LOI Fixtures 16/9 - 20/9

[ToberonaTornado]

Rovers 1 down after 7mins.

[Lim till i die]

Lot of Liverpool and Chelsea fans on leeside

[ToberonaTornado]

Harps behind early v Longford. 0-1

[Nesta99]

I am a bit surprised at the crowd at Turners Crowd - id have though at least the Shed would have been full for this game!

[ToberonaTornado]

The other County Louth side are ahead by 2-0 @ United Park. ;)

[White Horse]

The other County Louth side are ahead by 2-0 @ United Park. ;)

Big win for Drogheda. They are looking good for the play off spot.

[pineapple stu]

Drogheda have qualified for the play-offs now. Question is whether Cobh can catch us to face them. They gave themselves every chance after tonight. Worst performance of the season from us I think.

[wonder88]

Nice, and much needed win for Galway tonight. The Bohs keeper much better than Gary Rodgers. Former player of the year Mark Quigley came on for Bohs with ten minutes to go. The young lad O Halloran was bright early on, but faded. For Galway I had given up on top 5/6 after the Bray game, but if the lads improved a bit more on tonight's performance maybe its possible. There was good atmosphere around the ground from half-time onwards even with the small crowd(didn't here attendance given).

[ToberonaTornado]

Drogheda have qualified for the play-offs now. Question is whether Cobh can catch us to face them. They gave themselves every chance after tonight. Worst performance of the season from us I think.

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Tight for 2nd.
Is the first division play-off 2nd v 3rd over two legs with winners to play 2nd last in Premier?

[nigel-harps1954]

We're going down. Cobh, UCD, or Drogheda would all fancy themselves to beat us in the play-off, and I wouldn't bet against them unless we drastically change things.

[pineapple stu]

Tight for 2nd.
Is the first division play-off 2nd v 3rd over two legs with winners to play 2nd last in Premier?

That's it.

Drogheda seem to have second sewn up? Though if we win all our last four (if...), and Drogheda don't beat Limerick, we'd get it as we play Drogheda on the last day.

But I don't think 2nd/3rd makes a huge difference; Cobh are the ones we're looking out for at the moment.

[Lim till i die]

It seems our decision to go on tour for a year, while a great boost for ourselves, was overall bad for football. :bad:

[redarmyfaction]

We're going down. Cobh, UCD, or Drogheda would all fancy themselves to beat us in the play-off, and I wouldn't bet against them unless we drastically change things.

I liked Wexford when I seen then in the Showgs, they kept battling away even when the game was will beyond them, they are putting a little run of form together and will challenge for third last, I would fancy Harps to stay up even if it takes a play off, the first division is poor this year while the premier it's very competitive even Dundalk despite their dominance lost two on the trot recenty.

[MeathDrog]

So do 2nd play 3rd with 2nd getting home advantage? Or is it over two legs.

[ToberonaTornado]

So do 2nd play 3rd with 2nd getting home advantage? Or is it over two legs.

Guess btw.

1ST div play-off

Third v Second - leg 1
Second v Third - leg two

Winners play 2nd last team in Prem division over two legs.Prem team @home 1st leg,away 2nd
Or maybe a toss to decide for home advantage? (forget)

[El-Pietro]

We were awful tonight and still won 3-0. Thats eight goals in eight days against Rovers. I don't remember a worse Rovers team.

[Charlie Darwin]

We were awful tonight and still won 3-0. Thats eight goals in eight days against Rovers. I don't remember a worse Rovers team.
Very hard to perform to a high standard when you're deprived of top players like Gavin Brennan.

[ger121]

Very hard to perform to a high standard when you're deprived of top players like Gavin Brennan.

Deprived is right!

[White Horse]

We were awful tonight and still won 3-0. Thats eight goals in eight days against Rovers. I don't remember a worse Rovers team.

Rovers looked poor alright. However, you can only beat what is in front of you. Three points and three goals. Job done.

[Martinho II]

Guess btw.

1ST div play-off

Third v Second - leg 1
Second v Third - leg two

Winners play 2nd last team in Prem division over two legs.Prem team @home 1st leg,away 2nd
Or maybe a toss to decide for home advantage? (forget)

going by my knowledge of the playoffs the 2nd place team in the playoffs have home advantage in the first leg I think!

[nigel-harps1954]

going by my knowledge of the playoffs the 2nd place team in the playoffs have home advantage in the first leg I think!

Incorrect.

[Martinho II]

Incorrect.

fair enough.

[Longfordian]

Home in the second leg Marty. Which is theoretically an advantage.

[ToberonaTornado]

Sligo - WTF

[dublinwanderer]

this is some run of games for Bray - best in years and years from the team!!! 4 nil again against Sligo at home! Wow!

Moved above Bohs and with Wexford, Bohs and Harps next 3 games you may see another 7 or even 9 points gained! Too late for Europe?

[KR's Post]

To late for Europe but unbelievable run and 7 from 9 in next 3 games is not what we want. We want 9/9. Why not

[placid casual]

Nice one Bray.
H is doing a great job there.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Bray have scored 27 goals this season. 8 against us in their two home games. Hate that place.

We were shockingly bad apart from the first half hour of the second half when we were in control but didn't create a huge pile of chances.

Absolutely cracking fourth goal.

[brendy_éire]

Pretty poor game in Wexford on Friday night. A few chances for Wexford, but not much entertainment on offer.
Wexford had definitely improved over the week before, but so frustrating how inconsistent we are. I know we're not losing games, but if we actually trying being a bit more attacking, we could swap some draws for wins.
That's our tenth this season then. We're lucky that we're still third. If Shamrock Rovers got their act together, third spot is there for the taking.

