LOI matches 5th July 2019

[ToberonaTornado]

Premier Division.

Derry City v Dundalk FC
UCD v Finn Harps
Waterford FC v Saint Patricks Ath
Cork City v Bohemian FC 8pm TV* eIR Sports live*
Shamrock Rovers v Sligo Rovers 8pm

First Division.

Athlone Town v Wexford FC
Cabinteeley FC v Bray Wanderers
Drogheda United v Cobh Ramblers
Galway United v Shelbourne
Limerick FC v Longford Town

Coupon - https://www.paddypower.com/football?tab=coupons

[Ezeikial]

Dundalk could be vulnerable in Derry tonight. Injury issues in midfield and Europe on the horizon could be a factor.

[joey B]

Big game at the bowl,could put a good gap between ourselves and UCD with a win but a draw wouldn't be a bad result either.

[oriel]

Dundalk could be vulnerable in Derry tonight. Injury issues in midfield and Europe on the horizon could be a factor.

Yes thinking that also, Derry are in decent form, two good away results, and we have been rotating a lot, wouldn't be too overly unhappy with a draw, but we will be looking to win of course.

[joey B]

I'm not sure how they decide what game to show but how are Eir showing Cork v Bohs instead of Derry v Dundalk, really strange!

[Bohs11]

I'm not sure how they decide what game to show but how are Eir showing Cork v Bohs instead of Derry v Dundalk, really strange!

You'd have to assume it's because they don't want the cost of sending a crew up to Derry. Couple of weeks ago RTE showed our game against Sligo when the Finn Harps - Derry match would have been the bigger game. Would gladly have swapped that game, and tonight's one for two of our three matches against Dundalk earlier in the season.

[Nesta99]

Hve Derry got their pitch insured?

https://foot.ie/attachment.php?attachmentid=2800&stc=1

[Jack B]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-uvrQ0XkAEuSXC?format=jpg&name=small


Harry "Good brand of football" Kenny everybody. Apologies in advance to the city of Waterford...

[joey B]

UCD have 1 outfield sub and no Liam Scales,1 outfield sub isn't a great look for the league....

[Nesta99]

Good job UCD werent taking too many points off sides early season if now stripped to the bones for the next series of games!

[Nesta99]

and UCD winning....

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Shams all over us

[passinginterest]

Sligo looked decent first 10 minutes and since then they’ve barely touched the ball. Rovers haven’t looked much more likely to score a heap though. Cummins hit the bar with his one clear chance. Looked nervous early on and his first few touches all lost the ball.

[Nesta99]

Coutrain has made a difference already for Cork. It's a tad desperate bringing O'Sullivan back even as the ideal full blooded Cork type player...never go back they say!

[pineapple stu]

UCD have 1 outfield sub and no Liam Scales,1 outfield sub isn't a great look for the league....


and UCD winning....
Greatest league...

In the world :cool:

Our centre half actually pulled his hamstring in the first half and had to play on, and we still won. Great entertainment!

Hard to see either us or Harps winning a play off

[D24Saint]

Not a great time for Waterford we are off to Europe next week in their stead and took all three points tonight. They seem to be in a bit of a meltdown.

[Jack B]

Some goal from Clifford. Kenny in.

[joey B]

Peak Harps that,fair play to UCD didn't look overly threatened,a true race to be a little less terrible than the other.....

[Nesta99]

Big 2 points dropped by Rovers, could have been worse though a 95th minute equaliser by Derry was a bit back at us. Could be important in terms of closing out European games and keeping the concentration!

[D24Saint]

Peak Harps that,fair play to UCD didn't look overly threatened,a true race to be a little less terrible than the other.....

That could be the league tagline these days.

[White Horse]

Disappointing to lose two points at the death but thankfully the Shams were toothlesss in the battle of the Rovers.

[PartySaint]

Conor Clifford’s goal tonight https://twitter.com/stpatsfc/status/1147231915226869765?s=21

[nigel-harps1954]

It'll take some beating for anyone to perform worse than Harps did tonight for the rest of the season.

[ToberonaTornado]

Derry Dundalk'd Dundalk tonight.:(
Cracking match.
Derry won the 1st half,Dundalk the 2nd.A draw prob the right result but thought we shaded it.
Derry fans started out booing every ex player of theirs that play for us now......that lasted all of 5 minutes :)
Always a good visit to the randy brandy,totally enjoyed all the pre-match banter and beers.
Enjoyed it too much **bed for me**

[trevy]

Waterford were poor last night. Had lots of the ball but didn't create much. Badly missing a decent striker now that Drinan is gone. 3 defeats in a row now since the summer break. Great goal from Clifford for St Pats.

