The Run-In

[da bishop]

have not been on in a while away working,listening to the lads on the commentry we were well toasted tonight,having lost our last 2 home games we need to change that next week...we can still do it,

[Lims4ever]

After tonight's display hard to see it think that could be it , Derry taught us a lesson wanted it way more simple as that we huffed and puffed first half without any great penetration 2nd half we were awful. Too many players never turned up tonight players that have been playing so well since July , lee Lynch has been superb since he came but tonight was a night he will want to forget he was terrible , turner never turned up either non existent . Real shame 2600 there a win would have given us great momentum going into the televised game next Friday very hard to see us getting anything off rovers . I will never understand people leaving with 20 mins or so to go yes we probably never looked like scoring but stay on and support the team when they need it most I'm sure a lot of them won't be there next Friday night.

[bluewhitearmy]

And that everyone is exactly what the experienced Limerick fans were worried about.

What is more worrying for me than anything is we have had 2 chances in our recent run to get off the bottom away to Bray and lastnight and on both occasions we were absolutely terrible is it just coincidence or is it nerves? Because if it is nerves that is not a good thing if we do manage to make it to last day against Sligo. Except for Dean Clarke and Shaun Kelly I can't think of anyone that did well really lastnight a few of the other lads it wasn't their fault that they hadn't a good game they were put in horrible positions by the people around em or in Fahertys case was not supplied at all. The decision to take Paul O Conor off was very harsh and imo an awful decision with how others were playing if he wasn't injured. I'd love to know too what Martins problem with prince is he has to play if Lee J is suspended against Rovers.

[Lims4ever]

We collapsed under the weight of expectation they could not hack it looked nervous from word go , **** did not realise Lee j was suspended against rovers disaster yes he was poor last night but he makes us tick and anytime he does not play we struggle to create big-time , as good as prince is he is not the same type of player and has got very little game time since he came back

[Lims4ever]

Just reading he will miss sligo game ****e

[LFC Blue]

Two absolutely unbelievably important games coming up for the Blues. Two games which will define what path the club takes over possibly the next decade. Let's get behind the club big time.
When we are here you'll never die...we'll keep the blue flag flying high Limerick FC will never die we'll keep the blue flag flying high WE'LL NEVER DIE WE'LL NEVER DIE WE'LL KEEP THE BLUE FLAG FLYING HIGH Limerick FC will never die we'll keep the blue flag flying high

[NeverFeltBetter]

Was just chatting to my father back home. He went along to the game, and was told at the gate that they couldn't sell him a stand ticket, despite the fact that there were empty seats in the stand the whole way through. Not the only person I've heard say that. What's worse, the lad on the gate told him he could have a ticket for the stand behind the goal - the away stand - but when my father tried to enter he was, naturally, told he couldn't as it was for Derry fans, and sent to the terraces instead! Got stuck behind the dugouts he says, couldn't see anything.

Anyone else have/witness issues like that?

[Jofspring]

Over half the away stand was filled with home fans so not sure why he was sent away.

Ya there was some empty seats in the stand. I wonder are the club not allowed to sell every seat in the stand?

You also have the sponsors who get tickets and if they didn't use them then that would explain empty seats also.

[NeverFeltBetter]

Yeah, it all sounded very strange. Are the positions behind the dugouts bad enough that they block visibility? My fathers not a very tall man, but he isn't short either.

[Jofspring]

I actually prefer terrace at matches but now go to the stand in the markets field. The terrace is awful to watch a match from.

[Lim till i die]

People don't sit on the upper left of the main stand because the sight lines are absolutely appalling, I'm not exaggerating when I say in the top ten or twelve rows there is literally a concrete wall obscuring a full half of the pitch

[Lims4ever]

A few people mentioned the same thing and I was surprised as there were maybe 4/5 empty seats where I was sitting , did they lose count of how many seats they had sold surely can't have been the case . Surely that will be a bigger problem Friday when rovers will have all the away stand

[LK37oldskool]

Not sure how many rovers fans will travel as there is a train strike due to take place on Friday.

[NeverFeltBetter]

Only till 9AM though I thought? Surely they wouldn't be planning to come down that early.

[Acornvilla]

I walked down to MF at quarter to 6, and they wouldn't sell me a stand ticket, some load of ******, stand didn't fill up until just before ko, and there were 50 empty seats in there at the very least. The terrace was a ****e view, and I can imagine it's even worse behind the dugouts.

Have gone to most games this year, even when the team was crap, pretty annoying to have your seat in the stand unavailable, when a crowd shows up. I wouldn't mind if I showed up late enough, but sure I was there nearly an hour before kick off.. Then sure almost 1,000 were gone before the final whistle blew.

[LFC Blue]

Awful tough on you....

[Treaty Gooner]

Club can't sell stand tickets if there are none left, I reckon I've gotten one in the butchers on Kings Island on the morning of almost every home game, even got a lovely few chops for the tea. What a world we live in.

