Series 10/8 Premier & 1st Division fixtures.26th-29th April

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7.45 KO unless stated

Friday

Premier-

DundalkFC v Cork City 7.35 live on RTÉ2

St.Pats. Ath v Derry City

BohemianFC v Bray Wanderers

UCD v Shams Rovers

First-

Wexford Youths v Cobh Ramblers 8pm

Mervue United v Athlone Town

Finn Harps v Waterford United 8pm

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Saturday

Premier-

Sligo Rovers v Drogs Utd

LimerickFC v ShelbourneFC

First-

Longford Town v Salthill Devon

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Monday

Premier-

Bray W. v Cork City

St.Pats Ath v BohemianFC 5.45pm

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If you see a mistake,please let me know and i'll edit.

[Ezeikial]

Is it too early in the season to bill UCD V Shamrock Rovers as a relegation battle? PMSL

[patrickccfc]

Tough one for us tonight up in dundalk.. hopefully the players can pick themselves up and get the points that could kick start our season.. dundalk going well but not won at home yet i believe? need three points simple as

[adamd164]

Will someone clear the rain off the RTE camera FFS! Lazy *****

[bluewhitearmy]

Towell quite clearly onside there.

[SkStu]

U.C.D 0 - 0 Shamrock Rovers
64' -
McCabe sends a dangerous cross into the area, but Dennehy manages to blast the ball out for a throw with an open goal in front of him! How did he miss?

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[adamd164]

Tommy Dunne out, etc!

[adamd164]

Thoroughly deserved 2-0 win for Dundalk. We are a shambles.

[NeverFeltBetter]

UCD one up on Shams with ten minutes to go!

[redarmyfaction]

Cork weren't a shambles, I only seen the second half mi d but you can't take it of Dundalk they were excellent.

[Jofspring]

Thoroughly deserved 2-0 win for Dundalk. We are a shambles.

I wouldn't say a shambles but fairly toothless going forward.

[cornflakes]

Youths down to ten men but three nil up!!

[adamd164]

FT UCD 2-0 Shamrock Rvs

I have to say, despite how **** we are, it's entertaining to see that Rovers are also ****.

[redarmyfaction]

Systemic problems at Shamrock Rovers, what a rich narrative is this slow turning of the knife, Michael O Neill must be in his element.

[Town Legend]

Results all gone our way tonight. Now we better not slip up tomorrow!!

[Jofspring]

Shams a bit over confident going into the game? Once that attitude gets in your head it is very hard to get out of it no matter who you are.

[redarmyfaction]

Results all gone our way tonight. Now we better not slip up tomorrow!!
Ditto.

[bullit]

Is it too early in the season to bill UCD V Shamrock Rovers as a relegation battle? PMSL

Great call zeik ;)

[Ezeikial]

Is it too early in the season to bill UCD V Shamrock Rovers as a relegation battle? PMSL


FT UCD 2-0 Shamrock Rvs



This just keeps getting better and better

[dong]

Croly's a great coach though. Best in the league apparently. All the ballers couldn't wait to start working with him.

[dong]

Somebody on the board must still have Scully's mobile number...

[oriel]

I think it was a sluggish and slow start by Dundalk tonight, but we slowly got a grip on the game and we were clear deserved winners in the end.

Pleasing to see us lift it in the last 15, played some good stuff and just great to finally get the first home win.

Was surprised by Cork, didn't appear to offer much, can't see how Dunne can improve them to be honest.

Very surprising result in UCD surely Crolly under serious pressure now.

[Fivesilver]

The Sultana Cup takes on ever greater importance - should Shams win it the prize money could pay for Trev's taxi.

[TommyT]

If we win the Setanta, Trev'll be going nowhere.

[jinxy lilywhite]

Does Trev not remind you of Nidge in Love/Hate lol


back to business, great game from the town. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Especially the 2nd half when we upped the tempo. cork were a shambles. If i was a corkie I'd be livid after that performance. The last side in OP i saw play like that was us and we where nearly relegated. Very poor from them

on the plus side results went our way tonight. derry and pats draws keeps us in touching distance. Rovers losing was delightful lol.

Before tonight i couldnt remember the last time we won in oriel nevermind back to back league matches

[adamd164]

Was surprised by Cork, didn't appear to offer much, can't see how Dunne can improve them to be honest.
I think it's not overly dramatic to say that we could end up in a relegation dogfight if Dunne stays. We may well be in one on Monday if Bray beat us.

[Fivesilver]

If we win the Setanta, Trev'll be going nowhere.

To be fair to him, 'champions of all Ireland' would probably trump last season's 'champions of Leinster' - he'd probably be awarded the job in perpetuity, kind of like a Tallaght version of Kim Il Sung.

The missus of one of your players could run the propaganda department - she's showing again tonight that she's fairly adept at kicking up a bit of a Twitstorm.

[bullit]

To be fair to him, 'champions of all Ireland' would probably trump last season's 'champions of Leinster' - he'd probably be awarded the job in perpetuity, kind of like a Tallaght version of Kim Il Sung.

