Dundalk 1 United 0

[joeSoap]

First time seeing Oriels Plastic Pitch and hopefully the last.It shouldnt be allowed and it was a very strange experience watching a game on it.

Missed passes ,fresh airs and slips on both sides were the order of the day on a surface that is only good for training on.
(Is there still puffs of black smoke in the air every time the ball bounces??

[gufct]

black balls.Actually the funny thing is after the teams had done their warm ups there were two perfect 8's in both halves for the entire game.The SFA made Dunfermline dig up theirs after one season and the FAI should do the same.

[corbyeire]

Dundalk did have great support in fairness - hughes did have a fine touch

[corbyeire]

if you dont count that mistake by the keeper in the home game against limerick - its 5 games since a united player stuck a ball true into the back of the net from play - terrible stuff

[JW.]

We never win up there so last night was probably no surprise. We haven't scored a proper goal in ages (all we have in recent games are penalties, an own-goal and that Mooney howler). I think Murph's volley in Monaghan was the last good strike.
Ciaran Foley was superb last night. I don't really agree about the surface Tommy and would not offer it as an excuse. The ball acts more naturally on it than a few grounds I've seen this summer.
Have to win our next three games now.

[Trainee]

we need to win our next four games our we will be going into last series of games well behind the leaders

Althlone home (this will be a tough one, havent beaten athlone in 3 games this season)
Kildare away
cobh away ( a massive game for both clubs)
Killkenny home

I see us shading the athlone game, just, we should beat Kildare & Killkenny handy enough.

as for the cobh game if we could win this one too, we should be close enough to mount a serious title chalange in the final 9 games of the season.

so lets forget about last nights result and get behind Utd starting on sunday 3rd september at 7pm.
see u all there

[gufct]

wasnt offering it as an excuse Johnny its the same for both teams.I just dont like it and the game last night was surreal with very few tackles and lack of physical contact.Agree about ciaran but there were more than 1/2 who didnt perform at all, we seemed very sluggish and the worrying thing was we didnt create any clear cut chances compared to the Harps game.

[Terry]

well we have 17 days before our next competitive match so the players should be rested and ready to go full out and get the result that is needed.

[gufct]

There is no such thing as a handy win in the 1st division.We need the whole team to on top of their game starting on the 3rd September against Athlone.

[Conor H]

The worst thing about it been on a Sunday us we'll be down a fair few places going into the match as most teams will play 2 more games before we play again!!

[gufct]

we could be 4th after tonight so i wouldnt be too bothered about the teams that play before us on the 3rd.

[Terry]

The worst thing about it been on a Sunday us we'll be down a fair few places going into the match as most teams will play 2 more games before we play again!!

Dont worry about what the other teams are doing as it is all out of our hands. Lets just concentrate on ourselves one game/win at a time and everything will come up roses.

[Patrick Dunne]

TBH losing twice in Oriel Park was always a distinct possibility at the beginning of the season.

However, draws against the teams in the bottom teams in the table is where we have slipped up. We have to yet to beat Athlone Town this season, we will have to do so on 3rd September.

[gufct]

ya Pa we also dropped points at home to Kilkenny & Kildare so handy games me eye.