Games weekend 21st October to 24th October

[thebronze14]

Looked offside but wtf was McKeown at. An absolute excuse of a goalkeeper

[Finlay Harp]

He?s better than McNulty apparently!

[pineapple stu]

What a night, UCD hang on for the win, Harps miss a pen, then still go 2-1 up, but concede in added time, to give the students the edge in the race for the play off spot.ikely still boil down to next Friday nights head to head in Ballybofey. Unless UCD can grab a win I. Their game in hand on Monday v Shels.
Have to say too there's been a bit of a buzz around the ground the last couple of months. Feels like a bit of a home support building; fair few college students and also some local kids singing away. No idea where that's come from.

Also, I may be in a minority on this, but I'd take a game in weather like tonight over a hot summer's evening most times. Can't beat a game under lights when it's not too cold

[ontheotherhand]

Have to say there's been a bit of a buzz around the ground the last couple of months. Feels like a bit of a home support building. Also, I may be in a minority on this, but I'd take a game in weather like tonight over a hot summer's evening most times. Can't beat a game under lights when it's not too cold

Agreed. Friday nights are meant to be under lights.

[ger121]

Have to say too there's been a bit of a buzz around the ground the last couple of months. Feels like a bit of a home support building; fair few college students and also some local kids singing away. No idea where that's come from.

Also, I may be in a minority on this, but I'd take a game in weather like tonight over a hot summer's evening most times. Can't beat a game under lights when it's not too cold

Friday night lights. You can?t beat it.

[EAFC_rdfl]

He?s better than McNulty apparently!
McGinley?

[Finlay Harp]

McGinley?

Yes my heads up my arse.
Could do with Dee McNulty these days!

[Philosophizer]

Mad night in Dalymount. Harps only looked liked scoring from a set piece or a mistake and sure enough that?s how their goals came. Boyle?s header from a corner was decent to be fair though. and they even missed a sitter and a pen in the 1st half from awful Bohs mistakes at the back. Kerr at CB was a disaster all night for Bohs. Clarke looked dangerous for Bohs but missed every chance he had.
Felt a bit sorry for McNamee in that team. He?s a proper footballer in a team that don?t play much football.
McWoods came on and pulled his hamstring on his first sprint. Never seen anything like it.
Harps goalie made a dreadful clanger on the goal. It was like the Cska keeper against Pats this year.

[Bohtastic]

Didn't think Kerr was terrible...
Feely gave away the peno, Kelly was poir for the 2nd goal.
McWoods was strange, came in heavily strapped, so carrying an injury, straight after the bohs goal, so Ollie's desperation? Was limping within a minute of coming on.

[sbgawa]

What a performance . When I was needed we stepped up.
Hopefully sligo win us the league on Monday and next Sunday can be a party.
Plus we can have a real go on Thursday now

[joey B]

Didn't think Kerr was terrible...
Feely gave away the peno, Kelly was poir for the 2nd goal.
McWoods was strange, came in heavily strapped, so carrying an injury, straight after the bohs goal, so Ollie's desperation? Was limping within a minute of coming on.

Obviously should never have been brought on,never understood this passed fit for the bench malarkey,probably aggravated it even more now and miss the rest of the season….

[Bohtastic]

McWoods will a big loss for you if you make the playoffs.

[oriel]

What a performance . When I was needed we stepped up.
Hopefully sligo win us the league on Monday and next Sunday can be a party.
Plus we can have a real go on Thursday now

Steady on now sb, if you do I`ll have nothing to moan about!

[oriel]

Mad game (another one tonight) in Casey's Field, Sligo 1-0 up, then 2-1 DFC, then 2-3 and 92nd min equaliser for 3-3.

Have to say draw was a fair result, Sligo nothing to play for really went it for at one stage, ok we have 8 players missing from available squad we had in July, but every club gets their troubles its just the way it goes.

Race for 3rd will prob go to the last week, unless Pats do not win in Sligo and we beat Bohs at home next Fri, but on the back of that tonight, I wouldn't be too confident of things being decided next friday.

We will have insurance of course, hoping Derry win the cup, if thats how it is, I`ll take it, will repeat my hopes for the season from last last Feb, if we make europe by any method = great season / recovery.

To be abs fair, Pats do deserve to make europe too, hopefully not at our expense !

[ToberonaTornado]

Dundalk are great going forward and have unearthed a total diamond in Ryan O'Kane but our defence are very dodgy and hesitant at times. What a rollercoaster of a game. beats any heart stress test i'll ever take :D
2 points ahead of Pat's now with a +4 gd and we have Bohs at home next week in op/cf. True squeaky bum time now in the race for Europe.

[trevy]

Strange end of season game at the RSC with Waterford 3 up at half time and looked like would get a few more in 2nd half. Athlone got 2 good goals in a couple of minutes to make it a game but Waterford wrapped it up with Aouchria scoring in last 10 minutes.
Possibly the smallest crowd of the season with the bad weather and fact that we have had a lot of home games lately and have play offs to come keeping fans away.
Surely even the nervous Shamrock Rovers fans on here know the Premier league is won now?