[sullanefc]

How did Cummins do Shams?

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

He was ok. Nothing special. Hit the bar in the first half and McGinty stopped him twice in second half in one on ones. Thought the first save of those was superb. Actually thought he should have had a penalty in the first half when Banks pushed him as he was trying to get his head onto the ball. Also elbowed Mahon and had a late tackle on him but of course Neil Doyle saw nothing out of the ordinary with those.

Shams absolutely owned the ball and I don’t really know what we were doing with Romeo on the wing and Coughlan up front as Romeo had no interest in tracking O’Brien. Other way around would have made much more sense. Having said that once we got somewhat of a handle on Jack Byrne in the second half they kinda ran out of ideas apart from get it down the wing and cross it but we would have no complaints with another 3-0 defeat there as I don’t know how we made it to half time level.

First time there since the new stand opened. Great ground.

[hoopy]

He was ok. Nothing special. Hit the bar in the first half and McGinty stopped him twice in second half in one on ones. Thought the first save of those was superb. Actually thought he should have had a penalty in the first half when Banks pushed him as he was trying to get his head onto the ball. Also elbowed Mahon and had a late tackle on him but of course Neil Doyle saw nothing out of the ordinary with those.

Shams absolutely owned the ball and I don’t really know what we were doing with Romeo on the wing and Coughlan up front as Romeo had no interest in tracking O’Brien. Other way around would have made much more sense. Having said that once we got somewhat of a handle on Jack Byrne in the second half they kinda ran out of ideas apart from get it down the wing and cross it but we would have no complaints with another 3-0 defeat there as I don’t know how we made it to half time level.

First time there since the new stand opened. Great ground.

Fair assessment. I thought Romeo was a lazy sod tbh, no interest in stopping O'Brien crossing the ball. Sligo weren't too bad to be fair first fifteen minutes but then reverted back to the everyone behind the ball tactics employed earlier in the season. Thought both your centre halves had good games. As for us, can't blame anyone else when you've so much of the ball/crosses and don't score.

[thebronze14]

I thought the last trip to ucd was bad, that was nightmarish altogether!

[Martinho II]

I thought the last trip to ucd was bad, that was nightmarish altogether!

and to make it worse there was bottlenecks in omagh on the way up causing thirty min delays just to rub it in!

[ToberonaTornado]

Quite the ending at the Brandywell last night.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S3GHr_pKyo

[pineapple stu]

Collie celebrates UCD's win - https://twitter.com/collieoneill/status/1147263242147905538

[marinobohs]

Collie celebrates UCD's win - https://twitter.com/collieoneill/status/1147263242147905538

Collie getting some advice no doubt (whether he wants it or not 😁) from an LOI legend

[nigel-harps1954]

Collie getting some advice no doubt (whether he wants it or not 😁) from an LOI legend

If it's anything like the advice Tom waa giving at the game...

It's Brexits fault Harps and UCD are bottom.

[D24Saint]

If it's anything like the advice Tom waa giving at the game...

It's Brexits fault Harps and UCD are bottom.

He gives out gas advice, Pats are going nowhere until Pat Dolan is brought back.

[Finlay Harp]

He’s a pain in the hole.

[brendy_éire]

Disappointing to lose two points at the death but thankfully the Shams were toothlesss in the battle of the Rovers.

Essentially what we were feeling until we got that equaliser.

As said, a draw was probably a fair result. Impressed again with Dundalk, there was some relentless pressure in the second half. Hoban scoring on the stroke of 90 minutes, you just think 'typical Dundalk', so scoring at the death almost made it feel like a win.
It's noticeable how we seem to making a habit of getting draws in matches that we would have lost last season. We've lost five this season, compared to 20 last. Three draws last season, nine already this season.

We've a run of some 'easier' games coming up now, so hopefully we can close the gap to Bohs, and pull away from Pats. I still think we'll finish fourth or fifth though.

[Nesta99]

It still boggles that Devine was so quickly cut loose first time when free scoring Derry had a bit of a slide in the last round of games. I've said it before but it went from one of the most entertaining Derry sides to watch in Oriel to the very worst ever in 6 months. How he has so quickly turned Derry in to European contenders, and playing the way Shiels would have wanted, says plenty about his ability to build a team, lift confidence and get them playing. And none of the side show Kenny Sheils rants on dugout positioning et al. I say this fully aware that Sheil's Derry side needed serious work after Roddy got the job he always wanted and the also had a lot to deal with tragedy when they were building pretty well.