Weekend 4/8 and 7/8 fixtures

[osarusan]

Things are getting bad when there's no thread for 7 different fixtures, so I'll start one.

Actually a really entertaining second half in Limerick tonight, two sides who were going for it at every opportunity. Cracking to watch, albeit a terrible final 10 minutes for Treaty.

[Shearer]

Good game bad result.

Season probably over for Treaty, just pride to play for now. No harm to blood a few more young lads now.

[joey B]

Plenty of fun and games at Finn Park,Galway playing alot of the game with 10 men but still nearly grabbed a win but for a late goal from Harps,we created plenty of chances in the second half and probably could have won...
Our new keeper dosent look great so we'll how that develops over the next few weeks,
obviously Galway are pretty much home and hosed but they werent settling for a point even with 10 men.......

[ger121]

Moving on up, moving on up…

[Jack B]

Pats have the same number of clean sheets this season with Joe Redmond in the team as we did without him, and he's missed nearly double the amount of games that he's played. Jamie Lennon being out now is a killer for us but Redmond finally being back should outweigh it.

Thought Sligo in general play looked after the ball better than us and were always in it but ultimately the majority of the chances/near misses fell our way and the game should have been put to bed much earlier between the woodwork being hit several times, Carty missing an open goal and so forth.

Big one vs Bohs next week, feels like it'll be a massive game.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Disappointing thing is that the 2 goals ye did score were easily avoidable

[wonder88]

Drogheda no. 7 D Markey is a very good player.

[trevy]

Comfortable win in the end for Waterford v Kerry. Kerry started well and nearly scored a couple of times. Parsons put Waterford ahead with a good strike. Idowu made it 2 and game over with an even better goal. Terrible mix up in last minute between Kerry centre back and goalkeeper left Coughlan with an open goal to score into.

[da bishop]

Very good game at the MF,both sides had a go tbf, both managers will be livid at the manner some of the goals were conceded but great entertainment pity so few there to witness it first hand.Thought Longford deserve credit they never stopped attacking even down to ten and with Treaty unusally very open it made for great viewing,ultimately that probably cost Treaty the points as Longford drove too easily through midfield ,and tacically no adjustment from Treaty bench to solve it.Longford lucky not to have second red as well.

[Budgie]

Yes great game to be fair Barrett went back to 433 at 2-1 should of left it at 442 . Longford some excellent attacking players . 2 lads that came on were as good as the two that went off.

[legendz]

Axworthy and Nganou are not inspiring confidence. Kerry started the season with the experience of Guthrie and Spillane in defence but have relied on inexperienced defenders for the majority of the season.

[Jd2793]

Axworthy and Nganou are not inspiring confidence. Kerry started the season with the experience of Guthrie and Spillane in defence but have relied on inexperienced defenders for the majority of the season.
Nganou isnt good, always had a few mistakes in him at msl level, wont deal with the first division well.

[Jd2793]

Drogheda no. 7 D Markey is a very good player.

outstanding player

[nigel-harps1954]

Nganou isnt good, always had a few mistakes in him at msl level, wont deal with the first division well.

A friend who is connected to Midleton FC suggested he wasn't guaranteed to be playing for Midleton this year and they were left a little baffled by him getting a deal at Kerry.

[Shearer]

A friend who is connected to Midleton FC suggested he wasn't guaranteed to be playing for Midleton this year and they were left a little baffled by him getting a deal at Kerry.
Goalkeepers are hard to find. Plenty of clubs in the League have one foreign goalkeeper in their squad such is the lack of them.

In hindsight, Treaty did well to get a goalkeeper like Shane Hallahan with some First Division and military international experience. He wasn't a world-beater by any means but improved as time went on.

[nigel-harps1954]

Goalkeepers are hard to find. Plenty of clubs in the League have one foreign goalkeeper in their squad such is the lack of them.

In hindsight, Treaty did well to get a goalkeeper like Shane Hallahan with some First Division and military international experience. He wasn't a world-beater by any means but improved as time went on.

Tell me about it! We have two foreign goalkeepers on the books.

[legendz]

Goalkeepers are hard to find. Plenty of clubs in the League have one foreign goalkeeper in their squad such is the lack of them.