[Jofspring]

The only explanation for not selling people tickets for the stand is that they were all gone. There is no way the club could turn down €15 from someone. A certain amount also need to be kept for student, oap and underage so they were probably still left unsold.

Stand holds 1,300. At a rough guess 1,000 of that are adult and the rest divided up amoungst Kids, Student, OAP and the Corporate area.

If the club managed to shift 1,000 adult tickets before the evening of a game that's brilliant. Gleesons and The butchers would have still had a few tickets up to 6pm also for anyone that arrived there to buy one.

[osarusan]

Is there any chance the club actually sells fewer tickets than there are seats in the stand because the view from some of the top seats is so crap?

[bluewhitearmy]

Its probably nothing more than the lads at the club getting used to running things at the new ground with such a big crowd. Some of those seats are left free too because me and the lads buy stand tickets and then we all cram in together standing so that leaves seats free elsewhere.

[LFC Blue]

Anyway whatever about these seats yer on about do you think we'll be relegated?? Alan Cawley reckons Sligos goose is cooked

[Jofspring]

Hard to know really. We have been poor against Derry, Longford and Bray but even since the start of the season we have played well against the bigger teams.

It all depends what Limerick team shows up on Friday night. In fairness to the team they haven't had two bad performances in a row in a long time.

The one thing killing us is all that it feels like all the other teams continue to pick up a few points no matter what we do.

[blueblood]

Hard to know really. We have been poor against Derry, Longford and Bray but even since the start of the season we have played well against the bigger teams.

It all depends what Limerick team shows up on Friday night. In fairness to the team they haven't had two bad performances in a row in a long time.

The one thing killing us is all that it feels like all the other teams continue to pick up a few points no matter what we do.
It seems that way alright, 28pts should avoid automatic relegation in a 33 game season!!! The last good few season last in prem had less than 28 pts.

[LFC Blue]

I think we'll see a reaction to the Derry no show on Friday night and Limerick will show too much desire for a Shamrock Rovers team with one eye on their Winter off. I predict a 3-1 win with Vinny back amongst the goals leaving us within touching distance of safety when the weekend is out.

[Acornvilla]

Crowd will likely be smaller, so maybe less pressure and the lads are back into the nothing to lose, and just have to go for it situation, so hopefully we see a performance.

[thomas72]

Week in week out stupid ******** goals giving away by trying to play out from the back again when will we ever learn we are unable to do it or there is a time and place to do it not to attempt it especially when your been pressed by 3 players.
It's ****ing schoolboy stuff ffs that's why we'll be division one football next season brain farts like that all year.
Rant over

[AlanOB]

Agreed in full with that rant, Thomas.

Limerick 0-2 Shamrock Rovers: Playing out from the back costs Limerick again (https://tacticstruck2.wordpress.com/2015/10/23/limerick-0-2-shamrock-rovers-playing-out-from-the-back-costs-limerick-again/)

[Lims4ever]

Another poor showing so frustrating to watch , hard to see us beating Sligo on our last two showings just too many players can't hack the pressure of the big occasion or let's face it just not good enougH. I think the only players who came out of it with any credit were o Connor worked hard as always and Shaun Kelly if only the rest had the work rate and desire he showed all night . Duggan another poor showing and what has gone wrong with lee Lynch he has been like a player who does not care last two games really surprised was woeful again last night and rightly taken off at halftime is he carrying an injury or what ,Our centre halfs had a nightmare as well kanyuka way too casual on the ball does not win enough headers for the size of him and williams shocking all over the place does not look nowhere near as fit as he should be. Miele was a class act looks some player

[bluewhitearmy]

Another poor showing so frustrating to watch , hard to see us beating Sligo on our last two showings just too many players can't hack the pressure of the big occasion or let's face it just not good enougH. I think the only players who came out of it with any credit were o Connor worked hard as always and Shaun Kelly if only the rest had the work rate and desire he showed all night . Duggan another poor showing and what has gone wrong with lee Lynch he has been like a player who does not care last two games really surprised was woeful again last night and rightly taken off at halftime is he carrying an injury or what ,Our centre halfs had a nightmare as well kanyuka way too casual on the ball does not win enough headers for the size of him and williams shocking all over the place does not look nowhere near as fit as he should be. Miele was a class act looks some player


Still probably our player of the year tbh.

[Treaty Gooner]

I'm calling it. Our goose is cooked.

[osarusan]

I'm calling it. Our goose is cooked.
Not yet.

Not a hope that Drogheda will get a win in Tallaght so a win will do it for us.

Sligo are the only team that haven't beaten us this year, and now have nothing to really play for.

We really really need our midfield to get into the game though.

[bluewhitearmy]

No Lee J in Sligo but my biggest question is have this team the bottle.