Longford Town Limerick match saturday!

[De Town]

Ye completely destroyed us in the first half, although whoever said that the first goal was going in anyway without the deflection needs their eyes checked, our keeper was going one way and had to try dive back the other way, it was a bigger deflection than you'd think. 2nd was a bullet from Behan but Kirbs handed it to ye on a plate. We were deservedly 2 down anyway at HT coz we were so rubbish. 2nd half we pushed on as you'd expect and on another night might have poxed a draw, with a few close shaves that Barry Ryan did well to save, but in reality if we did get anything it would have been robbery.

Your number 6 in midfield was pure quality btw. Completely ran the show. Cousins got a few things wrong for us, starting players in the wrong positions, starting players that weren't fully fit and making poor subs IMO. Watching us for the last month or so, we have really needed this mid season break coz we've been brutal recently.

[bluewhitearmy]

Ye completely destroyed us in the first half, although whoever said that the first goal was going in anyway without the deflection needs their eyes checked, our keeper was going one way and had to try dive back the other way, it was a bigger deflection than you'd think. 2nd was a bullet from Behan but Kirbs handed it to ye on a plate. We were deservedly 2 down anyway at HT coz we were so rubbish. 2nd half we pushed on as you'd expect and on another night might have poxed a draw, with a few close shaves that Barry Ryan did well to save, but in reality if we did get anything it would have been robbery.

Your number 6 in midfield was pure quality btw. Completely ran the show. Cousins got a few things wrong for us, starting players in the wrong positions, starting players that weren't fully fit and making poor subs IMO. Watching us for the last month or so, we have really needed this mid season break coz we've been brutal recently.


Dave O'Leary he is only 19 still i think. He is class.

[fieldofmarkets]

That's what it looked like from my angle too. You could be critical and say the 2 lads might have managed it better with the ref afterwards so he knew it was McGrath and not Bradley but its not their fault the ref was inept.
O'Leary turning into a top notch player...must be accomodated when Gamble & Bradley are both available, he was excellent.
First half we pressed a lot and they kept giving the ball away as a result. The team at last was not 2nd to every ball lastnight. We played well ourselves when we had it and deserved the 2 goal lead, Behan buried that second one...beautiful. btw...I have one of this season's shirts..they are a bit snug in fairness.

Unlike some of the posts above, I didn't think we looked very comfortable when down to 10. We went 4-4-1 as you might expect (not exactly parking the bus) but we did allow their full backs a little more space and they started to find a few more passes. I was sure we would concede and I thought they should have scored 2 or 3 times. Some good saves and terrible finishing and build-up play by Longford more than us being comfortable. I was wondering should we keep 2 up front to keep pressing them but we probably wouldn't have had the legs for 3 in midfield.

If I was a Longford fan I would have been very dissapointed with their performance. Is that what Longford really are or has it just been a couple poor games? I seam to recall them being much much better in Jackman.

[fieldofmarkets]

As already mentioned...Flancare is a great ground, well done Longford.

[De Town]

Forgot to mention it in my above post....

Apologies for the event controllers actions. If it's the same person that I'm thinking of, then I'm not surprised. The man is a complete arsehole. Small man with a big opinion of himself.

[gael353]

As already mentioned...Flancare is a great ground, well done Longford.

They've cleaned it uup well in fairness.

A few things lads from reading the posts. There is no vitriolic fist punching here by Limerick. It was a great win and well deserved. It was our third good performance this season (none at home yet)
Certan askpects of "journalism" lead to a resentment to what some people post here,.comming home last night a few of the lads were guessing what the reports would say. "Limerick dominated the first" Longford dominated the second" "bradleys sending off was deserved/fair"

The facts are Limerick bossed the game and bossed Longford. Phil Cashcera did his best to bring longford back into the game. Booking Bradley for diving when he had been fouled. Booking tracy for fouling when the player dived, booking bradley again for a good tackle by James McGrath on the diving longford player. Down to ten in the second half limerick sat back. So Longford gained a numerical advantage (one would say they had it from the start :rolleyes:) but did nothing with it. Clever passing by O'Leary (19) and McGrath (17) kept the Longford defence in their own half as a breakout goal could happen due to the speed of Gaffney (21) and the introduction of McGann (18)

Limerick fans were not allowed hang their flags last night. Anywhere. It costs €75/80 to have your septic tank pumped out, please please do so over the break.

[blueblood]

Great to hear Barry Ryan had a good game too, he's a good keeper and if he can keep it up it'll make a huge huge difference, did many fans make the trip up?

[NeverFeltBetter]

Really great reports coming out of Flancare, it's good to not just win a "big game" but do so somewhat comfortably. Shame the mid-season break has started, Limerick seem to have built a bit of momentum.

