LOI matches 3/4 August .

[ToberonaTornado]

Premier
Bohs v Limerick
Pats v Bray
Waterford v Cork
Derry v Sligo

First
Drogheda v Galway
Shels v Cobh
UCD v Cabinteely
Harps v Wexford

Saturday;

Longford v Athlone

[DFCForever]

Did the chap on Eir seriously just refer to Cummins' play in the lead up to Cork's equaliser "Bergkamp-esque"? That might be the most absurd bit of football punditry I've ever heard.

[ger121]

Massive win for us tonight.

[pineapple stu]

Drogheda drop more points. UCD confirmed in the play-offs now, and need 5 points from the last 4 games to win the league.

Just the time for a first-round Cup tie...

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Massive win for us tonight.

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[El-Pietro]

We controlled that game for 70 minutes and then invited non stop pressure for the rest. We got away with it tonight. I would be surprised if that worked against Rosenborg. Still back on top for the next two weeks I think until Dundalk play another league game

[MattB11]

Harps up to second and a 6th clean sheet in a row

[ToberonaTornado]

We controlled that game for 70 minutes and then invited non stop pressure for the rest. We got away with it tonight. I would be surprised if that worked against Rosenborg. Still back on top for the next two weeks I think until Dundalk play another league game

Dundalk are not back in league action until 17th August away v Bray.

Cork v good tonight i thought,Doyle(ref) was a bit messy but was for both sides.
Cummins took both goals well.

[El-Pietro]

Cummins took both goals well.
Fair play to him. Garry Buckley will be gutted though.

[ToberonaTornado]

Fair play to him. Garry Buckley will be gutted though.

;)

I'm not long back from Cyprus and i'm suffering from a heat stroke and a hangover from hell(don't mention we lost aswell).Head not quite with it tonight:eek:

Two well taken goals so :D

[CraftyToePoke]

Massive win for us tonight.



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A significant pair of results, probably all done now.

[redarmyfaction]

A significant pair of results, probably all done now.

hope so, no harm to Limerick. It seems that teams coming up from the first with a head of steam find it hard to keep that going and interest and then the team drops. UCD will probably spend more time in the premier in the next 10 year's than the other current FD teams and the relegated teams from this year combined because they trump player development over success. Not every body has the luxury of that model.

[da bishop]

Massive result for Bohs alright,embarrassing result for us,lets be clear though it aint Tommys fault......its never Tommys fault and all we need to hear now the reassurance from our local radio soccer jock media that the ..lads.. are giving Tommy everything they have.etc etc.......spare me please.

[El-Pietro]

;)

I'm not long back from Cyprus and i'm suffering from a heat stroke and a hangover from hell(don't mention we lost aswell).Head not quite with it tonight:eek:

Two well taken goals so :D

Hah no worries! Cummins did have one disallowed for offside (he was a good bit off) so thought you were potentially referencing that.
Hope you enjoyed Larnaca, it's a nice town but super hot. I enjoyed mixing Football with a beach trip.

[NeverFeltBetter]

Shocking performance in Dalymount from Limerick. For the first 15 minutes or so they dominated, made a few chances, but then it fell apart. In the second Bohs never looked remotely in danger. After the third they gave up. Only FitzGerald played in any well consistently. Barry Maguire lumbering around after a half hour is really indicative of how shallow the squad depth is (for that shirt pull on the breakaway, he could have kept going; he gave up on the ball at the slightest tug), and the forward players were just at sea. When it goes wrong with Limerick, it goes really wrong.

The Sligo game is a must-win if we have any pretensions of avoiding a play-off, but they'll have to start well and score first, otherwise it'll be another disaster. At least it's looking unlikely Bray will threaten our 11th place.

[nigel-harps1954]

Really enjoyable game in Finn Park tonight. Could, and probably should, have been much more than 3-0, but will certainly settle for that. As said already, a sixth clean sheet in a row, but that has resulted in a new club record made tonight for Ciaran Gallagher. Made one or two decent saves tonight too from long range.

On a side note, ended up giving a lift home to Milwall Ladies team Performance Analyst who made the effort to go and see the game while on holiday in Donegal. His mother is from Donegal and has been to a couple of Harps games in the past and tries to make sure he gets at least one game in each time he visits Donegal. Really went out of his way to get to the game too. Fairly refreshing to see when about half the population of this country would pull the curtains if a League of Ireland side were playing in their back garden.

[osarusan]

Truly brutal from Limerick in Dalymount, could have been 8 or 9.

[CorribsideSteve]

Very good match between Cork and Waterford. Good times on Suir side despite 1 win in 5 games. A full house (nearly) and they've played some good stuff this season. Just huffed and puffed a bit against a park the bus Cork side (last 20-30 mins mainly, it must be said). That camping on the edge of the box, kicking everything away may not work well in Trondheim but that's for another forum. They did what they had to do. Decent entertainment.

