Games weekend 20th September to 23rd September

[sbgawa]

Premier Division (All 19:45)

Friday 20th

Bohemians v Drogheda
St Pats v Waterford
Galway v Shelbourne
Derry v Shamrock Rovers

Saturday 21st

Sligo v Dundalk

Monday 23rd

Drogheda v Galway
Shamrock Rovers v Bohemians

First Division

Friday 20th (All 19:45)

Bray v Kerry
Cork v Finn Harps
Treaty v Athlone
UCD V Cobh

Saturday 21st

Longford v Wexford 19:30

Monday 23rd

Cobh v Treaty 19:45
Athlone v UCD 19:45

[sbgawa]

So a combination of a Rovers win in Derry and a Shels loss in Galway could have us a mere 5 points behind with 6 games to go.
The only problem with that logic is every time we have had a chance to get back into this race we have ****ed it up....
It would be the first really big win of the season in the league if we could pull it off and as KEvin Keegan might say "i would love it if that happened ....love it' :)

Would certainly make Mondays game with Bohs a big one with a chance to close the gap to Shels to 2 points..........we couldnt coujld we???? worst league in years but someone has to win it

[thebronze14]

Feels like a free hit tomorrow away to Cork. Need to win all the rest though probably to make the playoffs

[sbgawa]

Maybe they are still celebrating

[nigel-harps1954]

Feels like a free hit tomorrow away to Cork. Need to win all the rest though probably to make the playoffs

Definitely anything from this is bonus territory, but for the most part, games against Cork this season were close run. Could really do with a big performance and a win.

[placid casual]

Make or break evening ahead in the race for the title. 2 draws in galway and derry would keep the status quo but I'm not expecting a draw in either game tbh.

[joey B]

Hard to see us taking anything in Cork you never know I suppose….

I’ve a feeling the 2 big games in the Premier division will see home wins which would set up and interesting last stretch…..

[nigel-harps1954]

It's one of those weekends where absolutely everything is to play for in the Premier Division.

Drogheda have to beat Bohs to have any chance of dragging Bohs back into the relegation mix, and also increase their slim chances of staying up automatic.

Pat's need to beat Waterford to gain ground on the European places. Lose this one and I'd say it's all over for their chances of sneaking into the top 3 or 4, while a win for Waterford puts pressure on Derry or Shamrock Rovers, whichever one of them slips up.

Galway need a win, Shels need a win. Galway can still get Europe, Shels need to keep the pressure up where one, or both of the teams below them can slip up.

A Galway win, combined with a Shamrock Rovers win, and the title race is definitely back to being a three horse race.

First Division is slightly more sewn up, you'd have to think. Ten points is probably too much for Cobh to make up in six games, but Harps could really do with results going in our favour this weekend.

[D24Saint]

It’s a must win tonight in Richmond. Nothing else will do if we are to salvage anything from this campaign after our terrible early season form.

[TonyD]

It’s a must win tonight in Richmond. Nothing else will do if we are to salvage anything from this campaign after our terrible early season form.

Absolutely. We’ve found Waterford a tough nut to crack this season, so no reason to expect tonight will be any different. I expect a close game. On the upside we’re playing our best football of the season at the moment, so hoping that continues. Still a long shot to get Europe, but teams seem to be dropping points all over the place, so it ain’t over till it’s over. (You could make a song out of that !)

[brendy_éire]

A win, and I think you'll win the league. A loss, and I think that's you done. So it'll probably be a draw.

Suppose you can say this for most teams and most matches this season, it's hard one to call because nobody is consistent. If we play like we did against Shels last week, we'll score though.

[WoodquayBoy]

United lead Shels - Jimmy Keohane with an absolute screamer in EDP

[Buckett]

Great start in Terryland. Nice goal by Jimmy Keohane and Ed McCarthy hit the crossbar a few minutes later.

[pineapple stu]

Rovers beating Derry, Shels losing, Drogs beating Bohs

Lining up for an interesting run-in

Edit - and Pat's beating Waterford now. That's the full house

[Shearer]

Biggest number of Athlone fans I've ever seen in Limerick - and it seems they're all steaming drunk toerags causing bother.

[niallsparky]

Looks like Rovers gonna win the league after all.

[placid casual]

No because the refs are ****e in this league. The only way Derry were gonna score was a peno

[sbgawa]

Never a peno. What a joke

[Calcio Jack]

Looks like Rovers gonna win the league after all.

Oh no we’re not…. Yet another crap referring decision

[Buckett]

Derry equalise. Four way title race now!

[placid casual]

A dodgy peno last week and an even dodgier peno this week. The officials are a malignancy on the league

[Calcio Jack]

Utter Cnut of a ref and Lino….

[legendz]

Kerry have a bad record against Bray. This evening was no different. Post cup blues again this season!

[Buckett]

Utter Cnut of a ref and Lino….
Shocking decision from the referee for the penalty

[sbgawa]

That gob****e ref just handed the league to Derry. Shels falling apart and have to go to tallaght and Derry. Typical that a ref decides this league.

