Pre-season friendlies 2015 [Archive] - Page 5

Buller

21/02/2015, 10:37 PM

Sounds like a decent bit of business done by Rovers then. What standard would you rate the LA guys compared to any UK team or league ?

They'd probably be of a top championship side standard, if you took out their "designated players". We played QPR last season and they were far superior. The MLS is growing massively every year though, so the standard will keep rising.

paykanti

21/02/2015, 11:25 PM

Havent seen even anyone hyping us up

I too am yet to see anyone following me in but rest assured, my faith is undying. 15/1

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Pablo Escobar

22/02/2015, 8:48 AM

Havent seen even anyone hyping us up
Anyone who points out that you beat Harps by 6 is surely saying that you're 7 goals better than us. :D

avvenalaf

22/02/2015, 8:56 AM

We don't have to even play Harps to know that we're seven points better that you:p

Nesta99

22/02/2015, 9:09 AM

Official Attendance given as 6,000 at Tallaght- excellent earner as tickets were �20 for adults and�10 for kids

Trevor's payoff is now paid off then!

cheifo

22/02/2015, 9:17 AM

Sligo looked a quality passing side last night and the Bohs lads looked to have settled right in.
First half we hung in there but 2nd half they passed through us and scored with some very impressive pass and move for their goals.
Harps have work to do on structure of side, and one or two need to get their fitness ,up but with 4/5 players to come in not too despondent.
Sean Fallon Centre is a fine facility.

Nah Nah Nah Nah

22/02/2015, 12:37 PM

Anyone who points out that you beat Harps by 6 is surely saying that you're 7 goals better than us. :D

I'll be happy if we're one goal better then ye in a couple of weeks!

Charlie Darwin

23/02/2015, 1:37 AM

In a word no
I'd say SDCC were the main beneficiaries here. I hear Galaxy more or less came here as a favour to Robbie, so I'd say they might have gotten ridden a bit.

Sounds like a decent bit of business done by Rovers then. What standard would you rate the LA guys compared to any UK team or league ?
They've a couple of super players but the standard wouldn't be amazing. Talent-wise, take out Robbie and Gonzalez and maybe Rogers and they weren't much better than Rovers. The real difference was physical - they were big lads, even though Rovers looked fitter.

sulywaterfordfc

23/02/2015, 8:27 PM

Cork City Foras 0 - 0 Waterford United. Full time score.

Longfordian

23/02/2015, 8:47 PM

Drogs 2 LTFC 2. Gone to extra time. Another high scoring pre season draw for us.

SwanVsDalton

23/02/2015, 8:56 PM

Derry beat Crusaders 4-2 tonight. Timlin, Fats McEleney, Lowry and Dooley with the goals.

Longfordian

23/02/2015, 9:27 PM

Town win 5-4 on penos.

Acornvilla

23/02/2015, 9:50 PM

Drogs 2 LTFC 2. Gone to extra time. Another high scoring pre season draw for us.
Opener against Dundalk is bound to be 1-0.

De Town

23/02/2015, 10:24 PM

Opener against Dundalk is bound to be 1-0.

I'd take that. Keep it respectable.

Acornvilla

23/02/2015, 10:28 PM

I'd take that. Keep it respectable.
For Dundalk :D

outspoken

23/02/2015, 11:57 PM

We are undefeated going into the cup final against Waterford United on Friday. This is bigger than Dundalk away without any doubt

Longfordian

24/02/2015, 6:45 AM

We're going for the record of most pre-season draws. 4-4 is due.

Pablo Escobar

24/02/2015, 8:39 AM

Cork City Foras 0 - 0 Waterford United. Full time score.

You've been down there too long :D

redobit

24/02/2015, 12:47 PM

You've been down there too long :D

Its hard to keep up really.

patrickccfc

25/02/2015, 9:11 PM

City 0-0 cobh.. second scoreless draw in 2 days not good to see us drawing blanks with the first game just over a week away.. sounds like we were mostly on top but missed plenty of chances

nigel-harps1954

26/02/2015, 7:27 AM

AUL Oscar Traynor 2-0 Cabinteely.

