Athlone Away

[Lim till i die]

Pick your team for Saturday. :ball:

I'll go:

B. Ryan

Kelly..........Purcell.........Maher.........Frost

...............Yellow..........Gamble............. ..

O'Leary..............Quinn..............Judge

.....................Behan.......................


Could be a nervy one. :confused2:

[bluewhitearmy]

Pick your team for Saturday. :ball:

I'll go:

B. Ryan

Kelly..........Purcell.........Maher.........Frost

...............Yellow..........Gamble............. ..

O'Leary..............Quinn..............Judge

.....................Behan.......................


Could be a nervy one. :confused2:

Can see this one being very tight.

Think Behan will have little impact in games til he gets some sharpness back.

[bluepowers]

think he will go behan and brosnan up top leaving yellow on the bench with gamble just infront the back 4

[Jofspring]

............................B Ryan..........................

Kelly..........Purcell.........McCarthy.........Fr ost.

..................Lyons........Gamble............. .......

.....Brosnan..........Quinn...............Judge... .....

..........................Behan................... ...........

Going to be some tough decisions on Saturday and a lot will come down to what formation Scully goes with. Knowing the way Scully picks his teams I'm sure the line up will end up being a surprise to the lot of us anyway.

This is going to be really tough with all the ex-players well up for it. Can see Kerely going for a very defensive set up in this also so it will be tough to break down. We need to attack from the start.

Tricky game with us finishing 1-3 winners.

[thomas72]

Can't see scully starting all the new signings maybe gamble and behan

[theboywonder8]

Sure isint that what he signed them for,to play,if they are better players than he already has then he must play them,IMO

[Jofspring]

Has Tommy Barrett packed it in with Athlone does anyone know, he wasn't playing for them last Friday and I spotted him in Limerick Friday too.

I don't know if Maher will go straight in but I would expect Kelly, Behan and Gamble all to start.

[atfconline]

Work commitments supposedly. Haven't heard of any falling out.

[Battery Rover]

Has Tommy Barrett packed it in with Athlone does anyone know, he wasn't playing for them last Friday and I spotted him in Limerick Friday too.

I don't know if Maher will go straight in but I would expect Kelly, Behan and Gamble all to start.

Tommy Barrett just had personal commitments the last couple of weeks

[Jofspring]

Work commitments supposedly. Haven't heard of any falling out.


Tommy Barrett just had personal commitments the last couple of weeks

Cheers lads, just thought with the new signings he might have decided to pack it in.

[bluepowers]

............................B Ryan..........................

Kelly..........Purcell.........McCarthy.........Fr ost.

........................Gamble.................... ...........

.....Brosnan..........Quinn...............Judge... .......

..............Behan............Brosnan............ .........

[bluewhitearmy]

............................B Ryan..........................

Kelly..........Purcell.........McCarthy.........Fr ost.

........................Gamble.................... ...........

.....Brosnan..........Quinn...............Judge... .......

..............Behan............Brosnan............ .........


Brosnan is good but not good enough to play 2 positions at once.

[prince20]

Athlone to unveil 3 more new signings who are eligible to play on Saturday night too.

[bluewhitearmy]

Athlone to unveil 3 more new signings who are eligible to play on Saturday night too.

More Limerick Juniors ya?

[Jofspring]

If it is 3 more Limerick players its a bit of a joke really. That will bring it to 14 Limerick based players in the squad. How does that help Athlone Town in the long run, they won't hang around that long and I'd be surprised if a lot of them are even with Athlone next season.

I'd take a punt at Shane Clarke being one anyone.

[prince20]

Not from Limerick, all 3 are well known premier division players.

[joeSoap]

Lads,I know people are going to speculate on this thing, but please try and keep it real. No more " I heard someone could" etc.

Thanks

[bluewhitearmy]

Didnt think it would matter seen as it was a rumour about Athlone and not Limerick Joe.

Id love to know how they can afford these 3 so Prince as Mike Kerley told me he couldnt afford some Junior players at Limericks A game the other day.

[joeSoap]

Its a rumour in the Limerick forum, and it concerned Limerick people. Athlone have their own section for their own rumours.

