Limerick v Cork

[thomas72]

Really looking forward to this one a serious test for us against a very very good side with the best striker in the country aswell.

Anyone think this game might sell out??
Cork will bring huge support lovely weather might be something like the harps play off game last season in regards attendance.

[Lim till i die]

cork will bring what Pats brought for the ea, probably a bit less. If its sunny we might hit 3000 if not then not much more than 2000 i reckon. Decent crowds either way.

Kind of resigned to defeat in this one. 25 years and im struggling to remember winning a big league game at home. cork are nothing fannytabulous but Maguire will murder us.

Bigger game for the club, and for Martin Russell, away to Pats the following friday. Third bite of the cherry against a crap Pats team....

[LFC Blue]

Stand sold out after not even two days

[thomas72]

Wow sell out I reckon

[LK37oldskool]

Yup, was at the McMahon today around 3- no stand tickets left. Heard away section completely sold out. Looking like I'm in the terrace for this one.

[Ancient Rush]

Will the club hold back terrace tickets for Friday night? Great to hear that it is heading towards sell out.

[CraftyToePoke]

Whitehead to shackle Maguire in a coming of age performance which lays the bed for a famous era kick starting victory which in time will be spoken about on away trips in Europe as the moment we turned the corner.

That or another premature ejaculation of a home game in front of the sometimes fans we are trying to woo into bed every week.

One of these two. Definitely.

[Fr. Joe]

According to your man in McMahon butchers there's less than 800 terrace tickets left for the Munster derby.

[Lim till i die]

Limerick FC will never sell out a game. Not while we have lovely grass banks instead of stands.

Anybody that wants to go bring your 12 quid and you will get in.

I still say around 2500 would be a super crowd.

Im skeptical about this "stand sold out" thing. I reckon tis just the allocations that were in the shops that are gone. Theres no way 1400 people are after walkin into Paddy McMahons for Limerick tickets.

[harpin]

Limerick FC will never sell out a game. Not while we have lovely grass banks instead of stands.

Anybody that wants to go bring your 12 quid and you will get in.

I still say around 2500 would be a super crowd.

Im skeptical about this "stand sold out" thing. I reckon tis just the allocations that were in the shops that are gone. Theres no way 1400 people are after walkin into Paddy McMahons for Limerick tickets.

Heard he sold out of skirts and kidneys as well

[bluewhitearmy]

The stand isn't sold out lads the two places to get early tickets are out of em if you get there early you will get stand tickets at the booths but they will go fast like for the Sligo game they were gone an hour before kick off.

[thomas72]

Absolutely appalling stuff tonight did Martin and limerick know this was a derby not one tackle put in actually a few pulled out of them an absolute joke.
Hery on the bench is unbelievable imo our best midfielder if he has a knock we don't know about fair enough but his warm was perfect and was benched last week aswell terrible management.
Turner again staying on the 90mins again failure to see the problem and not acting.
Yet AGAIN ******** around with the ball at the back has cost us another goal when is the penny going to drop for Russell and see we are not Barcelona and don't have the players to do that.
Pat o Sullivan is getting more and more angry with what he is seeing this club cannot go back down again pat needs to act fast it's beyond a joke Russell is tactically lacking same mistakes over and over again.
How long more has he left?

[Kennycon]

The first goal was a schoolboy error and unforgivable, we could have lost by 6 such a lack of pace at the back is worrying opposition constantly getting behind us and I agree with Thomas72 not one tackle put in if we don't man up soon we will go down.

[Johnnie C]

Bit more passion wouldn't have gone astray tonight but Cork are on a different level altogether from Limerick. Cork were runners up in the Premier for 3rd season running last year as well as winning the Cup and getting through two rounds in Europe while Limerick were going through the motions against Cabinteely and the like. Unrealistic to think they'll just land in the Premier and roll over the big guns. It's games like Drogheda at home next that are crucial for Limerick this season.

[Kennycon]

I agree but the goals we are giving away are not down to the creativity of the opposition it's silly mistakes and at this level you will get punished , macguire looks a player.

[fieldofmarkets]

Very disappointed with the effort made by some of our players tonight.

[Johnnie C]

The first goal was poor from a defensive point of view but Cork were better on the ball, more confident, they were going to hit the front at some stage, with or without Limerick mistakes. Next three games, Pats away and home v Drogs and Galway will give a clearer picture of where Limerick are at.

[Lims4ever]

We should have known at this stage big crowd bound to fail and by god we did , so frustrating to watch for the third home game same **** tosi isolated up front first half formation not working again and wait till the game was over at ht to change it , taught we done OK until the mistake for the goal a big worry when they got the goal we fell apart which was shocking, whitehead and Robson had a night mare first half and as for ogbene my God is he frustrating how he lasted the full game I'll never no caulfield I'd say wasn't sheding too many tears when he walked away ,cork are streets ahead of us very impressive all round maguire was hugely impressive some player , taught Dave o connor made a massive difference looked quality second half and Lee j worked his socks off so many did not

[NeverFeltBetter]

My father was at the game, he tells me flares were set off by both fans?

[bluewhitearmy]

The first goal was poor from a defensive point of view but Cork were better on the ball, more confident, they were going to hit the front at some stage, with or without Limerick mistakes. Next three games, Pats away and home v Drogs and Galway will give a clearer picture of where Limerick are at.


Ya like home games against Bohs and Harps are what matter..............

