LOI Series 14 & 11 Premier & First Division fixtures.

[bullit]

7.45 KO's unless stated.

Friday

Premier


Shamrock R. V BohemianFC 7.05pm Live on RTE2

Drogheda United V Derry City

Shelbourne V St.Patricks Ath. 8pm

UCD V LimerickFC

Cork City V Bray Wanderers

First

Finn Harps V Mervue United 8pm

Salthill Devon V Athlone Town

Waterford United V Wexford Youths

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Saturday

Premier

Sligo Rovers V DundalkFC

First

Longford Town V Cobh Ramblers 7.30

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Betting basket-

http://www.oddschecker.com/football/other/ireland/premier-league

http://www.oddschecker.com/football/other/ireland/first-division

[bullit]

Bray take an early lead in Cork

[adamd164]

Bray take an early lead in Cork
It'll finish 3-3 with the other 5 goals coming in injury time.

[redarmyfaction]

Shams very ordinary again in the first half.

[dong]

Bohs really putting it up to them now. No cutting edge though as usual.

[adamd164]

I don't particularly like Croly but fair play to him for not speaking to RTE during the game. All managers should follow. F*cking stupid idea.

[redarmyfaction]

Bohs knackered, pressure will come in the last 5 and fergie time.

[Louth4sam]

Shocking decision. No accountability for referees in this league like they have in the UK does the league no favours

[redarmyfaction]

Never saw a peno like that before, I think the crowd gave it not the ref poor piece of defending though.

[White Horse]

Why don't refs just give Shamrock Rovers a one goal head start?

[bullit]

FFS reffos are screwing teams over week after week.Doyle is a fool and thats me going handy on him !

[gustavo]

Why don't refs just give Shamrock Rovers a one goal head start?

Well the ref is a fan so he's done well to only give them the one penalty.

[White Horse]

Justice.

[redarmyfaction]

Justice was done but not seen to be done.

[adamd164]

Saw the peno replay. I really hope Neil Doyle sees it. A peno decision is like a bit like trying to decide if the ball crossed the line - unless the ref is certain of what he saw, he should not award a decision for the attack and benefit must go to the defence.

Awful decision, embarrassing for the league that it was on TV in slow motion.

[CrowdedHouse]

extratime gone walkabout again

[Ezeikial]

"Credible" title contenders storm to 4 game unbeaten streak.

[Fivesilver]

extratime gone walkabout again

I've had to resort to RTE. The None brothers are having a storming night.
http://i.imgur.com/9zzBQEc.png

EDIT: Except the lad who plays for Drogheda - he appears to have unscored his second
http://i.imgur.com/NdNR5ni.png

EDIT AGAIN: Ah I give up

[dong]

I actually missed the penalty decision but not too surprised there was a poor decision.
Happens every week to somebody in this league.

[bullit]

"Credible" title contenders storm to 4 game unbeaten streak.

Croly loves a draw.

Derry give up another lead.2-2 in Drogheda.

[White Horse]

"Credible" title contenders storm to 4 game unbeaten streak.

If we beat Sligo tomorrow, Shamrock Rovers will be the "big winners".

[CrowdedHouse]

2 goals in a minute for Drogs ?

[bullit]

I've had to resort to RTE. The None brothers are having a storming night.
http://i.imgur.com/9zzBQEc.png

LOL

Declan O'Brien with the 2 drogs goals.

[dong]

I've had to resort to RTE. The None brothers are having a storming night.
http://i.imgur.com/9zzBQEc.png

EDIT: Except the lad who plays for Drogheda - he appears to have unscored his second
http://i.imgur.com/NdNR5ni.png

Wow. Just wow.
Pre match I heard Collins say Bohs had won the league as recently as 2005? I did hear him right?

[adamd164]

Cork City 1-3 Bray.

That is Bray's first victory in Cork for 26 years.

[bullit]

It's all happening in Drogheda,Derry get the lead back.Patterson 2-3

[White Horse]

Bloody Drogs fold again. Just when I thought they're doing us a favour.

Cooke undoing his good work last year.

[bullit]

Oblig Shels red card ;)

[Fivesilver]

Is Tommy done?

[oriel]

Will Tommy last the weekend? That's a terrible result for them, can't see how they will put up with much more, then again super stuff by Bray, some win.