In hindsight, Treaty did well to get a goalkeeper like Shane Hallahan with some First Division and military international experience. He wasn't a world-beater by any means but improved as time went on.
Defenders seem hard to find as well, for Kerry anyway. Martin Coughlan, Matt Keane and Sean McGrath have good experience. Kerry haven't been able to find that right blend of experience in defence. Shane Guthrie was away from the league for 11 years and Kalen Spillane for 8-9 years.

[D24Saint]

outstanding player

He always had the potential but never seemed to kick on while at Pats.

[sbgawa]

Managed to organise my holidays to miss most of the European games but will have eyes on Rovers Cork tonight for sure. Must win game for Rovers on the back of a horrendous run of form.
If gaffney starts we win if not I have no idea where a goal is coming from. Clarke. FReugua. Byrne all out it seems.
Vital game but we have been so bad nothing would surprise me. This team has turned it around before hopefully we can do it again

[DCSIL]

Only noticed this morning our game at UCD has been put back because of the Kazakh trip, fair play UCD/FAI.

So watching Dundalk - Shels.

[Shearer]

Has Luke Byrne fallen out of favour at Shels?

[joey B]

Has Luke Byrne fallen out of favour at Shels?

Be a strange one if he has,Shels defensive record is pretty amazing tbf to them….

[Kiki Balboa]

Shels do sure know how to make you miss long commutes. Has there ever been as negative manager in the league as Duff?

[Dermobohs]

Grumpi duffatoni

[Bunny Kelly]

Has Luke Byrne fallen out of favour at Shels?


Could be wrong on this but I thought I read some where he has knees to match Paul McGrath so I wonder will he pack it in at the end of the season

[Shearer]

Could be wrong on this but I thought I read some where he has knees to match Paul McGrath so I wonder will he pack it in at the end of the season
Yeah I had that in my mind too but thought the answer might have been somewhere in the middle!

[Dermobohs]

Great to see manus back!!
Went down like one of Fred Dibnahs chimneys for that free.

[joey B]

Decent goal from Liam Burt there even if Cork parted like the red sea!

[Dermobohs]

Ah now joey come on, he’s allowed a free hit there. Took it well but the big no4, oh dear.
Lad on the right for cork, Bagary? Awful player. Bolger pulling the strings a fine baller and the big lad up front is willing but they keep giving it back .
Poor enough quality there tonight.

[ontheotherhand]

Cork are pretty poor but we looked a bit more like ourselves in the second half there. I'd forgotten what it felt like to celebrate a goal. Agree with Dermo on Bolger. Very tidy footballer. Thought he'd go further than he has but good to see him doing well (only because we won of course). Liam Burt starting to show a bit of form and Graham Burke is delightful to watch when he is up for it.

[sbgawa]

Should have been a lot more than 2 scored. Gaffney came on for the last 30 mins and great to have him back. We look so much better when he plays . Holds the ball up beats players. Great to get a huge 3 points

[Calcio Jack]

Should have been a lot more than 2 scored. Gaffney came on for the last 30 mins and great to have him back. We look so much better when he plays . Holds the ball up beats players. Great to get a huge 3 points

Agree mega three points … in total control but as you say missed a good number of chances …. Cork never really threatened and bar the free nothing on target …. But with only the one goal in it you could sense the nerves in the crowd that Cork might sneak a late equaliser … we easily held out and should of made it 3-1 in last min of added time…. Not quite a season defining moment but methinks a big one…. Hopefully will have the quartet of Byrne, Clarke, Farrugia & Grace back soon to steer us home

[FTA-1895]

Poor game in Dundalk with more baffling non decisions from the officials. Shels looked more like the team who played on Thursday night and lucky to get out with a draw in the end.

