Match Day 12

[thomas72]

Shelbourne 3 Limerick 4

Limerick have now scored 50 league goals in 12 games 14pts clear at the top with 2nd place drogheda united are at the markets field next week Limerick looking to open up ar 17pt lead at the halfway mark

[El-Pietro]

They have conceded 11 goals in 12 games. Thats crazy. Especially as they have 5 clean sheets.

Conceded 3 against Shels today, 2 against Waterford in both games against them so far. They will need to sort that for next season.

[thomas72]

Have 7 clean sheets in 12

But I do agree it's an area that def needs improvement

[El-Pietro]

Have 7 clean sheets in 12

But I do agree it's an area that def needs improvement
Limerick 4-1 UCD
Waterford 2-5 Limerick
Limerick 6-1 Cobh
Athlone 0-5 Limerick - Clean sheet one
Limerick 5-1 Shelbourne
Drogheda United 0-3 Limerick CS 2
Limerick 3-0 Cabinteely CS 3
UCD 1-2 Limerick
Limerick 7-2 Waterford
Cobh 0-3 Limerick CS 4
Limerick 3-0 Athlone CS 5
Shelbourne 3-4 Limerick

I count 5, where are you getting 7 from?

[Lim till i die]

We were absolutely desperate and they couldn't touch us. Its a terrible division we could possibly have it wrapped up with a series to go.

In the off season we need a starting centre half, a full back, a keeper and a striker and we'll be comfortably mid table next year.

[patrickccfc]

Late winner for dundalk in the 93rd minute. Still, with us winning earlier it sets things up for a cracker on Friday

[nigel-harps1954]

Poor first half in Tallaght, but a much more enjoyable second half. Harps made a few changes in personnel and in formation and it worked a treat. Feel like Harps could have nicked a winner in the end, but point was probably a fair result given that Gallagher made a couple of fabulous saves for Harps.

A game that took a while to kick into life, I'd imagine Rovers have will have a much different view of proceedings, but it was an enjoyable game in glorious sunshine, which felt a little strange in itself on a Sunday afternoon, touch of a Summer friendly about it.

Missed the first 25 minutes or so due to mental traffic on the M7, and I actually missed Harps goal due to looking away for a few seconds, so, it's a bit annoying that I didn't actually watch either goal. I just about seen Scullys header hit the back of the net.

Rovers are probably the most cynical, negative team I've seen play against Harps in a long time though. Fenlon is destroying that side, which should be much better given the players at his disposal.

[pineapple stu]

Have to wonder how much longer Fenlon has at Rovers. They seem to be going backwards fairly quickly.

Ucd a bit lucky to get the win in Athlone. Town played well enough at times; enjoyable enough game, though the weather helps. But only 100 or so at it, and another 20-30 protesters watching though the fence.

[White Horse]

That is the second time this season that Wexford are unlucky to be beaten by Dundalk.

This was no "park the bus" /"backs to the wall" performance by Youths. They won a fair share of possession in the middle of the park and tried to expose uncertainty in Dundalk defence by clever balls between the full backs and the centre backs.

Easily the best team to come to Oriel Park this season.

[disgruntled]

We were absolutely desperate and they couldn't touch us. Its a terrible division we could possibly have it wrapped up with a series to go.

In the off season we need a starting centre half, a full back, a keeper and a striker and we'll be comfortably mid table next year.

That must be the closest any team has come to you this season.


Poor first half in Tallaght, but a much more enjoyable second half. Harps made a few changes in personnel and in formation and it worked a treat. Feel like Harps could have nicked a winner in the end, but point was probably a fair result given that Gallagher made a couple of fabulous saves for Harps.

A game that took a while to kick into life, I'd imagine Rovers have will have a much different view of proceedings, but it was an enjoyable game in glorious sunshine, which felt a little strange in itself on a Sunday afternoon, touch of a Summer friendly about it.

Missed the first 25 minutes or so due to mental traffic on the M7, and I actually missed Harps goal due to looking away for a few seconds, so, it's a bit annoying that I didn't actually watch either goal. I just about seen Scullys header hit the back of the net.

Rovers are probably the most cynical, negative team I've seen play against Harps in a long time though. Fenlon is destroying that side, which should be much better given the players at his disposal.

Great point for Harps but Rovers are absolute rubbish.
Can't understand how Fenlon is still there ?

