LOI WEEKEND Fixtures 25th/26th Sept

[bluewhitearmy]

I just felt the fella telling me I should kill myself over it was a bit much, I didn't even sing the thing ya can see me in the video just clapping. :(

[White Horse]

It makes me sick to my stomach. No place for that kind of thing in our league.

I can understand Longford fans saying that. Slagging off the ball boys in away grounds is your standard. ;)

[Longfordian]

Absolutely fair game. In the good old days before the PC brigade we'd give them a good clip as well.

[GCdfc]

I can understand Longford fans saying that. Slagging off the ball boys in away grounds is your standard. ;)

Did anyone else notice the steward removing the ball boys from in front of the Dundalk crowd after the Limerick goal, taking their jackets and putting them into the main stand? They went a bit mad celebrating the Limerick goal and dancing for a couple of minutes in front of us. Two other ball boys were put in their place. A humorous moment.

[Martinho II]

the way Longford are playing at the moment I will be amazed if they escape the play offs

considering the silence on our forum which I find shocking I think we are in serious bother! its very bad when a local journo says it to you at half time that TC has to go! Considering the amount of experienced players that were playing last night the lack of response from them was disgraceful. the only time Pat Sullivan made a comment on the pitch was when we had a go at him towards the end of the game. he suddenly came to life and said something smart to us! Rice yet again was found wanting last night.

Lookin at our last four games I just cant see where we can get a win from. I think we will 100% be in the playoffs and I pray we will not play Harps in the playoff final as they will beat us and they are comin into form!
For a cup semi final I am not too bothered about being thrashed in Oriel!

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Not to mention some quality. Duggan was excellent, while Faherty and Clark looked very sharp.

There is no comparison between them and the pub team we played last weekend.

How did the Limerick superstars do the last time they went to Oriel?

[Lim till i die]

How did the Limerick superstars do the last time they went to Oriel?

The team that played Dundalk last night showed six changes from the team that played up in Oriel, five of them significant ones.

Only a complete idiot would try to draw parallels.

If we go down (and if we don't beat Galway we will go down) we will deserve it. Or more specifically Pat O'Sullivan will deserve it for his antics at the start of the year. He was quick enough to take all the plaudits when going well if we're relegated he'll have to take it on the chin because it will be his fault. Problem with throwing all your toys out of your pram is sometimes some of them break.

On the chant last night I'm not one given over to hyperbole so believe me when I say I'm convinced that the people who cheered dundalk off last night should be dragged from their beds and shot. My toes still haven't uncurled.

[bluewhitearmy]

I'd have rathered we were caught up in another banning debacle or maybe even some light racism or something possibly some fisticuffs. Anything other than what did happen.

[seand]

Down with this sort of thing. And if any of you fookers are planning any 'gaurd of honour' bull between now and the end of the season forget it. It will be interesting to see what kind of reaction we get in Tallaght in a couple of weeks though, if we seal the deal. :)

[osarusan]

If we go down (and if we don't beat Galway we will go down) we will deserve it.
Absolutely.

6 points from the first 21 games is beyond a disgrace, and completely deserves relegation if that is what happens in the end.

[White Horse]

It will be interesting to see what kind of reaction we get in Tallaght in a couple of weeks though, if we seal the deal. :)

I half expect to be greeted by an empty stadium. Will Rovers fans even turn up?

[dundalkfc10]

I half expect to be greeted by an empty stadium. Will Rovers fans even turn up?

I cannot wait!

[Macy]

its very bad when a local journo says it to you at half time that TC has to go!
Depends which journo tbh Marty! Wouldn't be taking that as a sign... Having said that, we were brutal on Saturday. Mainly in defense though - very soft goals. I didn't think Rice was that bad, but his legs have gone imo.

[Dodge]

Longford created a few chances on Saturday (or were gifted some of them) and O'Malley in goal had to make 3/4 terrific saves to keep them scoreless. They were very poor at the back though

[outspoken]

Depends which journo tbh Marty! Wouldn't be taking that as a sign... Having said that, we were brutal on Saturday. Mainly in defense though - very soft goals. I didn't think Rice was that bad, but his legs have gone imo.

Yep his legs are gone and he gave the ball away more than anyone on the pitch. I'd take a play off now because personally I think we are going straight down

[mcgonigle]

All this Longford doom and gloom before travelling to Oriel sounds very familiar, resulting in a 0-0 draw with 10 men!

[Macy]

I've missed a good few games over the last couple of months, but we weren't as bad as I was expecting on Saturday after what I had been reading. Even defensively, it was brain farts more than systems imo.

[bluewhitearmy]

Yep his legs are gone and he gave the ball away more than anyone on the pitch. I'd take a play off now because personally I think we are going straight down

Ah there is no hope ye are going straight down tbh I think that is firmly between us Drrogs and Galway now with us still massive favourites to go straight down.

[outspoken]

Difference is Limerick look like scoring every week, Galway can play nice ball, Drogs still have some decent players, we just look totally beaten right now

[bluewhitearmy]

Difference is Limerick look like scoring every week, Galway can play nice ball, Drogs still have some decent players, we just look totally beaten right now

Ye have enough of a gap from us though that any kind of result at all is huge for ye. I hope to god ye beat Drogs anyway.

[Martinho II]

Ye have enough of a gap from us though that any kind of result at all is huge for ye. I hope to god ye beat Drogs anyway.

our goal difference is gettin worse week by week thats my big worry!

[nigel-harps1954]

our goal difference is gettin worse week by week thats my big worry!

And if Hunt keeps on throwing balls into the net like he done for Greenes goal then that won't help much.