[Kingswood Rover]

Agree mega three points … in total control but as you say missed a good number of chances …. Cork never really threatened and bar the free nothing on target …. But with only the one goal in it you could sense the nerves in the crowd that Cork might sneak a late equaliser … we easily held out and should of made it 3-1 in last min of added time…. Not quite a season defining moment but methinks a big one…. Hopefully will have the quartet of Byrne, Clarke, Farrugia & Grace back soon to steer us home
Thought Burt was really good 1st time in a few years that we have a central midfielder that can get by players and he gives something different to this Team. Best game Burke has had in a while and young Kenny again consistently showing, trying and the only thing he needs is some goals to get his confidence going. I think this was a turning point of sorts and i think they can go unbeaten for the last 10 league games.

[FTA-1895]

Be a strange one if he has,Shels defensive record is pretty amazing tbf to them….

To add to the defensive record for us, in the last 7 league games we've conceded just 5 goals and four of them have been absolute crackers from outside the box. We just have major problems at the other end.

[total hoofball]

Could be wrong on this but I thought I read some where he has knees to match Paul McGrath so I wonder will he pack it in at the end of the season
Luke has to get fluid injections for his knee before every game which is a legacy from his last his serious injury when he was at Rovers. It's a near miracle he is still playing 5 years later reinventing himself as a really good centre back

[2 Year Contract]

Luke has to get fluid injections for his knee before every game which is a legacy from his last his serious injury when he was at Rovers. It's a near miracle he is still playing 5 years later reinventing himself as a really good centre back
He’s going to have incredible mobility issues later in his life. Big sacrifice to make and probably not worth it just to play for a bottom half LOI club but fair play to him all the same, you can’t fault his dedication to the game

[outspoken]

In Bray here with less than an hour until KO and you wouldn't know a club existed here let alone there been a game on twenty seconds up the road. I've seen a grand total of 1 Bray fan since I arrived over an hour ago.

[joey B]

In Bray here with less than an hour until KO and you wouldn't know a club existed here let alone there been a game on twenty seconds up the road. I've seen a grand total of 1 Bray fan since I arrived over an hour ago.

485 people at their game on Friday night,seems to be getting worse there not better….

[joey B]

Matt Connor howler lets Longford back in the game and they equalise a minute later.Bray are a soft touch atm......

[joey B]

4 -2 Longford,Bray are a calamity....

[The Bowler]

It's Keystone Cops defending from Bray, and that being harsh on the Keystone Cops. Absolutely shambolic at the back. Ryan is in big trouble.

[De Town]

The Ian Ryan fan club (which had a strangely large number of members given what he had achieved in his managerial career) is dwindling by the week.

Great weekend for us. Aodh Dervin leaving has honestly made us a better team. Instead of one fella trying to do it all himself, we look much more together and balanced as a whole. Couple of decent additions in July too. Mon the Town!

[The Bowler]

Longford quietly getting their act together. I saw them pre season and they looked booked for 8th or 9th, but the last month has been much improved. And agree completely, Dervin leaving was good news, never quite got the fuss about him anyway, at best he's industrious, but technically very average and never going to pick a pass to unlock a defence

[legendz]

Coughlan and Keane are dropped to the bench.

[cláirseach]

Longford were by far the better team. Once they sorted their midfield out there was no stopping them. Mohamed Boudiaf outstanding again off the bench. The big lad in central midfield for Bray, you can't play the ball through a fella with a touch like that. Can't give it to the full backs either or else Max Murphy will panic. While I've never really got the fuss about Ryan I was out there today for the third time this year and it does seem like a club with more problems than just their first team. I'm not sure that those running the club actually want or understand fans. I have no insight at all into the inner workings of the club but I wouldn't be surprised if was a tougher job than it appeared.

[joey B]

Harps shipped 4 goals in 37 minutes in Athlone,an absolute shambles…

[legendz]

Ryan Kelliher deservedly put Kerry ahead. 1-0 at half time.

[brendy_éire]

Harps shipped 4 goals in 37 minutes in Athlone,an absolute shambles…

Yes, very poor. The OG was unfortunate and the fourth a cracker though. Enjoyable game, but switching over to Kerry-Cobh for the second half.

[cláirseach]

Yes, very poor. The OG was unfortunate and the fourth a cracker though. Enjoyable game, but switching over to Kerry-Cobh for the second half.

There were other chances, they are playing right through Harps with little issue. Dolya and Pierrot look like very capable players, but I haven't seen enough of Athlone really to judge.