Weekend of July 8th [Archive] - Page 2

Predator

08/07/2011, 10:55 PM

It's happened a few times this season where Rovers have only picked it up when behind. Should really have got an equaliser in the end that one the first hour was never deserved. But Derry were pinned back when Rovers at last went for it with Turner, Kelly and O'Donnell pushing on. There's no reason why Rovers shouldn't have had that urgency and conviction right from the start.The reason is because Derry were playing better football.

dfx-

08/07/2011, 11:24 PM

The reason is because Derry were playing better football.

Nah, Derry were playing better football because of the lack of urgency not the other way around

Charlie Darwin

08/07/2011, 11:27 PM

Why would Derry playing the better football make Rovers less urgent anyway? It's not like Oman and Sives they were sitting down and applauding.

Predator

09/07/2011, 1:21 AM

The point I was trying to make is that Rovers were simply stifled throughout the game. I'm sure the urgency to play was there*, but Derry were the better team on the day. Only when Derry took the lead with that fluke, we backed off more which, combined with Rovers' heightened urgency to equalise, allowed Rovers to dominate the midfield in the final minutes. Even then Derry had some decent counter attacks.

*Saying that, there was an awful lot of hoofball by both sides.

Charlie Darwin

09/07/2011, 1:28 AM

I don't really get this hoofball stuff. The way football seems to be going people think you're either Barcelona or some industrial outfit like Blackburn. I thought Derry played intelligent long balls, but if you have players like McClean and McLaughlin on the wings why wouldn't you? Plus having that option creates space in the middle and that's where Derry made most of their chance from. Rovers did it to great effect against Pats, opening up the room for the 16-pass goal. Sligo do it too even though their fans probably won't admit it. Derry, Rovers and Sligo all play better football than your average English team.

juan

09/07/2011, 2:19 AM

Is he the racist Shamrock player then? A picture from his slideshow...
1779

nosebleds

09/07/2011, 2:27 AM

again do u think i have nothing better to do

CSFShels

09/07/2011, 2:32 AM

Gas 1 tonight for Willie John Kiely who decided to celebrate his 16th minute goal taunting the Shels fans as if he'd just scored a 90th minute winner against a team who give him constant abuse. Ah sure worked well for him in the end.

nosebleds

09/07/2011, 2:38 AM

again do u think i have nothing better to do
U left 1 ,but who care,s.

juan

09/07/2011, 2:40 AM

U left 1 ,but who care,s.
Post of the month!

nosebleds

09/07/2011, 2:42 AM

:cat:
U left 1 ,but who care,s.
nite all

DannyInvincible

09/07/2011, 2:46 AM

Charlie Darwin

09/07/2011, 3:37 AM

Po,st of the m%nth

redarmyfaction

09/07/2011, 4:03 AM

Shams were unlucky not to draw, I think they had one over the line when Kelly I think forced the double save. Derry sat off them the last 20 mins and let them back in; performance wise I think that the is as good as Shams are while Derry will improve.

El-Pietro

09/07/2011, 6:36 AM

Doherty again. He's had an unbelievable game.
still a right See You Next Tuesday

legendz

09/07/2011, 8:10 AM

Because the free-kick was indirect, was it a Mannus own goal??

horton

09/07/2011, 8:31 AM

I thought you Shams had money, buy the poor guy a razor ffs!

MariborKev

09/07/2011, 8:53 AM

I'm lost. :confused:

In other news, I heard Worthington was actually in the Brandywell earlier to keep an eye on Mannus. Doherty, McClean and the likes are sure to have given him some food for thought.

No sign of him in the Glentoran Stand.

NI management team tend to get a nose bleed if they go west of the Bann.

dong

09/07/2011, 9:51 AM

Shams were deserved losers in my eyes last night. For the players at their disposal it is typical of them to hope to get a draw or scrape a one nil win. Instead of this why do they not try attacking for a change? nice guy and all as Turner is he is a far better footballer than that water carrier Ricer who gives the ball away constantly.
Derry are a fine side, with even more youngsters than Bohs (yes nutsy) so it shows what can be done. Play great stuff as well. If we don't push on and win the league I hope that they do.

micls

09/07/2011, 10:10 AM

Derry deserved to win but I think Turner made a huge difference for Rovers when he came on, could have ended differently if he'd started. Rice was anonymous.

avvenalaf

09/07/2011, 10:16 AM

DannyInvincible

09/07/2011, 12:26 PM

No sign of him in the Glentoran Stand.

NI management team tend to get a nose bleed if they go west of the Bann.

He was behaving very oddly last time he crossed the Bann: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVjBXVmd52Y

"The North of Ireland" is the official IFA term now, apparently.

horton

09/07/2011, 12:32 PM

DannyInvincible

09/07/2011, 12:51 PM

Urgh, I went to that school that they interviewed Worthington in. Theres about a dozen huge paintings of former Bishops/School Presidents etc. on the walls in the canteen and they always creeped the heck out of me. *shivers*

Went there myself. :)

Or maybe that should be a :(

It was as if each and every one of them in the paintings were all casting their eyes down on you as you ate your luncheon, lest you committed the cardinal sin of gluttony. But how anyone could get near committing gluttony with the sh*te that canteen served up is beyond me!

juan

09/07/2011, 1:56 PM

still a right See You Next Tuesday
A sunt?

nigel-harps1954

09/07/2011, 3:08 PM

So, Harps are one up against Longford.

nigel-harps1954

09/07/2011, 4:05 PM

3-2 Longford in flancare now. Kevin McHugh scoring what could be possibly goal of the season apparently for Harps.

