Sligo Rovers 1-0 UCD

[DmanDmythDledge]

All good runs have to come to an end someday. Alan Mahon hitting the inside of the post with that free almost won me a grand- fúck it anyway. Sligo goal was scuffed but our keeper was a bit dodgy for it. Other than that can't really remember.

[sligoman]

Is the shirtless guy(;)) on foot.ie at all?

[DmanDmythDledge]

Is the shirtless guy(;)) on foot.ie at all?
No don't think so. There's a chance he might read it though.

[pineapple stu]

An injury time goal from Faz Kudozovic gave Sligo their first win over UCD since January 1998 after a largely uneventful game in the Showgrounds this afternoon. It was a game neither side really did enough to win, and Kudozovic was in the right place at the right time to give his side the break.

Pete Mahon reverted to the 4-4-1-1 formation which had been deployed in Drogheda, with Paul Crowley coming into the midfield in place of Paul Byrne, and Ronan Finn playing behind Conor Sammon up front. There was also a surprise debut for Matt Gregg in goals.

Chances were at a premium in the first half; the hosts' best efforts were a couple of wayward headers from corners, while for UCD, Conor Sammon twice got space inside the box, but on neither occasion did he get enough time to place his shot beyond Dick Brush in the Sligo goal. On 35 minutes, a corner from the right led to a goal-mouth scramble, with the ball eventually coming out to Crowley, whose shot went wide.

The main talking point of the first half came five minutes before the break, when Shane McFaul tried a speculative shot, which dipped and crashed off the underside of the bar; after a scramble, Crowley poked home, but the goal was ruled out for a foul.

Sligo's best chance came shortly after the break, when the ball was worked out Choice Aisien on the left, but Gregg was out superbly to make a smothering save and clear the danger. At the other end, a UCD corner was only half-cleared, and the ball was knocked back in to find Conor Sammon ten yards out, but again the ball wouldn't come down to him in time to apply the finishing touch.

The game between increasingly niggly as it went on, with a couple of flare ups - Derek Doyle was booked for a late tackle, while UCD could have been reduced to ten men after a push in the middle of a melee.

Pete Mahon brought on Paul Byrne for Derek Doyle with 20 minutes to go, and it seemed to help as the Students became more of an attacking force. They came agonisingly close to taking the lead with a quarter of an hour to go, when another Alan Mahon special from 25 yards crashed off the outside of the post with Brush beaten all ends up.

The game did begin to flow late on, and into injury time, Paul Byrne sent Conan Byrne through on the right wing, but his cross was just headed away by the Sligo defence. Sligo went straight up the pitch and found Kudozovic on the overlap on the left of the box, and he coolly slotted past the advancing Gregg, with the ball trickling into the far corner.

UCD - Gregg; Mahon, Kenna, McMillan, McNally; Crowley, C Byrne, Doyle (P Byrne 70), Finn, McFaul; Sammon. Subs not used - Quigley, Gallagher, King, Fitzgerald

Att - c1200

(Didn't catch the subs bench at all...)

[DmanDmythDledge]

Doyle went off not Finn.

[pineapple stu]

And Crowley played, not King!

Edit - according to the LoI site (http://www.eircomloi.ie/match_report_6.htm), Alan Mahon is our manager and Matt Cregg played in nets. :rolleyes: Makes me think that Brian King did play - it looked like him anyway - and not Crowley...

[sligoman]

Slightly biased report there I think. Wasn't a great game but I think we did deserve the win. UCD had two real chances to score, Rovers had a lot more.

[pineapple stu]

Don't agree. Sligo had one really good chance that I remember bar the goal. The rest was a couple of scrappy penalty box scrambles, which we had too. A draw was fair; Sligo snatched the win, which is how it goes sometimes.

[DmanDmythDledge]

The team that deserve to win is the team that puts the ball in the back of the net the most times regardless of whatever else happens.

[sligoman]

A draw was fair; Sligo snatched the win, which is how it goes sometimes.Some would say ye did that to us enough times last season;)

[pineapple stu]

Oh indeed. The last game in Belfield in particular (we were just better than you the other two times). That's football for you.