[bluewhitearmy]

On topic is id say the team could be

Ryan

Kelly.......McCarthy.....Purcell....Frost

.................Gamble.................
Judge.............................Quinn
................O Leary.................
.........Brosnan........Behan........

But like Jof said you just never know with Scully.

[bluepowers]

Brosnan is good but not good enough to play 2 positions at once.

............................B Ryan..........................

Kelly..........Purcell.........McCarthy.........Fr ost.

........................Gamble.................... ...........

.....O Leary..........Quinn...............Judge... .......

..............Behan............Brosnan............ .........

:) :P

[sadloserkid]

It has to be a victory tonight

That'll be tricky. Game is tomorrow. :)

[bluewhitearmy]

............................B Ryan..........................

Kelly..........Purcell.........McCarthy.........Fr ost.

........................Gamble.................... ...........

.....O Leary..........Quinn...............Judge... .......

..............Behan............Brosnan............ .........

:) :P

Dave O Leary would be wasted on the wing so hope thats not the team. Find it strange that you keep putting Judge left wing when he has been our right winger all season.

[thomas72]

big big game tomorrow night now with mons losing we have to take advantage of these slip ups its vital draw no good 3pts is a must.

[Shannonsider]

My team;

B.Ryan

Kelly....... Purcell........ McCarthy.........Frost


Judge............Gamble..........O'Leary........O' Connor

Quinn
Behan

Subs:
Ryan
Treacy
Maher
White
S.Tracy
Brosnan
Hynes

[LFC-Zulu]

B.Ryan

Kelly....... Purcell........ McCarthy.........Frost


Judge............Gamble..........O'Leary........O' Connor

Quinn
Behan

Subs:
Ryan
Treacy
Maher
White
S.Tracy
Brosnan
Hynes

Shannonsider will have to forgiven, as he has put Sean O'Connor in our team. How dare you.

My team personally will be in a 4-1-2-1-2 system and will look like this;

Barry

Shaun K
Purcell
McCarthy
Frost

Gamble

Judge
Quinn

O'Leary

Brosnan
Behan.

I know it's unorthodox to have Quinn as a winger, but I'd rather have him there than pushing O'Leary out.
He can either go with that formation, or go with a 4-2-3-1 formation.. Which I also doubt.

Big team selection ahead for Scully.

[Jofspring]

Had a dream (sorry nightmare) last night we drew 1-1 tonight. Shocking stuff.

[bluewhitearmy]

Shannonsider will have to forgiven, as he has put Sean O'Connor in our team. How dare you.

My team personally will be in a 4-1-2-1-2 system and will look like this;

Barry

Shaun K
Purcell
McCarthy
Frost

Gamble

Judge
Quinn

O'Leary

Brosnan
Behan.

I know it's unorthodox to have Quinn as a winger, but I'd rather have him there than pushing O'Leary out.
He can either go with that formation, or go with a 4-2-3-1 formation.. Which I also doubt.

Big team selection ahead for Scully.

Not really seen as he played there a few times this year.

[leedsfan88]

hey guys, i just came across something while lurking on boards.ie ha ha

there is a lad doing match updates from the athlone game on twitter

@busyliving_

[mufc]

Ryan

Kelly
Frost
Purcell
McCarthy

O Leary
Judgey
Gamble
Yellow

Behan
Brosnan

Prediction : an easy win for limerick ( i hope)
players that startin for athlone and are rated highly there got left go from limerick so should get a good win here seen as monaghan dropped points last night

[LFC Blue]

11th league win of the season sees us join Cork and Monaghan on 37 points all with the same number of games played. Brilliant 3 points tonight. Well done lads. Sounded a bit fortuitious but 3 points in the bag.

[mastermind1]

How did the new boys play tonight, what was the team? Weather conditions would have made it very difficult to play good football and I m sure the athlone (limerick lads) would have made it difficult also. Well done on another three points, gonna go to the wire i d say.

[Jofspring]

.......................Barry Ryan..............................

Corie Tracey.....Purcell.....Maher...........Frost......

.....Judge..............Gamble...........Lyons.... .........

.....Coughlan..........Behan............Quinn..... .........