[WoodquayBoy]

Difference is Limerick look like scoring every week, Galway can play nice ball, Drogs still have some decent players, we just look totally beaten right now
No point playing nice ball if you can't put the ball in the opposition's net and keep it out of your own. Massive massive games for us on Friday, can't afford to lose to Sligo - a win could see us jump from 11th to 8th, it is that tight at the bottom!

[outspoken]

And if Hunt keeps on throwing balls into the net like he done for Greenes goal then that won't help much.

Hunt has been superb all season, think his confidence was just totally gone at that stage of the game like the rest of us.

[mcgonigle]

Just watched Soccer Republic and was surprised to hear Alan Cawley saying Limerick should have had a "stonewall" penalty, at the time I thought it was a blatant dive by Kelly and the reply confirms that for me. He clearly has a look at Barrett, checks his runs into him and goes down, a bit of desperation! But Cawley sees it different, maybe I'm blinded by my bias! No Limerick fan has mentioned it since so presumed they thought the same.

Great goal by Keith Tracey, he may not be near fit enough but defo has quality in that left foot.

[bluewhitearmy]

Just watched Soccer Republic and was surprised to hear Alan Cawley saying Limerick should have had a "stonewall" penalty, at the time I thought it was a blatant dive by Kelly and the reply confirms that for me. He clearly has a look at Barrett, checks his runs into him and goes down, a bit of desperation! But Cawley sees it different, maybe I'm blinded by my bias! No Limerick fan has mentioned it since so presumed they thought the same.

Great goal by Keith Tracey, he may not be near fit enough but defo has quality in that left foot.

Everyone around me said it was never a penalty at the time. But that could be Limerick fans Dundalk bias too. :p

[White Horse]

Just watched Soccer Republic and was surprised to hear Alan Cawley saying Limerick should have had a "stonewall" penalty, at the time I thought it was a blatant dive by Kelly and the reply confirms that for me. He clearly has a look at Barrett, checks his runs into him and goes down, a bit of desperation! But Cawley sees it different, maybe I'm blinded by my bias! No Limerick fan has mentioned it since so presumed they thought the same.

Great goal by Keith Tracey, he may not be near fit enough but defo has quality in that left foot.

Amazed that Cawley said it was stonewall. I was a few yards away from it, and Kelly moved in to Barrett and them threw himself to the floor.

I was worried at the time as I've seen them given. In this case, the ref didn't buy it.

[Jofspring]

It was never a penalty. Going by soccer republic it looks stone wall but from another angle you can see Clarke slows down, has a look at the Dundalk player and takes the hit. No one near me in the stand thought it was a peno.

If we keep up the attacking prowess we have continued to show, be that when being dominant in possession or on the break, then I can see us doing enough to stay up.

[Dunny]

It was never a penalty. Going by soccer republic it looks stone wall but from another angle you can see Clarke slows down, has a look at the Dundalk player and takes the hit. No one near me in the stand thought it was a peno.

If we keep up the attacking prowess we have continued to show, be that when being dominant in possession or on the break, then I can see us doing enough to stay up.
Yeah same as that from my angle and not one around me thought it was a pen either.(All Dundalk fans though :) )

[osarusan]

Clarke overdoes it at times - he waits for the contact and goes down rather than just going for goal.

And he's so obviously looking for a penalty that the referees don't give it, even if there was contact.

[Charlie Darwin]

Jesus, last week all the Limerick fans were convinced Clarke hadn't dived against Bray. Now he's notorious for it!

[harpin]

Clarke overdoes it at times - he waits for the contact and goes down rather than just going for goal.

And he's so obviously looking for a penalty that the referees don't give it, even if there was contact.

In fairness to him there were 2 instances this year in the Markets Field where he was fouled but stayed on his feet in the box...both penalties none given

[bluewhitearmy]

Jesus, last week all the Limerick fans were convinced Clarke hadn't dived against Bray. Now he's notorious for it!

Still think it was a stonewall penalty in Bray tbh

[nigel-harps1954]

Didn't feel it needed a new thread for this weekends one league fixture, but two massive goals inside one minute from Enda Curran have Galway ahead of Sligo and put them up into 8th place, at least temporarily. 20 minutes to play in Terryland.

[osarusan]

Disastrous news.

[osarusan]

2-1 Galway now.

[osarusan]

All over, 2-1 Galway.

[Longfordian]

Galway v Limerick and Longford v Sligo next weekend. If we lose we're in big trouble.

[nigel-harps1954]

Wins for Limerick, Sligo and Bray in the bottom 7 next week could make it ridiculously tight altogether.

That'd leave it at:

Bray 34pts
Sligo 30
Longford 29
Derry 29
Galway 29
Drogheda 27
Limerick 26

[White Horse]

Well done Galway. That was an important result tonight.

[WoodquayBoy]

No idea how we won that. Actually, I do - goalkeeper Conor Winn must have felt like he was playing Sligo on his own at times. Some cracking saves to keep it 0-0, then Richard Brush has two complete brain farts in the space of 60 seconds and we are 2-0 up. Real backs to the wall then for the last 10 minutes after they pulled one back, but a MASSIVE three points for us. Another win next week and we are nearly there

[wonder88]

How impressive Winn has been in recent week? some great stops tonight to keep Galway in game. Great to see Enda Curran scoring again but as Woodquayboy pointed out but goals came from mistakes from the Sligo keeper. This was a game Galway had to get something from so the win is vital, but I think 4 points still needed. Next week another cup final type game against Limerick. Nervous (very) last 10 minutes as Sligo also had a goal disallowed for off-side. Hope Dundalk wrap up the title at Tallaght next week, and they have a good party.

[mcgonigle]

Hope Dundalk wrap up the title at Tallaght next week, and they have a good party.

We'd be happy with that, we'd still beat ya's though ;)