[TheBoss]

Is that the Shane Fitzgerald at Bohs last season ?

[Angus]

Was Bogdan is the squad ?

[DmanDmythDledge]

Is that the Shane Fitzgerald at Bohs last season ?
Yeah.

Was Bogdan is the squad ?
No, he was in the stands. Dropped.

[Angus]

What was the thinking behind that ? From a non expert perspective, we desperately need somebody to play with Sammo that has an offensive threat and to let Sammi drop "into the hole" a la Sheringham.

[DmanDmythDledge]

What was the thinking behind that ? From a non expert perspective, we desperately need somebody to play with Sammo that has an offensive threat and to let Sammi drop "into the hole" a la Sheringham.
Any game that I've seen Bogdan play upfront (only twice though) he has been quiet. He seems more suited to the wing.

I don't think Sammo is creative or intelligent enough to play "in the hole". He is a great link-up player when he gets the ball to his feet and has a good first touch and technique. The best way to play with him is to keep the ball on the ground and use him as a target man, then let him hold up the ball. Finn would be an ideal partner for him IMO as he makes plenty of threathning, forwards runs but he is having a poor start to the season.

[TheBoss]

You sure he was with FC Petrolul Ploieşti ?

Cause I can not find anything of him being with them.

[DmanDmythDledge]

You sure he was with FC Petrolul Ploieşti ?

Cause I can not find anything of him being with them.
He played with a team from Ploiesti. Are there any other teams from there?

[TheBoss]

There is a few of them

[lefty]

Is the shirtless guy(;)) on foot.ie at all?

Give us a bit of info on this

[Student Mullet]

Give us a bit of info on thisA mate of yours, let's call him 'Deco' went over in front of the Sligo fans to give them a bit of a show.

When Sherro asked him to sit down, he made some comments about Sherro's daughter and has picked up a ban from Belfield as a result.

[John83]

A mate of yours, let's call him 'Deco' went over in front of the Sligo fans to give them a bit of a show.

When Sherro asked him to sit down, he made some comments about Sherro's daughter and has picked up a ban from Belfield as a result.
The ban was threatened before the comments about said daughter.

[lefty]

A ban from Belfield eh, bit harsh i reckon. Anyway im sure said fan will be back in the stands in no time at all

[Poor Student]

Will he? Don't think I've seen him there in nearly a year.;)

[DmanDmythDledge]

Will he? Don't think I've seen him there in nearly a year.;)
Well he would have been at the next two home games.

[TheBoss]

He played with a team from Ploiesti. Are there any other teams from there?

Yes, I found him playing at SC Astra Ploieşti during the 05-06 season.

EDIT: His name is Bogdan Oprea.

[Schumi]

EDIT: His name is Bogdan Oprea.Really? That's not how Pete Mahon spelt it! :D

[pineapple stu]

There go your Wagner jokes. Thank God.

Here's (http://www.rsssf.com/tablesr/roem06.html) their last season results on rsssf. Knocked out in the fifth round of the Cup (the stage they entered) by a lower league team, and relegated from Divisia B Serie 2 (think it's like Division Two South). There seem to have been just three Divisions 2.

I notice as well that if you don't get x number of points in a season, you get docked points for the next year. Going to try and work that one out and it'll feature in a future match programme anyway. Might even ask Bogdan for a bit of help!

[Schumi]

Leave that stuff out please.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Really? That's not how Pete Mahon spelt it! :D

Oprea is a common enough surname in Romania. I told a Romanian friend of mine that we had a player called Opera from her country. Her response was'' I think you will find it is Oprea''. :D

[CollegeTillIDie]

The ban was threatened before the comments about said daughter.

So what you are saying is ''Deco'' was already walking the plank when he made those comments? what a plonker!

[Schumi]

Oprea is a common enough surname in Romania. I told a Romanian friend of mine that we had a player called Opera from her country. Her response was'' I think you will find it is Oprea''. :DFair enough, explains why the only google results for "Bogdan Opera" were relating to him being at UCD. The College Tribune interview has the same misspelling too so, you'd think he'd have told them. :D

[John83]

I hope we registered him right.