FAI Cup games

[Calcio Jack]

I just couldn't read further with laughter tears in my eyes


It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt

Every King Lear needs their Fool to make them laugh- glad to oblige

[Ezeikial]

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt

Every King Lear needs their Fool to make them laugh- glad to oblige


“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.”
― Soren Kierkegaard

If you actual believe that Bradley is a master tactician you clearly fall into the first category

[Nesta99]

Professional Vs amateur , both on and off the pitch.
You always know when Rovers have won as the plethora of windy ##ts on this forum are nowhere to be seen..
Now we can all look forward to Rovers losing to Sligo on peno's ,again!!

You've been rather quiet yourself recently!

No question over the red card. Bradley did get his tactics riht tonight. Be interested to hear more about Long giving abuse to 'his own ball boy'. If it was pros v amatuers tonight, on and off the pitch was it the opposite for a run of what 8 games without the 'pros' winning?

We will never know if the red card really would have made a difference to the result but Rovers were starting to sit deep just before. There was some amount of graft from Rovers and a few lads were starting to blow hard after pressing and containing Bohs for an hour and a bit. Finn nearly wore out the pitch tracking players up and back. Ward on earlier also could have changed things up as Bohs were screaming out for someone to put a foot on a ball and play in to Wriht rather than the out ball for Wright to try and run on to. When Bohs were on the ropes even after 5mins it must have been infuriating to have to wait 2-3 minutes for the game to restart. For the criticism above on behaviour of fans there were 4 and 6 minutes of added time which could have been anxious times for a team holding on to a lead.

It will feel strange not to finish the season witout a trip to the Aviva if we get turned over by Sligo after 4 years on the spin!

[wexfordned]

Rovers fans proved before kick off that there is more in intelligence on Mars than in their fan base with all the missiles they fired at James Talbot before kick off.

Bohs gave away a soft goal and never recovered. Youth and a lack of experience was definitely a factor in the game.

Unfortunately a few morons acted the idiot running on the pitch and dragged Bohs FC name through the mud near the end of the game. Frankly neither team's fans came out with any credit. Disappointed in Bohs fans. Its normal for Rovers to disrespect the opposition, but for Bohs to sink to their level after losing the game, that really hurt

[Kingswood Rover]

Both clubs have a small number of spacer braindeada but in all seriousness the policingand stewarding was **** poor a few cops standing at the back of the jodi and along the front on the pitch was all that was needed and same on the other side. If the COPS in cant control a 4 k crowd and lets be honest in terms of world footballs potential mass crowd disturbances is div 3 AUL Saturday well they need seriously review how they police these games, Rank amateurs, you would wonder whether they let things go so far just to ensure their overtime, the media frenzy and the up in arms mock indignation on social media platforms. On a preferred final opponent, i want Dundalk beating the best side in the country would be a statement of intent and head us into next season with great expectation.

[Kingswood Rover]

I just couldn't read further with laughter tears in my eyes
OK Ezekial, please enlighten us where Mr Bradly got his tactics wrong last night, most hoopers on here have been critical of him in the past but he has learnt a lot over the last few seasons and this season his tactics in the main have been spot on.

[Ezeikial]

OK Ezekial, please enlighten us where Mr Bradly got his tactics wrong last night, most hoopers on here have been critical of him in the past but he has learnt a lot over the last few seasons and this season his tactics in the main have been spot on.

Rovers were full value for their win against a limited Bohs team who were lacking in ideas, but to acclaim this as a Bradley Masterclass in tactics is a piece of slapstick hype.

Rovers dominated their more limited opponents with the energy and aggression that has been absent in most of the derby defeats - the fact that such a basic fundamental is described in these glowing tactical terms is very telling.

[osarusan]

Rovers the better team all over the pitch. Pressed Bohs high all night, never gave them any space or time on the ball. Didn't push the back line up too high either, and kept Mandriou out of the game. Didn't think Rovers were brilliant themselves going forward, but worked so hard without the ball and made Bohs look really poor.

Bohs had nothing in attack, that Wright lad couldn't link up with the play at all, and they just gave away possession all night. Did Mannus even have one real save to make in the second half until that injury time freekick that was routine anyway? Only Grayden and Grant on the left wing did anything decent.

Clear red card for Mandriou, borne out of frustration as much as anything else, after not being in the game at all. I wouldn't think it changed the game as he wasn't having any impact anyway.