Terry

26/02/2015, 9:08 AM

Gufc-v-UCD has been called off.

JosephMcSweeney

26/02/2015, 10:25 AM

Its hard to stay up really.

Fixed :D

brendy_�ire

26/02/2015, 8:08 PM

Derry City vs Finn Harps is down for Saturday at 15:00.
Thought Friday night would have been a better time for it really.

disgruntled

27/02/2015, 9:25 AM

Derry City vs Finn Harps is down for Saturday at 15:00.
Thought Friday night would have been a better time for it really.

Its cheaper to play it in daylight.
No lighting costs.
Times are tough you know :D

sulywaterfordfc

27/02/2015, 1:29 PM

Blues play Longford tonight. Really looking forward to it, Friday football fever is back.

sulywaterfordfc

27/02/2015, 9:03 PM

Blues 2-1 Longford.
Very good game. Very impressed with us, we've a very young talented side this year a lot seem to be underestimating us. We played some nice football in horrible weather. Longford didn't impress expected them to be better. I thought we deserved the win as we were unlucky to be behind at half time. We created a good few chances and looked very good in attack. Longford were unlucky not to equalize late on.

Jack Doherty was the stand player in the pitch.

David O Sullivan was a absolute disgrace BTW awful tackle on our captain Brian Nolan saw Nolan leave the field in very evident pain and he was unable to walk and had to be assisted into the dressing room. There's was no need to make the tackle as he was never getting the ball. Very lucky he wasn't sent off.

American Samuel Dorf whom arrived yesterday played a part in the game as well as Mark Walsh neither announced signed by the club as of yet.

Acornvilla

28/02/2015, 11:29 AM

Wasn't at the game so can't comment, but seen Paul Hunt, our keeper defend the 'tackle' on twitter, said something to the effect that Davy didn't mean it, and slid on the surface.

outspoken

28/02/2015, 12:23 PM

Waterford surprised me big time, very good on the counte attack, quick. Jack Doherty will be the star of the first division, performances like that and he's straight back to england in no time. Paul Hunt had an excellent game for us and Blues should have been ahead at half time only for 2 great saves from him. We were very poor and our fitness levels didn't look up to stretch at all, worrying ahead of the big one next week.

As for the sully tackle the only explanation I can give is that he slipped on the surface becuase he didn't actually go in with his feet he kind of flew in American football style, it didn't look like he slipped but it wouldn't make sense to make the sort of tackle he did and he's the last player you'd call dirty, can't remember the last yellow he got never mind a red. It was an awful challenge though and I hope the blues player recovers he looked in a bad bad way, the ambulance crew were extremely slow to respond with the stretcher, makes you wonder how they'd ever deal with a serious incident.

nigel-harps1954

28/02/2015, 3:06 PM

Harps beat Derry 1-0 today....sort of.

Game abandoned at half time due to the weather. Ruairi Keating penalty after 2 minutes was the difference.

Lim till i die

28/02/2015, 3:43 PM

Limerick FC CRUSHED cork city 8-7 on penalties in the MSC Semi after a 3-3 draw.

delboyderis

28/02/2015, 4:29 PM

Great result for Limerick.was at the game,Cork had nearly a full team on display.Limerick showed great attitude with a team of young lads and experienced loi players.if they can play like that for the season who knows we might stave off relegation.the only problem is the squad is threadbare.injuries and suspensions will be difficult to deal with.

PartySaint

28/02/2015, 6:23 PM

Presidents Cup:

Dundalk 2-1 Pats

Better team won, Dundalks quality in midfield too much for us.

Forrester put us 1-0 after a well worked move, Horgan equalised a minute later with a cracker and then Towell a minute later to win it.

Jofspring

28/02/2015, 6:33 PM

Anybody know if red cards carry over from Munster Senior cup games to the league or stay in the same competition?