[Ezeikial]

Rovers are probably the most cynical, negative team I've seen play against Harps in a long time though. Fenlon is destroying that side, which should be much better given the players at his disposal.

Cynical and negative are synonymous with Fenlon's style and this Rovers team are certainly cast in his own image.

Killian Brennan and Gary McCabe represent his philosophy and attitude perfectly. I expect this pair to continue to rack up yellow and red cards as their season disintegrates further

[Pablo Escobar]

That is the second time this season that Wexford are unlucky to be beaten by Dundalk.

This was no "park the bus" /"backs to the wall" performance by Youths. They won a fair share of possession in the middle of the park and tried to expose uncertainty in Dundalk defence by clever balls between the full backs and the centre backs.

Easily the best team to come to Oriel Park this season.
They were much the better team in the first half against us in Turners Cross.

[White Horse]

Can't understand how Fenlon is still there ?

Fenlon looked like he was building something there last season.

They gave Dundalk really tough games last season.

However, Fenlon has not built on it and they seem to have gone backwards. I'm not sure that sacking him will improve matters. There appears to be deeper problems there.

[joey B]

Very welcome point in Tallaght,watched it on the dodgy stream thing and only found out Rovers had ten men in the 87th minute lol Thought Rovers should have been 2 up at the break but we improved a lot Second half and could have sneaked it in the end,Ollie finally changed it up a bit and it seemed to pay off so a decent day all around after a horrendous couple of weeks.

[jinxy lilywhite]

Great game in oriel tonight. Fair play to Wexford for having a good go.

In saying that we had far too many below par performances Gannon, Shiels, Mcmillan and Rogers for the 2nd goal getting beat on his near post.

Sets up mighty for Friday night against cork

[ToberonaTornado]

Back four for us and Gary Rogers need to have words before Cork on Friday! Communication all over the place there today.
Fair play to Shane Keegan and Wexford Youths whose direct manner of playing football certainly knocked us off our stride today.They ran out of juice last 25 mins though and we had enough fresh quality to just about deny them.Good game-great win for DFC.

[ger121]

What a win today. 3 wins on the bounce now in all competitions. Hope we can continue to find the back of the net. Crazy auld League really, don't score in 6 League games and then score 5 against Pat's.

[pineapple stu]

That must be the closest any team has come to you this season.
We lost by a single goal at home too.

[bluewhitearmy]

We lost by a single goal at home too.

Show off.

[seand]

Wexford were good and gave it a real go in Oriel. Paul Murphy looks like he could be a decent player if he lost 3 stone.

[D24Saint]

Awful display from us , the defending was comical at times.We should have got more than one goal back but we never looked like getting anything from the game. The match next week is hard to call as both sides are awful this season.Sigh.

[disgruntled]

We lost by a single goal at home too.

Sorry you're right of course but you still lost :D

[outspoken]

I missed the first half of our game as was working but apparently decision to send Hoffmann off was shocking. Referee was awful yet again. However, we never even forced McNulty to dirty his gloves, Only player that looked capable of scoring was Duffy. Cousins has been found out this season but looks set to see the campaign out regardless. Players need to take some of the flack as well. Conor Powell was turned inside out by better players yesterday, you can see why he didn't stay at a higher level. A new manager may not be enough to save this squad but players like Dillon being played out of position isn't helping matters. Lose Friday and we can pack our bags.

[marinobohs]

Awful display from us , the defending was comical at times.We should have got more than one goal back but we never looked like getting anything from the game. The match next week is hard to call as both sides are awful this season.Sigh.

Match next week could have added significance after weekend results. Lot of the Hooperati less than happy with Nutsey. the fact that there are few options out there and the cost of removing him appear to be all that is saving him (or at least some very hard questions). not sure what feelings among pats fans are about Bucko, not good yesterday but to be fair that was after a shocker of a result.

Personally feel both should be delivering more with the resources they have.

[Ezeikial]

Match next week could have added significance after weekend results. Lot of the Hooperati less than happy with Nutsey. the fact that there are few options out there and the cost of removing him appear to be all that is saving him (or at least some very hard questions). not sure what feelings among pats fans are about Bucko, not good yesterday but to be fair that was after a shocker of a result.

Personally feel both should be delivering more with the resources they have.