McCarthy on for Maher
Brosnan on for Coughlan
O'Leary on for Lyons


Not a great performance, we where out battled in a lot of areas tonight and Athlone seemed to want it more. A bit of luck went our way for the goal, Collopy misjudged the ball as it bounced over him and Brosnan pounced to slot it home from a tight angle. Other than that we never looked like scoring. Maher didn't look at the races fitness wise and went off early with an injury. Behans touch was shocking although he worked hard enough. He tried a lot of flick ons or quick passes and none came off. With the formation we where playing Quinn and Coughlan (later Brosnan) where too far off Behan so his little flicks and touches where a waste of time. To be worth anything Behan needs another striker playing close by to take the passes. Gamble played a little better than Behan but not a huge impact in comparison to what Yellow and O'Leary have been doing, he put in a few good tackles but never got the chance to play any football as the midfield always seemed over cramped. After he got a yellow and a warning about getting a red later I thought he was sure to be substituted off but instead Lyons (one of the only players being creative) was taken off. If Gamble had got a second yellow we would have been in trouble.

Purcell and Frost for Limerick and Colbert for Athlone where the three outstanding players tonight. The formation needs to be changed back to 4-4-2. The midfield is too cramped and when a pass is needed to be made there is never a winger available. I feel Frost and Tracey are being left very exposed too.

Hopefully with that first game under the belts of the new players they can up it for Monaghan next week.

[gael353]

.......................Barry Ryan..............................

Corie Tracey.....Purcell.....Maher...........Frost......

.....Judge..............Gamble...........Lyons.... .........

.....Coughlan..........Behan............Quinn..... .........

McCarthy on for Maher
Brosnan on for Coughlan
O'Leary on for Lyons
The formation needs to be changed back to 4-4-2. The midfield is too cramped and when a pass is needed to be made there is never a winger available. I feel Frost and Tracey are being left very exposed too.


Agree about the formation, good going forawrd if you have mobile players but uesless in defence and useless in the first division of the LOI.

[streaker]

Saw Athlone playing Cork City a couple of weeks ago in Cork, they lost 2-0 and Athlone's performance was as bad as it gets, that night they were even worse than what I have seen from Salthill Devon.
It has to be a victory tonight as all our rivals collected maximum points last week. I think Limerick will win by at least 2 goals.
Team selection would be the same as Bluepowers
we were lucky,the b ioys were up for it

[bluewhitearmy]

.......................Barry Ryan..............................

Corie Tracey.....Purcell.....Maher...........Frost......

.....Judge..............Gamble...........Lyons.... .........

.....Coughlan..........Behan............Quinn..... .........

McCarthy on for Maher
Brosnan on for Coughlan
O'Leary on for Lyons


Not a great performance, we where out battled in a lot of areas tonight and Athlone seemed to want it more. A bit of luck went our way for the goal, Collopy misjudged the ball as it bounced over him and Brosnan pounced to slot it home from a tight angle. Other than that we never looked like scoring. Maher didn't look at the races fitness wise and went off early with an injury. Behans touch was shocking although he worked hard enough. He tried a lot of flick ons or quick passes and none came off. With the formation we where playing Quinn and Coughlan (later Brosnan) where too far off Behan so his little flicks and touches where a waste of time. To be worth anything Behan needs another striker playing close by to take the passes. Gamble played a little better than Behan but not a huge impact in comparison to what Yellow and O'Leary have been doing, he put in a few good tackles but never got the chance to play any football as the midfield always seemed over cramped. After he got a yellow and a warning about getting a red later I thought he was sure to be substituted off but instead Lyons (one of the only players being creative) was taken off. If Gamble had got a second yellow we would have been in trouble.

Purcell and Frost for Limerick and Colbert for Athlone where the three outstanding players tonight. The formation needs to be changed back to 4-4-2. The midfield is too cramped and when a pass is needed to be made there is never a winger available. I feel Frost and Tracey are being left very exposed too.

Hopefully with that first game under the belts of the new players they can up it for Monaghan next week.

Purcell was absolutely shocking at times tonight in my opinion.

Didnt think Gamble did too much wrong.

Think we tried to give the ball to Gamble way too much some times when he was surrounded by players and there was easier passes they were still looking for him.
Behan seriously needs to get fit and theres no point playing him unless he has someone up there with him like you said.