The missus of one of your players could run the propaganda department - she's showing again tonight that she's fairly adept at kicking up a bit of a Twitstorm.

Oh do tell more.Link us in,i'm in good form already but could do with more LOLS :D

[Fivesilver]

Wouldn't be right to provide a link that takes people away from our beloved forum. But if you're of a mind to go searching, I believe the tweet that kicked it off contained "UCD" and "#lol".

[bluewhitearmy]

Wouldn't be right to provide a link that takes people away from our beloved forum. But if you're of a mind to go searching, I believe the tweet that kicked it off contained "UCD" and "#lol".


Id say she was Dionne to get the slags in Quigley before others beat her to it.

[Dalymountrower]

Bohs steeped last night that Bray Unmentionables didn`t put away their chances in the first half when Callaghan`s tactical genius had us playing three at the back. Much better second half. Reckon both teams are better than Shels. Of course UCD can now be considered a top team after last nights win over the self-regarding galacticos.
Rovers winning 2 games in ten, is that their worst ever win ratio? Worse than Roddy`s record in the relegation season?

[pineapple stu]

Ha!

To be fair, Rovers dominated for the full 90 minutes last night; that was a pure smash and grab. A free kick and a counter from a corner when they'd sent their keeper up. Only our second clean sheet in a year, so our defence chose a superb time to but in a collective absolute blinder.

Friday away to Shels will tell a lot, but I'd be confident we'll stay up now. We're scoring goals, getting better game by game and have now shown we can actually defend. Shels and Bray will come bottom two now, I think.

[MiniMourinho]

Watched the game on TV last night. Two thoughts - Cork are awful and Dundalk really aren't much better. But for the two goals (from awful cork defending), I don't remember Dundalk opening them up with good passing. To be honest I thought it was poor quality and a poor advertisement for loi on TV. The ball was in the air and hit long for about 70 of the 90 mins. The pitch looks like a cabbage patch on tv. Its hard to judge how mediocre/good Dundalk really are because Cork were so abysmal!

[mcgonigle]

Watched the game on TV last night. Two thoughts - Cork are awful and Dundalk really aren't much better. But for the two goals (from awful cork defending), I don't remember Dundalk opening them up with good passing. To be honest I thought it was poor quality and a poor advertisement for loi on TV. The ball was in the air and hit long for about 70 of the 90 mins. The pitch looks like a cabbage patch on tv. Its hard to judge how mediocre/good Dundalk really are because Cork were so abysmal!

:eek: Go home Mourinho you're drunk!:very_drunk:

Or a shocking troll...

[oriel]

Watched the game on TV last night. Two thoughts - Cork are awful and Dundalk really aren't much better. But for the two goals (from awful cork defending), I don't remember Dundalk opening them up with good passing. To be honest I thought it was poor quality and a poor advertisement for loi on TV. The ball was in the air and hit long for about 70 of the 90 mins. The pitch looks like a cabbage patch on tv. Its hard to judge how mediocre/good Dundalk really are because Cork were so abysmal!

Only one team tried to pass it MM and that was us. The game was ok, first half wasnt brilliant I'll agree, but I thought we played some good stuff especially in the last 20, and passed it about good enough. You say awful defending by Cork for the goals, yes for the second one, but fail to mention the superb free kick 20 seconds before that hit the corner of the bar, or the half volley from Mountney for the first in the same corner. Also I dont think Cherrie had an actual proper goal scoring save to make.

Good luck tonight away to Sligo.

[Nesta99]

Watched the game on TV last night. Two thoughts - Cork are awful and Dundalk really aren't much better. But for the two goals (from awful cork defending), I don't remember Dundalk opening them up with good passing. To be honest I thought it was poor quality and a poor advertisement for loi on TV. The ball was in the air and hit long for about 70 of the 90 mins. The pitch looks like a cabbage patch on tv. Its hard to judge how mediocre/good Dundalk really are because Cork were so abysmal!

Hmmm i may be biased but a cant agree with most said here. There have been worse games on TV this season, i thought there was some decent football played, scoring oppertunities were spurned after some nice passing and movemement but the feeling was there that a goal was on the way in particular from Dundalk. I expected more from Cork tbh but in saying that with the exception of sligo nobody has looked a real step above and even then both Derry and Sligo losses were not a hammering. The old pitch stuff will always be an issue and it didnt look great on tv but again id rather have the Oriel pitch than some of the others - regardless of what it looks like, it is still a level, non bog/cabbage patch that is unforgiving for the less able players. Judge Dundalk on only losing to the top 2, winning 4 in Dublin, drawing with the *ahem* champions elect salvaging 2 points from being 2 behind v Drogs and Lims. Bray match finishes the first round of matches for us and relative to the previous season, new team and manager the turnaround is phenomenal. We will only improve:p

[jinxy lilywhite]

Watched the game on TV last night. Two thoughts - Cork are awful and Dundalk really aren't much better. But for the two goals (from awful cork defending), I don't remember Dundalk opening them up with good passing. To be honest I thought it was poor quality and a poor advertisement for loi on TV. The ball was in the air and hit long for about 70 of the 90 mins. The pitch looks like a cabbage patch on tv. Its hard to judge how mediocre/good Dundalk really are because Cork were so abysmal!