[marinobohs]

Ouch ! Awful night at the office performance wise and better team won. Took a risk on a few clearly not fit players and it backfired (Mandroui and Bucko).
Shams not great but always in control and deserved win.
Didn’t seem like a Dublin derby, Bohs players didn’t turn up and shams fans weren’t sneaking out after 75 mins 😁

Less said about the morons on both sides, all “pitch invaders “should be jailed.

[White Horse]

I thought Rovers were poor on the night. They had better spells of play in Oriel on Monday.

Bohs were so poor, Rovers got away with it.

Special mention to Mandriou, going for self glory the whole night and then lets his team mates down badly. The lads needs to think more about the team than getting himself a transfer deal.

[hoopy]

Rovers fans proved before kick off that there is more in intelligence on Mars than in their fan base with all the missiles they fired at James Talbot before kick off.

Bohs gave away a soft goal and never recovered. Youth and a lack of experience was definitely a factor in the game.

Unfortunately a few morons acted the idiot running on the pitch and dragged Bohs FC name through the mud near the end of the game. Frankly neither team's fans came out with any credit. Disappointed in Bohs fans. Its normal for Rovers to disrespect the opposition, but for Bohs to sink to their level after losing the game, that really hurt

You sound so bitter it makes it all so much sweeter ;)

[disgruntled]

Not a great game.
Rovers had what quality was on show & Bohs never really threatened at all.
Maybe the early goal from a corner which wasn't a corner at all affected the quality of the game or maybe it was the big occasion which got to the players ?
The red card was a red card all day long & probably borne out of frustration.

Great pity to see parts of a ground in a cup semi final closed in this day & age.
It really shows what problems we have in the LOI 🙄

[sbgawa]

Great to have something to play for now until the end of the season, if we had lost last night (september) our next meaningful match wouldn't be until February....
The race for Europe between Derry bohs and pats will keep a bit of interest in the last few league matches, everything else looks pretty settled.
Hope to see a decent crowd for next home match.

I guess all 3 teams Chas i ng Europe will be cheating for dundalk on Sunday...

[wexfordned]

I thought Rovers were poor on the night. They had better spells of play in Oriel on Monday.

Bohs were so poor, Rovers got away with it.

Special mention to Mandriou, going for self glory the whole night and then lets his team mates down badly. The lads needs to think more about the team than getting himself a transfer deal.
Losing semi finals are painful. Granted it’s been a long time since Rovers have been in one so you wouldn’t know. Bohs injuries clearly a factor and never got into the game. went out without offering anything against a poor Shamrock Rovers side

[Park_Lane]

Losing semi finals are painful. Granted it’s been a long time since Rovers have been in one so you wouldn’t know. Bohs injuries clearly a factor and never got into the game. went out without offering anything against a poor Shamrock Rovers side

Ah so much salt in this post, typical boez!
Why were you fans fighting amongst themselves in the jodi last night? Was there a shortage of soy lattes??

[sbgawa]

What was the fighting about?

[Calcio Jack]

Losing semi finals are painful. Granted it’s been a long time since Rovers have been in one so you wouldn’t know. Bohs injuries clearly a factor and never got into the game. went out without offering anything against a poor Shamrock Rovers side

Oh dear - how bitter we are

Ps we lost against Dundalk in the semi 2 years ago- guess that’s a long time if you’re a goldfish

[Kingswood Rover]

Yea noticed that hopefully it was the ordinary decent supporters giving the muppets what for

[Nesta99]

Losing semi finals are painful. Granted it’s been a long time since Rovers have been in one so you wouldn’t know. Bohs injuries clearly a factor and never got into the game. went out without offering anything against a poor Shamrock Rovers side

A Dundalk fan would know plenty about semi-finals, not so much losing them and hoping not to be reminded tomorrow!!

Even Marino has been more magnaminous in defeat though dont let that stop you sucking on lemons!

[wexfordned]

A Dundalk fan would know plenty about semi-finals, not so much losing them and hoping not to be reminded tomorrow!!

Even Marino has been more magnaminous in defeat though dont let that stop you sucking on lemons!
Never claimed bohs deserved to win, what I did complain about was Bohs turning up on the night against an average Rovers side who didnt have to do anything special to win and if that upsets your sensitive soul so be it

[Nesta99]

That's more like it, less excuses and snipng. It was a poor Rovers perfromance indeed but as you say they didnt need to be good, but it isnt a poor Shamrock Rovers side as you claimed above!

