weekend 13th to 17th September

[sbgawa]

Premier Division (all 19:45)

Friday 13th

Shamrock Rovers v Sligo
Waterford v Dundalk

Monday 16th

Galway v Shamrock Rovers


First Division (19:45)

Friday 13th

Finn Harps v Longford
Kerry v Cork

Tuesday 17th

Wexford v Bray

[sbgawa]

on any analysis of form 6 points from us is unlikely this weekend but if we got it the gap is 8 to Shels with 7 games to go.
Theoretically its 5 with 6 to go i give us a win against them in Tallaght.
Thats the frustrating thing this season any kind of run at any time would have us ahead but we have been simply abysmal in general with Europe hiding the cracks.
Its alos possible we could be out of the running for Europe by Monday and i dont know which is more likely.

Dundalk showing up in Waterford is a positive i suppose given all that has happened and we could do with them getting something there on our behalf.

Big game on Tuesday for Bray and also a must win for Harps who are starting to show a little form at the right time

[2 Year Contract]

on any analysis of form 6 points from us is unlikely this weekend but if we got it the gap is 8 to Shels with 7 games to go.
Theoretically its 5 with 6 to go i give us a win against them in Tallaght.
Thats the frustrating thing this season any kind of run at any time would have us ahead but we have been simply abysmal in general with Europe hiding the cracks.
Its alos possible we could be out of the running for Europe by Monday and i dont know which is more likely.

Dundalk showing up in Waterford is a positive i suppose given all that has happened and we could do with them getting something there on our behalf.

Big game on Tuesday for Bray and also a must win for Harps who are starting to show a little form at the right time

If rovers win both games this weekend they’re further away from winning the league (8 points) than they would be from the european places (6 points from 4th, 7 from 3rd) if they were to lose both games. So suggesting the league would still be possible with 2 wins but Europe would be gone with 2 losses doesn’t make much sense

[nigel-harps1954]

I'd think Harps need 5 wins from 6 to have a chance of getting a playoff now. The form at the end of the summer, 6 defeats in a row just killed all the early season promise. Starting to hit form now, but it's an uphill task at this stage. Still have Wexford and Bray both to play though, so anything can happen yet.

[sbgawa]

If rovers win both games this weekend they’re further away from winning the league (8 points) than they would be from the european places (6 points from 4th, 7 from 3rd) if they were to lose both games. So suggesting the league would still be possible with 2 wins but Europe would be gone with 2 losses doesn’t make much sense

I cant argue with your Maths but momentum is a huge thing in Sport, two losses to two European rivals and the appaling form we are showing would give me no faith we could turn things around particularly with tough games coming up..
Two wins on the other hand and confidence is coming back .
Its probably academic as i suspect we will pick up 3 or maybe 4 points enough to keep the calls for change quiet but not enough to make me confident we will make Europe in the end.
The surrender against Bohs and the body language of some of our players recently is difficult to understand

[CorribsideSteve]

I thought John Kenny was a decent commentator, but tonight he insists on calling Pohls as "Pullace" or "Pulis". And now he's said Wexford running away with it against Tralee.

[Thewhitepele]

I thought John Kenny was a decent commentator, but tonight he insists on calling Pohls as "Pullace" or "Pulis". And now he's said Wexford running away with it against Tralee.
Called Jack Henry Frances - John on several occasions also called him Frances Henry a few times. Said Darragh Patton came on when it was Luke Pearce. Said Gareth McElroy was taking a corner on a couple of occasions when it was Simon Power, McElroy has never taken a corner for Sligo Rovers. Said McElroy was defending well on a few occasions when it was Ollie Denham.

[WoodquayBoy]

I think he was doing that on purpose to appease Rovers after they were gracious enough to allow RTE back in at the first time of asking despite the club leading us all to believe they were making a proper stand on behalf of the league

[D24Saint]

Routine sort of win for Shamrock Rovers tonight in Tallaght. It’s a pity as a neutral that Sligo couldn’t nick a goal during their spell before half time. The second half was a non event albeit with some nice passing from Shamrock Rovers. The crowd was patchy enough. I was in the West Stand but couldn’t have been more than 4-4.5k at the game.

[Philosophizer]

The crowd was patchy enough. I was in the West Stand but couldn’t have been more than 4-4.5k at the game.
Fairly sure it came up on the tv coverage around 4500 all right.

[nigel-harps1954]

Harps might sneak a playoff place yet. Decent enough game in Finn Park tonight.

[outspoken]

I thought John Kenny was a decent commentator, but tonight he insists on calling Pohls as "Pullace" or "Pulis". And now he's said Wexford running away with it against Tralee.