yawnnnnnnnnnnnnn
is that the best you can come up with.

we may be mediocore but based on last season we play like barcelona lol. Also we are getting better and better with each passing game & SK has built the solid foundation of a decent side and i expect him to build on it over the coming season.

your comments about the ball being in the air alot are untrue. we played the ball on the deck and worked tried to work around the pitch. the pitch may of looked bad on tv but hey it isnt a beauty contest for pitches. the ball runs smoothly on it and it has been rigoursly tested and has passed each of the tests that the pitch has been give, no other pitch in the country is subject to the same treatment and given the state of other pitches, i find it baffling.

anyway you just run on and look after your own hoofball specialist side and try to catch us :P

[adamd164]

I expected more from Cork tbh but in saying that with the exception of sligo nobody has looked a real step above and even then both Derry and Sligo losses were not a hammering.
Don't use us as a benchmark anyway whatever you do, we are absolutely awful. We will be around the relegation spots.

[Nesta99]

Conceding very late goals has cost you 6/8 points, so things cant be that bad - add those lost points and people would have a different opinion. I actually dont have a benchmark as we have had a nasty habit in recent times of beating better sides but not picking up points from those around or below us. This is the major difference this season, and as said neither Sligo or Derry were too overwhelming. When we start playing for 90mins rather than spells of 20 to 30 mins then we will be a formidable outfit and only a couple of months in to building this team.

[oriel]

Adam just thinking Michael Rafter would have been a decent striker for you to take when his contract expired with us last season, he.s a Tipp man, def lost out there, as didn't see much up front from you boys last night.

I really think a better man than Tommy Dunne would improve your players.

[adamd164]

I really think a better man than Tommy Dunne would improve your players.
Totally. We have a limited squad (a lot of poor signings by Dunne), and we don't have enough to win the league or anything, but we could certainly be higher up the table with a better manager.

Dunne will go - whether it's in the next month, in 6 months time, or whenever, it's just a question of how drawn out and painful the process and how much damage is done to the club. Being on TV recently a few times has actually been detrimental to us because locals have seen just how awful we are to watch.

With a new manager I wouldn't expect miracles, I just want to enjoy games again. I think most fans would feel that way.

[Ezeikial]

Dunne will go - whether it's in the next month, in 6 months time, or whenever, it's just a question of how drawn out and painful the process and how much damage is done to the club.

What is this process?

Do fans complaining about the manager and taking every opportunity to knock him constitute part of this process that damages the club?

[MiniMourinho]

Ha ha. Dundalk lads calm down! Honestly not trolling!

Dundalk can only beat what's in front if them, so fair play to them for putting cork away. But regardless of whether they TRIED to keep the ball down and pass, if you look back at the game you'll notice they weren't very successful at it. When they did it ended in misplaced passes.

Out of the blue super hit from Mountney after slack defending. Ward has a great free kick on him. That's what led to the second goal. But the cork defensive header attempt for Hobans goal was embarrassing.

My opinion is Dundalk might get found out in the second series of games. Tactically I think they will be easily matched and overcome by the better teams. I see them finishing about 6th. Which would be a really solid season back after last year.

Cork on the other hand could be an 8th place unless they make serious changes. I've seen bray, shels and UCD this year and last night cork was the poorest, most clueless performance of the lot!

[adamd164]

What is this process?

Do fans complaining about the manager and taking every opportunity to knock him constitute part of this process that damages the club?
He's been in charge for enough time now for fans to have a right to demand more in fairness - it's hardly like Rovers where the manager took charge 5 months ago!

[patrickccfc]

we were rubbish last night.. offered nothing going forward and some bad defending.. we were scoring goals for fun in pre-season like.. was very optimistic this season but all that has gone now and just cant believe how bad we are

[adamd164]

we were scoring goals for fun in pre-season like.. was very optimistic
As was I, but I think with hindsight now it's clear that the Northern Irish teams were just utterly rubbish. Rovers and Drogs steamrolled their way through Linfield and Portadown. We beat the top 2 Irish League teams and look at us!

I was up at Crusaders and how we won 3-1 playing so poorly is beyond me, they were the most inept outfit I've seen in a long time.

[SkStu]

No idea where this came from but it's funny.

https://twitter.com/SRFCUltrasMeltd

[Dalymountrower]

Thanks Stu, So many to choose from! I particularly enjoyed this historical piece ...

SRFCUltrasMeltdown ‏@SRFCUltrasMeltd 26 Jul
Ekranas-Derry-Anderlecht all away in 7-8 days. Hope the team aren't wrecked by the time they get to Brussels.

Was there a direct Baltic/Brussels bus, or did the team end up drinking in Bruxelles in Harry Street?

[TommyT]

Still not as bad as the infamous ''How are you getting to Belgium'' thread.

[bullit]

Oblig red card already for Shels,Robert Bayly .