[sbgawa]

At least rovers have gone from "poor" to "average" :) :)

[Ezeikial]

At least rovers have gone from "poor" to "average" :) :)

Is 'poor' the new 'average'?

[Kingswood Rover]

Rovers being poor not so sure gents it was a semi with both teams desperate to advance and we managed to prevail. Rovers are slowly getting a group together that potentially and i know we will loose Byrne and Burke that COULD challenge next season, this win keeps that momentum going and cancels out my previous theory around finishing within 10 pts of a very good Dundalk side. the thing that i am most pleased about this season is that we are the best supported team in the land and come the Final we will have Landsdowne bouncing, The march up from Ringsend, ahh just brill, cant wait, WAR.....Sligo site indicating that Dundalk have sent back over 200 hundred tickets WTF strange considering the numbers we saw in Tallaght for the league games:confused:

[Charlie Darwin]

Amazing feeling to be back in the cup final and even better to do it against that lot. Rovers were very conservative and sat deeper than usual but that's just respect for how Bohs have killed us with our high line so many times. Bohs had plenty of the ball but couldn't do anything with it against a team who pressed them constantly.

[Ezeikial]

Rovers being poor not so sure gents it was a semi with both teams desperate to advance and we managed to prevail. Rovers are slowly getting a group together that potentially and i know we will loose Byrne and Burke that COULD challenge next season, this win keeps that momentum going and cancels out my previous theory around finishing within 10 pts of a very good Dundalk side. the thing that i am most pleased about this season is that we are the best supported team in the land and come the Final we will have Landsdowne bouncing, The march up from Ringsend, ahh just brill, cant wait, WAR.....Sligo site indicating that Dundalk have sent back over 200 hundred tickets WTF strange considering the numbers we saw in Tallaght for the league games:confused:

The result is really much more important than the performance. Congratulations to Rovers for reaching their first FAI cup final since 2010. It's a great chance to try to win a trophy since their last Leinster Senior Cup success a number of years ago. I'm sure most Hoops fans will enjoy the build up to the Aviva showpiece and many will completely lose touch with reality in the process

I just don't see that single goal wins over Finn Harps and Galway along with getting past Drogheda and Bohs give much grounds for euphoric enthusiasm for a credible league challenge next season.

I suspect that Rovers will need to keep both Byrne and Burke, get in some quality centre backs and add more width to the squad to have realistic ambitions of bridging the current 15 point league gap next season.

[Charlie Darwin]

The result is really much more important than the performance. Congratulations to Rovers for reaching their first FAI cup final since 2010. It's a great chance to try to win a trophy since their last Leinster Senior Cup success a number of years ago. I'm sure most Hoops fans will enjoy the build up to the Aviva showpiece and many will completely lose touch with reality in the process

I just don't see that single goal wins over Finn Harps and Galway along with getting past Drogheda and Bohs give much grounds for euphoric enthusiasm for a credible league challenge next season.

I suspect that Rovers will need to keep both Byrne and Burke, get in some quality centre backs and add more width to the squad to have realistic ambitions of bridging the current 15 point league gap next season.
Lad, you know full well what a cup final can do for a club. Plenty of Dundalk fans have talked about what winning the EA in 2014 meant and how it helped the club sealing the title. When you've been rubbish for as long as Rovers have these games mean something, as you'll know being a Dundalk fan.

[Kingswood Rover]

Not sure about us needing quality centre backs although given our frailty in that dept on Monday i can understand your point, on your point with us loosing touch with Reality....well sure thats the whole point. As for my what i thought was guarded and quite conservative enthusiasm on our ability to challenge next season being described as euphoric, well i think you need to look at the dictionary to elicit the meaning of the word. The lack of Euphoria for the semi final may be something that a lot of Dundalk fans may regret when this golden spell in the clubs history turns.

[Nesta99]

Rovers being poor not so sure gents it was a semi with both teams desperate to advance and we managed to prevail. Rovers are slowly getting a group together that potentially and i know we will loose Byrne and Burke that COULD challenge next season, this win keeps that momentum going and cancels out my previous theory around finishing within 10 pts of a very good Dundalk side. the thing that i am most pleased about this season is that we are the best supported team in the land and come the Final we will have Landsdowne bouncing, The march up from Ringsend, ahh just brill, cant wait, WAR.....Sligo site indicating that Dundalk have sent back over 200 hundred tickets WTF strange considering the numbers we saw in Tallaght for the league games:confused:

That is strange and really annoying as I have spent Thursday and Friday in office hours regularly calling the club as I needed 4 tickets and wanted to check availability before bugging out of work early to get them - couldnt get through so gave up.

