Games weekend 7th to 19th April

[sbgawa]

Premier Division

Friday 7th (All 19:45)

Bohemians v Shamrock Rovers
Derry v Drogheda
Dundalk v Sligo
St Pats v Cork
UCD v Shelbourne

Monday 10th

Cork v Dundalk 17:00
Derry v Bohemians 19:00
Shelbourne v Sligo
Drogheda v St Pats
Shamrock Rovers v UCD


First Division

Friday 7th (All 19:45)

Bray v Athlone
Wexford v Galway
Treaty v Longford
Kerry v Finn Harps
Cobh v Waterford

[sbgawa]

Wins for Derry and Bohs on Friday would leave us 13 points behind Bohs and 10 behind Derry.
With the European involvement mid season (win our first game and its 8 weeks in Europe im going to call it as over).
On the other hand 6 points for us over the weekend and the world is a wonderful place :) .
The joys of double game weeks.
Bohs will start as favourites against us on Friday but anything is possible in that match.
Derry Bohs on Monday will be a clash of the top two no matter what happens Friday and will be an interesting match up.

Waterford away to cobh is a big one for both clubs , and Kerry v Harps ditto, Harps need a win badly ditto KErry as people will eventually get fed up losing all the time.

[nr637]

"Waterford away to Cobh is a big one for both clubs "

Cobh expecting biggest attendance of the season so far, with over 500 away fans estimated to travel up from Waterford, somewhere near to 2,500 could be reached for the game in St. Colman's Park! :confused:

[Burnsie]

anyone who thinks Rovers won't be justified favourites on Friday should steer clear of the bookies

[sbgawa]

anyone who thinks Rovers won't be justified favourites on Friday should steer clear of the bookies

Paddy Power have Bohs at 23/10 and Rovers at evens, so they agree with you. Looks like great odds on Bohs

[JC_GUFC]

Galway United can set a new club record of 8 wins in a row in Wexford on Friday.

It's strange that there isn't a double set of Division 1 fixtures this weekend, or even the back match of Treaty v Waterford rearranged for Monday (I think I heard Monday 24th April for that game).

[Shearer]

Huge game between Longford and Treaty.

Treaty need a win, a loss is unthinkable and would deem the season over.

[Martinho II]

Huge game between Longford and Treaty.

Treaty need a win, a loss is unthinkable and would deem the season over.

Shearer how do you buy a ticket for game Fri as Im heading down to it?

[Shearer]

Shearer how do you buy a ticket for game Fri as Im heading down to it?
Www.treatyunitedfc.com/tickets/

[David BOHie]

I'd go as far as saying these next two games for Bohs are potentially season defining.
4-6 points: We're definitely in a title race and potentially favourites.
2-3 points: Probably kicks the question down the road. "Will they? Won't they?, too early to tell if it's a three horse race"
0-1 points: Revert to mean, battle for top 4

[Dermobohs]

I’m glad you mentioned 4-6 there?

[joey B]

Kerry/Harps sold out.....

[Dermobohs]

Paddy Power have Bohs at 23/10 and Rovers at evens, so they agree with you. Looks like great odds on Bohs
I’d make rovers slight favourites too tbh.
Bohs have been getting the results ok but, the performances have been inconsistent, playing up to ability for only twenty minute spells in each half. From what I’ve seen of rovers they’ve been dominating possession and
just not finishing enough chances, ladt game aside.

[ger121]

Form as we know goes out the window in the derby. Either side could be on a poor run or lower in the table and end up winning. Very hard to call this one.

[Dermobohs]

Shame on you ger,5-0 bohs.

[Knocklyonhoop]

I'd go as far as saying these next two games for Bohs are potentially season defining.
4-6 points: We're definitely in a title race and potentially favourites.
2-3 points: Probably kicks the question down the road. "Will they? Won't they?, too early to tell if it's a three horse race"
0-1 points: Revert to mean, battle for top 4

regardless of the weekend results Bohs are in the title race. But 2 wins I still don’t think ye are favourites!