Longfordian

09/07/2011, 4:11 PM

Sounds like Cowan's was a screamer too. Cracking game by the sounds of things.

nigel-harps1954

09/07/2011, 4:26 PM

Finished 3-2. Couple of good goals, a sending off, 5 goals. Sounded like an excellent game. Pity to have missed it.

Nah Nah Nah Nah

09/07/2011, 8:00 PM

1 0 Blinkhorn

Nah Nah Nah Nah

09/07/2011, 8:17 PM

2 0 Doyle

harpstilidie

09/07/2011, 8:32 PM

Finished 3-2. Couple of good goals, a sending off, 5 goals. Sounded like an excellent game. Pity to have missed it.

Robbed Nigel, ref was a joke, never a penalty!

Longford have now robbed us twice in the last 2 games, 2 penos which never were.

legendz

09/07/2011, 9:51 PM

Well done to the Bit O' Red. The title race is really hotting up. Pat's could be back on top tomorrow but I would not write off Dundalk for an away win. I'm a bit surprised to see them 7th. I thought they'd have been at least challenging in the top half where Bohs currently lie.

OneForTheFuture

10/07/2011, 8:18 AM

A sunt?

Clearly a synt :D

bennocelt

10/07/2011, 11:21 AM

Robbed Nigel, ref was a joke, never a penalty!

Longford have now robbed us twice in the last 2 games, 2 penos which never were.

Wrong, def a peno. That game had everything - loads of good goals, finger tip saves, sending offs, end to end action.
Thought the ref was actually very good - compared to the last one at the cup game who was a joke.

harpstilidie

10/07/2011, 12:35 PM

Wrong, def a peno. That game had everything - loads of good goals, finger tip saves, sending offs, end to end action.
Thought the ref was actually very good - compared to the last one at the cup game who was a joke.

Looked more like a dive than contact imo. If there was contact he definitely made the most of it.

sligoman

10/07/2011, 2:33 PM

1-1 in Richmond so far, Doyle for Pat's and Griffin for Dundalk.

thischarmingman

10/07/2011, 3:09 PM

2-1 to Dundalk. Cat, pigeons, etc.

Nah Nah Nah Nah

10/07/2011, 3:17 PM

2-2 Doyle again

colinf

10/07/2011, 3:20 PM

commentary for this game online anywhere?

redobit

10/07/2011, 3:29 PM

commentary for this game online anywhere?

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/st-pats-live-commentary

thischarmingman

10/07/2011, 3:35 PM

Pats crowd :struggle:

http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg739/scaled.php?tn=0&server=739&filename=zkrfq.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640

Nah Nah Nah Nah

10/07/2011, 3:51 PM

2-2 full time. That'll do. Still top

maksimir

10/07/2011, 3:59 PM

Why did Pat's not start North today - injured, suspended or rested before Europe? If it's the latter then this could be a huge 2 points lost at the end of a season where they have a big big chance of clinching a rare recent title. I don't think you'd see Sligo or Derry do this before a European match - if indeed this was the reason.

PartySaint

10/07/2011, 4:34 PM

North was injured along with Mulcahy and Shorthall, Stephen Bradley was suspended, 1 point off the top with both Rovers still to go into Europe happy days

TCM that must have been taken a good bit before the game, There was a decent crowd at it for a Sunday afternoon during oxygen with a Dubs game on

maksimir

10/07/2011, 4:41 PM

Yep, Pat's are definitely still well in there and injuries are going to affect all of the four title chasing teams in fairness - that coupled with suspensions near the end of the season will be vital if it remains this tight until the end.

Hibs4Ever

10/07/2011, 6:16 PM

Pats crowd :struggle:

http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg739/scaled.php?tn=0&server=739&filename=zkrfq.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640

About half hour before kick off?

White Horse

10/07/2011, 7:07 PM

A decent result for both teams. Though it looked if Pat's would score from every corner, free kick, and throw in. Our "strategy" of playing no recognised centre-halves combined with Pat's height advantage caused us no end of problems.

Thought we played good football and opened them up on several occasions. The result was fair.

Enjoyable game.

Ezeikial

10/07/2011, 7:21 PM

Fair comments White Horse - it was a very enjoyable match

To their credit St Pats know their own strenghts and play to them. They were dangerous at every set piece - which includes any free kick or throw-in in the opposing half - while Dundalk looked suspect under the high ball. Daryl Kavanagh and Shane McFaul were very good for Pats, while Dundalk's makeshift central defenders Simon Madden and Dean Bennett shone along with Marc Griffin.

As Danny Kearns gets more and more anonymous each game, Grffins star shines all the brighter. This was his fifth consecutive league match to score and since he made his full debut in late May he now has 8 goals in 11 games (8 in 10 league games). It's not just his finishing that is top drawer but his general all-round play. If he keeps this up he has a big future ahead of him, having just turned 20 years old a few weeks ago