[Ezeikial]

Lad, you know full well what a cup final can do for a club. Plenty of Dundalk fans have talked about what winning the EA in 2014 meant and how it helped the club sealing the title. When you've been rubbish for as long as Rovers have these games mean something, as you'll know being a Dundalk fan.

Lad?

I agree that the whole cup final build-up experience is brilliant, but there is a massive difference in the impact of being a cup winner as compared to being losing finalists

Winning a cup final can certainly give a club a huge lift and can turn a mediocre season into a successful one that can build a platform for further success.

I'm not sure that being a beaten cup finalist has ever done much except leave fans deflated.

[Ezeikial]

Not sure about us needing quality centre backs although given our frailty in that dept on Monday i can understand your point,

I'm glad to hear that you are unsure about the need to strengthen in defence - I hope Bradser agrees with you!

The defending by both Lopes and Grace for the first goal by Hoare was close to comical, and for the second one Grace was completely AWOL with Lopes and Lafferty static as Benson strolled between them. Ethan Boyle is another who has shown significant defensive frailties


on your point with us loosing touch with Reality....well sure thats the whole point. As for my what i thought was guarded and quite conservative enthusiasm on our ability to challenge next season being described as euphoric, well i think you need to look at the dictionary to elicit the meaning of the word. The lack of Euphoria for the semi final may be something that a lot of Dundalk fans may regret when this golden spell in the clubs history turns.

Your comments may be slightly less exaggerated than many other Rovers fans, but I'm not so sure how you square this with advocating loosing touch with reality.

Rovers performances in the FAI cup so far provide no basis for believing that this can translate into a league challenge next season.

Come back to me if Rovers show they can actually win something

[sbgawa]

Lads.....why bother !.
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[marinobohs]

I thought Rovers were poor on the night. They had better spells of play in Oriel on Monday.

Bohs were so poor, Rovers got away with it.

Special mention to Mandriou, going for self glory the whole night and then lets his team mates down badly. The lads needs to think more about the team than getting himself a transfer deal.

Mandriou hasn't played in weeks and clearly wasn't fit. Given our injury crisis him and Bucko came back too early (and it backfired). Difficult to criticise him for playing when he wasn't fit.
Given our limited team options, we couldn't afford to concede first and after THAT corner (too much to expect a link two feet away to get it right 🙄) we were never in the game
Whether it's part time nature of set up or fixture farce we have looked jaded for a while and were very poor last night. Shams better team all night BUT (Not for first time this season) poor officiating impacted the game.
Shams not great but to be fair did more than enough.

[sbgawa]

We were due a dodgey referree decision tbf.
If bohs qualify for Europe it will still be a successful season, pats have a tricky run in so it's all to play for.

[Longfordian]

Good article this from Emmet Malone chatting to a Sligo official. I always admire Sligo's fundraising activities.

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/cash-as-much-of-an-incentive-as-cup-glory-for-sligo-rovers-1.4032854?mode=amp

[placid casual]

You just can't help yourself Ezekiel, can you.🧐
Its like a deep burning desire within you, when it comes to Rovers. You should
(A) re-evaluate your existence
(B) just go to a Rovers game. We promise we'll treat you nice.😄

[marinobohs]

We were due a dodgey referree decision tbf.
If bohs qualify for Europe it will still be a successful season, pats have a tricky run in so it's all to play for.
Ah yea, and the corner should have been defended much better anyway. Very jaded performance and never got going. Disappointing but hopefully can lift themselves for the run in.
Shams worked harder than they have in recent seasons and kept their shape better. Second half in particular they were sharper all over the pitch.

[Ezeikial]

You just can't help yourself Ezekiel, can you.🧐
Its like a deep burning desire within you, when it comes to Rovers. You should
(A) re-evaluate your existence
(B) just go to a Rovers game. We promise we'll treat you nice.😄

So I take it that you dislike that I express a view on the hubris of many Rovers fans?

You probably realise that getting to a cup final is not automatically a precursor to a league title challenge.

By all means offer an alternative opinion if you have one.

[placid casual]

So I take it that you dislike that I express a view on the hubris of many Rovers fans?