[SwanVsDalton]

Was it a penalty? No. Do I care? Also no. Conan Byrne couldn't be clutching those pearls any harder on TV, good lord.

Finding it strange the panel are focusing so much on the penalty shouts (neither a pen) and not the Connolly disallowed goal (ruled out for a push? offside? Looked like neither).

Thought we deserved something given how we played, albeit at the end we didn't look like we'd score in a million years. Keep the dream alive.

[placid casual]

I think the lino gave the disallowed goal for an offside by the looks of it
Interesting to hear Bradley say on RTE that McGrath is the "worst ref in the league for a reason"..... FAI sanction for him incoming id say. Derry created very very little for a team going for the title and seemed to just appeal for every decision in the Rovers box and eventually the cretins will give in. And that's exactly what happened.
Nobody on here yet from a shels perspective to explain why they've gone all devon loch all over the shop?

[Crosshead]

It's a good job we've the first division wrapped up or we'd be livid with our ref too. How Harps ended with 11 on the pitch is a mystery, they came to knock lumps out of players and if they got the ball too it was a happy coincidence. Two penalties not given our way too. Still, a good run out for some of the young lads, and Seani off the bench to get us a point.

[TonyD]

Great win for Pats, albeit probably not as comfortable as 3-0 would suggest. We were electric for the first 25 minutes or so, and yet scored our lead goal on the break. Game was still in the balance at 2-0, and it wouldn’t have surprised me if Waterford had got one back after half time. That would really have been game on I think, but the third goal finished it. Great run of form we’re on, if only the season was just starting now. The games against Rovers and Shels are going to beinteresting. Seems like everyone is determined not to win this league.

[RealJohn91]

A couple of decent performances recently really did mask the fact that Bohs are still a very average team. Shocking performance tonight with one of the worst misses I've ever seen in person too from Alex Greive.

[ger121]

Still **** at home in the league

[Thewhitepele]

I think the lino gave the disallowed goal for an offside by the looks of it
Interesting to hear Bradley say on RTE that McGrath is the "worst ref in the league for a reason"..... FAI sanction for him incoming id say. Derry created very very little for a team going for the title and seemed to just appeal for every decision in the Rovers box and eventually the cretins will give in. And that's exactly what happened.
Nobody on here yet from a shels perspective to explain why they've gone all devon loch all over the shop?

Poor judgement from Bradley...sure we all know Rob Hennessy is the worst ref in the league.

[the 12 th man]

Shocking decision from the referee for the penalty


Up there with the worst I've seen,and the Ref was close enough to see the theatrics.

[2 Year Contract]

Great win for Pats, albeit probably not as comfortable as 3-0 would suggest. We were electric for the first 25 minutes or so, and yet scored our lead goal on the break. Game was still in the balance at 2-0, and it wouldn’t have surprised me if Waterford had got one back after half time. That would really have been game on I think, but the third goal finished it. Great run of form we’re on, if only the season was just starting now. The games against Rovers and Shels are going to beinteresting. Seems like everyone is determined not to win this league.

Yeah Pats were battering Waterford for the first 30 mins or so, they struggled to get out of their own defensive third and the keeper produced some heroics. Waterford then had the better of the play for the last 15 mins of the first half but with their pressure in Pats final third they were too open at the back and susceptible to counter attacks and the pace Pats have on the wings killed them in that respect with the first two goals coming against the run of play during those 15 mins. Anang had a very good game and had to earn his clean sheet, Waterford unlucky not to have scored tonight. I thought Brandon Kavanagh was an absolute joy to watch tonight.

[Knocklyonhoop]

Still **** at home in the league

unless Rovers come rocking in…

[D24Saint]

Very professional performance from us tonight. We didn’t necessarily boss the game as much as the scoreline indicates. The result was much appreciated in our drive for Europe 25.

[patsdad]

Pats are such a different team now as compared to before the European run. The last match before Europe was a horrific 3-0 cup exit in the Brandywell. Since then it’s 13 points out of 15 in the league and carrying great momentum into a daunting three away Dublin derbies in a row. The European spot is still a long shot but looking more possible with every game.
Waterford were excellent tonight but every Pats player contributed to a great team effort. The three goals were brilliantly set up and brilliantly finished and Joey Anang had his best game since coming back to the club. Stephen Kenny showed why he’s always been a top manager with the change in shape that stopped Waterford in their tracks when they’d got on top in the second half.
Have to say it’s nice to have nothing to moan about.

[Bunny Kelly]

Shels have won just 3 games in 90 mins in the last 3 months, the lads from gibraltor, undeserved win against Bray in the cup & a win at Dundalk, it is some run from potential league champions.

I would say in their defence they probably have never been that great & just nicked a lot of tight games in the first half of the season which is evening out now but the rest of the league is so inept they have somehow found themselves top of the table

[sbgawa]

Derry to lose now. Shels are gone.

[joey B]

Shame we couldn’t have held on this evening,time will tell if the point is useful or not……

[Nesta99]

A dodgy peno last week and an even dodgier peno this week. The officials are a malignancy on the league


Utter Cnut of a ref and Lino….


That gob****e ref just handed the league to Derry. Shels falling apart and have to go to tallaght and Derry. Typical that a ref decides this league.

