Games Weekend 3rd/6th March 2023

[pineapple stu]

There's our contribution to the early season goalkeeping howlers anyway. Easy through ball for the keeper to claim; looks like he dug his knee in the ground, went flying over the ball and Derry had an empty net two yards out.

Second empty net they've had actually. We really aren't helping ourselves...

[joey B]

3-2 Cork,Rovers an absolute mess at the back….

[Calcio Jack]

3-2 Cork,Rovers an absolute mess at the back….

Dreadful crap now from Rovers …. Can’t believe how such an experienced group has folded and look so clueless all of a sudden

[Jack B]

I think I'd like to try life on a different planet.

[Calcio Jack]

I think I'd like to try life on a different planet.

Is there room for one more ?? Shocking now from Rovers …. Lethargic clueless defending killing us

[Kiki Balboa]

Is there room for one more ?? Shocking now from Rovers …. Lethargic clueless defending killing us

It looks like a different enough set of players for Rovers compared to the core of their title winning team. Reminds me of Dundalk 2021....

[kksaints]

Pathetic rubbish from us against 10 men. Gave them 2 soft goals and then either hit every cross into the 1st man or overhit it completely.

[total hoofball]

Looked like an absolute BS offside ruling out a late equaliser for Shels' Kyle Robinson, scuffles at the end between both sides not sure if was anything related to that. Overall can't complain about the result gave away two bad goals in 2nd half and far too sloppy with ball retention and taking too many touches in final third

[dundalkfc10]

If we dont beat Cork tonight we are officially in crises.
If anything away to Sligo , Drogs , home to Derry and Cork is a soft enough start.
Excuses about sending offs and bad luck are just that excuses.
We won the league last year without playing well helped by a bunch of late goals and have started off the same this year but without the late goals.
Time for us to show up with a bit of the 2020/2021 form.
Fingers crossed , the one positive i take is that generally when this team has its back to the wall they deliver...time to go on a run

Get into Kerrys ground early next year. You can't see supposedly unless your at the front

[Calcio Jack]

In the end Rovers would have won 10-4 ; great that we came back and that showed true spirit in the end …. So bizarre as we really should be in 12 points but failure in every game to put teams away has cost us as has terrible defensive lapses tonight …. Most important hopefully Aaron Bolger wasn’t too badly injured after a horrible clash of heads

PS the Cork keeper was outstanding and lucky

[dundalkfc10]

Looked like an absolute BS offside ruling out a late equaliser for Shels' Kyle Robinson, scuffles at the end between both sides not sure if was anything related to that. Overall can't complain about the result gave away two bad goals in 2nd half and far too sloppy with ball retention and taking too many touches in final third

Yeh it was def onside. Just in Door and seen it again, nobody in the Shed was saying it was offside. don't know what the linesman seen

We will take it though, officials are just a shambles league wide

[sbgawa]

Anyone who has seen us throw away 3 1 nil leagues through a combination of I'll discipline and strolling around waiting for a second goal to be handed to us knows we need to work harder.
Not much faith in us getting anything Friday either.
So poor. Oh well at least ucd lost so we aren't bottom I suppose

[Dermobohs]

In the end Rovers would have won 10-4 ; great that we came back and that showed true spirit in the end …. So bizarre as we really should be in 12 points but failure in every game to put teams away has cost us as has terrible defensive lapses tonight …. Most important hopefully Aaron Bolger wasn’t too badly injured after a horrible clash of heads

PS the Cork keeper was outstanding and lucky
The cork keeper? That training cone that played against us? He’s ****e. Good job you had the brown envelope in to the ref for “ Bradley time”!!!!!
Cork have some very good young lads though, the lad keating up front looks a real baller.
Dodgy at the back, that’ll cost them.

[Jd2793]

The cork keeper? That training cone that played against us? He’s ****e. Good job you had the brown envelope in to the ref for “ Bradley time”!!!!!
Cork have some very good young lads though, the lad keating up front looks a real baller.
Dodgy at the back, that’ll cost them.

its the sub keeper playing. his decision making was shocking all night tbh, very good shot stopper though.

[Calcio Jack]

The cork keeper? That training cone that played against us? He’s ****e. Good job you had the brown envelope in to the ref for “ Bradley time”!!!!!
Cork have some very good young lads though, the lad keating up front looks a real baller.
Dodgy at the back, that’ll cost them.