I guessed Lkimerick would, after the Cup weekend, go into this game with a bit more confidence then Longford, but I was not expecting the home team to not show up in the first half. Everything people are saying here is a bit like what they were saauing for the game in Jackman, just with the roles reversed. If Longford have hit a slump, the three week break comes at just the right time.


So Longford gained a numerical advantage (one would say they had it from the start :rolleyes:) but did nothing with it.

But how do you square that with:


We hit the post twice and ur keeper made about 5 class saves it was just a simple case of not our night.

I wasn't at the game, so was it a case of Longford not having their scoring boots on and Limerick getting lucky, or the Limerick defence/keeper doing enough to put them off, keep them out?

[gael353]

how do you sqaure that up with?

cos its a load of bunkum. If you call one shot skimming the outside post, a few safe catches by Ryan, a few go collect balls by ryan or a few weak as ****s headers as shots on target then i think we're pretty safe for the rest of the season. We bossed them pure and simple.

[bluewhitearmy]

Really great reports coming out of Flancare, it's good to not just win a "big game" but do so somewhat comfortably. Shame the mid-season break has started, Limerick seem to have built a bit of momentum.

I guessed Lkimerick would, after the Cup weekend, go into this game with a bit more confidence then Longford, but I was not expecting the home team to not show up in the first half. Everything people are saying here is a bit like what they were saauing for the game in Jackman, just with the roles reversed. If Longford have hit a slump, the three week break comes at just the right time.



But how do you square that with:



I wasn't at the game, so was it a case of Longford not having their scoring boots on and Limerick getting lucky, or the Limerick defence/keeper doing enough to put them off, keep them out?


Quite simply that didnt really happen as you would think from his comment...They hit the post once and it was the outside of the post with no danger of it going in (they were given a corner for it though). And as for the 5 great saves,Barry made a few good saves nothing spectacular to stop a certain goal or anything like that most of his work was to come through bodies to collect crosses which he did very well.....Even if you read the updates on Extratime.ie i think you will see Outspoken has played thinngs up a bit to make Longford seem better then they were.

[leedsfan88]

A lot of attitude up on the posts lads, one good result in the league and yere behaving like those sick fans of MU.
Calm down and have a bit of class, i don't recall any away fans that have left Jackmam Park with 3 point being
so UP THEIR OWN ASS.
Longford Town- good club, good players and recent good history, when we have that in Limerick then ye can shout like morans.

Well their head steward was a complete dick towards myself and a few other Limerick fans

[outspoken]

Well I don't know what sort of angle ye had of Colly James shot but we were at a perfect angle in section O and the ball was struck perfectly from around 20-25 yards out and was on it's way in until the very last second when it just spinned a wee bit and smashed the outside of the post ( and ye I don't know where or why the corner came from).

As for Ryan's saves il be more specific he made 2 excellent saves (one from a Gillespie corner which was met by tom Crawley if I remember correctly and the other from shaw who was only a yard or two out and somehow failed to convert) apart from that you are right in saying he saved a few week headers and the rest of his work was gathering.

As for the red card we were the wrong side of it in section O and I only saw the foul but I didn't know by who so we had no idea Cashcara booked the wrong player until I read it on this but he did indeed dive for his first booking but like you guys said he didn't make the foul and if there's any justice in the world the FAIlure will overturn his red card but I doubt that very much.

Cheers for the kind words about Flancare and fair play on the good travelling crowd I thought there was a good atmosphere and good banter on the night so all I can say now is enjoy the euros and let the battle recommence!

[NeverFeltBetter]

Well their head steward was a complete dick towards myself and a few other Limerick fans

Considering the low numbers Longford have been getting in the gate this season (relative to their position), surely this is something that should be dealt with (that is, someone affiliated with the club treating away fans with dismissive and arrogant behavior)? Seems like a common sentiment from several fans on here, Limerick and Longford.

[leedsfan88]

Apparently there was 700 at the game last night...i must be going blind

[Martinho II]

all I am goin to say is that ye lads were brill to us in defeat in limerick and I would like to return the favour. the better team won on the night end of story. thank god for the 3 wks break as we havent played since we beat ye in limerick

[outspoken]

Ye I saw 750 est. On extratime at time I thought it was more like 550 but then again I'm not use to looking into the stand I'm usually in it (:

[Lim till i die]

when we have that in Limerick then ye can shout like morans.

:bulgy:

Climb down off the high horse there's a good chap.

For my own part, aside from the fact that everything I write on these forums contains at least 40% thinly veiled wind up there's fellas on here that have endured literally dozens of bitter disappointments following Limerick, the odd time something goes right they're entitled to a bit of craic.

