Games weekend 29th August [Archive] - Page 2

Shinkicker

30/08/2025, 8:50 PM

oriel

30/08/2025, 8:57 PM

Kerry gave one their best performances in our short history to earn a deserved draw in Oriel Park. Ronan Teahan with two outstanding goals to send about 30 away fans home happy.

Fully agreed, we were complaining all season at HT in most games the same tactic most FD teams played this season visiting, sitting back, 10 in their own half, Kerry full value for this, put aside Dundalk defence / GK leaks, Kerry were very good last night.

Lovely scene pre KO, both teams lined up, and the huge digital scoreboard shed side, photo of Ollie H. Nice touch.

Thewhitepele

30/08/2025, 9:05 PM

Bohs could have and should have won that game. They were slow, leggy and wearing the wrong footwear for the conditions. Second half was a bit better and DJT should gave scored his point blank header .

I thought it was an even enough game. I felt if someone was going to win it would be Rovers. A draw a fair result all the same.

da bishop

30/08/2025, 9:36 PM

No they do not, 3 or 4 losses is what they need ;)

Big win for Harps last night with a massive 3 points, as Nigel said above very much a Ollie Horgan type win we took the relatively lead early and were determined for the remaining 3/4 of the match. Holding on a bit towards the end but aprt from one top save from Barbosa in the 2nd half were he stopped it going into the bottom corner , Treaty never really threatened.

Hopefully Longford can do us a favour vs Wexford tonight but its hard to se anything but a wexford win. Harps just need to concentrate on their own form and keep the run goingAnother disappointing performance for Treaty,would agree with you,not that Tommy Barrett does on his interview on local radio he defiantly said Treaty dominated the game creating loads of chances .One win in twelve and playing rubbish and ironically still in a playoff position,if you asked most fans down here they want him gone.

ger121

30/08/2025, 9:52 PM

I’ll take the point as it is better than none but we are not really a clinical side.
For a team who had no draws for the longest time, we’re starting to rack them up now. Since we beat Rovers, I think we have only beaten Galway and Cork.
I would suspect the race for the European places will go down to the wire. The Derry game is absolutely massive.

outspoken

30/08/2025, 11:57 PM

Brilliant game in Longford tonight. Wexford with one of the worst performances from any side this season first half, different animals in the second. Rob Hennessy a bizarre appointment and controversy just seems to follow him with 2 pens, a red card and the entire Wexford team surrounding him at full time unhappy they didn't get another penalty. I actually thought he got almost all the big decisions right, some really poor decisions during the game though. All in all it added to a truly bonkers game. Give me that any day of the VAR nonsense that is killing English football.

Onapointoforder

31/08/2025, 12:11 AM

Another disappointing performance for Treaty,would agree with you,not that Tommy Barrett does on his interview on local radio he defiantly said Treaty dominated the game creating loads of chances .One win in twelve and playing rubbish and ironically still in a playoff position,if you asked most fans down here they want him gone.
So true…Treaty have been on 35 points forever and still haven’t been overtaken… the quality of the 1st division going down I fear?? Too much emphasis on having really young lads playing?? It’s important to bring them through, but gone too far too quickly in that direction?. Wexford case in point. Going backwards, sliding back towards bottom of table after a few good years competing near the top.

sbgawa

31/08/2025, 7:35 AM

Good result for us last night with Bohs dropping points and equally the Derry Pats result meaning the chaseing pack are not putting a run together.
The only way Rovers lose the league from here is if one of the others wins their last 7 matchs.
If that happened we would need 15 or 16 points from our last 9 to win the league...famous last words but i cant see anyone do that , maybe PAts but Friday finished them.
A win tonight over Drogs and 3 points in Turners cross next Friday should all but wrap things up if not mathematically then in all probability.

MoydowMonty

31/08/2025, 8:03 AM

the quality of the 1st division going down I fear??

It certainly is. As enjoyable as that game was in Longford last night, there were times I thought to myself how poor it was. Defenders getting several seconds of time to think about what they wanted to do, any premier team would be in their faces and have them bricking themselves.

And also you're right, if any of the bottom 5 teams were half decent they'd have caught Treaty weeks ago. This is why 5th place should not be a playoff spot. I know why it is, I'm just saying it shouldn't be

nigel-harps1954

31/08/2025, 9:11 AM

To be fair, if it weren't for a 99th minute equaliser by Bray a few weeks ago, Harps would have leapfrogged Treaty on Friday night.

We've probably put together a run of form at the right time. We've won four games in a row for the first time since Ollie Horgan tenure, and only one loss in our last eight games in all competitions.

