Pre-season friendlies

[gormacha]

Waterford did start the season very poorly last year though, probably cost them the league.

It did cost us the league. Three losses, two draws and only two wins in the first series. We ended up losing the league by four points.

[bluemovie]

Yeah we lost 3-0 to Cork, 5-0 at Bray and 8-1 at Rovers, then were hammered 6-0 in Wexford on opening night so it looked fairly bleak. It took until the second series of games to get the shape right in the team with Peter White going into midfield alongside Dempsey and most notably (and amazingly) for Seanie Maguire to get into the first eleven. We were already miles behind by then.

On the flipside, in 2010, we had a superb pre-season and then won our first six league games (still finished 3 points off Derry in the end unfortunately). Largely based on this, I figure that pre-season results only make a difference if they are either extreme. A really good or bad run will have an effect on confidence, but anywhere in the middle and they don't matter.

[gspain01]

Yeah we lost 3-0 to Cork, 5-0 at Bray and 8-1 at Rovers, then were hammered 6-0 in Wexford on opening night so it looked fairly bleak. It took until the second series of games to get the shape right in the team with Peter White going into midfield alongside Dempsey and most notably (and amazingly) for Seanie Maguire to get into the first eleven. We were already miles behind by then.

On the flipside, in 2010, we had a superb pre-season and then won our first six league games (still finished 3 points off Derry in the end unfortunately). Largely based on this, I figure that pre-season results only make a difference if they are either extreme. A really good or bad run will have an effect on confidence, but anywhere in the middle and they don't matter.

Seanie Maguire only made the bench for your 2nd game of the season v Limerick. Unfortunately he didn't stay there.

[bluemovie]

Yeah, he only came on for the last ten minutes at 1-1. Rounded Barry Ryan with his first touch, scored with his second, almost scored again. By second series of games, I meant games 8 to 14. Think he only started two of the first seven with the plan being to ease him in more gently than we did in the end.

[GCdfc]

Dundalk friendly with Dungannon Swifts is off tonight: http://orielupdates.wordpress.com/20...ement-fixture/

Dundalk will now play the Irish Defence Forces in Oriel at 6pm today: http://orielupdates.wordpress.com/20...efence-forces/

[Fester]

Ballinamallard 4 v 2 Derry City from last night

[Jofspring]

Cobh 0-1 Limerick

Axel Bossekota

Nearly half time i'd say.

[Dunny]

Dundalk 6-2 Irish Defence Forces

[Longfordian]

Thank heavens for "neutrality".

[TheFonz]

How much are Cobh charging into Friendlys?

[Dunny]

Thank heavens for "neutrality".

[Charlie Darwin]

There's definitely a joke in there about dodgy defences. But I'm not the one to make it.

[Jofspring]

Cobh 2-1 Limerick, about 20 mins left.

[adamd164]

Reckon Cobh could surprise a few people this year. Won't get promoted, but they certainly won't be slugging it out with Salthill for second last.

[sligoman]

Not sure if it's been posted but Rovers beat Jersey 4-0 on Saturday night. http://www.sligorovers.com/latest-ne...rsey-friendly-