[patrickccfc]

Don't tell Stephen Kenny, Sean Maguire just scored another penalty

[patrickccfc]

Massive three points that. Disappointing beattie getting sent off and out for the Sligo game.

Didn't sound like our best performance, but at this stage it's all about getting points on the board.

[mcgonigle]

Don't tell Stephen Kenny, Sean Maguire just scored another soft penalty

Fixed that for you...

[patrickccfc]

Fixed that for you...

Maybe, Couldn't comment as I haven't seen it, but I'm certainly not going to complain about it

[Real ale Madrid]

Fixed that for you...


Walker's or King or maybe Tayto?

[El-Pietro]

Fixed that for you...

They all count.

[patrickccfc]

Or kenny's crisps??

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[nigel-harps1954]

Absolutely horrendous penalty decision. Tuite blew his whistle before the player even hit the ground. Couldn't give it quickly enough. Much better from Harps tonight though, had we played like that vs Longford, it would have been an altogether different result.

[White Horse]

Absolutely horrendous penalty decision. Tuite blew his whistle before the player even hit the ground. Couldn't give it quickly enough. Much better from Harps tonight though, had we played like that vs Longford, it would have been an altogether different result.

Just saw it on Soccer Republic. It was a penalty, utterly stupid from the defender and Buckley did go down like he was attacked with an axe. But still a penalty.

Looks like the defender watched the Gah yesterday, always a bad idea before a real game.

[El-Pietro]

Poor quality footage but you can't make that sort of challenge and expect to get away with it.

[jinxy lilywhite]

Jesus that was the worst definition of a soft penalty I ever saw. Pure shoulder charge and not a crisp bag in sight.

Over to us now tomorrow night v rovers. 3 points needed to keep Cork at bay. Its corks league to lose especially with EL distractions.

I think 75 will win the league. Max dundalk can get is 85 and Cork 81 but I don't think either will win their remaining 9

[El-Pietro]

Its not our league to lose at all. We effectively need to win 9 straight games, including one against Dundalk and hope Dundalk drop points in one other game. If they draw that game we need to find 6 more goals than Dundalk do between now and the end of the season.

We have a fighting chance but any talk of us being favourites is silly. Mind games aren't likely to work here as the players won't be reading this.

[MattB11]

Looked soft as heck from the stand during the game, can see why it was awarded from TV angle though, that said the incompetent tit with the whistle would probably of waved play on had it happened in the other box

[Yossarian]

I haven't seen the highlights so my opinion is completely uninformed, but seriously another soft pen for Cork, Stephen Kenny is right!
In all seriousness though, Cork are doing what they need to do to keep in there and it makes our two games this week must win. Unlike some other Dundalk fans I don't buy this talk of the league being Corks to lose. We are in the driving seat and while it's going to be a tough last 6 weeks of the league I think we will still have enough to see it out. Obviously a lot will depend on when the game between us and Cork is played and how that goes but I'm still confident we will win the league.

[sbgawa]

I haven't seen the highlights so my opinion is completely uninformed, but seriously another soft pen for Cork, Stephen Kenny is right!
In all seriousness though, Cork are doing what they need to do to keep in there and it makes our two games this week must win. Unlike some other Dundalk fans I don't buy this talk of the league being Corks to lose. We are in the driving seat and while it's going to be a tough last 6 weeks of the league I think we will still have enough to see it out. Obviously a lot will depend on when the game between us and Cork is played and how that goes but I'm still confident we will win the league.

Completely agree, Dundalk have a far bigger chance to win the league than Cork....In terms of Europa league distraction they have TWO games to play before the league ends, which while I am sure Stephen Kenny will argue is something akin to the miracle of the loaves and fishes would not exactly be a miracle.
Would the people who think its Corks to lose swap positions with them?? don't think so..

Of course after we go to Oriel park tonight and win : ) the league will be right open

[Real ale Madrid]

Mind games aren't likely to work here as the players won't be reading this.

:confused:

[Ezeikial]

Dundalk are the clear favourites although the week ahead will crystalise a lot.

Dundalk 3/10
Cork 9/4

are current bookie odds for the league

[White Horse]

Its not our league to lose at all. We effectively need to win 9 straight games, including one against Dundalk and hope Dundalk drop points in one other game. If they draw that game we need to find 6 more goals than Dundalk do between now and the end of the season.

We have a fighting chance but any talk of us being favourites is silly. Mind games aren't likely to work here as the players won't be reading this.

A month ago, I would have said that Cork were in the driving seat.

However, in that month Dundalk took maximum points from three away games in a row; Wexford, Bohs, and Sligo. That is tough going, especially when played in a congested fixture schedule between big European games.

The brittleness and defensive uncertainty of defeats against Bray and Galway a month earlier were nowhere to be seen.

[Ezeikial]

Of course after we go to Oriel park tonight and win : ) the league will be right open

A sign of the times is that you can get over 10/1 on Rovers tonight

[pineapple stu]

Other important factor in the title is that though Dundalk and Cork have played the same number of games (24), Dundalk have played three fewer home games and Cork have played three fewer away games. So Cork have a load more away games to catch up on.

[Real ale Madrid]

Other important factor in the title is that though Dundalk and Cork have played the same number of games (24), Dundalk have played three fewer home games and Cork have played three fewer away games. So Cork have a load more away games to catch up on.

We have 9 games left 5 away, 4 at home - we are down for an extra home game this year.
Dundalk have 6 home and 3 away although I'm not sure their home form is any better than their away form anyway, must be something to do with that pitch of theirs. To be fair that doesn't get much discussion on here.