If we can keep that run going then we'll be likely to take the final playoff spot.

sbgawa

31/08/2025, 9:40 AM

Be a fairly fitting tribute to Ollie if Harps made the playoffs and got promoted...
Itll probably be at the expense of his last employer Galway if it happens

Neish

31/08/2025, 10:17 AM

Be a fairly fitting tribute to Ollie if Harps made the playoffs and got promoted...

Don't think the club is ready for the Premier on or off the field, there is good foundations being laid at present, promotion will bring a heap of extra cost and spotlight on the club. Another couple of season being in a first division playoff battle keeping building on youth development and hopefully see some kinda progress on the new stadium

nigel-harps1954

31/08/2025, 12:54 PM

While I'd love to see us promoted, I agree with Neish. We can't afford to go up really.

It brings added income, but also a much added expenditure. I'd be content to win the cup and lose the playoff final though...

Neish

31/08/2025, 3:25 PM

It brings added income, but also a much added expenditure. I'd be content to win the cup and lose the playoff final though...

TBH: I'd be happy with getting one playoff game at home. Is the first division over two legs or a once off game?

culloty82

31/08/2025, 4:16 PM

I think the semis are two-legged, not that Kerry will have to worry about such matters!

culloty82

31/08/2025, 4:18 PM

So Wikipedia confirms, with the final just over one leg.

ger121

31/08/2025, 7:59 PM

Rovers 9 ahead with a game in hand. The chasing pack have a maximum of 21 points to play for. Game over man!

sbgawa

31/08/2025, 8:05 PM

At 1 nil drogs should have scored forward had onlybpico to beat after rounding mcginty and pico kept it out... deserved the win easily but you can see why drogs pick up points all the time.

Nesta99

31/08/2025, 8:51 PM

Don't think the club is ready for the Premier on or off the field, there is good foundations being laid at present, promotion will bring a heap of extra cost and spotlight on the club. Another couple of season being in a first division playoff battle keeping building on youth development and hopefully see some kinda progress on the new stadium

Well its about feckin time with all that grant money forked out!

dundalkfc10

31/08/2025, 9:39 PM

At 1 nil drogs should have scored forward had onlybpico to beat after rounding mcginty and pico kept it out... deserved the win easily but you can see why drogs pick up points all the time.

What was the crowd tonight? Looked very poor from watching abit of it on the tele

I know Sunday evening not great compared to Friday etc but are some Rovers fans just getting fed up at this stage
Pats and Bohs seem to be able to attract more fans these days

redarmyfaction

31/08/2025, 9:54 PM

What was the crowd tonight? Looked very poor from watching abit of it on the tele

I know Sunday evening not great compared to Friday etc but are some Rovers fans just getting fed up at this stage
Pats and Bohs seem to be able to attract more fans these days
I didn't see anything on TV but seen a photo (attached to a report) of an empty stand, Shams sick of winning?

sbgawa

31/08/2025, 10:19 PM

was an alright crowd for a school night against Drogs.
There is an element of Rovers fans picking and choosing these days, money has to be spread around

placid casual

31/08/2025, 10:21 PM

I didn't see anything on TV but seen a photo (attached to a report) of an empty stand, Shams sick of winning?
The only people sick of Rovers winning are non Rovers fans, and it's oh so beautiful to watch 🤩

Buckett

31/08/2025, 10:57 PM

FAI app has the crowd at 3,216

redarmyfaction

01/09/2025, 8:48 AM

was an alright crowd for a school night against Drogs.
There is an element of Rovers fans picking and choosing these days, money has to be spread around
What was the attendance?

sbgawa

01/09/2025, 10:17 AM

3216 according to FAI conect, felt like more butive no reason to doubt it .... like i said people are picking and choosing matches to go to,
we have had 6 European matches so far and 6 more to go minimum including expensive away trips. 12 games is like playing an extra 3rd of our normal season
Lot of local hard pressed people attend Rovers matches

I also feel that a lot of our new support over the last few years take the recent success for granted and just expect us to show up and beat Drogs so skip it.......
Either way its dissapointing but on the pther hand 3000 was a good crowd a few years ago.

Anyway ive decided im investing my money in the Prague trip, been to Iceland and Athens is to far.

Stuttgart88

01/09/2025, 1:37 PM

Rovers 9 ahead with a game in hand. The chasing pack have a maximum of 21 points to play for. Game over man!I think if Derry and Bohs draw on 12th September, Rovers can win the league at home to Bohs on 26th September. That assumes Rovers beat Cork and Waterford (both away) and Bohs beat Waterford at home on 19th September. That set of results would put Rovers on 65 points and Bohs' max from there would be 63.

Derry could then still finish on 65 if they win their last 6 which includes a game against Rovers. If Derry also draw to Shels on 19th their max is 63.

Winning it at home to Bohs would be amazing given the horror show of each of the three derbies so far.

placid casual

01/09/2025, 2:06 PM