Bohs 0-0 UCD

[DmanDmythDledge]

Awful, awful game. I want 4 hours of my life back.

[Poor Student]

It was a fair enough result, neither side really threatened or dominated. Our defence was fairly solid. Desperately blunt up front.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Poor Student

Should we rename the team Couldn't Score in A Br***el FC then ?

[TheBoss]

UCD - Usually Crap Draw

[Student Mullet]

Awful, awful game. I want 4 hours of my life back.It only seemed that long.

[DmanDmythDledge]

It only seemed that long.
I counted going to and from the game.

[pineapple stu]

UCD's unbeaten run was extended to six games after a fairly dull game against a poor Bohs side in Dalymount Park tonight. With defences dominating and attacks sluggish, a scoreless draw was always on the cards, and so it ended, with UCD missing out on the chance to go fourth.

The only change to the UCD line up which drew 2-2 against Longford last week was the enforced introduction of Timmy Purcell for the injured Paul Byrne, which ment Tony McDonnell again started from the bench. He was joined there by Bogdan, back in the squad after missing last week's game.

The game started promisingly, wity John Paul Kelly sending a cross onto the roof of the UCD net early on, while Conan Byrne showed great skill to skip past his marked before sending his short tamely wide. It was another half hour before the next chance, however, when a slack back header from Alan McNally lt Glen Crowe in on goal, but his shot from the edge of the area was saved by the feet of the advancing Matt Gregg.

The Students had the ball in the net just before half time, but Derek Doyle's close range header was ruled out for offside. It appeared a curious decision, as it was the retreting Conor Sammon who looked offside, not Doyle, although Bohs keeper Brian Murphy may well have made a better attempt to stop the shot had the whistle not gone already.

The second half continued on the same lifeless vein, until the introduction of Ronan Finn and Tony McDonnell gave UCD's game a lift. With a quarter of an hour remaining, Shane McFaul was played in on the left by Conor Sammon, and Ronan Finn headed just over.

Both sides could hae won it in injury time; Matt Gregg made an excellent low stop from a header, while Ronan Finn went past two defenders before setting up Conor Sammon, but the forward took too long getting his shot away and it was ultimately blocked.

UCD - Gregg; Mahon, Bermingham, McNally, Kenna; Crowley, C Byrne (McDonnell 70), McFaul, Doyle (Bogdan 90); Sammon, Purcell (Finn 62). Subs not used - Quigley, McMillan

Booked - Crowley

[BohsPartisan]

I was right about the bore fest bit so.

[Burnsie]

turgid crap like that harms the reputation of eircom league football.

i'm usually fairly positive about the team and its performances, but sometimes you have to look at things objectively.

ucd played grand in that they won the ball back well and were organised at the back, and bohs didn't deserve to win the game any more than we did. but by christ both teams were desperately poor in the opposition half. ucd simply weren't interested in winning this match: witness the removal of our only attacking threat for tony mac, the refusal of fullbacks and central midfielders to cross the halfway line, and mahon gesticulating at his watch during injury time when the ball was in the bohs half.

[John83]

...ucd simply weren't interested in winning this match: witness the removal of our only attacking threat for tony mac...
While I mostly agree with you, Byrne had already been down for treatment, and Tony's often worth a goal from a set piece.

Dull, dull game.

[Schumi]

While I mostly agree with you, Byrne had already been down for treatmentHe was hobbling on his way off after the game too. He might just have been traumatised by by our doctor mooning the crowd though. :D

[Poor Student]

Poor Student

Should we rename the team Couldn't Score in A Br***el FC then ?

Nope, we're 4th top scorers in the league. Wouldn't be a bad name for Bohs though.

[BohDiddley]

Nice bongos lads.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Nice bongos lads.

They weren't ours. I think they were with the half time teams.
Were being shouted at in the second half to knock it off and they stopped :D

[CollegeTillIDie]

Overall a six match unbeaten run is not to be sneezed at.
As a UCD supporter I would be on balance happier, now than I was six weeks or so ago, with this season's progress.

[DmanDmythDledge]

Matt Gregg made the eleven-a-side team of the week for this performance, even though he had hardly anything to do.

[John83]

Nobody's scoring in the league. None of the keepers had much to do. ;)