[sbgawa]

If derry beat us sligo and dundalk and we draw against ucd we could finish dead level. Provided derry 3 wins are by +6 gd (with 2 against us)
Not impossible but if we don't get a pointagainst derry or beat ucd we won't deserve to win anything.
I'll be happy if sligo finish it off for us on Monday.
Have to give credit to the team for digging it out last night after going behind.

[MichaelCherrito]

36 goals in nine matches last night, that’s an average of four goals per game.

We’d need a few more evenings like that throughout the season, not only one or two.

[placid casual]

If derry beat us sligo and dundalk and we draw against ucd we could finish dead level. Provided derry 3 wins are by +6 gd (with 2 against us)
Not impossible but if we don't get a pointagainst derry or beat ucd we won't deserve to win anything.
I'll be happy if sligo finish it off for us on Monday.
Have to give credit to the team for digging it out last night after going behind.

20 times 20 times Shamrock Rovers.👌

[total hoofball]

Shels now on a bizarre 10 game premier division winless streak that is not detracting from fans positivity around the club making a great run to the cup final, looking a better footballing team than earlier in the season, young players emerging, competitive against all of Rovers/Derry/Pats/Dundalk

[sbgawa]

Strange end of season game at the RSC with Waterford 3 up at half time and looked like would get a few more in 2nd half. Athlone got 2 good goals in a couple of minutes to make it a game but Waterford wrapped it up with Aouchria scoring in last 10 minutes.
Possibly the smallest crowd of the season with the bad weather and fact that we have had a lot of home games lately and have play offs to come keeping fans away.
Surely even the nervous Shamrock Rovers fans on here know the Premier league is won now?

If Derry beat Sligo ourselves and Dundalk by a combined 6 goals (with 2 aganist us) a draw for us away agaisnt UCD would have us finish dead level.
The table could look very different by next Sunday.
That being said we should do it at this stage.
Our home form has been what kept us ahead. 15 wins and 2 draws is some performance over a season.
Pico has mase a big difference since he came back

[Kingswood Rover]

TBH i was puzzled at the starting eleven and we started very ponderously going one down. Mc Cann struggled for the first 20 mins and Jack, Burkey and Andy were a little outta sorts. Thought our passing throughout the 1st half was just too slow. But we did drag ourselves back into it so credit where credit is due. We looked much sharper in the 2nd half and generally moved the ball a lot quicker. Farrugia and Watts were excellent when they came on. I thought the ref gave us a bit more that Pats. Pico WOW.

[Calcio Jack]

TBH i was puzzled at the starting eleven and we started very ponderously going one down. Mc Cann struggled for the first 20 mins and Jack, Burkey and Andy were a little outta sorts. Thought our passing throughout the 1st half was just too slow. But we did drag ourselves back into it so credit where credit is due. We looked much sharper in the 2nd half and generally moved the ball a lot quicker. Farrugia and Watts were excellent when they came on. I thought the ref gave us a bit more that Pats. Pico WOW.

Thought the ref was awful and got it wrong equally against both teams ( Missed Burke?s push on Forrestor and wrong call for handball by McCann ) difference was we took advantage of his errors.

As for the match a great spectacle and praise to both teams and sets of fans.

Interesting that in his media interview on Thurs Jack B said we aren?t tired and just looking to stumble over the line but intended putting in a ?performance? against Pats - he was so right

[sulywaterfordfc]

Surprised the tree huggers haven?t issued a statement in relation to their ?fans? chanting during the Finn Harps game over the weekend. It?s a great shame Bohs ?fans? are following a similar culture to English football fans. What?s worse are the idiots defending it online. The same fellas would be crying online if it was any other dub club.

[Candystripe]

If Derry beat Sligo ourselves and Dundalk by a combined 6 goals (with 2 aganist us) a draw for us away agaisnt UCD would have us finish dead level.
The table could look very different by next Sunday.
That being said we should do it at this stage.
Our home form has been what kept us ahead. 15 wins and 2 draws is some performance over a season.
Pico has mase a big difference since he came back


We all know that's going to happen. Would be interesting if it did go down to the last game but unlikely

[Candystripe]

It's not going to happen!

[joey B]

Shels haven’t won a league game since the 22nd of July,I do not like this information!!

[lofty9]

If Derry beat Sligo ourselves and Dundalk by a combined 6 goals (with 2 aganist us) a draw for us away agaisnt UCD would have us finish dead level.
The table could look very different by next Sunday.
That being said we should do it at this stage.
Our home form has been what kept us ahead. 15 wins and 2 draws is some performance over a season.
Pico has mase a big difference since he came back

You'll get a fair idea of what Derry think of this when you see our line up tonight. I'd expect Duffy and McEleney not to take part.

[sbgawa]

You'll get a fair idea of what Derry think of this when you see our line up tonight. I'd expect Duffy and McEleney not to take part.