Anytime I hear him doing a LOI game he gets multiple players names wrong

[Calcio Jack]

Anytime I hear him doing a LOI game he gets multiple players names wrong

I find Cunningham to be worse - makes stupid ‘jokes’ that he seems to think are hilarious in addition to being the king of the cliche - methinks he’s the spawn of Brian Kerr

[ForeForeToo]

Anytime I hear him doing a LOI game he gets multiple players names wrong

You have done the same yourself in all fairness.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Jack Byrne superb last night. Awful defending from us for the second and third goals with the second being a particular killer when we were on top. Ref brutal as usual.

[trevy]

Waterford got back on track after some poor recent results. Early goals from Bellis and Amond put us in control. Dundalk missed some good chances and were denied a penalty by referee Rob Hennessy when Horton's arm stopped a shot that looked on target from Kenny. Kenny and someone on Dundalk bench well both yellow carded for their complaints. Dundalk got one back with 15 minutes to go and put us under pressure late on with Mountney missing a great chance when he headed wide from a corner.
Good effort from Dundalk as after the week they had they kept going to try get a point.

[outspoken]

I find Cunningham to be worse - makes stupid ‘jokes’ that he seems to think are hilarious in addition to being the king of the cliche - methinks he’s the spawn of Brian Kerr

Aye, absolutely brutal. There was a Shels Derry game earlier in the season where Paddy Barrett got sent off and Cunningham was busy talking about his golf club membership or something bull**** and totally missed the red card, he had no idea

[Acornvilla]

I did enjoy him giving out about taco and curry chips all the same :D

[Stuttgart88]

Routine sort of win for Shamrock Rovers tonight in Tallaght. It’s a pity as a neutral that Sligo couldn’t nick a goal during their spell before half time. The second half was a non event albeit with some nice passing from Shamrock Rovers. The crowd was patchy enough. I was in the West Stand but couldn’t have been more than 4-4.5k at the game.Sligo nearly scored a sensational goal at 2-0, a volley over following a really slick team passing move from deep. Comfortable win in the end but the mistake at 1-0 and then the red card were critical. Sligo had a good spell in the first half. They impressed me despite the scoreline.

Kenny is frustratingly inconsisent. More to come from him I hope.

Byrne seems to be recovering form.

[yurt]

Looked a very harsh penalty given from handball against rovers.

Will try to remember that one next time I'm feeling hard done by the referees.

[placid casual]

Rovers looked comfortable until doyle inserted himself into the game for no reason. Typical poor quality referee behavior.

[nigel-harps1954]

Looks a very big crowd in Galway tonight

[2 Year Contract]

Proper comedy own goal from Galway there

[placid casual]

Rovers full quality for the 3 points, galway offered nothing skilful but were full of commitment and endeavor which will probably end up being the clinical factors in how the league will be won this season.
Very funny og it has to be said.

[wonder88]

I had a feeling once Esua got injured that it would be hard for us to win tonight. Still that wining goal was a disaster.

[Knocklyonhoop]

Comedy own goal but yet again we should have been out of sight by HT.

quite unlikely but if we manage to win next three then Shels is massive. More likely Derry looking for us to do them a big favour!

[Stuttgart88]

Comedy own goal but yet again we should have been out of sight by HT.I thought it was a grim second half. I'm glad none of my non-LOI watching mates saw it.

I was critical of Bradley on X recently and got a bit of abuse from a couple of people. But my feeling is Rovers should have had the league wrapped up much earlier than we did in the last 2 seasons and we play in a flat, predictable way too frequently. We also ship lots of the same goal - lose ball in midfield, two passes later opposition scores. I reckon we've conceded close to 20 of these in the last few seasons. We lose control of games and unless Byrne is at his best we rarely gain space through the middle. It's pass among the 3 CBs and work it wide, all the time. Once it gets wide we get caught up in a congested low block.

But tell me this: how many times in the 3 full winning seasons have we been 2 goals clear at HT? Very few I reckon, and far fewer than you'd expect of the league winners. My feeling is that it has often been 70 mins+ (and often a lot later) before the points were secured.

[joey B]

Last night’s result leaves Fridays game well poised,Rovers win and they’re back in the title race,Derry win and they’d be favourites to win it for me considering Shels form ……

[placid casual]

Really depends on shels result in Galway. If Rovers and shels were to win I'd say that's league over in terms of shels winning it, if shels and derry win ,it reinforces the 2 horse race.But if Rovers win and shels draw or lose... Well then,who knows:)