Nesta99

28/02/2015, 6:33 PM

Fair assessment of the game but it is a pre season game and unlikely to be an indication of league games to come. The general concern of Dundalk fans is that McMillan isnt going to rack up the goal haul of Hoban. I tend t think that he will be top scorer with us and a lot of goals from midfield. It will be nice to get the season going in earnest!

White Horse

28/02/2015, 6:34 PM

Credit to both sets of players for putting on a good show at the President's Cup today. I thought Dundalk looked closer to being ready for the season.

Pats are not there yet, they are still looking a yard off the pace.

Yossarian

28/02/2015, 6:50 PM

PartySaint

28/02/2015, 6:55 PM

Hard to judge that game today as an indication for the league. We looked fitter and ready for the season. We will miss Hoban's ability to hold the ball up as a lot didn't stick with McMillan. Finn looks a class apart. He was instrumental in our two goals and really put himself about. He's a lot stronger than he looks aswell.
Pats looked like there was something missing. Brennan offered absolutely nothing and I wouldn't be too confident if he carries that form into the season but Its still only pre season so we'll see.
It was an entertaining enough game but I'll be glad when it starts for real next week.

I'm very worried about our midfield this season not just based on today, we haven't replaced Fahey (Towell is probably the only player good enough in the league to do that), we actually haven't replaced John Russell since he left.

Chambers and Brennan too similar, they both just want to sit in front of Bolger instead of getting up beside the striker and going past him. As the season goes on I reckon we'll see Forrester deployed as a number 10 with either Greene or McGrath on the left.

We should have busted our balls to get Finn.

DRDoc

28/02/2015, 6:57 PM

Anybody know if red cards carry over from Munster Senior cup games to the league or stay in the same competition?

Unless it has changed in the last few seasons, a player sent off for you today will serve the suspension in the MSC final - not in the league next weekend

DRDoc

28/02/2015, 7:01 PM

We should have busted our balls to get Finn.

Maybe you did, and maybe you offered him more money, only for some reason he opted for Stephen Kenny rather than Liam Buckley

Nesta99

28/02/2015, 7:10 PM

We should have busted our balls to get Finn.

He very well may be the key palyer this season and the difference between coping without Hoban or not. While I say that i think there is plenty of goal in our midfield it would be a lot easier to be confident if we had a proper target man! I am surprised tat Rovers didnt make a greater effort to keep him though Fahey coming in probably hastened an exit, even so his quality when played in his preferred position is hard to find without busting balls.

Dodge

28/02/2015, 8:09 PM

Maybe you did, and maybe you offered him more money, only for some reason he opted for Stephen Kenny rather than Liam Buckley
You don't actually believe that, do you?

I thought it was a poor game tbh. Dundalk much better in first half. Pats slightly better in the second. Mistakes cost Pats dearly too

Ezeikial

28/02/2015, 11:43 PM

You don't actually believe that, do you?

I thought it was a poor game tbh. Dundalk much better in first half. Pats slightly better in the second. Mistakes cost Pats dearly too

Pats were slightly better in second half then they were in the first.

Dundalk were clearly the better team right throughout the match. It hardly matters much either way as the real stuff starts next week

PartySaint

01/03/2015, 12:05 AM

Pats were slightly better in second half then they were in the first.

Dundalk were clearly the better team right throughout the match. It hardly matters much either way as the real stuff starts next week

I thought we were poor in the second half, slightly better with about 5 to go when we started really pushing for the equaliser.

As you say the important stuff starts on Friday, can't wait.

Nah Nah Nah Nah

01/03/2015, 12:38 AM

Maybe you did, and maybe you offered him more money, only for some reason he opted for Stephen Kenny rather than Liam Buckley

That's funniest post of the season sorted already

Dunny

01/03/2015, 12:56 AM

Crazy 3 mins in Oriel yesterday.35' Forrester 0-1 Pats 36' Horgan 1-1 37' Towell 2-1 Dundalk
Dull enough match apart from those three mins,Horgans goal was a screamer,pats had hardly stopped celebrating Forresters goal before Dundalk had equalised & then had the lead.Decent crowd at it to.