[ger121]

Shame on you ger,5-0 bohs.

And I like to think I’m an optimist :)

[Dermobohs]

Just seen mr Harvey is tonight’s referee, be afraid, be very afraid.
How they could give that walking mistake a tv game beggars belief.probably have the equallly inept O’Neill, woman limo with him they usually come as a matching pair.
God help Devine and Bradley trying to do a job in the face of that.

[2 Year Contract]

Just seen mr Harvey is tonight’s referee, be afraid, be very afraid.
How they could give that walking mistake a tv game beggars belief.probably have the equallly inept O’Neill, woman limo with him they usually come as a matching pair.
God help Devine and Bradley trying to do a job in the face of that.

Personally speaking I think Michelle O'Neill is the best lino in the league. Rare enough I see her have a bad game

[Dermobohs]

She was awful last time here, it was her that disallowed Afolabi shoal ruling the ball had crossed the end line, even though she was opposite side of the pitch and three yards behind play. A few iffy out of play calls down the line too, she’s been poor any time she’s done our games. Combined with Harvey that’s bad.

[nigel-harps1954]

Hitting the road for Tralee early this morning. Overnight trip booked for a fair few Harps fans, and even ones coming over from America for their annual trip chose this ground to mark off the list.
Going to be interesting to see how we bounce back from a heavy defeat last time out but looking forward to the game nonetheless.

[pineapple stu]

She was awful last time here, it was her that disallowed Afolabi shoal ruling the ball had crossed the end line, even though she was opposite side of the pitch.
In fairness, there's a reason there's only one linesman in each half, and that's because 100+ years of experience shows they can make calls on the other side of the pitch

[culloty82]

Hitting the road for Tralee early this morning. Overnight trip booked for a fair few Harps fans, and even ones coming over from America for their annual trip chose this ground to mark off the list.
Going to be interesting to see how we bounce back from a heavy defeat last time out but looking forward to the game nonetheless.

Safe travels, Nige!

[joey B]

Waterford 2 up in 10 minutes,Searle was a bad manager!

[culloty82]

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I can take the despair, it's the hope I can't stand.

[culloty82]

And Seán McGrath gives us a lead for the first time since the Treaty game!

[joey B]

Kerry fully deserve their lead,might be a worse first half than last week and we were 3 nil down….

[SkStu]

Bohs a lot better in the opening 20 minutes but Rovers came more and more into it as the half went on. Goal felt like it was coming. Set up for a great second half now.

[pineapple stu]

There have been better games throughout history than UCD v Shels tonight

[culloty82]

Yet another goal that Kerry concede from a cross into the box, pretty much the story of the season so far.

[Candystripe]

This is a hard game to watch in the Brandywell. 10 men v 10 men.

[SkStu]

Poxy second half. I hate Rory Gaffney.

[culloty82]

A draw is progress, I suppose, but Kerry may not get another such opportunity to tick off that "W" for at least a month, given the run of forthcoming fixtures.

[joey B]

Kerry fought well and deserved the point,we are shocking though ,alarm bells are ringing now,miles off it....

[joey B]

Good night for Rovers and UCD only 4 points behind Cork now!!

[sbgawa]

Rovers dismissed Bohs relativly easily, that puts us back in the race.
With bohs playing Derry and us playing UCD Monday we have a chance to make more gound on the title favs Bohs,
Would be foolish to underestimare UCD, but here is hoping

[Nesta99]

Topsy Turvy season of contrasts across the league so far! Dundalk are not a one man team but the loss of one man and we slip for decent European spot candidates to very mid table...the Cork City-UCD buffer is appreciated nonetheless (1st time ever Ive appreciated anything Corkish).

[The Bowler]

Duffer is a massive spoofer. Shels were utter muck tonight

[joey B]

Athlone have a new manager and didn’t tell anybody,it was Dermot Lennon and its now Dario Castello,true Greatest league in the world stuff that!