Signing Maher with his injury record has proved to be a terrible decision back to 2 centre backs now for the end of the season wouldnt trust him to be fit for many games.

Brosnan did well to finish after Collas mistake.

[CraftyToePoke]

I was only going by the extratime.ie updates but the guy reporting said Behan looked unfit as it went on, but that will come.

It seems we were lucky, could maybe have lost this one but dug out an away win with a clean sheet, a winner from an opposition error in a tricky tight game while not at our best. Like teams in the mix for promotion are meant to do. Well done, move on.

I have a feeling Longford will take something from Cork next Saturday, if we can do our work at home to Monaghan, we could be clear in second.

[Jofspring]

I thought Purcell had to do the job of two centre backs until McCarthy came on and was excellent in the air. A few dodgy moments on the ground but did well barr that.

Athlone where always going to be really up for that match last night and probably deserved a draw out of it.

We've proven we can take the points that need to be grinded out now its time to show we can take them against the top teams with the pressure on. Hopefully against Monaghan is where Gamble can show his class. Play the same formation as yesterday though and there is no point in even playing him.

[fieldofmarkets]

Agree with most of the above. We've been hanging for us to start picking up results we possibly didn't deserve and last night showed we're getting there now. We debuted 3 new players in the starting 11 so developing a good flow was always going to be difficult. Athlone did a great job closing us down which made it even tougher. Thought Gamble showed some class and Yellow did well, but 3 in midfield is tough, it needs the other front men (Coughlan and Quinn) to do a little more work to provide cover and be a bigger threat to their back 4, or the boys eventually get over run in midfield.

[bluewhitearmy]

I thought Purcell had to do the job of two centre backs until McCarthy came on and was excellent in the air. A few dodgy moments on the ground but did well barr that.

Athlone where always going to be really up for that match last night and probably deserved a draw out of it.

We've proven we can take the points that need to be grinded out now its time to show we can take them against the top teams with the pressure on. Hopefully against Monaghan is where Gamble can show his class. Play the same formation as yesterday though and there is no point in even playing him.

Ya i agree with that i meant more when he had the ball a few times didnt even look around just hoofed it up the pitch to no-one same with McCarthy i know they are centre backs but just hoofing it like that ruins chances of starting attacks and got very frustrating.

Think it should be 442 with Gamble and O Leary in the middle for Monaghan.

[da bishop]

we can be glad of the 3pts but not much else,however 3pts is all that counts.it was a hard match to watch,at times we were terrible and are playing a system thats far too narrow.scully does not do 4-4-2 and given where they have come from both gamble and especially behan should not be as unfit as they looked last night,we cant afford to wait for them to reach the required fitness given its a vital stage of the season,maher as i said previously is another ..heary..signing ,scully should have signed better we,d get more from mccarthy or white in there anyway.lyons did well and a player we should have colbert.

[bluewhitearmy]

we can be glad of the 3pts but not much else,however 3pts is all that counts.it was a hard match to watch,at times we were terrible and are playing a system thats far too narrow.scully does not do 4-4-2 and given where they have come from both gamble and especially behan should not be as unfit as they looked last night,we cant afford to wait for them to reach the required fitness given its a vital stage of the season,maher as i said previously is another ..heary..signing ,scully should have signed better we,d get more from mccarthy or white in there anyway.lyons did well and a player we should have colbert.

Dont think Gamble looked unfit at all being honest Behan is ridiculously unfit though.

[bluewhitearmy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLLQW0Ncrq8&feature=player_embedded#at=10

[lfc at heart]

my man of the match last might was wayne colbert, he cleared everything, how is is not playing with Limerick is beyond me

[bluewhitearmy]

my man of the match last might was wayne colbert, he cleared everything, how is is not playing with Limerick is beyond me

People keep saying this its been said a few times over the season he was asked to play for Limerick he didnt want to play for Limerick what more do people want em to do?

[nosebleds]

People keep saying this its been said a few times over the season he was asked to play for Limerick he didnt want to play for Limerick what more do people want em to do?
Very wrong, was always available but was never asked, Check it out.

[bluewhitearmy]

Very wrong, was always available but was never asked, Check it out.

I know 100% that he was contacted last month.

He told me himself a number of times that he will not play for Scully.