Id be shocked if that happened unless they are injured.
Beat Sligo tonight and you will come to Tallaght knowing a win will make it all to play for on the last day.
Lots of stranger things have happened then us drawing away to UCD.

Re the bohs chanting , strongly worded letter from their board is on the way i'm sure ;)

[Philosophizer]

Id be shocked if that happened unless they are injured.
Beat Sligo tonight and you will come to Tallaght knowing a win will make it all to play for on the last day.
Lots of stranger things have happened then us drawing away to UCD.

Re the bohs chanting , strongly worded letter from their board is on the way i'm sure ;)
Is there any videos of the chanting? I was at that game but didn?t notice anything. But then again I was in Tallaght when the ?Lizzy?s in a box? chant happened and I didn?t notice that either so maybe I?m not good at picking up that stuff.

[nigel-harps1954]

Is there any videos of the chanting? I was at that game but didn?t notice anything. But then again I was in Tallaght when the ?Lizzy?s in a box? chant happened and I didn?t notice that either so maybe I?m not good at picking up that stuff.

Yeah, there's a few videos knocking about that I don't have to hand at the minute.

Several videos of 'going down with your houses' being the general theme, being passed off as 'football banter' by Bohs fans on social media.

Largely young fellas taking part in it, who've never seen it, or will ever see the devastation it's causing in Donegal at the minute.

[Kiki Balboa]

Yeah, there's a few videos knocking about that I don't have to hand at the minute.

Several videos of 'going down with your houses' being the general theme, being passed off as 'football banter' by Bohs fans on social media.

Largely young fellas taking part in it, who've never seen it, or will ever see the devastation it's causing in Donegal at the minute.

Has Bohs been the only club using that 'banter', or has it been happening elsewhere too?

[nigel-harps1954]

Has Bohs been the only club using that 'banter', or has it been happening elsewhere too?

Not heard anything else in relation to the Mica problem mentioned from any other club anyway. There's scumbags at every club, a few lads looking for fights, or throwing stones at buses, and all that sort of craic, but Bohs are the only club who really seem to have a more board issue with their support aimed towards Harps. I can only assume it's due to the, largely happier, links with Shamrock Rovers support.

[ger121]

Is it just me getting old or does it seem that fanbases are getting more and more taken over by little scrotes who just want to say stupid **** and do stupid ****.

[sbgawa]

Is it just me getting old or does it seem that fanbases are getting more and more taken over by little scrotes who just want to say stupid **** and do stupid ****.

I think its a by product of the jump in attendances as well , a lot of new younger people coming to the matches on reduced ticket prices who are coming in gangs. These young whipper snappers bah humbug..
I see it at Rovers loads of 15/16 year olds only half interested in the match and then going doo lally and jumping the wall when we score.

[ontheotherhand]

You'll get a fair idea of what Derry think of this when you see our line up tonight. I'd expect Duffy and McEleney not to take part.

A chance of a double on the table and you think Higgins will rest players?

I know it looks like a slim chance but far stranger things have happened in football. I'd be shocked if Higgins didn't want to roll up to Tallaght next week with something to play for.

[ger121]

You'll get a fair idea of what Derry think of this when you see our line up tonight. I'd expect Duffy and McEleney not to take part.

And you were right. That team selection suggests they think the league is over.

[pineapple stu]

Myler's done similar in Tolka interestingly. Five changes, two full debuts, and trust to not losing in Donegal I guess

[joey B]

Shels 1 up in Tolka,keeper will disappointed he didnt stop it......

[DCSIL]

A chance of a double on the table and you think Higgins will rest players?

I know it looks like a slim chance but far stranger things have happened in football. I'd be shocked if Higgins didn't want to roll up to Tallaght next week with something to play for.

Neil Doyle is Referee, it's over anyway.

[pineapple stu]

Shels 1 up in Tolka,keeper will disappointed he didnt stop it......

Fairly typical of the game so far really. Two poor sides and we can't keep our feet for some reason

[ger121]

That could be a big goal for UCD.

[pineapple stu]

It may make sense to relegate us and Shels for this dreck tonight and bring up someone extra from the First

It is wojus stuff

[pineapple stu]

That could be a big goal for UCD.
The draw is the same as a loss to us here

[ger121]

The draw is the same as a loss to us here

Not losing is good for morale and momentum. Keeps the mini run going.

[culloty82]

The draw is the same as a loss to us here

Holding out for the draw here and again on Friday would virtually guarantee you the play-off, I'd have thought?

[pineapple stu]

Not losing is good for morale and momentum. Keeps the mini run going.

Well maybe. Not sure I'd count that as a big goal, but point taken

[pineapple stu]

Holding out for the draw here and again on Friday would virtually guarantee you the play-off, I'd have thought?
We're three points ahead of Harps now. But two or three points ahead, we can't lose on Friday. And if we lose to Rovers (which we will) then Harps can still pass us out with a draw on Friday and a final day win

[culloty82]

And that's the second star for all the Rovers fans here.

[ger121]

Never in doubt was it?