[Jd2793]

city are going down down down

[nigel-harps1954]

At least the pints in Tralee are alright.

[legendz]

At least the pints in Tralee are alright. Enjoy!
From a Kerry point of view happy enough with the point but disappointed not to at least create a chance to win it in the final quarter. Waterford away and Galway home next.

[dong]

Some questionable refereeing decisions again tonight. Felt that we created a bit more in a tight game and were just about worth the win.

[2 Year Contract]

Another good win for Pats following on from last weeks win over UCD. Not looking into it too much as the opposition in both games were quite poor. Several nearly moments in the first half, I thought pats should’ve scored at least another one or two but Cork almost came away with an equaliser when Keating hit the bar against the run of play. Forrester and Mulraney are an absolute joy to watch in full flow and Jason McClelland the forgotten man has been excellent in his last 2 games which were also his first of the season.


Good night for Rovers and UCD only 4 points behind Cork now!!

I just can’t see where the goals are going to come from for UCD. They look a lost cause in attack, similarly to Shels. Both have scored just 4 goals in 8 games. The difference being that shels looks solid defensively so they’ll nick some games 1-0. On the flipside Cork look like they can goals on the counter attack but are an absolute mess at the back. Interesting stuff at the bottom.

[joey B]

Shelbourne have scored 4 and conceded 4 in their 8 games,not much entertainment from Duffers reds!

[ontheotherhand]

No idea how bohs are top of the league after that. They looked like a very weak side with no plan other than "lash into it for the first 20-30 mins". Maybe thats a good metaphor for their season, maybe it was a one off or we just outplayed them. Coote was brilliant for 30 mins to be fair but that's all they had. We could have won 5-0. It was like playing an LSL side at times. And we were missing several key players with late changes in the team due to illness.

Also, the mini "bus" thing they have needs to stop for the good of the league. Utterly cringeworthy stuff. And it broke down. Surely some good bohs people can have a word.

[dcfc_legend9]

Fair play to Drogheda last night fully deserved their 3points. Came with a game plan and executed it well. The sending off nearly made them better and more compact and we were unable to break them down.

The refereeing again was brutal with a few poor decisions for both teams. The Drogs sending off was dubious at best. I felt Adegboyega made a poor challenge but probably wasn't the last man and a straight red may have been unfair (although I can see why the ref gave it aswell)

Mcjannet sending off was really the ref listening to their bench. Didn't think that was a second yellow either. Took him an age to send him off.

Only one team winning the league on last night's performance and I can't see it being us. Plan A doesn't work at home and we don't have a Plan B.

That was a hard watch at the Brandywell last night. Hopefully against Bohs we see something different. If not can we play away from home every week. ?

[pineapple stu]

Shelbourne have scored 4 and conceded 4 in their 8 games,not much entertainment from Duffers reds!
By contrast Sunderland and Hull drew 4-4 last night; Shels' eight games' worth of goals scored in 90 minutes.

We still have Mikey Raggett to come back from injury which may help us. Our start is very similar to last season actually, when we improved as the year went on and as a new forward returned from injury.

That of course is no guarantee the season will pan out exactly like last season...

[ger121]

By contrast Sunderland and Hull drew 4-4 last night; Shels' eight games' worth of goals scored in 90 minutes.

Damien Duff’s Shullbourne just don’t do goals.

[ger121]

No idea how bohs are top of the league after that. They looked like a very weak side with no plan other than "lash into it for the first 20-30 mins". Maybe thats a good metaphor for their season, maybe it was a one off or we just outplayed them. Coote was brilliant for 30 mins to be fair but that's all they had. We could have won 5-0. It was like playing an LSL side at times.

We were poor last night and you were not. Was only going to be one outcome in a game like that. If we play like that on Monday we will be getting beat again. Even against a Derry side with 1 win in the last 4.