[Treaty Gooner]

Cork probably gona win the thing, came to town with a 100% record. Poor enough show from Limerick but if we'd taken that early chance with Tosi's header it might have been interesting. Our final league position won't depend on beating Cork. On to the next one.

[bluewhitearmy]

Please stop the whole it was Cork excuse even taking into account how much better they are than us it was a pathetic performance.

[LK37oldskool]

Spineless performance. If ever there was an occasion to give punters back their entrance money last night was it. Honestly it's getting a little worrying. I've not been a huge opponent of Russell's management but I'm near my wits end with him now. Something needs to change shortly. The noises of discontent were very loud last night.

[bluewhitearmy]

What bothers me so much is its just all so predictable honest to god after the Dundalk game I spoke to one Limerick fan and we spoke about the games ahead up until lastnight and he almost gave word for word what would happen in these games. It's done now it's over with Russell we know what we are and we know what we will never be with him and if the club don't show some balls for once and do what needs to be done when it needs to be done then they have only themselves to blame.

[gael353]

If Russell is kept for another week we lose the three points at pats. This is the team that Russell can't beat. No point his apologists saying we are better then teams x y and z if he cant get his team to perform at home against a big rival then what hope is there. We need a manager who will bring with him 6 over 6 ft players to replace a team of leggless midgets

[kingpin4]

If Russell is kept for another week we lose the three points at pats. This is the team that Russell can't beat. No point his apologists saying we are better then teams x y and z if he cant get his team to perform at home against a big rival then what hope is there. We need a manager who will bring with him 6 over 6 ft players to replace a team of leggless midgets

Just out of interest, if he was to go, do people have an idea of a replacement? Like there aren't a whole lot of options out there this early in the season, are there?
Not that it's a valid reason to stick with him either, but just interested to know.

On another note, I think our opinion of the players is pretty skewed because of what we saw last year. We probably have a thought that a better manager will get better results, but we have a lot of players who aren't good enough to be challenging for a top 4 spot.

[bluewhitearmy]

Just out of interest, if he was to go, do people have an idea of a replacement? Like there aren't a whole lot of options out there this early in the season, are there?
Not that it's a valid reason to stick with him either, but just interested to know.

On another note, I think our opinion of the players is pretty skewed because of what we saw last year. We probably have a thought that a better manager will get better results, but we have a lot of players who aren't good enough to be challenging for a top 4 spot.

Baraclough is one off the top of my head. Don't think anyone said push for top 4 really if take not having to worry about being relegated from making the same mistakes we did 3 years ago. People need to realise we have one of the bigger budgets in the league just scraping staying up isn't good enough for the money being spent.

[kingpin4]

Baraclough is one off the top of my head. Don't think anyone said push for top 4 really if take not having to worry about being relegated from making the same mistakes we did 3 years ago. People need to realise we have one of the bigger budgets in the league just scraping staying up isn't good enough for the money being spent.

I always just thought Barraclough won the league with the foundations there before him. Once it was "his own team", they just seemed to be another average team really.

I completely agree about not worrying about relegation, I thought top 4 was a pipe dream for a team just promoted, but my point is about the players.
If our budget is as big as rumoured, we have wasted it on a lot of average players. I can't remember us really signing a player that we beat a number of teams to. We've either signed unknowns to the league or else spent money on unwanted players. So put a lot of average players with a manager who is average, and you get what we are.
They certainly have to take their share of the blame, because I refuse to believe that players like Duggan, Lee J and Williams (who are all experienced) would stick to a poor game plan, even when they see it isn't working, and not try to change anything on the pitch themselves.
Should we just get Gamble on a form at this point? ;-)

[thomas72]

Baraclough is one off the top of my head. Don't think anyone said push for top 4 really if take not having to worry about being relegated from making the same mistakes we did 3 years ago. People need to realise we have one of the bigger budgets in the league just scraping staying up isn't good enough for the money being spent.

I agree regarding barely staying up with the money that has been spent is nowhere near good enough BUT does pat know that.

[bluewhitearmy]

I always just thought Barraclough won the league with the foundations there before him. Once it was "his own team", they just seemed to be another average team really.

I completely agree about not worrying about relegation, I thought top 4 was a pipe dream for a team just promoted, but my point is about the players.
If our budget is as big as rumoured, we have wasted it on a lot of average players. I can't remember us really signing a player that we beat a number of teams to. We've either signed unknowns to the league or else spent money on unwanted players. So put a lot of average players with a manager who is average, and you get what we are.
They certainly have to take their share of the blame, because I refuse to believe that players like Duggan, Lee J and Williams (who are all experienced) would stick to a poor game plan, even when they see it isn't working, and not try to change anything on the pitch themselves.
Should we just get Gamble on a form at this point? ;-)

Baraclough or anyone else might not be any good but I'd rather try someone that might not be good than stick to someone we know isn't.

[bluewhitearmy]

And we roll on another week with him as manager it seems.Great.

[Lim till i die]

I hear the head of the official supporters club resigned.

So... Y'know.... At least someone did SOMETHING I suppose

[bluewhitearmy]

I hear the head of the official supporters club resigned.

So... Y'know.... At least someone did SOMETHING I suppose

Good heavens as if this week couldn't get any worse.

[topfan]

Anyone know the reason behind this resignation??

[osarusan]

I hear the head of the official supporters club resigned.

So... Y'know.... At least someone did SOMETHING I suppose

Who is that? S.T.?