The reason that there was so much time added was due to a horrific clash of heads that lead to Arron Bolger needing extensive on pitch attention before being stretchered off and taken to hospital ; so you might like to amend you post and delete your crass comment

[Jd2793]

mental game and result cant believe we scored 4 in tallaght. some absolutely woeful defending from both teams. at 1-0 it looked like rovers were comfortable and just starting to get motoring. we got 2 goals from nothing and did very well on the break there after. rovers had a lot of chances though infairness especially from corners. between our keeper and defenders we were shocking from set plays, rovers must have had a chance for every corner they got.

[ontheotherhand]

The cork keeper? That training cone that played against us? He’s ****e. Good job you had the brown envelope in to the ref for “ Bradley time”!!!!!
Cork have some very good young lads though, the lad keating up front looks a real baller.
Dodgy at the back, that’ll cost them.

A player went to hospital Dermo.

Cork keeper was outstanding and not the one who played against you. He got lucky as well but he was always there. Should have been 8-4.

We are ****e at the back. Look like conceding any time we come under any pressure.

3 games in and it's advantage Derry. They'll need to wobble again same as last year.

[Calcio Jack]

was the sub keeper playing. his decision making was shocking all night tbh, very good shot stopper though.

Yes it was their reserve keeper… as you say a brilliant shot stopper but also made some serious misjudgements… that’s why I described him as both brilliant and lucky

[Jd2793]

looked a really nasty injury for bogler hope he is ok, himself and healy did a tidy job in midfield

[Dermobohs]

Early chance for Derry to pull 5 points clear of Rovers. Rumours of Jack Byrne at centrehalf hard to believe but then we do believe in playing out from the back ;) Leaving aside the sending off Rovers didnt look great in our first matches, expecting a Derry win tbh. Id snap the hand off for a draw and hopefully kick on from there with a win against Cork on Monday

Bohs winning their first two matches looks good but its hard to know how good Cork and Dundalk are. We will have a better idea after this double header.
Waterford will want the 3 points agaisnt Galway having only drawn with Longford....even at this stage they must be dreading a playoff.
Weeeell, you know how good cork and Dundalk are now eh?

[ontheotherhand]

looked a really nasty injury for bogler hope he is ok, himself and healy did a tidy job in midfield

Thought Bolger, Keating, Healy and Coleman were brilliant for you. Cannot believe we drew with a team that plays Ally Gilchrist though.

Hope Aaron is ok

[sbgawa]

Weeeell, you know how good cork and Dundalk are now eh?

Jury still out on dundalk. Cork are poor we were just shockingly bad

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Great win for us with 10 men for so long. Thankfully Pats were awful.

[placid casual]

Pico lopes is not allowed get a red card again, we look clueless at the back without him. 7 points behind derry but it's a long season and once we recover our composure at the back I think we'll be fine. Mannus had a real night to forget tonight, maybe it's time for the polish giant to have a go in goal- cracking finish by crowley for their 2nd goal.
Some unusual results so far in the early stages of the season, but I think it's safe to assume the team will eventually rise towards the top and the sediment will gradually settle near the bottom.

[Kingswood Rover]

From shooting ourselves in the feet with both barrels we have now progressed .....just to be sure mind to havin a hack at them with a blunt saw. Jeez we are so bad at the back. That being said that was some entertainment tonight. Cork were brilliant they passed the ball really well and pressed like a very good thing that presses, oh yea a clothes presser or a steamroller maybe. We are now officially a bag on nerves playing out from the back and liable to give anyone even passing by a pressie. The amount of chances passed up was, not really sure how to describe it yet but as a glass half full kinda chap i will say its a sign of better things to come. Some Spirit to come back from 4 2 down and really should have won it. Talk about camping in a teams half for a period of time, we camped in their net about 3 feet over the goal line. How many corners did we have in the 2nd half gotta be a league record.

[oriel]

Good win that for Dundalk, def deserved it based on second half display, was joking walking into the Pats game on Fri, we needed 'Seven' points this weekend, almost got it ! Two wins on the trot just what the doctor ordered.

O'Donnell made 5 changes - seemed a lot but then heard after there was some sort of virus in the camp, one player in hospital over weekend, so that probably explained the first half sloppy display.

Derry away on Friday, that's going to be very tough, anyway a good night's work.

Serious handbags at the end from the two benches, seemed Joey O'Brien started it, but that's not confirmed, looked like a classic GAA aftermatch and continued down the tunnel, even if the Dundalk players / mgt use the YDC changing rooms - apart from the walk out, so not sure why it carried on, maybe Shels players trying to calm it, only lasted a few mins, but it looked a little ugly for a short time. It fizzled out quickly enough.