Again for my own part I've no beef with the plain people of Longford, good people who never give any hassle. My problems were with the event comptroller and cheating Phil.

[Lim till i die]

Ye I saw 750 est. On extratime at time I thought it was more like 550 but then again I'm not use to looking into the stand I'm usually in it (:

No one will convince me that stand was anywhere near half full, a third of the crowd in it seemed to be Limerick for a start.

I shant be losing any sleep over the break because of it though. :)

[bluepowers]

PS: Fair play on bringing such a large away crowd but we outsung ya :)

Expect to see all of your new fans at jackman park so next time round because cant recall longford ever having a good away crowed . your fans weren't singing much after Denis Behans brace .

[bluewhitearmy]

Expect to see all of your new fans at jackman park so next time round because cant recall longford ever having a good away crowed . your fans weren't singing much after Denis Behans brace .


They had a good crowd in Jackman this season so so your memory is not very good.

[bluepowers]

There was only one set of supporters singing after the game Saturday . That was the one game I missed this season was there a good sing song at jackman that night

[outspoken]

What happened in Jackman was we were all spread out around the pitch and none of us seen the singing town fans at the far side of the stand until it was too late to bother moving over but yes our away attendances this year have been very good. By the way lads any word on the market fields? Will you be playing their for sure next season (even if you somehow dont go up)? And whats it going to be like in terms of capacity, stands etc? cheers.

[Bosco]

Only getting a chance to get on this now,I'd like to repeat what Marty said...Limerick fans were very gracious in defeat down in Limerick and they were by far the better team on Saturday night!We started off well but once we went down we just ran out of ideas and Limerick always looked dangerous on the break, even when they were down to 10 men!We had no new ideas to throw at ye and your defense dealt with any mindless long ball ****e we threw at ye!Thought Barry Ryan was very solid, as was mentioned he never had to deal with anything spectacular but he was very solid nonetheless and very good at holding onto the ball. Very sorry to hear about the way ye were treated regarding the flags, it really is beyond me what gets into our steward's or official's heads that they think they can treat one of the only decent number of away fans we get all season like that. I was talking to a fella that was stewarding on sat that wouldnt usually be stewarding and he said that the club were expecting trouble, not sure if ye could see over in the stand but there were two stewards at the gate of the cage over beside section o opening it and closing it as each of us had to walk over to the other side.....really very strange considering how Limerick fans were down in Jackman..

[NeverFeltBetter]

and he said that the club were expecting trouble, not sure if ye could see over in the stand but there were two stewards at the gate of the cage over beside section o opening it and closing it as each of us had to walk over to the other side.....really very strange considering how Limerick fans were down in Jackman..

Really? When was the last time there was serious "trouble" at a First Division game?

If this season has made me think anything, it's that both Limerick and Longford should be going up. Too good for lower tier.

[Jofspring]

The exact same as Monaghan last year so from a stewards perspective. They see limerick and hear of a crowd coming up and automatically assume there will be trouble. The worst limerick fans have ever got is a bit loud with chants and that but that's it.

[Bosco]

Well the steward who told me was even laughing himself at the notion of there being any trouble!Not sure exactly if he said it was the club expecting trouble or the guards because I know sometimes the Guards get these notions in their heads and I was suprised to see them at the match the other night.Either way its irrelevant anyway....they are only really wasting their own time and when the day comes that there is trouble at a match no doubt we'll complain that they didn't do enough....although not letting ye have your flags over the seats is stupid I don't think it compares to any of the problems and general heavy handedness we've had with some of the stewards in the past...

[Macy]

No one will convince me that stand was anywhere near half full, a third of the crowd in it seemed to be Limerick for a start.

It's a bit of an irrelevance, but the stand looked well over a third full from over the far side, which has it well up over 500 for a start then plus what's around the ground. Rubbish whether it's 500 or 800 though - I fookin hate this first division hell hole.

As for the game thought ye were well worth the win. We did have few unlucky deflections, hitting the post etc second half, but we didn't really create anything in open play and played poor enough so I wouldn't go as far as saying we were unlucky, but on a different day we might have fluked a point. Here's hoping any mo you got dissipates over the break :) After the last couple of weeks it certainly couldn't have come at a better time for us...

[joeSoap]

I know sometimes the Guards get these notions in their heads and I was suprised to see them at the match the other night.Either way its irrelevant anyway....they are only really wasting their own time and when the day comes that there is trouble at a match no doubt we'll complain that they didn't do enough... Not the case sadly. The Gardai are very well paid for their attendance at all sporting fixtures.