The big difference is that Bucko has produced trophies and attractive football in recent seasons at St Pats. While Fenlon has had less time, he shows no sign of being able to improve the team, but rather has made them even more turgid and removed from the leaders

[CityBoy]

I missed the first half of our game as was working but apparently decision to send Hoffmann off was shocking. Referee was awful yet again. However, we never even forced McNulty to dirty his gloves, Only player that looked capable of scoring was Duffy. Cousins has been found out this season but looks set to see the campaign out regardless. Players need to take some of the flack as well. Conor Powell was turned inside out by better players yesterday, you can see why he didn't stay at a higher level. A new manager may not be enough to save this squad but players like Dillon being played out of position isn't helping matters. Lose Friday and we can pack our bags.

Two blatant yellows.

[outspoken]

Two blatant yellows.

Wasn't there as I said hopefully see it on SR tonight, even towns players tweeting about the decision

[oriel]

That is the second time this season that Wexford are unlucky to be beaten by Dundalk.

This was no "park the bus" /"backs to the wall" performance by Youths. They won a fair share of possession in the middle of the park and tried to expose uncertainty in Dundalk defence by clever balls between the full backs and the centre backs.

Easily the best team to come to Oriel Park this season.

Yeah I'd agree with that on Wexford, they had a go right from the start. Thought Mountney should have buried his chance on 2 mins, might have been a different story then, but massive credit to Wexford, this was a game they easily deserved to draw, Dundalk only 'played' for probably a total of 15 minutes.

[oldyouth]

Paul Murphy looks like he could be a decent player if he lost 3 stone.

He already has :)

Paul was with Ipswich for a while and came back to Wexford playing Junior ball with North End United. His undoubted talent brought great success without ever having to be properly fit. He now wants to show his skills on the big stage and is adapting to what is required. I was one of the many doubters that he he had the right discipline to perform at this level, but the lad runs himself in to the ground every game and has heart like a lion

[wonder88]

There were no Gardaí on duty at Terryland yesterday, with a good number of visiting fans (100 plus) there, but Cork Tom was present. I think we; loI fans are over policed anyway, along with water protesters. Galway have been waiting for a peno for a long while now. Compared to the penalty given to Creataro last year, Shanahan must feel hard done by. The ref McKeown was poor on the penalty calls.

[Charlie Darwin]

Poor first half in Tallaght, but a much more enjoyable second half. Harps made a few changes in personnel and in formation and it worked a treat. Feel like Harps could have nicked a winner in the end, but point was probably a fair result given that Gallagher made a couple of fabulous saves for Harps.

A game that took a while to kick into life, I'd imagine Rovers have will have a much different view of proceedings, but it was an enjoyable game in glorious sunshine, which felt a little strange in itself on a Sunday afternoon, touch of a Summer friendly about it.

Missed the first 25 minutes or so due to mental traffic on the M7, and I actually missed Harps goal due to looking away for a few seconds, so, it's a bit annoying that I didn't actually watch either goal. I just about seen Scullys header hit the back of the net.

Rovers are probably the most cynical, negative team I've seen play against Harps in a long time though. Fenlon is destroying that side, which should be much better given the players at his disposal.
Ha, we've played much worse this season. We should have been two or three up at half time really - Gallagher was outstanding apart from the lead-up to the goal. Should have added a couple after your equaliser too.

Ah, we're not negative so much as we just don't have good enough players. If we were that negative Ollie wouldn't have played seven at the back and set his stall out to keep the score down. We were camped in your half for 70 minutes and created plenty, but Dundalk or Cork would have created twice as much and finished the game off. Cynical? Scully got a yellow card for the very same thing McCabe was sent off for, then scored a couple of minutes later.

Harps will be OK I think. Better team than Longford anyway, probably Bray too.

[brendy_éire]

Rather mediocre game at the Brandywell that was pretty much over after we scored our second on 20 minutes.
Second half was poor to watch, and we really should have got a couple more goals.
I'd worry about that Bray side. Awful defending and a real lack of effort. I know they still don't have a manager, but it's a excuse.

Enjoyed the novelty of the Sunday afternoon game, though the home attendance was certainly down. Bray took more fans than I've seen them bring in ages though.

[seand]

He already has :)

Paul was with Ipswich for a while and came back to Wexford playing Junior ball with North End United. His undoubted talent brought great success without ever having to be properly fit. He now wants to show his skills on the big stage and is adapting to what is required. I was one of the many doubters that he he had the right discipline to perform at this level, but the lad runs himself in to the ground every game and has heart like a lion

Obviously the three stone bit was a massive exaggeration, but he could certainly lose a few pounds. Great attitude, great heart and plenty of ability.