[oriel]

Great win for us with 10 men for so long. Thankfully Pats were awful.

Can't have been as bad as what we saw on Friday, looked like they couldn't be bothered even competing at times, bad run for them, but most clubs go through a bad spell, it happens.

[Yossarian]

Serious handbags at the end from the two benches, seemed Joey O'Brien started it, but that's not confirmed, looked like a classic GAA aftermatch and continued down the tunnel, even if the Dundalk players / mgt use the YDC changing rooms - apart from the walk out, so not sure why it carried on, maybe Shels players trying to calm it, only lasted a few mins, but it looked a little ugly for a short time. It fizzled out quickly enough.

Duff started it by having a go at our third choice keeper for some reason. Once everyone piled in he ran off to the middle of the pitch. Seems he picked up a few tips from Mourinho on how to start a row and then run off.

[kksaints]

Can't have been as bad as what we saw on Friday, looked like they couldn't be bothered even competing at times, bad run for them, but most clubs go through a bad spell, it happens.

We weren't as bad as Friday but that's an extremely low bar.

[RealJohn91]

Solid stuff from Bohs tonight. Akintunde in the 10 looks like a serious player, Coote is like a new signing especially compared to last season too. Worrying about how out of form Talbot was pretty much all game, you can see how little confidence the defenders have in his as well and that can't end well. Wouldn't be surprised if Dennison got a chance in the next few weeks unfortunately.

[2 Year Contract]

Another hopeless performance from pats tonight to cap off a terrible weekend. Lonergan missed a basically open goal about 5 mins before half time by going with his right foot instead of his left for some reason but aside from the build up play to that move there was little to no quality from pats until Forrester produced a bit of magic finding the top corner with a belter in the 62nd which was followed by 5 minutes of good play and nearly another goal for Forrester from range before Sligo were awarded a soft free kick which pats fell asleep for and Hartmann finished off. An absolutely clueless performance against 10 men for 70 minutes

[joey B]

Jaysis that second goal for Sligo is as bad a goal to concede as you’ll see,you’d be angry at an u12 team conceding that…

[dundalkfc10]

https://twitter.com/dfcsc1903/status/1632870435669901315?t=uow_yJwVjZ5AgxsP3puzFw&s=19

I think we may see more of this. Mark Byrne the 3rd keeper was the lad who fought with a fan up north with Warrenpoint a few years ago. He's a lunatic

[ToberonaTornado]

Good win that for Dundalk, def deserved it based on second half display, was joking walking into the Pats game on Fri, we needed 'Seven' points this weekend, almost got it ! Two wins on the trot just what the doctor ordered.

O'Donnell made 5 changes - seemed a lot but then heard after there was some sort of virus in the camp, one player in hospital over weekend, so that probably explained the first half sloppy display.

Derry away on Friday, that's going to be very tough, anyway a good night's work.

Serious handbags at the end from the two benches, seemed Joey O'Brien started it, but that's not confirmed, looked like a classic GAA aftermatch and continued down the tunnel, even if the Dundalk players / mgt use the YDC changing rooms - apart from the walk out, so not sure why it carried on, maybe Shels players trying to calm it, only lasted a few mins, but it looked a little ugly for a short time. It fizzled out quickly enough.

Pathetic crap at the end from duff and shows what a really poor manager he is.
Shels will feel they should have had a draw at least out of this game and I can feel their paln somewhat for not getting it but DUNDALK came flying out of the blocks 2nd half and deserved all 3 points for having just that wee bit more skill,guile and experience than Shelbourne.
Derry away next will be good gauge as to were we are at rn.

[Another Bohemia]

Good win last night for Bohs but I think a change of keeper is needed to really push on. Talbot's distribution has always been sub par but it's been awful this season. Add to that he has clearly lost a lot of confidence and it makes all the signings we have made in defence redundant. On the positive side McManus was one of the best players on the pitch last night unfortunately I don't think it'll be too long before he's off to the UK or some other larger league. Akintunde put in a great shift and it's great to see Ali Coote get his form back. He has been excellent in every game this season. Long may it continue.

[legendz]

I enjoyed the Sligo v Pat's match and watching Rovers v Cork during half time and at the end.
Derry v Dundalk coming up on Friday is bad LOITV scheduling. The rest of us will be supporting our own clubs, except for Sligo and Cork.

[FTA-1895]

The refs in the league are laughable at this stage. I'm pretty sure they must be actively telling linesmen to wait for them to make a decision before they put their flag up. The offside goal looked like an awful call and Slogett should have been booked (would have been a second yellow) for a woeful dive just outside the area but went on to be man of the match.

