Fri 21/08 to Sunday 23/08 Matches

[sbgawa]

Premier Division
Friday 21st
Derry v Cork 17:45
Shamrock Rovers v Shels 19:45

Saturday 22nd
Bohemians v St Pats 14:00
Sligo v Dundalk 17:00

Sunday 23rd
Waterford v Finn Harps 17:00

First Division
Friday 21st
Athlone v Shamrock Rovers ii 19:45
Galway v Bray 19:45
Wexford v Drogheda 19:45
Cabo v UCD 19:45

Saturday 22nd
Cobh v Longford 19:00

[pineapple stu]

Three First Division games tonight as well -

Drogheda v Galway
Longford v Cabinteely
UCD v Athlone

Big game in whatever Longford's ground is called these days; if Cabo can win, they'd be six clear with 11 to go. The rest are already looking a bit inconsistent to really challenge.

[sbgawa]

Gave the midweek games their own thread Stu.....focus on first division although the pub team are up in Sligo tonight as well in the Premier :)

Chance for Rovers to put the presure on Bohs and Dundalk this weekend by hopefully getting 3 points against Shels , first time we play on a Friday since the restart.
Bohs will have to play well to beat Pats who have taken points of both Dundalk and Rovers and Dundalk will be off the back of Champions league match and against a decent Sligo team.
As with last weekend any results possible.

[Martinho II]

Three First Division games tonight as well -

Drogheda v Galway
Longford v Cabinteely
UCD v Athlone

Big game in whatever Longford's ground is called these days; if Cabo can win, they'd be six clear with 11 to go. The rest are already looking a bit inconsistent to really challenge.

Our ground name is Bishopsgate after our new sponsors. But it will always be flansiro in my eyes.

[sbgawa]

Honestly think this is our biggest game for last few weeks. Shels are out biggest derby and will be up for it big time. No excuses need to win ..

[outspoken]

Cabo are a well oiled outfit. Town started the game really well, made a cheap mistake at the back and Cabo pounced on it, same can be said for all 3 of their goals. Barnes & Waters up from together is a lethal partnership and they are so well organised in the midfield and at the back, won't be beaten easily this season and are genuine title contenders with Drogs. Play offs for us I'm afraid, we are either majorly under performing or the players we have aren't as good as we thought, I still think it's the former although a lack of depth is definitely an issue.

[nigel-harps1954]

Waterford v Harps at 2pm on Sunday.

I can't wait to hear what Sheridan thinks of Ollie and Higgsy

[sbgawa]

Sheridan will be in flying form after losing a 2 goal lead in Dundalk to draw and a 1 goal lead in Sligo to lose.
He should have called time at about 80 minutes or last orders at the very least and unsettled Sligo.

[Mr A]

Ah here, are we really going to descend into a load of cheap pub puns every time Sheridan's name is mentioned? I thought we set the bar a bit higher on this forum.

[Yossarian]

Ah here, are we really going to descend into a load of cheap pub puns every time Sheridan's name is mentioned? I thought we set the bar a bit higher on this forum.

Maybe the barstoolers will finally take an interest in our league.

[nigel-harps1954]

Maybe the barstoolers will finally take an interest in our league.

Can we bring back POTM? Contender.

[Mr A]

Maybe the barstoolers will finally take an interest in our league.

I guess you could say it's a Catch 22.

[redarmyfaction]

Ah here, are we really going to descend into a load of cheap pub puns every time Sheridan's name is mentioned? I thought we set the bar a bit higher on this forum.
Sheridan says he is very much looking forward to this round, reckons his boys have goals on tap and that Harps will bottle it, they are only small beer anyway.

[DCSIL]

Dug in and got the 3 points tonight. Up the City

[The Lilywhites]

Dug in and got the 3 points tonight. Up the City

Playoff is the best Cork can hope for with McNulty in goals. That mistake for the equaliser killed them and Fleming wasn't great for the other 2. No disrespect to Cobh, but McNulty/Fleming and a few others are more at Cobh's level than Cork's.

Rovers were poor against Shels, Gaffney's injury will probably keep him out for a while too. Title still there for us.

[placid casual]

A second successive frustrating performance from Rovers. The lack of a quality striker is telling. Rovers will need to get used to opposition playing this way, apart from probably dundalk and bohs where the games should be more open. They need to find an alternative when playing against massed defences, or they could miss out on their targets for the year
The lack of any crowd in tallaght tonight really showed, but that situation won't be changing anytime soon, so Rovers will need to adapt fast.

[nigel-harps1954]

I know he comes with baggage, but surprised Rovers haven't made the rumoured move for Anthony Stokes on a deal until the end of the season.

[joey B]

Rovers aren't very convincing at the minute,really struggling to breakdown packed defences,Shels looked comfortable enough,Bohs/Pats is huge now.
Derry much better than Cork and it told eventually.

[Scrufil]

Bohs and Twardeck doing well. Long seems to dig depths from players that are there but other managers do not find.

[Bunny Kelly]

Bohs and Twardeck doing well. Long seems to dig depths from players that are there but other managers do not find.

Bohs tactic of hitting Twardeck early & often, predictable but very effective. Pats have so little to them

[D24Saint]

Bohs tactic of hitting Twardeck early & often, predictable but very effective. Pats have so little to them

Just awful, it’s hard to believe after the hard working Dundalk display how the rest of the games have gone. It’s more miserable watching online.

[Jack B]

This performance kind of sums us up for the last few seasons.