You probably realise that getting to a cup final is not automatically a precursor to a league title challenge.

By all means offer an alternative opinion if you have one.
There's no dislike at all. Your jaundiced viewof all things Rovers is very very entertaining.

[Nesta99]

Takes one to know one PC and all that - You dislike plenty yourself and you can be described in your own terms with your jaundiced view of all things non Rovers being very entertaining also!

[CorribsideSteve]

Cleary got away with one there

[Nesta99]

Would have felt like a bit of an anti-climax not finishing off the season in The Aviva. That was hard work, pitch was heavy and worked against Sligo more in the end. Hoban is awful cranky when he gets subbed. Will be some final imo!

[sbgawa]

Funny i was thinking that earlier, (the anti climax bit )if Sligo had won your season was over and best part of 5 months till next match, I made the same point about our season if we lost to bohs. Combination of the ridiculous length of our off season and the fact that 1st and 2nd are already guaranteed.
Really looking forward to the final now.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Sickening way to lose it but we were out on our feet for the last 10. Dundalk better team without creating a huge pile of chances but having said that don’t remember Rogers making a save the whole game. Blatant penalty not given obviously and thought the free for the goal was harsh as well.

All in all a great occasion and hopefully won’t be a one off. Great to see the place full again. We’ve made good progress this season and be interesting to see who Buckley manages to bring in for next season.

[Ezeikial]

Funny i was thinking that earlier, (the anti climax bit )if Sligo had won your season was over and best part of 5 months till next match,


We've also got the Unite Cup against Linfield after the FAI Cup Final. Two more trophies to wind up the season would be excellent.

Do you think Vinny Perth will have to win both to save his job?

[Ezeikial]

Gutsy performance by Sligo. Dundalk never got into their usual rhythm, although were probably deserving winners in the end

[sbgawa]

We've also got the Unite Cup against Linfield after the FAI Cup Final. Two more trophies to wind up the season would be excellent.

Do you think Vinny Perth will have to win both to save his job?

You really are pathetic, you quote a piece that makes it look like I am having a go but omit the rest where I say it was the same for rovers due to crasy length of off season and the fact that 1st and 2nd were confirmed
A completely reasonable post that just about nobody would disagree with , but of course you come back with your usual BS.
It's no wonder that some of the regular dundalk posters on here pm me as to what an embarrassment you are...toddle on troll, even your own disown you, lol

[marinobohs]

You really are pathetic, you quote a piece that makes it look like I am having a go but omit the rest where I say it was the same for rovers due to crasy length of off season and the fact that 1st and 2nd were confirmed.
It's no wonder that some of the regular dundalk posters on here pm me as to what an embarrassment you are...toddle on troll, even your own disown you, lol

Exactly who are these "regular Dundalk posters". Either put up or shut up.

I disagree (strongly) with many of Ezeks views but we are all entitled to express our views as long as we abide by the rules. Argue with his views not his right to express them.

[geysir]

Sickening way to lose it but we were out on our feet for the last 10. Dundalk better team without creating a huge pile of chances but having said that don’t remember Rogers making a save the whole game. Blatant penalty not given obviously and thought the free for the goal was harsh as well.

All in all a great occasion and hopefully won’t be a one off. Great to see the place full again. We’ve made good progress this season and be interesting to see who Buckley manages to bring in for next season.
No shortage of effort fron Sligo but what a loss when Parkes went off.
The ref misssed the blatant penalty, partly I suspect because of the acrobatics, despite it being a blatant trip the acrobatics didn't make it look natural. Dundalk took control of the game on the hour mark, the goal was fortunate, a skewed shot through a crowded goalmouth. But a replay at Oriel? probably better to have the pain ended today.

Now comes an Aviva showdown with the other Rovers, I guess they will just be so amazed to be there.

[Ezeikial]

You really are pathetic, you quote a piece that makes it look like I am having a go but omit the rest where I say it was the same for rovers due to crasy length of off season and the fact that 1st and 2nd were confirmed
A completely reasonable post that just about nobody would disagree with , but of course you come back with your usual BS.
It's no wonder that some of the regular dundalk posters on here pm me as to what an embarrassment you are...toddle on troll, even your own disown you, lol

Wow - calm down!

I'm simply pointing out that we also have another trophy to chase after the FAI cup final. It's not a particularly controversial issue, but you appear to have taken offence for some bizarre reason that I don't understand.