Ouch!!

[brendy_éire]

Was it a penalty? No. Do I care? Also no. Conan Byrne couldn't be clutching those pearls any harder on TV, good lord.

Not too sure now.

At the time, I thought it was a penalty, as did everyone around me. I couldn't blame McGraith for anything, and Bradley's comments are certainly unwise.
Fats had made the decision that he was going down. Most of the time you'll get contact, but not in this case. He was clipped after he was going down, but that's a VAR foul if we're being very, very generous.
I'm not comfortable with that sort of behaviour at all.
Being due a penalty for handball shortly before doesn't make it even.

Otherwise, it was frustrating to concede after our good start, but we can't be giving space to opposition as we did.
Rovers were comfortable after their goal, and we didn't have much of an answer until into the second half. They were a wee bit sloppy in the second half, passes astray and the like. Just a bit off their best. Story of the season?

League-wise, back to being in our hands, but Rovers still have the capacity to win it. Coin toss at this stage.

[Knocklyonhoop]

Not too sure now.

At the time, I thought it was a penalty, as did everyone around me. I couldn't blame McGraith for anything, and Bradley's comments are certainly unwise.
Fats had made the decision that he was going down. Most of the time you'll get contact, but not in this case. He was clipped after he was going down, but that's a VAR foul if we're being very, very generous.
I'm not comfortable with that sort of behaviour at all.
Being due a penalty for handball shortly before doesn't make it even.

Otherwise, it was frustrating to concede after our good start, but we can't be giving space to opposition as we did.
Rovers were comfortable after their goal, and we didn't have much of an answer until into the second half. They were a wee bit sloppy in the second half, passes astray and the like. Just a bit off their best. Story of the season?

League-wise, back to being in our hands, but Rovers still have the capacity to win it. Coin toss at this stage.

if we had of won I think we d have an outside chance but 3 Dublin derbies coming up, hard to see it now. Psychologically a win tonight would have been huge. Ye have the best run in and have a great chance but really think if Shels don’t win it’s a serious bottle job from where they were.

could be title and relegation all down to two head to heads, do RTE do red button/!

[TonyD]

Yeah Pats were battering Waterford for the first 30 mins or so, they struggled to get out of their own defensive third and the keeper produced some heroics. Waterford then had the better of the play for the last 15 mins of the first half but with their pressure in Pats final third they were too open at the back and susceptible to counter attacks and the pace Pats have on the wings killed them in that respect with the first two goals coming against the run of play during those 15 mins. Anang had a very good game and had to earn his clean sheet, Waterford unlucky not to have scored tonight. I thought Brandon Kavanagh was an absolute joy to watch tonight.

Agree about Brandon Kavanagh, thought he was excellent. Everyone played well though, and even when we were under pressure we didn’t cough up any real gilt edged chances. I’ll admit I wasn’t too sure about taking off the two wide players for an extra centre back, I thought we should have left one on to carry a threat. However, the switch worked. That’s why Stephen Kenny is manager and I’m not ;)

[WoodquayBoy]

Rovers will rue that woeful start to the season as on the evidence of our last three games, which were at home to Derry, Rovers and Shels, Rovers are head and shoulders above the other 2.
Great support for Shels tonight in EDP, and plenty vocal as well compared to the other 2 (though in fairness, Rovers was a Monday game). That win tonight also means we are guaranteed to stay up, so that’s job done with 6 games to spare

[Buckett]

We've avoided automatic relegation but a point on Monday away to Drogheda Utd will guarantee safety!

[SwanVsDalton]

Not too sure now.

At the time, I thought it was a penalty, as did everyone around me. I couldn't blame McGraith for anything, and Bradley's comments are certainly unwise.
Fats had made the decision that he was going down. Most of the time you'll get contact, but not in this case. He was clipped after he was going down, but that's a VAR foul if we're being very, very generous.
I'm not comfortable with that sort of behaviour at all.
Being due a penalty for handball shortly before doesn't make it even.


It wouldn't have been even since the handball wasn't a peno either: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1259943251662716&id=100029411596122&set=a.804922460498133

Connolly's header is the marginal one for me since he looked potentially onside.

The thing about being uncomfortable with it is, in my view, we're mostly uncomfortable with how bad a dive it is (if McEleney throws his leg out and makes a bit more of a foul of it, we could turn a blind eye). Alas that dive was insanely wile.

[trevy]

Strange game at Richmond Park last night. Waterford played well at times but 2 well taken goals from Elbouzedi and Melia on the counterrace attack made it 2 0. Waterford started 2nd half well but couldn't get goal to bring them back into game and 3rd goal killed it. Was it over the line?
Anang was good in goal for Pats.
I'm not sure why Keith Long waited till we were 3 down to make changes.
European hopes are fading now.

[trevy]

Had a look at highlights and 3rd Pats goal is over the line so good call from officials for a change!

[2 Year Contract]

Thought I was going mad reading that "Galway United will never die" flag. They really should be adding "(again)" to it ;)

https://x.com/pro_galway_ball/status/1837195051593535758?s=46