But of a kick in the teeth that for Drogs after getting it back to 2-2.

[El-Pietro]

Gsry Dempsey seems to believe we racially abused their centre forward. dont know where he got that from. he was booed for diving around the place and spending half the game on the floor.

[dong]

Dunne has to be gone.

[bullit]

Gsry Dempsey seems to believe we racially abused their centre forward. dont know where he got that from. he was booed for diving around the place and spending half the game on the floor.

Why would you not believe him?
He seems to be fairly certain (Judging by his Twitter remarks) that someone from the Cork support was shouting racist stuff @ a Bray player.I don't think a player of his experience and age is suddenly going to go on a social network to start spreading lies?

[adamd164]

Dunne has to be gone.
Hopefully the Tommy Out banners that have been done up for Derry next week won't even have to be used.

Do any Drogs fans know why Gabriel Sava sat on the bench tonight? Was he injured or dropped/rested?

[SkStu]

Couple of glorious pics. Fck you Neil Doyle!

http://cdn1.independent.ie/incoming/article29275979.ece/ALTERNATES/h342/750518.jpg

http://www.sportsfile.com/winshare/w540/Library/SF989/750599.jpg

[adamd164]

Love the Pats away shirt, I think it's possibly the nicest shirt in the league, colours work really well with the sponsor on the front. The opposite of our monstrosity basically!

http://img.rasset.ie/00076058-642.jpg

[SkStu]

Yeah, that's smart. Very eye-talian.

[placid casual]

fair play to the bohs kids who fully deserved their draw tonight.. there's no substitute for enthusiasm and genuine endeavour
Rovers were beyond awful, but not helped by the rookie manager making a pigs ear of the team selection.

still, All Ireland champions. i guess.

[redarmyfaction]

still, All Ireland champions. i guess.
I heard that chant, so ye won the Garlic football, did ye, bit late to be singing it now sure that was on in September.

[Dillonman]

Was above with the Derry fans in Hunky Funky Bunky Park this evening. Poor first half, game kicked into life in the second, thought Derry were about to capitulate but then hit the Drogs on the counter and should have scored another but for Patterson missing an absolute sitter for his hattrick, terrible crowd, wouldn't say more than 400 above. The pitch above is atrocious, Drogs just lumped the ball all evening, Derry tried to play it on the ground but couldn't cause of the pitch, was rock hard, grass was heavy in parts and the ball just bobbled everywhere and took wicked bobbles infront of players looking to play it...and people criticise our "pitch"!!!

[TonyD]

Love the Pats away shirt, I think it's possibly the nicest shirt in the league, colours work really well with the sponsor on the front. The opposite of our monstrosity basically!

http://img.rasset.ie/00076058-642.jpg

You think? Undecided about it myself. Less Patselona than Crystal Pats really. It might grow on me.

Nice comfortable win in the end tonight. First half we were poor but once we got the breakthrough it was all over and we played some nice stuff then.

Chants of the night "Patselona, Patselona" and "There's only one Alan Matthews" ;)

Nice to stuff Shels again. It's becoming one of my favourite habits of ours. :cool:

[bullit]

Manager merry go round watch.

After tonight-

Managers under pressure.And in no order;

Paul O'Brien Waterford Utd.
Trevor Croly Shamrock Rovers
Tommy Dunne Cork City

And sure we'll stick in Cooke too for the laugh

Mick Cooke Drogheda United.

[Charlie Darwin]

Manager merry go round watch.

After tonight-

Managers under pressure.And in no order;

Paul O'Brien Waterford Utd.
Trevor Croly Shamrock Rovers
Tommy Dunne Cork City

And sure we'll stick in Cooke too for the laugh

Mick Cooke Drogheda United.
Croly's fine. His decision to go with 2 up front tonight was bizarre, as was his decision to play the same team twice in four days, but the team is moving forward. I hope.

But.

Rovers were awful today. Bohemians fully deserved the draw, and even though the Bohs goal came from an awful decision by the ref it was coming. The midfield has no shape without Rice or Chambers in there and Crooly has to take responsibility for abandoning an entire season's worth of tactics for a crucial game. He blinked, inexplicably. The penalty was a penalty, I can't believe anybody is arguing otherwise. He kicked it off his own hand, it's a penalty every time.

