LOI fixtures June 2nd

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

What a poor game in Sligo. Neither side really wanted to play football but yet, it was still good entertainment.

0-0 was probably a fair result.

Not sure if there 3 worse teams then the 2 of them

[oriel]

So has Dundalk now become like Rovers from 2011 onwards? I.e. Complancy sets in and suddenly players who were excellent now looking 'lazy' ,I was particularly surprised to read today's match reports of how poor Massey was as for last few years he was terrific .



Massey was absolutely dreadful last night, he played like a guy with no confidence, his passing was poor, lost the ball too many times, and missed a golden chance to make it 1-1 right on ht, last year and esp 2 years before, that would have been buried.

Cork were excellent and were better in every area, but this is a team that has been building for years, final touches applied, meanwhile Dundalk have lost key players every season, interesting to read today the MF that started from the cup final double side of O'Donnell, Towell, Finn, Horgan (and Meenan) all gone apart from O'Donnell who didn't start last night.

Its simply a case of the current players are not good enough, and a rebuilding job is required for next season. If we can hang on to 2nd, that will still be an excellent season given the player exits, and it will be 5 years in a row in the top 2.

None of this takes away from the disappointment of a dreadful display last night, but interesting to look back that Cork were probably the opposition of the worst and best displays under Kenny, the best being the 2-1 win in TC in April 2015, double season.

[brendy_éire]

Derry unbeaten in nine after steadying the ship after losing Ryan. Serious amount of injuries this season too. Made hard work of the game though after going 2 up.

Didn't we just? Some fairly roping defending from ourselves left me thinking we were lucky to come away with the win. We were great before Galway scored, every attack looked dangerous. Galway settled in after their goal, they actually looked improved over how they were last month against us. I think they'll be ok this year.
Just a side point, but I think Galway shouldn't have been wearing their home top. A few times I mistook their players for our and vice versa.

[sbgawa]

Ah your just getting old , dodgy eyesight :)

[nigel-harps1954]

Not sure if there 3 worse teams then the 2 of them

I don't know about Sligo, but I genuinely don't believe we'll be relegated.
Down a couple of players still and others playing through injury and we're still picking up results.
7 points from 9 isn't relegation form.

Sligo were very poor but despite a poor Harps performance, we still did enough without ever really being threatened.

We set out for a point and got it. Job done.

[sbgawa]

If you can get a few more performances out of mccourt like the one in tallaght you will stay up no problem. The 3 down is hard to call and one thin is for sure some big names will be in there.

[El-Pietro]

What the hell was Burke playing at?! Thats beyond idiotic. You have to give your team a chance.

[sbgawa]

Crazy stuff. All set up for a final push for last 15 minutes and suddenly it's over. Nuts !

[outspoken]

If I was Bradley I would've booted him never mind the water bottle

[placid casual]

It was a stupid thing for Burke to do alright, but he should not have been on the pitch when it happened. He was out on his feet for the previous 10 mins, giving the ball away. Bradley needed to recognise this sooner and make a change.
Both Burke & Bradley still have a lot to learn .

[redobit]

I don't know about Sligo, but I genuinely don't believe we'll be relegated.
Down a couple of players still and others playing through injury and we're still picking up results.
7 points from 9 isn't relegation form.

Sligo were very poor but despite a poor Harps performance, we still did enough without ever really being threatened.

We set out for a point and got it. Job done.

I think all the teams believe they can stay up. Ye have done very well in your last few games but lost your previous 5 or 6. It just goes to show what a merry-go-round it can be. At the moment there are a lot of poor teams so it makes it hard to break away and stay away from the mess at the bottom. I think the transfer window will make or brake a few teams and you could see 3 or 4 getting left a drift then.

[sbgawa]

He is capable of a moment of inspiration that's why he was still on the pitch I reckon.....only increases the frustration.