actual holding mid unfortunately and we aren't good enough to get away with it the way we play.
I agree with you as it happens re: not having a natural holding midfielder and needing one but we sit so deep in possession at times that it almost seems like the whole midfield are playing in holding roles!
The ball is round and has many surprises.
So another win for Derry, though 4-0 makes it look more one-sided than it probably was.
Drogheda had a couple of great chances in the first, more than Derry. A better side would have put them away.
Derry were fairly comfortable in the second, without creating an awful lot. That was until McNamee's hattrick, all in eight minutes. Finished with cracker of a free kick.
I think Drogheda will be ok this season, based on yesterday's performance. They've the makings of a decent enough sqaud, just need to take their chances, and get Gavin Brennan some chill pills. He was a very angry man all day yesterday, yet somehow didn't get booked.
Short turnaround for Tuesday against Limerick now. We looked a bit tired towards the end of yesterday's match. Hopefully the lights stay on this time just.
Alex put in a good shift but seems to get frustrated easily IMO. But at times he was very good last night, but against that dundalk team, you get so little time to impose yourself. He seems to be slowly getting more in to it though.
Josh like every game so far, starts well and then starts to fade. He has some nice touches and looks a smart enough footballer, happy enough to have him.It will take a while to get use to the system and given that Bucko is changing things....it may take longer.
They'll both improve as will the the team in general.
Any teams out there in need of a Darren Dennehy type player ??? anyone ???? ideally bohs, galway, harps, limerick, drogheda or sligo ????
We can only hope. It's looking really bad though. Saddens me how far we've slipped since winning the league, or even our cup winning team. We really need something against Rovers next week.
I wouldn't be calling for Buckos head yet though. His failing is that to play his way you need good players, which we have a shortage of at the minute. I still think he deserves time, and who would we get in anyway ? Don't see any great candidates out there.
Out for a spell, got neglected, lay on the bench unselected.
Harps are going to win the league. You heard it here first.
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