Bohs have some very good players, they'll be absolutely fine this season.

[nigel-harps1954]

Good game of ball on a poor pitch in Finn Park tonight. Mervue are certainly no pushovers, really good team, well drilled. Johnny Glynn doing great work there this season.

Watched by Ian Barraclough and Gary Stevens, supposedly watching Ryan Manning. Scouts there from Blackburn and Bolton too.

Harps starting to show a bit of form however, and contender for goal of the season by Sean McCarron, and save of the season by Ciaran Gallagher.

It's nice to be sitting second in the table and chasing down Longford only 1 point behind after being 7 points behind them two weeks ago.

[wexfordned]

Croly's fine. His decision to go with 2 up front tonight was bizarre, as was his decision to play the same team twice in four days, but the team is moving forward. I hope.

But.

Rovers were awful today. Bohemians fully deserved the draw, and even though the Bohs goal came from an awful decision by the ref it was coming. The midfield has no shape without Rice or Chambers in there and Crooly has to take responsibility for abandoning an entire season's worth of tactics for a crucial game. He blinked, inexplicably. The penalty was a penalty, I can't believe anybody is arguing otherwise. He kicked it off his own hand, it's a penalty every time.

Bohs have some very good players, they'll be absolutely fine this season.

If you think that was a penalty you must be on Colombian magic powder. Shocking decision.

Rovers were awful. I just hope Shamrock keep Croly as manager. Having watched that game Shamrock have no game plan, no tactics & no idea what their best first eleven is

[Charlie Darwin]

He kicked it against his hand. If it hadn't hit his hand it would have gone to a Rovers player. You don't have to actively handle the ball to be adjudged to have handled it. You get away with decisions like that but it is handball.

Rovers were awful but this game was an aberration. He abandoned his tactical approach for no apparent reason, presumably through panic.

[bullit]

He kicked it against his hand. If it hadn't hit his hand it would have gone to a Rovers player. You don't have to actively handle the ball to be adjudged to have handled it. You get away with decisions like that but it is handball.

Rovers were awful but this game was an aberration. He abandoned his tactical approach for no apparent reason, presumably through panic.

Your hand must look like your chin.

[wexfordned]

He kicked it against his hand. If it hadn't hit his hand it would have gone to a Rovers player. You don't have to actively handle the ball to be adjudged to have handled it. You get away with decisions like that but it is handball.

Rovers were awful but this game was an aberration. He abandoned his tactical approach for no apparent reason, presumably through panic.

You would want to visit Specsavers Charlie. You are either in denial or a moron. He hit the ball against his chin.

Brian Kerr, Stu Byrne, Peter Collins & joe public could see on tv it was a shocking decision. But if this is the only way you can console yourself with only getting a draw after being outplayed by a team of kids, who am I to argue.

Rovers are mid table, 12 points off the top of the table with a game more played after 1/3 of the league season. That's not an aberration, that's a pattern.

I can only hope Croly keeps his job, as the guy has not got a clue

[Charlie Darwin]

I've just had a look at the stream now and it does seem to hit his chin, but he had his arm in the air and in real time it looked it hit his arm which was stretched out above his head. Both commentator and Kerr both reckoned it hit his arm on first viewing, but for some reason reckoned that it didn't count as a handball. He's unlucky but the referee sees it in real time and it it looks like a handball.

For the Elebert decision, the linesman is right by it and it's clearly not a foul.

Like I said, Bohs deserved the draw. It was a poor game and Rovers were awful. Croly changed his tactics for some reason and it backfired. Overall this season, Rovers have been dominating games but not scoring goals so I can see why he'd want to change things but I think he made the wrong decision. I think he's bringing the club in the right direction, until today they had everything except the final touch.

[Fivesilver]

Charlie, on a big call like that a ref needs to be very sure what he saw. That was a shocking decision, and fair play to Bohs' youngsters for not letting their heads drop.

I thought the worst thing for Shams was the total lack of any credible attacking threat. It all seemed to be based around setpieces, mostly arising from McCabe or someone else getting up the flanks and flopping down at the slightest hint of contact, with Doyle happy to oblige with cheap frees.