[Dalymountrower]

Truly brutal from Limerick in Dalymount, could have been 8 or 9.
No great pleasure in the win nth, good Limerick crowd up, felt their pain.

[Charlie Darwin]

Massive win for us tonight.
Literally. Thought Limerick were very good up until they conceded and then Bohs took control. Both teams play good football to be fair.

[Charlie Darwin]

hope so, no harm to Limerick. It seems that teams coming up from the first with a head of steam find it hard to keep that going and interest and then the team drops. UCD will probably spend more time in the premier in the next 10 year's than the other current FD teams and the relegated teams from this year combined because they trump player development over success. Not every body has the luxury of that model.
Doubled-edged sword though. They'll probably lose their captain and a couple of their other best players now because they're finished college.

[sbgawa]

Have to hand it to cork they keep grinding it out. Dundalks to lose from here but I take my hat off to them for making a fight of it.
If cork manage to retain the league against the odds maybe we'll have to acknowledge they are quite good :)

[micls]

Have to hand it to cork they keep grinding it out. Dundalks to lose from here but I take my hat off to them for making a fight of it.
If cork manage to retain the league against the odds maybe we'll have to acknowledge they are quite good :)

It's dundalks to lose but if ye want to do us a favour and take a point off them, it'l be back in our hands. Nice one :D

[ToberonaTornado]

2 cup matches for Dundalk v Cobh coming up b2b before we're back in league action.
Will be interesting to see SK's team selections for those matches.

[Philosophizer]

Bohs were impressive yesterday. The less said about Limerick the better.
Bohs midfield balance is better with Lunney and Buckley. They offer good control, compared to Brennan who's a bit more physical but less quality on the ball.
Ward is very talented but his choice of pass was dreadful at times. On a brighter note, Bohs have plenty of talented young attackers now in Kelly, Grant and Lyons.

[El-Pietro]

Waterford lucky to finish with 11 men Friday
https://streamable.com/erbrg
Hunts stamp in particular is very nasty.

[Charlie Darwin]

Hutchinson one looks more deliberate I think. Hunt is trying to get his balance and the Cork player doesn't look to be hurt.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

I thought Hunt knew exactly what he was doing

[El-Pietro]

I thought Hunt knew exactly what he was doing

I think you are right. He may have been trying to provoke Beattie into a reaction more than hurt him. When it happened live I noticed Beattie almost go for him and then pull back and laugh at him. Beattie has a short temper so maybe he thought he could get him sent off.

[trevy]

Hutchinson barely touched Shepherd so wouldn't even call it a stamp so think ref got that right with the yellow. The Hunt one is one where only he knows if he meant it.

[brendy_éire]

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It was, and fairly handy in the end, I thought.

Well, another pathetic display from ourselves. Got a one goal lead, grand, but there was an air of inevitably of Sligo getting their goal, and from then it was only a matter of time until they got their second.
As per previous games, we started alright with lots of pressure and a few chances. Then 20-25 minutes in, the opposition realise that we're only ever going to play it out from the back, with our midfield starting well into our own half. So they apply a bit of pressure on the kick outs, and our plan is dead.
We're so easy to play against.
We're obviously a better team than Sligo, and they look a bit panicked when they get hit with quick attacks. Instead of using this against them, we build our attacks slowly, giving them plenty of time to get back and re-organise.

We're playing Sligo again today. Sligo should play exactly like they did on Friday and they'll almost certainly win.

To top it all off, that second Sligo goal broke our record for the most league goals conceded in a season, 52.
The previous record was the 2003 season, in which we survived thanks to a Liam Coyle winner in extra time in the playoff against Harps.
Oh, and there's still eight games left, so we could easily hit 70.

Time for a change.

[Martinho II]

It was, and fairly handy in the end, I thought.

Well, another pathetic display from ourselves. Got a one goal lead, grand, but there was an air of inevitably of Sligo getting their goal, and from then it was only a matter of time until they got their second.
As per previous games, we started alright with lots of pressure and a few chances. Then 20-25 minutes in, the opposition realise that we're only ever going to play it out from the back, with our midfield starting well into our own half. So they apply a bit of pressure on the kick outs, and our plan is dead.
We're so easy to play against.
We're obviously a better team than Sligo, and they look a bit panicked when they get hit with quick attacks. Instead of using this against them, we build our attacks slowly, giving them plenty of time to get back and re-organise.

We're playing Sligo again today. Sligo should play exactly like they did on Friday and they'll almost certainly win.

To top it all off, that second Sligo goal broke our record for the most league goals conceded in a season, 52.
The previous record was the 2003 season, in which we survived thanks to a Liam Coyle winner in extra time in the playoff against Harps.
Oh, and there's still eight games left, so we could easily hit 70.

Time for a change.

thats what I am beginning to think too. I think Kenny Shields is losing the plot way too much.