We'd looked solid enough defensivly over the first three and half games but second half last night we gave away two poor goals and Kearns bailed us out with a couple of good saves. Was surprised at Dundalk's showing after them hammering Pats. Andy Boyle didn t look great last night and the lad beside him looked like an accident waiting to happen all night.

[total hoofball]

From watching replay of the Shels disallowed goal it could have been Farrell who was called offside not Robinson, camera did not have a clear angle of that area. Shane seemed to be as bemused as Robinson it would have been odd for him to have ran into an offside position in that area 7 or 8 seconds before he was on camera in our own half and it didn't look like his movement that he had dropped back in from an offside position to head the ball

[ger121]

Solid stuff from Bohs tonight. Akintunde in the 10 looks like a serious player, Coote is like a new signing especially compared to last season too. Worrying about how out of form Talbot was pretty much all game, you can see how little confidence the defenders have in his as well and that can't end well. Wouldn't be surprised if Dennison got a chance in the next few weeks unfortunately.

Talbot can’t clear a ball with his hands or feet lately. Every time the ball comes to him you think something bad is going to happen. I hope he will get his form back soon but he is a cause for concern defensively at the moment. Also Flores at LB does not work.

[oriel]

Saw a still of the late offside goal by Shels from last night, I thought it at the time and will not offer much comfort to Shels fans, but it looked onside to me.

Still think we deserved the win based on the second half, but this would be a killer if its proven to be a bad call, still most clubs will get them for and against during the season, they say it evens itself out.

[JC_GUFC]

From watching replay of the Shels disallowed goal it could have been Farrell who was called offside not Robinson, camera did not have a clear angle of that area. Shane seemed to be as bemused as Robinson it would have been odd for him to have ran into an offside position in that area 7 or 8 seconds before he was on camera in our own half and it didn't look like his movement that he had dropped back in from an offside position to head the ball

It was definitely against Farrell. Impossible to tell from the pictures as there's about 3 seconds between Paddy Barrett knocking it forward and Farrell appearing in the picture. You can certainly see he's come from closer to the goal to win the header. Andy Boyle seemed fairly convinced he was offside and is appealing as he's going for the header and then gives the assistant a clap for spotting it. Boyle, as a defender, would do that but if there was no chance of him having been offside he wouldn't have been appealing at all.

[Martinho II]

Based on what I seen last season Luke Dennison is a class GK and should be playing instead of James Talbot.

[dundalkfc10]

The refs in the league are laughable at this stage. I'm pretty sure they must be actively telling linesmen to wait for them to make a decision before they put their flag up. The offside goal looked like an awful call and Slogett should have been booked (would have been a second yellow) for a woeful dive just outside the area but went on to be man of the match.

We'd looked solid enough defensivly over the first three and half games but second half last night we gave away two poor goals and Kearns bailed us out with a couple of good saves. Was surprised at Dundalk's showing after them hammering Pats. Andy Boyle didn t look great last night and the lad beside him looked like an accident waiting to happen all night.

I thought we were terrible all night, first half especially.

When Hoban dosnt play we look bang average (same last season) when he came on we looked much better

Friday will be a hard one in Derry not expecting much. Staying over, Great wee City for pints after a game and a night out

[Scrufil]

From what I heard on a radio broadcast it was alleged that a member of the Shelbourne backroom staff laid the head into someone on the Dundalk staff. This is what caused the trouble.
If so, I assume this would carry a five week ban, if not longer.

It is interesting too that Livescore indicated that a player not on the field of play was booked, in one of the games Monday. I never saw that indicated before.

[dundalkfc10]

From what I heard on a radio broadcast it was alleged that a member of the Shelbourne backroom staff laid the head into someone on the Dundalk staff. This is what caused the trouble.
If so, I assume this would carry a five week ban, if not longer.

It is interesting too that Livescore indicated that a player not on the field of play was booked, in one of the games Monday. I never saw that indicated before.

Joey O Brien and it was our third choice keeper Mark Byrne he hit after Byrne said something to Duff who also wasn't impressed with Byrne

Marks a local lad who is let's just say a bit of a hot head https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/5052607/warrenpoint-goalkeeper-fight-ballymena-irish-cup/

[Bohtastic]

Watching the highlights of the match in Tallaght, that Hoare goal could have been disallowed? Pretty clear handball fron Grace that stopped the clearance... hard to miss Grace's reaction.