[kksaints]

Dreadful from us this afternoon. Just so ponderous in possession.

[wexfordned]

Playoff is the best Cork can hope for with McNulty in goals. That mistake for the equaliser killed them and Fleming wasn't great for the other 2. No disrespect to Cobh, but McNulty/Fleming and a few others are more at Cobh's level than Cork's.

Rovers were poor against Shels, Gaffney's injury will probably keep him out for a while too. Title still there for us.

Bradley's obsession with midfielders and refusal to sign/pick a striker cost them the league last year. The shortened season this year and Dundalk self imploding will mean he gets away with it this season. Crazy for the size of the budget/squad they haven't got a decent goalscorer

[pineapple stu]

Graham Burke, no?

[Calcio Jack]

I know he comes with baggage, but surprised Rovers haven't made the rumoured move for Anthony Stokes on a deal until the end of the season.

Baggage... he’s enough to sink the Titanic, if we sign him we'd be crazy and it would end in a debacle of some sort

[DCSIL]

Sligo deserve to be 2-0 up. Dundalk need a sort out if not a clear out

[SwanVsDalton]

3-0 Sligo. Dundalk are an absolute shambles right now. Don't even think Junior headed it properly, looked like it came off his chest or chin, but no marking from a set piece.

[redarmyfaction]

Easy enough for us in the end, we really have to kick on though if we are serious about winning it. We gave Shams to much of a head start.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Baggage... he’s enough to sink the Titanic, if we sign him we'd be crazy and it would end in a debacle of some sort

Gone to Livingston

[placid casual]

cork and dundalk get to renew their rivalry.

[Nesta99]

3-0 Sligo. Dundalk are an absolute shambles right now. Don't even think Junior headed it properly, looked like it came off his chest or chin, but no marking from a set piece.

At this stage if Caulfield had arrived up to Oriel there wouldnt have been grumble a much as he can save a season by consolidating. But whatever is the issue at Oriel it runs deep. I dont think its rooted in the ownership. Its a team devoid of confidence and I dont see who is there that can turn that around atm. Rumours of board interference aside there is a massive squad of quality players, even I think I could manage them not to be rubbered 3-0 in the last too games and the mediocrity before. Id like to think that one person could come in and rally the troops but why is that even needed. We were doing fitness testing for the squad in January and they were all chomping at the bit. It a mystery! Bar the Burton rumours, if P6 are going to finally finish off casn reserves then a manager from well outside the league needs to be appointed.

[sbgawa]

Where is Ezekial these days, i was missing for most of lockdown, did i miss something?

[TonyD]

Bohs will have to play well to beat Pats .

Well, that turned out to be just not true. We are very poor at the moment, Bohs were easily the better team. Won every challenge, passed it better, actually created chances. Dundalk subsequent performances have put our performance against them into context. I'm all for giving managers time, but the O'Donnell experiment is just not going well at all. We just look a poor, poor team. Pedestrian in possession and not hard working enough off the ball.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

The worst thing that will come out of this if Dundalk do begin to backwards if that they’ll have been given a 7m windfall and done nothing with the ground.

[cobhlad]

Cobh motoring along nicely with the two wins this week. Well on top against Longford and played a lot of great football. A free hit at Dundalk next week in the cup as well.

Hopefully we make the most of this season as bigger clubs will definitely be looking at a lot of our young players when the year is up.

[redarmyfaction]

Waterford beating Harps 1-0 at HT. I can be corrected but I think FH are 0 from 15 as it stands since the restart.

[joey B]

Waterford beating Harps 1-0 at HT. I can be corrected but I think FH are 0 from 15 as it stands since the restart.

We're a joke,he's a left back running round like a headless chicken up front and 2 strikers and a winger sitting on the bench,4 center halves on the pitch and a DM at right back!

[sbgawa]

Ollie , s football genius :)

[pineapple stu]

John Sheridan's getting sacked in the morning I'd say

[joey B]

We're a joke,he's a left back running round like a headless chicken up front and 2 strikers and a winger sitting on the bench,4 center halves on the pitch and a DM at right back!

The 2 strikers and winger came on and won the game for us:D:D

[D24Saint]

I would turn off watch LOI with five minutes left in the game. Great win for Finn Harps.

[sbgawa]

The 2 strikers and winger came on and won the game for us:D:D

What a genius the man is keeping them back as impact subs :)
14, 13, 11, 11,11,11, 7,7
3rd to 10th Preety much anyone who strings a bit of form together could make Europe, or go down..

[Jack B]

Harps for Europe.

For a pub league Sheridan is finding this awfully difficult so far.

[joey B]

What a genius the man is keeping them back as impact subs :)
14, 13, 11, 11,11,11, 7,7
3rd to 10th Preety much anyone who strings a bit of form together could make Europe, or go down..

Never doubted him!

Waterford are not the same side without Sam Bone,it took us to the 80th minute to realise that but we got there in the end!

[DCSIL]

Harps for Europe.

For a pub league Sheridan is finding this awfully difficult so far.

Pub League standard Defending for the last 2 goals!

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Dundalk the only team not to win a game in the premier division since the restart

[placid casual]

You'd hope that Ollie gave it to sheridan with both barrels at the end.

[sbgawa]

Sheridan who? dont know him :)

[nigel-harps1954]

Interesting to note, according to one of our players afterwards, he suggested that's exactly how Ollie thought the game would pan out, and they planned to strike late.