Games weekend 21st to 23rd February

[El-Pietro]

He was on the bench. That's another thing. He'll definitely be fit enough to hammer is whenever the game is played

[DCSIL]

Yeah it’s been announced by the league now. Feel for the Cork fans having experienced it myself in around 2016, arriving to Finn Park 15 mins before kickoff on a Monday night wondering why the floodlights weren’t on, turned out there had been a failed 7:15pm pitch inspection with none announced prior to that

Same thing Happened to me going to Finn Harps - Drogheda, got there to find it had been postponed. If I remember rightly they would have been Relegated if the game was played anyway!

[Nesta99]

https://x.com/bazlastmanback/status/1893705884787757274?s=46

There’s an injury asking to happen on that pitch

Thats mad considerig how well that pitch drains after the remedial work a few years back. Must have been some serious amount of rain fell in short spell. Im in Kilmainham after a long spell in St James's Hospital and weather seemed ok - Tallaght Stadium's micro climate strikes!

[D24Saint]

I agree but the pitch looked ok at 4pm and then a monsoon came down at 4:30 which killed it.
It was playable at 4pm.and at that stage anyone coming from Cork was on the way at taht stage. Still it's tough but we've all been there

With Cork fans in mind it should have been called off earlier. The weather in the area was very temperamental after lunch hour. It was predictable that the match would be called off.

[1983Hoop]

Very heavy rain in Walkinstown from around 4pm for 30 mins. On the way up to Tallaght another heavy shower around 4.45. If the game had of started it definitely wouldn’t have finished.

[2 Year Contract]

Thats mad considerig how well that pitch drains after the remedial work a few years back. Must have been some serious amount of rain fell in short spell. Im in Kilmainham after a long spell in St James's Hospital and weather seemed ok - Tallaght Stadium's micro climate strikes!
Sorry to hear that Nesta! Hope youre back in Oriel soon

[Crosshead]

If the pitch was playable at 4pm only on the provision that there was no more rain then it was reckless to chance it

[outspoken]

Thats mad considerig how well that pitch drains after the remedial work a few years back. Must have been some serious amount of rain fell in short spell. Im in Kilmainham after a long spell in St James's Hospital and weather seemed ok - Tallaght Stadium's micro climate strikes!

Hope all is ok Nesta

[Nesta99]

Sorry to hear that Nesta! Hope youre back in Oriel soon


Hope all is ok Nesta

Bone marrow transplant for a form of blood cancer. A few here knew. Im cockroach like, survive allsorts. On he mend, plenty to go but so far so good and age on my side, back to quarrelling on foot.ie so a good sign. 12 months of not being able to get to games rankled but by Summer I should be able to get to games. If I can complain about the new cool LoI its not beig able to tip up to Richmond Park while in the area with plenty of space to social distance. Genuinely appreciate the well wishes lads!!

By the way, have to say this. If in the age profile eveyone should consider joining the marrow donor registry as it is potentially life saving stuff. White northern European ethnicity there is alway a good chance of finding a donor but scarily if black, asian, mixed ethnicity the chances of finding a donor are 30% or less and thats the internationl register not just local so if yiz can spread the word as those stats can be chipped awaay at and I think LoI clubs and community could be at the fore front of efforts. When back at full health I might even contact clubs to see if formal campaign can be organised.

Now back on topic!

[nigel-harps1954]

Speedy recovery Nesta. Sounds like a rough time for you.

[DCSIL]

All the best Nesta, hopefully you’ll be back in Oriel soon

[Nesta99]

Speedy recovery Nesta. Sounds like a rough time for you.

Not easy but not as rough as I expected tbh, imagination is worse than reality sometimes. Our (free) Health service has been incredible, it gets a pasting, rightly so with ED issues but once past the ED and admitted its a real nit picker that faults all. I do accept that hospitals and individual experiences can differ but St Vincesnts and St Jamse's ive not a single complaint, no waiting around even, and in comparison to some NHS trusts Ive worked in well by comparison they were more like field hospitals. Being on the patient side rather than the practioner side was weird, hard, lack of control, understanding what was going on was bleh to use the medical term. I wont tie up the thread but if anyone ever finds themselves or a family member in a similar position pm me and Im hapy to give then inside suss on things as as mentioned fear of the unknown is the hardest part not so much the reality.

[Martinho II]

Sorry to hear about your health difficulties Nesta. I missed a lot of 2018 season as I was a mth in Mullingar hospital for a twisted bowel and was in critical ward for a good few weeks during that time. Your health really is your wealth!

[Calcio Jack]

Nesta sounds very rough …. Hope you have successful treatment and a speedy recovery

[WoodquayBoy]

Keep fighting the good fight Nesta, wishing a speedy recovery to you

[ontheotherhand]

Hope all goes well Nesta.

[ger121]

All the best Nesta. Glad you are doing a bit better.

[sbgawa]

Glad things are looking up for you , looking forward to more arguements now you are back almost to full health :)
Your inbox is full so i cant PM you , a good sign of the support you are being offered on here.

Top of the league and getting your health back. your only one position below Rovers

[CorribsideSteve]

Yeah, Nesta is one of the very reasonable and educated posters on here. Wishing you well Sir. On the game Friday night, that was a classic Galway United display. We're so hard to break down, especially once we're a goal up. The wondergoal Keena scored can't really be legislated for. Hickey is a revelation. I was so impressed at different stages last season with how good his hold-up play was, and now he's adding goals to that. Same can be said for Esua. His cross for the first goal, and the clearance off the line show we have a great full back there. I was worried when Kazeem left in the summer, but Esua has seamlessly covered his absence. Long way to go, but looks like we'll be a tough game against anybody again this season. Love seeing Terryland packed to the rafters to watch these lads.

[Neish]

Best wishes and hope you have a quick recovery Nesta

[Eminence Grise]

All the best, Nesta. Good to have you back posting - CorribsideSteve hit the nail on the head describing you presence here.